ハセガワ Hasegawa CW08 1/1500 Space Pirate Battleship Arcadia

Now this is only the second model i've ever built. The first model was One Piece Thousand Sunny. It came with stickers for all the "painted" parts, and I used those. For the Arcadia, as its my first real Skill Build, and paint project; i took my time. The decals were old, or just fussy, for no good reason. But i wanted to use them, as i did not have a 000 detail brush yet, I'm still building up my tool collection. A lot of the underbelly light "decals", came off, and i replaced with yellow acrylic paint with a toothpick. I added black wash to the panel lining (googled Gundam Panel Lining), and dry brushed some gloss silver in area's i felt would get scraped when doing his Iconic RAM attack. Around the nose, protruding panels, and wing edges. I didn't follow the paint guide, for the included Cosmowing Z miniatures; and one got destroyed. I google a close up of the original 70s variation artwork; and hand painted it with the tiny blue stripes. After everything was painted, weathered, and detailed; i hit it with a thick layer of Testors Dullcoat Lacquer spray; to seal everything. I spoke to a lot of modellers at the local store, they all suggested covering weathering and decals with finishing lacquer or varnish; to ensure they stay put. I used Testors Decal Set; during installation, as well. I feel this was my best work, so far. I had never painted, detailed, weathered, or top coated anything in my life. I was told to use a gloss top coat, for models based on metal vehicles; for a metallic shine. But i wanted my Arcadia to look worn, and scarred. So I used dull coat/matte finish spray. I noticed while it was drying, that acrylic paint and dull coat seems to make it have a cell shading color effect. Almost like a hand drawn animation would look. It was a pleasant and welcoming surprise. I also glued the Cosmo wing Z to the base arm, so it wouldn't get lost, or broken. Also added the sliver dry brush to the base itself, since it looks like a maintainence arm from Deathshadow Island. I hope my information, and images were helpful, despite my lack of experience. Perhaps to serve, at least, for inspirational ideas, to make your models your own.

Love the show and have been looking for this since the 80's. So glad I finally got one.

I returned it once I received it.

Very easy to assemble, parts fit together nicely and model looks fantastic. One of the easiest builds I have ever done.

Beau modèle. J'ai hâte de le monter

very cool

Amazing detail and nicely molded in color.... Very nice work!

Great item, fast shipping very happy

Sóc un fan incondicional del capità Harlock i de jove montava maquetes. Vaig buscar la maqueta de l'Arcadia, i vaig tribar aquesta que és la mateixa versió que apareixia a la serie que va emetre TV3 al finals dels 80. La qualitat és molt bona, i em va arribar tot bé. Molt bona compra