Gagambang X

When i was young, I was facinated with spiders. I can even remember doing a personal research about the arachnids and kept them as pets just to closely observed their ways.

So far, I have only come across the three species: the "gagambang talon", a 1-cm specie which is commonly found in window panes; the gagambang bahay, a relatively bigger specie which is brown and measures about 5 cm and is commonly found in home storage areas; and the "gagambang kuryente", which has a yellow and black stripe on its body (dont know why it was called such, maybe because it is commonly found in electrical posts near trees).

Some time ago, I came across another specie - the gagambang X. You'll see why it was called such.


Trying to get the auto-focus working... hope she doesn't suddenly decide to shift to jump-and-bite mode as the rumored victim to the bite of this creepy crawler went crazy.

a little more... my apologies, i am only using a 3.2-MP sony ericsson phone cam

there! can you see its back? there seems to be a hard shell protecting its body. the shape of the thorax is also peculiar with all the semi-spikes protruding.

notice the black and white pattern on the head. also, there seemed to be a green mini-arm. and finally, the reason behind the name, the weird pattern on the net

Welcome back

Spent a week in singapore and was amazed of how their entire "system" works. Guess the sight that welcomed me when i came back... it's the Philippine Team




Go Bulogs!

F14 Tomcat Project Phase 1

After my first stint with scaled plastic modelling that resulted to a junk pile -worthy F22 Raptor, I decided to pursue my new found hobby with a new victim, the F14 Tomcat.

The model is a Italeri 1:72 model purchased ages ago when my Raptor is just half-finished.

Hopefully, i get to finish this one with half the time it took me to get my first scale model from the packaging box to a secluded area beside my bookshelf.



Packaging

Prints

Dryfitting

I tried to assemble the body using tape and blutac just to see how the model would look (love this part of modelling)

major parts

wings tucked

wings swept

with the cockpit

pretty much the same size as the Raptor

Not much update on this plane. will post follow up shortly. just got caught under loads of paper work