MG Jesta aka Operation Finish a Group Build for Once

[Cardboardzach]

As the title says I'll be building one of these


I've entered two group builds so far this year and not finished either of them so this will be my chance to redeem myself.

Obligatory Sprue Pics. Apologies for the blur, my phone isn't great at closeups.

[Lysus]

Nice! Jesta is justa too cool. Ahem.

Welcome to the build, and you're in good company, I think I've finished only half the builds I've entered on time

[Cardboardzach]

Nice! Jesta is justa too cool. Ahem.

Welcome to the build, and you're in good company, I think I've finished only half the builds I've entered on time

That's some high quallity punnage right there.

Gonna try my hand at salt chipping. we'll see how it goes.

[Lysus]

Ooh...I like where this is going!

[Cardboardzach]

Thanks. Unfortunately it's been so cold the last few days that I haven't been able to paint anything. Hopefully the temperatures will go up soon because I'm getting pretty impatient.

[Cardboardzach]

The temperatures have finally warmed up and I've been able to get most everything painted, now I'm just waiting for it to dry so I can assemble everything and get started weathering.

I started by painting all of the main panels in testors rust enamel. Pictures are blurry and terrible as always


I painted the frame with tamiya gunmetal. It looks really shiny now but that will hopefully get toned down as I weather everything


All of the outer armor parts got painted in tamiya medium blue with the exception of one side of the chest, which is a mix of orange and red brown.



Once all of the parts are dry I'll assemble everything and take some higher quality pictures before I go to work weathering. So far I'm liking the look.

On a slightly unrelated note the engineering of these master grade kits will never cease to amaze me. These hands come on one sprue with every joint in every finger movable, no assembly required.

[Lysus]

Pretty amazing, eh? I agree.

I hear ya about the temp, though I've had the odd hour or two to work it's been below freezing for a couple weeks and that doesn't encourage me to crack a window to vent the booth.

Smooth start, excited for what's next!

[Skullfish]

im blown away with the quality and engineering/thought that goes into these kits. Great start on your build, following along for the journey.
Jase

[Lysus]

How's operation finish a group build coming along? One month left!

[Cardboardzach]

So my phones camera has become completely usless and I wasn't able to take any more photos as I built it, but the jesta is done! And in time too. I need to borrow an actual camera so I can take some proper photos for the reveal but I took some really shoddy ones with the front facing camera on my phone to show that I did in fact do the thing. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

[Lysus]

This looks like an awesome, solid build, can't wait to see more photos! And congrats for finishing on time, I won't