SEE Type 8-FF 'Florian', a Fire-Fighter Labor (Mecha); pics @ p. 5

[Go4fun]

Hmmm, one GB submission is never enough,

For some of it's too many!

Never seen this one before, I love it.

Even though the bolt is forward (I think) on this weapon it's bad weapons skill for Robby The Robot to have his finger on the trigger with the weapon off target. *Rant mode off*

[Weaver]

Even though the bolt is forward (I think) on this weapon it's bad weapons skill for Robby The Robot to have his finger on the trigger with the weapon off target. *Rant mode off*

The charging handle isn't "live" on the MPL so you can't tell if it's cocked or not by looking at it. Safety's on Full Auto too... tut, tut...... 

[Captain Canada]

Neat idea !  Looking forward to seeing how you go about it.

[Dizzyfugu]

Some early glimpses - the "endoskeleton" for the lower body:

Patlabor +++ 1:60 Fire-fighting Labor (Whif/Brocken conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Feet assembly - will probably remain OOB.

Patlabor +++ 1:60 Fire-fighting Labor (Whif/Brocken conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

First body elements, including endoskeleton parts for the shoulders (in the torso & upper arms) plus exoskeleton arm parts, and (keen eyes may recognize it) the former head of a 1:100 Macross Destroid Phalanx, which will be a literally great search light for one of the shoulders:

Patlabor +++ 1:60 Fire-fighting Labor (Whif/Brocken conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[Weaver]

Interesting stuff. I built a few Macross (?) models when I was a kid and it was always a bit of a lottery how tight the joints would end up and therefore whether they'd actually be displayable.

[zenrat]

I hope you're planning to put the nozzle for the water cannon in the obvious place (snigger snigger).

[NARSES2]

I want to see one in Killer Heels 

[Dizzyfugu]

I hope you're planning to put the nozzle for the water cannon in the obvious place (snigger snigger).

Well, wait for a specific WiP pic. I know what comments it will rouse... The finished item will be "safe", though. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Interesting stuff. I built a few Macross (?) models when I was a kid and it was always a bit of a lottery how tight the joints would end up and therefore whether they'd actually be displayable.

Did these (already) have PVC caps for the joints? The 1st generation kits without (IMAI) are a P!TA to build - I did some and reverted to completely scratched joint constructions... 

[Dizzyfugu]

I want to see one in Killer Heels 

There were/are some girls in high heel battle suits... nothing is impossible in anime. Stylish, and with attitude! 

Bubblegum Crisis +++ 1:12 Priscilla "Priss" Asagiri in Hardsuit by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Bubblegum Crisis +++ 1:12 Priscilla "Priss" Asagiri in Hardsuit by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


And some mecha designs come close, e. g. this "L.E.D. Mirage" from The Five Star Stories:

[Dizzyfugu]

Meanwhile... more things to see. Building such a modern mecha kit is really work on bits and pieces in parallel.

Here's the conversion of the breast section - the implant is actually a leftover shoulder guard piece from a 1:144 Gundam Zaku:

Patlabor +++ 1:60 Fire-fighting Labor (Whif/Brocken conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

That's the CO2 thank I want to integrate (from a Dorvack PA kit, the "Berlon"). The only suitable place is on the back, over the radiator vents, which have to be covered...

[http://Patlabor +++ 1:60 Fire-fighting Labor (Whif/Brocken conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

More from the legs, working upwards. The feet have been painted in black (acrylic, rattle can), because they have to be mounted now and later it will be very hard to get to them later.

[http://Patlabor +++ 1:60 Fire-fighting Labor (Whif/Brocken conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

And then, the aforementioned pic(s) which will certainly rouse (unintentional) comments or spur imagination... technically, this about weathering/shading the silicone "pants" for the endoskeleton with acrylics:

[http://Patlabor +++ 1:60 Fire-fighting Labor (Whif/Brocken conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[http://Patlabor +++ 1:60 Fire-fighting Labor (Whif/Brocken conversion) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


(Sorry, pictures fixed!) 

[Weaver]

Interesting stuff. I built a few Macross (?) models when I was a kid and it was always a bit of a lottery how tight the joints would end up and therefore whether they'd actually be displayable.

Did these (already) have PVC caps for the joints? The 1st generation kits without (IMAI) are a P!TA to build - I did some and reverted to completely scratched joint constructions... 

Some might have done, but I honestly can't remember. I do recall some small ones them having screws through the joints.

Part of the problem with these in the UK market was that a large number of the kits just materialised in hobby shops one day, without the shows they related to having ever been on TV, so everybody thought they looked cool, but nobody had a clue what they were actually supposed to be....

[Dizzyfugu]

Same here. Mid/late 80ies, I got hooked exactly the same way. Out of a sudden a pallet with mixed kits turned up in a department store, relatively cheap. Immediately fell in love with a Macross Destroid Defender (because its AA purpose was clear!) and a Run-Valam from Megaro Zamak (looks like Darth Vader's three-legged Sunday drive device)... Later Revell came up with their "Robotech" series, but also without the real background, but that ended soon, too.

[zenrat]

I discovered the models before watching any of the shows but they were easilly available on the interweb.
I was looking at a kit in the model shop today.  Looked like a mecha horse.  All the writing on the box was japanese so I have no idea what it was.  I was tempted.

[Dizzyfugu]

Sounds unfamiliar. Maybe a Zoids kit?