Best Christmas Gift - WAR!

The year 2012 has been a great year (so far) for me. A year that's full of never-ending blessings and happiness, adventures, failure and victory...and I'm excited to see what will I make of 2013. I got married to my lovely wife, moved to a new place, finally established my hobby room (with my wife of course), and the most important one will be our upcoming baby girl -- To name a few of my blessings this year. Speaking of blessing, as I return...

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Upcoming GunPla kits for 2013 - Prepare your Wallet!

So many Gundams. So little time... While I'm still waiting to get my hands on the recently released MG Aegis Gundam and RG Zeta Gundam, Bandai announced their upcoming model kits for 2013. Based from what I saw, it's going to be another exciting plastic-modeling-wallet-emptying year for me. I've got my eye on a couple of units and I've listed them here (as a wishlist). Credits to GundamGuy for the images. First up, the HG 1/144 Astray Blue Frame...

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1/100 MG Deathscythe Hell - Commissioned Work - Complete

MG 1/100 Deathscythe Hell - Commissioned work. Here are the images of my completed work. Enjoy...

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Weekend Hauls - Legend Gundam and Frame Arms!

I got some real nice weekend hauls here. I went out yesterday to get some fresh air (and Gunpla) and bought some cool stuff back home...

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WIP: MG Deathscythe Hell pt 4 - Painting!

Time to paint! Weekend is here and the sky allowed me to do some paint job for my Commissioned work - the MG Deathscythe Hell...

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WIP: MG Deathscythe Hell pt 3 - Active Cloak and Wet Sanding

I was able to finish the whole Deathscythe Hel...

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MG 1/100 Tallgeese - The Long Wait is OVER!

More Gunpla Goodness from Bandai! I got these news from a blog a regularly visit and honestly, it got me very excited! First stop - The MG Tallgeese! I've been wanting to get a Master Grade version of these as the old 1/100 version was really.. ...well UGLY...for m...

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WIP: MG Deathscythe Hell - Assembly pt 2

The build continues....

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WIP: 1/100 MG Deathscythe Hell - Assembly pt 1

First stage of the Commissioned work. Assembly. The Gundam Deathscythe Hell has a 19 runners.,each molded in nice colours. Gates are perfectly placed except for the bicep armor piece (which I forgot to take some photos...

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Commissioned Work: MG Deathscythe Hell EW

Here's another weekend win for me. I was able to close a commissioned work deal with a client from UK. The client wanted an "Out-of-the-box" build of the 1/100 MG Gundam Deathscythe Hell. I never had one of these kits so this will be exciting for me. I might as well get one of these. The image above was the box-art...looked very similar to Strike Freedom...

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When Legends Retire...

Let's take a moment of silence to salute one of the Legends in plastic modeling world. Muramatsu-san or "Mr Zaku" - one of the original designers of our very first Gundam kit has just retired from Bandai....

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Warhammer Figures: New Addition to my Collection

Looks like the S-Gundam will take a time-out. My wife and I found something interesting today. This is a Warhammer 40,000 paint set, a basic starter kit! I always wanted to try one of these and today I got lucky. Let's see what's inside the bo...

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WIP: HG 1/144 S-Gundam

Back to business. I'm currently working on a small project and I have here my HG 1/144 S-Gundam. This is a straight build with very little modifications plus a custom paint. I used Vallejo Air colors, air-brushed on most parts and detailed using the same material as well. I'm already done adding some decals on the upper body. Tomorrow I might add more decals if all goes wel...

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BIR: Tax for Online Traders. - Stupidity Lvl: Over 9999

It's been a while since I've posted any updates on my blog. Believe me, I've been busy doing Gunpla (and videogames too). I was busy browsing and gathering information about plastic modeling when I landed on GundamPH's site and the article about "Online Private Sellers – Obliged To Pay Taxes Says BIR". According to the source: "Online Traders beware: The taxman cometh" MANILA – Online traders and entrepreneurs beware, as the Bureau of Internal...

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WIP: 1/100 MG Gundam Epyon - Assembly and the Undying Love

Enjoying the weekend at home.....

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Sneaking Mission: ToyCon 2012

The 11th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collections Convention 2012. 11th...probably my first. It was a Rainy Sunday morning. I was planning on sleeping all day long when I remembered that this day was the last day of the 2012 Toy convention. I immediately decided to sneak in with a few objectives in mind - hoard a couple of Gundams, take some pictures, celebrate Father's day (technically I'm not yet a father), get relaxed and have fun. I think I was...

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WIP: 1/100 MG Gundam Age-1 Normal - Assembly

While waiting for the RG Zaku II pictorial, I decided to unload and snap-fit this beautiful monster - the MG Gundam Age-1 Norma...

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WIP: 1/144 RG Char's Zaku II - Wet Sanding and a Ton of Patience

It was a nice sunny weekend. Nothing much to do, nowhere else to go to, not much cash in my pocket...I am stuck in my hobby room (with my wife). I took the time to "revive" my old 1/144 RG Char's Zaku II and I decided to give it a nice paint jo...

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1/144 RG Justice Gundam - Soon!

Another RG is coming to town! These Real Grade Gundam kits are keeping me busy these past few days and I must admit, I really enjoyed building these little monsters. I got more excited as the next RG in line was announced by Gundam Guy. Justice Gundam is up! Man, these things are getting better and better. I recently completed snap-fitting the Freedom and Gundam Mark II in addition to the RG Aile Strike (soon to be posted) and the green Zaku II,...

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WIP: RG 1/144 Gundam Mark II - Internal Frame

This is madness! Real Grade Madness! As soon as I got my hands on this cool Gundam kit, I immediately cleared my worktable, set aside all of my model kits and started working on the Gundam Mark II. I heard based on some reviews that the construction of the Mark II was "the BOMB". Indeed it was THE BOMB! So let's get started. For today's update, I'm going to build the internal frame used by the Mark I...

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1/35 Stryker Command Vehicle - WIP - How to Apply Paint Chipping

HobbyOwYeah is back! After the success of my new Spray booth, I immediately took off and bought myself some new set of acrylic paints. I got interested in Vallejo acrylics. Thanks to the expert recommendation from a master - DC23. Packed with a few samples, I immediately setup to paint my long overdue "Stryker". Today, I'm going to show you my newly acquired technique...

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HobbyOwYeah - Custom Spraybooth

I’ve finally created my very own custom spray booth. Using a couple of cheap materials, I was able to design a very simple spray booth – and finally I can start/continue learning painting using my airbrush. Materials used: 1. iBox (or any similar plastic container 2. Exhaust Fan (Be sure to check the specs of the fan as sometimes it may ignite the flammable fumes coming from the paint) 3. Switch 4. Electrical wire and plug 5. Washing machine hose 6....

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WIP: 1/144 RG Freedom Gundam

I'm a big fan of Real Grade series. The release of the Freedom Gundam in RG got me too excited because of two things - I never had any Freedom Gundam yet, and it is in Real Grade. I immediately began construction and forgot to take pics. Sorry about that. So here are the photos of the snapfit-build. No weapons were added....for no...

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WIP: 1/100 MG Destiny Gundam

The Spray booth is still out of my worktable. So I just started another snapfit-build. This time, I chose the 1/100 MG Destiny Gundam. I can't say this is one of my favorite units. I just wanted to complete the "Strike Freedom-Infinite Justice-Destiny" trio. Unfortunately, the Infinite Justice was a mess. I constructed it sometime in 2010 and the moral lesson of that build - Never ever paint the parts while still attached to the runners. The Strike...

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