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About The Kit »
Another of the kits I snagged from the Amazon
clearance sale on gunpla. I always wanted an MG Kampfer, but
until I had the opportunity to get it for $10, never picked
one up. It's a wonderful kit even if it's a little older in
the MG line-up. The design is sleak and fast and it's armed
to the teeth which is always nice.
For my Kampfer I wanted to do it in such a way
as to show off the aluminum thrusters from MechaSkunk.com
and Ako Creations. MechaSkunk makes a fantastic set of machined
aluminum thruster bells for the Kampfer. The replace all the
thrusters on this kit. The only thing I didn't use was the
K-Baffles for the shoulders. Instead I opted for some small
bells from Ako Creations since I loved how they looked there.
The dark gray (German Grey from Tamiya) with a light airbrushed
camo pattern really sets off the shininess of the metal I
used throughout the kit. I used actual metal parts where I
could and the rest is painted with 3 coats of Alclad 2 motal
lacquers. The first is Jet Exhaust followed by Magnesium and
finally Aluminum to make it pop. Same set of paint I used
on my Gally fig. Below is a list
of modificatons/additions I made to the kit:
- Made new neck connection from aluminum
tubing to set head lower.
- Replaced all thrusters with machined
aluminum ones. These were painted internally with Tamiya
Clear Blue then buffed on my drill with steel wool to clean
up the paint and polish the bells.
- Scratchbuilt rack for chain of
mines.
- Replaced much of shotguns and parts
of bazooka with polished aluminum tubing.
- Replaced neck and waist tubes with
steel springs.
- Added aluminum thrusters and detail
under feet.
- Replaced monoeye with parts from
Wave.
- Added various small screws (minus-mold)
details aquired from MechaSkunk.
- Base is acrylic magnetic frame
from Michael's ($10) withhole drilled to add Clear Acrylic
rod to support Kampfer.
I'd go on about what else I did to model the
Kampfer, but instead I did a detailed/documented in-progress
page. Click here to see it.
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