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Thanks PW! I'm going to actually try and finish this before I get ahem, sidetracked/distracted by something new. Thanks Rob! I thought about a semi-gloss clear for the carbon as well but decided to go with the gloss as it's exposed and the bodywork will be gloss paint as well.

Well, my try at carbon decalling got carried away on the BMW. I decalled the frame, then used some Alclad on the engine and swingarm and ended up with all sorts of subassemblies. Which has led to the frame being almost done.

So a follow-up on my Dspiae rotary tool. As some may recall, my first one stopped working for no apparent reason. I can't recall whether it was @belugawhaleman Paul or @Spitfire Dennis that mentioned that they had to use the supplied USB-C charging cord to get theirs to charge. Well, I tried that today and lo and behold, it works just fine. The battery was completely drained and now that it's charged, I have a backup.

That worked out nicely Dave. Probably the most critical part of the conversion.

Nice work!

I've done that a few times but I almost always glue my kits together anyways. The Real Grade, Master Grade and Perfect Grade kits tend to have great colour separation in their parts breakdown. So much less masking ,if any which simplifies painting. For example the most recent Gundam I worked on I haven't had to mask anything. Still a fair bit of painting though.

Lots of sprues there Rob. Very familiar with that pile. I haven't looked closely at this kit but on the more recent ones, the instructions will tell you when you can get rid of the sprues as all the parts are used on the build.

Coming along nicely there John.

Nice intro Rob. This is going to be a different build from your usual MFH kits. With the way Bandai kits go together, be careful if you do any test fitting. As they're primarily press fit, separating the parts needs care as the pins are fairly tight and can break off. There are dedicated tools for separating the parts but you can also do it with a thicker bladed hobby knife. The Unicorn Gundam is the primary mecha from the series Gundam Unicorn and is a prototype. There are 2 additional variants, the second called Banshee in black with gold and the third is the Phenix which shows up in the sequel. Carl

Nice to see what I'll be in for once I start on mine. I've also got the Master Grade Unicorn in its full armour layout. Think of it as Beast Mode.

Hi Maru, Unfortunately Mike has indeed passed away. There is a thread on LSP about his recent absence from the site. It subsequently turned out that he had passed away in January. I never had any interactions with Mike but he seems to have been a nice guy. Carl

I was thinking about you're not painting it and then I looked at the Gundam kit my son just built. It's from the standard HG series in 1/144. It's much smaller and less detailed and he didn't paint it either, just used a Gundam marker to do some panel lining. It still looks good though.

That's a great looking diorama base PW. The step by step pics are great to see how it's made.

Rob, I can't wait to see you work your magic on the Unicorn Gundam. The only thing to watch out for is that some parts are ABS plastic (mostly the inner frame) and supposedly they don't like lacquer too much. I haven't experienced any issues but I've heard it mentioned several times by reviewers.

Sorry to hear about Hannah. It's never easy to say goodbye. We've lost two of ours in the last few years, both of whom were my bench companions and I still miss them. Carl