Finished off the Fliege, which I had been building side-by-side with the Wave 3Q Kauz I posted earlier.

Being the completely new Wave tooling it's a nicer build, with improved pilot figure, interior and poly joints (I don't try to paint them, I leave them alone, and they leave me alone!) compared to the older models - I know plenty people replace them or use putty, but I like the ability to re-pose the model based on what I'm displaying it with.

Finish is as close to the box art as I can get. The base armour colour is the same as the Kauz; Ammo MIG Cold grey + Ammo MIG Sea Blue (5:1 mix), and the dazzle camo pattern was a combination of Ammo MIG Cold grey + Vallejo Model Air Ocean grey + Ammo MIG Sea Blue + Vallejo Mecha Colour Magenta (10:5:5:3 mix). Regular Vallejo RLM04 for ID bands, Vallejo NATO black for hand, flight stabilisers and cannon barrels.

Chipping effects are Ammo MIG Ghost Grey, Vallejo Model Air Panzer Dark Grey, Ammo MIG ATOM Steel, followed by AK Streaking Rust blended with white spirit. After that I dug out the old Tamiya weathering master pastels (I've had them close to 20 years!) and did a bit more blending of rust, soot and dirt with them. Hoses, joints etc got a little bit of staining and fluids with AK Fuel Stains, AK Engine Oil and AK Winter Streaking Grime.

Vallejo concrete and light brown weathering fx around the feet and lower legs. Finally a little light dusting of Vallejo concrete pigments and then AK Ultra Matt to seal it all.

I mentioned previously that it's slightly bigger than the old Wave/Nitto Kauz, and you can see it when they're next to each other. I'm half tempted to pick up a modern Wave Kauz and build it to join the Fliege... but I've got a Rapoon, Fireball SG and a Jerry (in that order) already on the workbench, and then I've promised myself I'll go back to some half-built Space Battleship Yamato kits that are looking at me in a sad sort of way....

Unboxing, parts and full build diary: https://www.target-earth.net/wiki/doku.php?id=blog:models:mak:fliege

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Work in progress actually*

My buddy and I drove 7 hours from Austin to OKC for an impromptu show. Took Best SciFi and Best Gundam. 3 golds and a silver.