Space Craft

In a dystopia where extraterrestrial beings have zeroed in to destroy and plunder Earth of its vast resources, a group of protectors (made up of giant robots, scientifically engineered ninjas, and Terrasaurs coming out of extinction) are stepping in to save mankind from brutal annihilation.

Now you’ve got to ask yourself; are you a protector or a destroyer?

Recently we worked on the Five-Story Pagoda from Microace. We don’t sell any Microace kits in the shop (sorry to disappoint), but it so nice that we had to show it off here.

This 1/250 kit consists of all you need to make your own mini Japanese garden. It comes with plastic sprues for the garden structures and seeds to grow the plants in the garden. In our built we decided against planting the seeds because keeping things alive, in general, isn’t one of our forte.

1) Included in the kit are: a base to hold the scenery, a pagoda, a bridge, the entrance and surrounding walls, and seeds.

2) We completed the main model as per the instructions. Instead of planting seeds in the area under bridge we decided to model a river.

3) To start off, we covered the river base with texture paint.

4) Next, we painted over the texture paint to create a realistic riverbed.

5) The riverbed was sealed with a layer of varnish then rocks and grass were added to the riverbank.

6) An even layer of Javis Simulated Water was poured onto the base and left to dry.

7) Here is the finished model.

Today we announce with sadness that three our tanks were badly injured from their fierce battle on Saturday. Mr Michie once again turned up in the shop and unleashed his suspiciously fortunate dice throws. Beating us once is fortunate, beating us twice is suspicious, but THREE times? Something is wrong.

Space Craft hereby challenge you, Mr Michie, to a game of the highly anticipated (by us anyway) Monsterpocalypse. Read up on the rules because you can no longer hide behind your measly cornfields or rural cottages as giant robots are coming to town!

First introduced in 1972, the Mi-24 “flying tank” is the first Soviet helicopter capable of transporting cargo and troops without compromising its attack capabilities.

1) Included in the kit are:

2) The canopy was carefully masked over before brush-on primer was applied.

3) Individual parts were painted before assembling.

5) This is the assembled model with decals added:

6) To finish off, a layer of dark wash was applied to accentuate the panel lines and protect the model.