Zarana-X

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  • Location Yucaipa, CA
  • Full Name Jason Smith

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  1. Zarana-X added a post in a topic 1/24 Polar lights Bat mobile - not   

    Looks like Main Force Patrol colors...


  2. Zarana-X added a post in a topic 1964 Cadillac 'Superior Coach' Ambulance   

    You are a master graftsman!


  3. Zarana-X added a post in a topic All the rest part 2?   

    I got the hip and shoulder joints on the Gundam figured out. Should post some pics soon. 


  4. Zarana-X added a post in a topic Aoshima Fairlady Z S30 / Datsun 240 ZG   

    It's too late for this one, but when there are decals, or photoetch for embelms, I sand them down till you can just barely see where to put them later. Aoishima acquired a lot of molds from defunct companies, those and the older kits are a mixed bag. The new stuff is top-notch.


  5. Zarana-X added a post in a topic Aoshima Fairlady Z S30 / Datsun 240 ZG   

    Very good job! My only suggestions would be to go back and paint the 1/4 panel emblems, and front marker lamps, and the center caps on the wheels. Also you should get a bottle of Tamiya clear orange for the the rear turn signals. Fronts are often amber, but rear is always orange. 


  6. Zarana-X added a post in a topic All the rest part 2?   

    Here's  what I'm starting with, the box, parts already cleaned in Simple Green, sub-assemblies I'm gonna put in Simple Green, and what's left on the sprues. This is an older kit, and doesn't use poly cap bushings. 





  7. Zarana-X added a post in a topic What did you get today?   

    Got these at a thrift store/boutique, all still sealed, roof on one of the blazers was crushed. They'e jammed in there tighter than that old jar of pickles game. Do you think $5 each was a good deal?



  8. Zarana-X added a post in a topic Model car builders are cheapskates, right?   

    I'm more of a poorskate. The most I've ever paid for a kit was $50-ish off eBay for something super rare, and vintage. The burn was the seller had something else from the same series I also wanted badly, but could afford only one. 


  9. Zarana-X added a post in a topic All the rest part 2?   

    I shoulda took some pics, but I started on a vintage gluebomb. Well, a paint bomb. Its a vintage Gundam Kit from 1983. I got it at a thrift store a year or so ago. Someone painted most of the parts on the sprue with no apparent rhyme or reason. as far as I can tell, it's only missing a hose and the decals are probably shot. Oh, and there's no instructions, just to make it interesting. 


  10. Zarana-X added a post in a topic 2012 POST APOCALYPSE/ZOMBIE HUNTER COMMUNITY BUILD   



  11. Zarana-X added a post in a topic 2012 POST APOCALYPSE/ZOMBIE HUNTER COMMUNITY BUILD   

    While I was at it, I secured another Trans-Am and built a second Racing Warrior. I took more liberties with this one. I swapped teh nose with a 69 Camaro and lifted it. The front end of the yellow car took forever, so I just made the front of this car built on the bumper. This was an eBay glue bomb, so its a total junkyard build. 








  12. Zarana-X added a post in a topic 2012 POST APOCALYPSE/ZOMBIE HUNTER COMMUNITY BUILD   

    Here's the Death Race style Pantera. I reworked one of my old glue bombs. I originally built this Gunze Sangyo kit back in 1989. 




    It was a bad day for pictures. These are kinda blurred, but you should see what I deleted. 


  13. Zarana-X added a post in a topic Model of G1 Predaking from Tryon 3   

    Awesome work! I would also welcome G1 Transformers kits. Does Takara still make models? I know they sure wouldn't sub-license it to Bandai...


  14. Zarana-X added a post in a topic Revell vs. Aoshima Datsun 720, any reccomendations?   

    The Aoshima kit has wonky proportions, and is a re-issue of an old Araii or Imai kit, I think. (both companies are OOB and their molds sold off. I know Bandai got most of their sci-fi kits.)
    There is a detailed Revell (Monogram re-issue already on this board)
    As well as a YouTube review
    :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSjQsehhyTo


  15. Zarana-X added a post in a topic Top gear   

    They selected 3 cars to run in the 24 Hours of LeMons. A Crown Vic, Golf, and a 720 Nissan. The 720 looked pretty nice, but the dropped it on the Golf. 
    I was relieved when the 240Z survived the Car for Life episode with only minor damage.