Say hello to my little friends

Gluag and Friends

First up, I cheated a bit. The three Regults were put together off-screen, around the time I first started putting the VTs together. I needed a palate cleanser after that wonderful journey ...

Anyway, the Armada so far is 1 Glaug, 1 Recovery pod, and 3 Regults. I only really documented the Gluag, and that was just the set up and final product.

Prep was fairly straight forward, although the fact that the Gluag and Recon pod share a sprue and said sprue is pretty well intermixed made it a little interesting. Nothing a quick parts check on the build instructions couldn't fix, though.

The parts, mostly separated, ready to go.

And the final product:

All your protoculture

My thoughts on the Gluag

The Gluag was a fairly straight forward build, at least partially due to its size. That said, the larger parts means that mold lines are much more noticeable - definitely glad I picked up a file set.

The two major issues I had with the model were 1) the thrusters on the back are connected to the sprue in such a way that is more or less impossible to detach them without obliterating detail and 2) thin joints. Both the legs and the arms have a relatively small surface area for bonding, which makes me concerned about them staying on the model. Well, if they pop off, I'll pin them. Until then, screw it.

The Recovery Pod

The Recovery pod is just about the most simplistic design in the box. Not a lot of pieces, and the pieces are large with only a couple of exceptions. Again, though, the larger model and pieces means the mold lines were much more prominent - most of my prep time with this guy was filing.

Are belong

Harpo, Groucho, and Chico

Ah, the Marx brothers. These three pods were put together in an effort to prevent me from putting the single VT (all three modes) I was working on through the wall. Great palate cleanser.I have no real issues with the Regults and they go together like a dream.

To us!

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That's it for the weekend. I feel accomplished, and yet not so much. Two days and I only got 21 models put together (23.5 if you count the almost finished fifth VT that I screwed up). Oh well. It's a learning experience with these little guys since I'm used to 28mm, and this is my first time trying to blog my progress. So, as with anything, they'll both speed up with practice.