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Offline Antonio Sobral

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Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« on: May 22, 2018, 11:29:20 PM »
Hi guys

A little diorama around the Bandai Missile Phalanx kit.

I slightly "changed" the scale, from the original 1/100 to the more traditional 1/87 (HO), so I could use some Preiser figures.

I am also changing some parts of the original kit, as you can easily see :)






































To be continued...

Thanks for watching!

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2018, 01:15:19 AM »
Looking good so far.
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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2018, 07:26:26 AM »
A favorite, and one the first fighting suits I ever built back around 1984 or so. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2018, 12:07:40 AM »
Nice use of figures to illustrate scale.

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2018, 04:24:32 AM »
Nice use of figures to illustrate scale.

Concur! Will watch with interest.

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2018, 07:33:51 PM »
 :smiley:
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Offline Antonio Sobral

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2018, 09:46:20 PM »
Thanks for the interest!

And a few more advances towards the final victory :)























I have altered the head and the left "arm" and dis some more personal fine-tuning.

Fortunately the boring part is mostly over! :)


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Offline Antonio Sobral

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2018, 03:50:28 PM »
Hi guys

A few more advances on this projet...































Thanks for watching!

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2018, 09:51:18 PM »
It's almost starting to look a bit Steam Punk. 8)
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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2018, 04:45:29 PM »
Another marvelous machine! I look forward to enjoying the finished product!

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2018, 03:52:32 PM »
Hi guys

Thanks for the comments.

After a few days abroad, it is time to get back to work!  ;)

The progress...






































Assembly of the several parts is pretty much done. Painting will follow.

Thanks for watching!


« Last Edit: June 16, 2018, 04:10:07 PM by Antonio Sobral »

Offline Antonio Sobral

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2018, 03:45:58 PM »
Painting has started.



















Almost done! :)

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Offline Antonio Sobral

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2018, 06:47:26 PM »
This one is done!






















































And so am I :)

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2018, 07:38:34 PM »
Can't say giant robots are my "thing" but this is very well done, Antonio! :smiley:

The figures add a sense of scale often missing with these types of builds & you managed to use muted colours instead of the excessively bright tones I've come to expect from this genre. :smiley:
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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2018, 08:44:39 PM »
This is one sweet looking "Siegfried"!  :smiley:
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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #15 on: July 02, 2018, 10:24:34 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #16 on: July 03, 2018, 05:42:16 AM »
Now that's one mean machine!

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #17 on: July 12, 2018, 01:29:53 PM »
 8) Nice job. :smiley: ;)
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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2018, 07:59:25 PM »
Im always in awe of your paint work Antonio! Great idea and beautifully executed.
Im looking forward to seeing your next project
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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #19 on: September 27, 2018, 04:38:18 AM »
So cool !!  Very nice indeed sir.   :smiley: :smiley:
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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2018, 05:55:30 PM »
I can only agree with Old Wombat, very nice diarama, love the detail

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Offline Antonio Sobral

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #21 on: December 14, 2018, 10:45:59 PM »
Thank you, guys!

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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2018, 11:25:58 PM »
Simply Outstanding!!!!!!! Well done.
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Re: Missile Phalanx Diorama - Bandai 1/87
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2018, 10:35:58 PM »
Great paint!

Well done.

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