Friday, 3 November 2023

Kevin's Imai Cloudbase: The Sky's the Limit!

Hi,

Picked up a cheap Imai Cloudbase kit. It was missing the bridge so I scratchbuilt one. It isn't a terrible kit.

SIG,
Kevin




9 comments:

  1. That's a nice replacement, Kevin. I like your work with the horizontal viewing tubes on either side of the bridge. The only Cloudbase I have is the orange Bandai wind-up version!

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  2. Thank you. What does a wind-up Cloudbase do?

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  3. PUTS THE WIND UP THE CLOUDS!

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  4. That is one beautiful model! I had the tiny clockwork Cloudbase at one point, but never built it. It was better unbuilt!

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  5. Thank you. Often the box art is the best bit of Imai models.

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    1. Oh the box art on these Japanese SF kits was always amazing, esp if by S Komatsuzaki, but you really did the kit itself justice. It’s sort of a minimalist design, so the painting and detailing is the key, both of which you handled superbly. SFZ

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    2. PS: It just registered that you had to scratchbuild the bridge - Amazing Work!!!

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