Ron Bauer

I'm eager to begin giving this project some color, but first I needed to spend some time cleaning up some of the rougher cuts and reinforcing some connections. I used Mr. White Putty as well as some sanding to smooth several places where previous cuts had left the plastic fairly jagged. I also took the opportunity make the binder arms much sturdier using Mr. Cement.
I added some thruster vents to the shoulder housing by recycling the pieces from the Hyaku Shiki shoulders.
Unfortunately my attempt to glue the Nemo side skirt pieces to their new waste unit's poly caps was not very sound. To amend this problem, I drilled a 2mm hole in both the armor piece as well as the poly cap. Next I cut a very short stub from a 2mm plastic rod and cemented it into the skirt armor, creating a peg that the poly cap could better attach to.

So far this build has really forced me outside of my comfort zone to try new techniques. I've been learning a lot as I go, and if I were to start again I'd certainly do some things differently, but I'm happy with what I've created so far. I'm looking forward to watching it come together.