{"id":3046,"date":"2026-04-27T14:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:25:54","slug":"update-on-my-old-bandai-imai-macross-glaug-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/update-on-my-old-bandai-imai-macross-glaug-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on my old Bandai\/Imai Macross Glaug kit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It was a quiet weekend at home, and on Sunday while I was following the events of yet another attempted presidential assassination by the “tolerant left,” I finally got around to resuming work on my old 1:100 Glaug kit I started working on last summer at the in-laws’ place while on vacation<\/a>. I sort of lost track of this build for several months. I’m pretty good at starting new kits and losing track of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m inserting Wave’s ball joints to add better articulation for the shoulders and the hips. While this kit does have plastic-on-plastic swivel joints, Adding ball joints should improve mobility and allow the legs to be splayed for more natural poses. I’ve sanded down the dome-shaped protrusions and intend to replace them with Wave H-Eyes lenses. I’ve also taken a mold of the mono-eye. I plan to cut out that plastic, attach the mold, and backfill it from the inside with clear UV resin. I did this with the old Bandai\/Imai Q-Rau kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought that I’d buy some more of these Wave ball joint sets, but when I looked online I saw that several of them are sold out! I can still get the BJ-05 set, and I ordered a couple from Yodobashi Camera. But I couldn’t find the BJ-04 and some other sets anywhere!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a quiet weekend at home, and on Sunday while I was following the events of yet another attempted presidential assassination by the “tolerant left,” I finally got around to resuming work on my old 1:100 Glaug kit I started working on last summer at the in-laws’ place while on vacation. I sort of … <\/p>\n

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