Gran Turismo 5

So the game is finally out. I bought the Signature Edition, yay me.

I played for about 3-4 hours now and am liking it pretty much especially the Kart racing. Also took some picture in Photo Mode and I think they look great. :)

Honda Civic Type R (EK) '97

Chevrolet IMPALA 2010 Jeff Gordon #24 DuPont

Nissan Fairlady Z 280Z-L 2-seater (S130) '78

Gran Turismo PDI Racing Kart 100










These are the cars I currently have in the game(not much I know) that I have driven.

Accident #3!!

Well, what a sad month for me.

I had a motorcycle accident last Friday while I'm on my way to work. Car slowed down, moved to the left, I tried to overtake, car tried to cut in front of me, my motorcycle got hit, I high-side, rolled over at least twice and then fractured my right collar bone at the same time. Apparently I'm a tough guy and that was the only injury incurred to me... and 1 or 2 scratches. My thanks to the one person who stayed and talked to me the entire time I was lying on the floor, I remember her name was Kelly.

Worst bit, I was told the driver that was involved took off before the police came. Here's hoping there are CCTV's in place.

My motorcycle doesn't seem to have gotten much damage. Foot pegs on both sides were bent, so were the gear shifter and the rear brake pedal. The tip of the clutch lever broke off and the brake lever was bent as well. The right side indicator was hanging, a scratch on the right side front fork and a scratch on the right fuel tank cover. Also, scratches on the exhaust.

It's probably the last time I'll be riding a motorcycle. As mentioned, it's the 3rd time I had a motorcycle accident since I started riding in 2008.

For me, getting minor injuries isn't much of a problem but dealing with insurance companies, police, investigation, etc, etc... is much more a pain in the ass than dealing with the injury.

Stuff and Updates

There wont be any updates from me for a while(dunno maybe more than a month again :)). Only thing I can say right now is that I finally started airbrushing my PG Gundam Astray Red Frame. Still puts a smile on my face everything I look at the coloured piece of plastic that I just did a couple of hours ago.

Only bad thing about airbrushing for me is when I'm priming. My room is small and the window is behind my TV so I can't really open it. The problem with the primer is the smell and the fumes(?). Since it is really cold outside so early in the season, well, I can't really do it outside. We'll see how it goes but dang, I should've started airbrushing ever since I got my kit a year ago. :)

Updates as they come.

Airbrush

Right, so I finally used my airbrush kit after gathering dust for more than a year. I've only ever tried it on paper and wasn't too sure whether if it'll look good on plastic models with my skills.

Now that I've tried it though, I'm definitely going to use it on my next one. Here's hoping that it'll turn out OK as far as my skills with airbrush is concerned.... I'm a beginner at it afterall. No fine detailing though as I would most likely mess it up. :)

Kanpei Gundam Finish!!

Yes it's finally done!!

I had some issues having those glitters on the weapon. Since I did not want to use the sticker as they looked horrible, I bought this finger nail lacquer from ebay.

It worked quite well except that when it touched the part with the gundam marker, it dissolved the paint from the marker so I had to apply it carefully which was a real pain in the A**. It was also quite hard to distribute it equally on the surface. I still managed to, somehow, and the weapon turned out quite nicely.

More or less good I guess so hopefully I wont have to use that glitter lacquer anymore. :)
Here's the final model. Only one pose as I can't be a***d to do some more. ;)

And finally all 4 BB Gundams I've made so far. I'm thinking of re-doing Bacho Blue as it looks quite horrible.

Tamiya "Fine" Surface Primer

Wow, 3 posts in 1 day. :)

So I decided to use one of the Tamiya primers that I just bought and I have to say that it works really good compared to the one I was using before. The coat is very thin.

I'll be using this type of surface primer from Tamiya from now on. Definitely recommend it.

Itsaaa Hiiiiaaaa

Strange really. Another guy from Royal Mail came and delivered it. "It" as in my MG Sinanju!! :)
Seriously, Royal Mail needs to sort out how they deliver their customer's parcel. It's just not very efficient IMO.

The guys who sent it to me also included a small gundam sticker handbook. Unfortunately, everything's in japanese so I can't read it. Btw, the Sinanju pack also included a red medallion which looks pretty nice.

Here's some pic... actually only 2 :)

Here it is. I've dreamed about doing it one day last year when I first started doing gunpla's.

The medallion is the round thing at the bottom, between the feet.

And this is the sticker booklet. Pretty awesome stuff.