Today I feel like taking a hiatus from static scale models since 1) nothing goes right, 2) I still don't have the clear windshield parts for my autos, and 3) I still don't have an airbrush so even if I get windshield parts, the lack of airbrush automatically means a failing project and probably the rest of the unbuilt model either being burned or thrown in the trash out of sheer frustration. May be I wil get the windshield parts and the masking sheet for the avex DOME MUGEN NSX and just stuff them back all in the box, its not like I can even complete the kits without windshields. I can't even paint the vehicle's bodies since I have no airbrush. If I hand painted it, it would look ugly and I'd probably end up melting it and destroying the remains.

I thought about taking up R/C models again, since it doesn't need as much precision and all that other 'has-to-be-perfect-or-its-trash' cr@p that I keep as my motto in scale statics. I thought about taking a nitro platform this time, since electric R/C is a pain in the a$$ to maintain and you can't run it for long periods without having to charge a stupid battery. Nitro R/C is better, since it's more of a 'fuel-and-go' type thing. The only thing you have to watch out for is your receiver battery, let it die and your machine dies with it. I was thinking of a nitro touring car and going for a street tuner drift theme since I'm planning on drifting it (I know electric is better, but personally, I hate electric). I am also planning it on not being a Tamiya product, since I have probably bought my last Tamiya R/C product; the Rock Buster, lousy piece of sh!t... Speaking of the Rock Buster, I decided that one side of it's suspension is droopy, and that the shocks leak oil like there is no tomorrow. No, I didn't put too much shock fluid, heck there's barely any fluid in there, I bet I could tip it over for about 10 minutes and no fluid will drip out, yet if I try to put fluid in, it leaks even more and doesn't dampen the stupid truck. What's worse is that the damn hub is still wobbly aswell as the spur. Much worse from that is that the shock's o-rings aren't rebuildable. That's a no-no, Mr. Tamiya...

I've also been thinking about a nitro truck or buggy. But then that way I wouldn't be able to drift, yet I could always drive over anything I want. The thing is that nitro trucks/buggies are expensive as f|_|ck and that there's a limited parts supply here. It's always with these Tamiya TNXs. I know, I used to like TNXs, but Tamiya products have been pissing me off for the past while and I hate it.

I haven't updated in a bit, but recently I've found someone out of the country who would sell me a figure kit for a relatively low price. It is good since I'm still a beginner and it will be my first figure. I've also attempted to work on the avex DOME MUGEN NSX model, but with no success. I've screwed up the windshield like I have with my Mitsubishi GTO. So at the moment I am at a pause. I will wait until the week of February 6th so that I may go to the post office to set up a postal money order by myself, since the parents aren't keen on me purchasing things from people over the net or anyone else they don't know. After that I will also start saving for an airbrush, since my old budget one died on me. While I'm saving up for a new airbrush I will also see if I can purchase new clear sprues (runner parts) from Borgfeld (Canadian Tamiya distributor).

Onto radio controlled models; I've completed the 1/18 Tamiya Rock Buster, it is quite disappointing. When I first built it the spur gear and the spur gear hub (runner part B-3) would not properly work in conjunction with each other resulting in an un-true spinning spur gear. Whenever I mesh it with my pinion and apply a bit of throttle a loud high-pitched sound can be heard. Its awful. I've already been through two spurgears and two spur hubs and it still doesn't work. The second time was worse than the first. I roughly cut out the Rock Buster's body and made lousy body holes and mounted it. I will clean up the body holes when I get a body post hole reamer. The model is now shelfed on top of an empty 1/43 Ebbro box. Until then, I'm questioning wether I should continue to purchase and build Tamiya radio controlled models.

Anyway; onto mech modeling. Nothing has changed with the EVA-02: End of Evangelion project. It is still covered in putty and has the Lance of Longinus in its head. I'm poising the question of purchasing another EVA-02 kit, since the Lance I have in mine has been broken more than 10 times, if I remember correctly, about 13 times. It does not look like a Lance anymore, rather it looks like a branch of wood. This would surely never get any points at a modeling contest, and I would never display this on my shelf. And as my personal rule in modeling goes; if it isn't good enough to display on my shelf, then it isn't good enough to even own. So I'd rather break it and stuff it in the trash or spend more money than I have on the kit alone just to fix it.

Welcome to Hobby² My name's Miki and I'll be using this blog to keep you up to date on what I'm currently thinking, projects and other such things about the hobby of scale models, wether it be figures, mechs, vehicles, radio control, computer technology or any other interesting things I may come by and want to give a review or a first look. I will also be articles about projects running around in my mind.