Bandai 1/60 Ingram AV-98 #1 "Patlabor"

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Bandai 1/60 Ingram AV-98 #1 "Patlabor"

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Completing the Macross Destroid Monster got me in the mood for more mecha and so I decided to jump to another classic Anime "Patlabor - Mobile Police". This near future franchise from the late 80's (actually now set in the past) featured robots - labors - used for heavy construction work and the military. The police equipped with patrol labors get called in when people use labors for nefarious means.

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The kit dates from the early 90's and though a step up from the old IMAI Macross kits with their use of polycaps its still a long way from the heights Bandai has reached in the last 20 years.

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Interestingly if features rubber vinyl sleeves that cover up the skeleton. Dealing with these was something the had led to being in my stash for a long time.

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After an hour though I had most of the subassemblies glued up.

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