Godzilla 2005 - West Kenji

Godzilla 2005

UPDATED 06/26/09

Grabbed this sweet thing at WF2007.
Made by West Kenji.
Just love the pose, with that slight turn, and how the face is so narrow and vicious.
Check THIS PAGE to see my painting process for this kit.

Above, is just a built pic I found on the net. To give you an idea of what it looks like.
Below is a look at the bag of parts.

Finally some progress.
The tail is assembled nice fit, no putty needed.
The feet are on the legs, had to use a little putty there.

And the right arm and hand are attached. Which needed some putty also.
Still have to put the left arm on, which is presenting some problems.
It doesn't want to fit right. I can line it up in one are fine, then another area doesn't line up.
I need to warm it up and see if I can flex it into place. Which will still be tough as it is so small.

Well, I got that arm problem figured out.
Also have the legs attached now too, though they still need to be puttied.

The tail isn't attached yet, just set in there for the pictures.
I am waiting for the putty I filled the legs with to cure before I do that.

Finally getting some putty work done.

Thought it would be good to show the difference between the puttied side, and the unputtied side.
While the kit has very good parts fit, the joints are still very apparent.

Well, both sides are puttied and primed now.
Unfortunately, I am not happy with the first side that I did.

I didn't fill the joint with enough putty and now the transition is very obvious.

And I must have used too much safety solvent, as the detail here really softened up on me.
Sometimes if you get the putty too soft and workable, it with kind of settle out and smooth down on you as it sets to cure.

The other side, on the other hand, came out quite well.
I just have a few minor touch-ups to make with the dremel.

Well, back to primering it tonight.

Well, for the most part, the putty work is done. There are still a fwe things I am fine tuning.
Little patches here and there that I am not absolutely 100% happy with.
But for the most part I am done enough to move on.
I have most of the back-fins installed now. Just left out the 2 biggest ones in the middle row.
This is to make it easier to paint them.
I will primer and paint those 2 fins just like the rest of the kit, then install them when I am happy with the results of both..

I also started painting the interior mouth pieces. I need to get these done so I can put the lower jaw in place and get that putty done before I can actually start painting the kit.
I am starting with a base-coat of pink. Which I will then wash with a red/brown mix to highlight the details.
Then I plan on misting it with just a touch of white to tone it down.
Then I will paint the teeth.

Moving right along with these. Just need to give it a bit of a wash, then highlight the tips of the teeth.
Then should be ready to clear coat them and attatch to the kit.

Ok, the mouth is done (more or less) and now installed.
Just have to mask it off, primer again, to check the joint where the jaw connects, then I can start painting!

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