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A menagerie of the miniature works that keep my fragile mind sane and my nimble fingers nimble - welcome to the gallery of my perpetual childhood! Now remember, its not about the kits or subjects. Its about the story behind each and every one of them. Enjoy!

9.2.09

So I laid an egg


And the egg hatched. Leave it to the Japanese to think of something as crazy as making airplanes look like... eggs. Its up there with anime eyes and manga hair. Here's the Hasegawa F-4J Phantom eggplane. Mean and menacing isn't it? I got this online and I had a ball building this - the utter lack of reference photos and panel lines just blew my mind and I loved every single second of it. And it isn't just the Phantom. Hasegawa released a whole slew of eggplanes in the 1970s and its all back with a vengeance. Kabuto Koji!!!

2 Comments:

At 7:48 pm, Blogger Eric said...

Hi Inggo,

I'm assuming you live in Melbourne, Australia, having read your previous posts. Do you know if eggplanes can be bought in Melbourne? And how do you get the edge of paints so straight, masking tape? I'm really new to modelling, I reckon you should post a tutorial for beginners.

Cheers,


Eric

 
At 4:35 pm, Blogger Gino said...

Hey Eric!

Hasegawa Eggplanes can be bought here in Melbourne! If you're towards the east, try Models and Hobbies4U; their website is

http://www.modelsandhobbies4u.com.au/

Or call them at

Thanks for the compliments! Though I don't consider myself an expert, I'll see about those tips. If I were you join a club! They're a lot of fun! Try IPMS or Waverley!

 

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