First off I was playing around with some spare parts and ended up with something I really liked. I clumsily fitted "binder?" parts from the Valvrave 1 Hito kit (I have no idea what they were called on that kit) onto the Wing Zero. At first it looked horrible but while I was messing around I saw a shimmer of hope in the idea. I just needed a proper way to mount the whatever the hell they're called on the Zero.
I'm still not completely used to taking pics as I work, especially when I have a good run going. I took the squarish piece from System Weapon 003, trimmed it down, and cemented to the rack piece on the backpack.
I used this piece to give some clearance so that the binders can move. One definite issue I ran into with test fitting was lack of room. When the swords and rifles are attached it does get a bit crowded.
This peg piece came from the Valvrave kit. It's actually part of a connector for the binders.
I'm going to cement this to that squarish piece I added to the rack pieces. I had to add a piece of pla plate to give the back of the peg a flat surface. After the cement sets I'll trim down the excess plate.
Well here are 2 of the 4 binders. These are the ones going on the backpack as they are longer than the other two. Yeah... I guess I should have taken pics of the test fitting so this would make more sense...
I decided to replace the side skirts with the smaller binders. When I was playing around with the test fitting I thought it looked pretty cool.
Breaking to a wall of text here... My current thought about these "binders" is to make the clear green parts removable. That way they become effect parts. I'm thinking like a hyper Zero System mode here. Like when the Zero System activates the green parts on the binders will pop out.
I mentioned in my previous post about how I almost wrecked the swords by drilling holes in them. Thankfully after some re-cementing and clamping they were good as ne... they were before.
I mentioned to my wife that I had thought about putting holes in the swords, kinda like the buster sword from FFVII. She said she thought the holes would look cool so I went ahead with them. I have a bit of modder's regret going on with them but overall I think they add rather than detract.
When I drilled the holes the 2 layers of the sword split apart in some areas. Mainly around the holes. As I said, thankfully some simple clamping and cementing fixed the problem. Unfortunately when the layers split some of the putty broke off as well. Oh well, nothing a little more putty can't fix.
It's a little hard to make out but I did end up putting a panel line on the back side of the sword.
Scribing these were surprisingly easy. I had never tackled scribing before and I was hesitant at first but, it ended up probably being the easiest thing I've done on these swords so far.
Speaking of panel line scribing, this is the "crude tool" I mentioned earlier. It's a thick sewing needle with a duct tape handle. I put a support piece through the eye of the needle so the handle wouldn't slip.
Full credit for this tool idea goes to Mech9. He has a "DIY Panel Scribing Tool" entry on his blog so check it out if your interested.
That's all for now. I had planned on doing the needed putty touch ups on the swords but I ran out of oomph after messing with the binders and figuring out how to mount them. Hopefully by my next post I'll have an actual like 'rough draft' of what this thing is going to end up looking like. I've got an idea in my head but as we all know, that's nothing like seeing the actual modded gunpla.
Til next time...
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