10.14.2005 » Concepts & Initial Build

Over the past year I've seen several SAFS customized to be "Fat". variations. I suppose the occupant is overweight, but the added bulk could be for some other purpose. I just thought it looked pretty cool and since there's no conversion kit that I can find I'm making my own. I have a diorama idea planned for this, but for now, that will be a surprise. It's gonna be humerous and I think it'll be funnier if I don't give it all away at once. There will be clues however so pay attention. Here's my references for the build:

http://members.ytv.home.ne.jp/ma.a/gg22.html
http://showcase.blog26.fc2.com/blog-entry-42.html
http://showcase.blog26.fc2.com/blog-entry-104.html

So first things first, onto the build. I started out by building the body of the normal 1/20 scale Nitto SAFS. Next I took a plastic Easter Egg and cut a portion of it off so that it would fit onto the body. I filled the egg with Bondo and held it to the body till cured. I mixed it 'hot' so that took about 5 minutes. After that I began adding bulk with Magic Sculpt, Aves Apoxy Sculpt and more Bondo.

After all the bulk was added I used my dremel to rough sand it and hollow it out better and then rough sandpaper to clean up the dremeling. Here's some shots of it after some dark gray duplicolor primer has been applied. I have a lot of air-holes to fill from the bondo and this lets me see everywhere I need to add/take away putty to make it nice and smooth.

10.20.2005 » Almost Done With The Body Mods

I'm just about done with the body mod. Actually, I have been for days but haven't had a chance to do the next-to-the-last primer coat to check for errors. I just need to fill a few pin-holes that were formed when mixing the bondo and a few minor divets and I'm all done building the body. Here's some pics. You can see that the underside is pretty hollow to allow for the legs. I even made an indentation for where to add the back armor flap if desired.

So I woulda called it german for Lard Ass, but that translates to Schweinefettesel which when translated back to english says Pig fat Donkey