1:9 Dragon Iron Man 3 MARK XVII (Heartbreaker)

[jpc1968]

I bought this at last years nationals in Columbus, Ohio. My son asked me to build the "whole thing" that night. Well, he's waited a whole year so I thought I would get started.



"I am Iron Thumb!"

Couldn't resist a test fit



Some of this masking is so tedious

[wbill76]

I'm sure your son will appreciate it! Masking and painting are going to be the name of the game for Iron Thumb!

[TRM]

Good job finally getting this one to the bench!! Off to a great start...nothing better than a good maskign job!

[Leon]

Off to a good start! Try and not have to much fun with the masking.

[deafpanzer]

Great start! I was at the National show too... would have been cool if we have met. Count me in too...

[jpc1968]

Sorry it's been awhile since an update. Just after so much masking I kinda got burned out. I took these a few weeks ago and just now getting around to posting. I was really burned out.




Some of the helmet masking. More where that came from.













Zoomed in so you can see the tedious torture this was.





Backhand of the gauntlets

[Leon]

All the masking will be worth it in the end!

[jpc1968]

Here's some of the painted pieces.  after looking at the artwork on the box and reference pics online I thought gold that the kit called for just didn't look right. I used AK Xtreme Metal AK 475 Brass. I'm pleased with the result.

Helmet with the masking off.












the gauntlet painted and unmasked.



even the tiniest detail got masked. ugh.

just had a few little touch UPS here and there.  these were taken before the touch-ups. Hope you all like it so far

[TRM]

Well-played John! All the effort in masking certainly paid off! The Brass color looks superb!

[wbill76]

I can see how that would drive you crazy but well worth it in the end result.

[Leon]

Great results on the painting John! I like the brass color.

[deafpanzer]

Looking good there!!!

[kaytermarram]

Clean and crisp, perfect work here!

Frank

[Wes]

Man that turned out good. The tedious masking was worth it.

[jpc1968]

I have been building but haven't had time to post the pics so here are some





I used Vallejo Burnt iron for the cables on the chest plate and for the outer ring of the chest reactor

[jpc1968]

I still have some touch up to do, some parts still look a little rough around the edges.

[Leon]

That is looking really good John!

[Jeff aka Sandbox]

You mean the parts don't come flying out of the box and assemble themselves?

[jpc1968]

Ok, he's finally finished. One pic here and the rest in the finished model threads.

[Leon]

He looks totally awesome John! Great work on the painting and getting this finished.

[joelsmith]

Nice sbs, jpc!

[dupes]

Wow! That's a really cool build.

The masking...ohhhhhh boy. I don't think I could make myself do it.

[jpc1968]

May 8, 2017 5:57:01 GMT -5 dupes said:

Wow! That's a really cool build.

The masking...ohhhhhh boy. I don't think I could make myself do it.

It was truly a labor of love Dupes

[nicusi]

Wonderful piece, warm congrats!

[jpc1968]

thank you nicusi