I've started trying to finish a kit again!

It feels nice to be able to start building again. Over the last few months I've just been snap building, trying to get through my backlog of unbuilt kits and only last week have I just started to work again on a fully painted build, the Kampfer Amazing.

I love this kit, although I find the lack of details on the weapons quite annoying. This is an area of the kit that I will try to improve on by scribing and adding some detailing parts if I can find them. 
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A lot has changed since my last post, the most significant being our move to a new home. The pandemic has started to take a mental toll on us and so my wife and I decided that we needed to go ahead with one of our goals which was to try out living in a condo. So far, its been great. We miss our family in Malabon, what with the current lockdown situation preventing us from visiting each other but mostly its been good. God is good, and we thank him for the changes that are happening in our lives. 

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