“Final Calibration" - Jupiter Ghost by Benjie Dacara

The Jupiter Ghost was a concept design from the Gundam: Solomon Express, never actually made into model...until now.

We present one of Benjie Dacara's Master piece works:

"I was always fascinated by the mobile suits based on Makoto Kobayashi’s mechanical designs featured in Dengeki Hobby Magazine (Solomon Express Design Series). I was especially intrested in the mobile suit/mobile armor hybrid which revolved around Rick Dom II so I search the net and found very few references and much less finished scale models based on it. This gave me a challenge to execute something massive on a 1/100 scale".

I wanted to present a set up that shows its final stages prior to launch which lead me to create just a simple base with few crew doing their final programming. Hence, the title “Final Calibration”. The simple base was intended to highlight the model itself and to have the focus on the kit’s detailing and massive presence.

Comparison:

Paints:

Lacquer based paints from Gaianotes, primarily using a combination of Votoms colour AT-20 and MechatroWeGo WG-04 Light Orange to contrast Votoms colour AT-05 Dark blue and AT-18 Dark Violet on the main body panels

Custom parts and materials:

Styrene sheets or more commonly known as "Plastic (Pla) Plates" were used to craft some of the larger sections of the Mobile armor, most notably the lower body that mounts to the Display base. Many various shapes can also be cut out and applied on the body as protruding panel detailing in the form of bars and notches

Made from Pla Plate:

Of course, there are other crafting materials used on the build. Pipe pieces can be used to create weapon barrels or backpack fuel tanks and thursters.

Metal springs are also used to hold in piping and hoses.

Tools:

In addition to using plastic pieces to add surface details, you may also use various tools to achieve an overall detailed look. Scribers and chisels are excellent in this regard where they can be used to create separation and panel line definitions.

Kitbashing and Scratch Building:

Kitbashing refers to the process of grabbing parts and greeblies from other kits and adding them onto your project. Often people will seek out parts from various scale models, most prominently Tanks for their extensive detailing. It's a two for one :D

Scratch Building follows a similar idea, though instead you scavange around for household items, spare bottles, pens and other various dodads to add to your model!

All credit for the build goes to Benjie Dacara on his personal page Dacarified: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Dacarafied/