Rubuilding the Robotech Defenders (Dougram:Fang of the Sun)

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I have a group of Robotech Defender Models I'm going to be rebuilding into their properly colored Dougram mechs. I built all of these as a teenager in the late '80's.

Background story; Revell was planning to sell imported mecha kits from various Japanese properties under the Robotech name. Around the same time, Harmony Gold was working on translating and combining Macross, Calvary of the Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada into one, "cohesive" story. They came up with the name Robotech, but was already copywrigted by Revell, Revell had Macross models in their line up, so a licensing agreement was reached for Harmony Gold to use the name. Revell would later release Macross models from the Robotech using their proper names.

The Defender models I have are from the anime series, Dougram: Fang of the Sun, The large mechs are 1/48 scale. I have some smaller ones in 1/72 I will get to last.

First up is my Blockhead T10B, Revell called it Talos.

I suck at progress photos, but this started off with airbrushed camo, over hand painted camo, and lots of visible seams. The Blockhead is the largest mech on the left.

After some work:

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It's hard to appreciate how big this thing is without the ground troops finished. At 1/48 scale this mecha is nearly a foot tall.

That's pretty much it for this one. Will add some airbrushed weathering later, when all 3 are ready for it.

[Ira]

Looks Great so Far!

[Scalper]

cool.. I used to love the cartoon when I was a kid

[Longbox55]

I remember those! Never did get around to getting the entire series, the only one I have is "Vexar", which is Roy Fokker's VF-1 S Valkyrie.