starting this season with an old kit that's been sitting in the drawer for years ...   it's the 1/72 Engage Octaver SR1 by Silicon Tribe .  

It's a slightly larger one in 1/72 scale, has unique style to its proportion and the details are remarkable.    very differently than the sleek look from Volks and the somehow bulky look from WSC 

Spent some time on/off to clean, prepare the parts ..    priming and sanding ..  just like the good old days ..    the first photo is the kit fully primed in 1500 grit primer.  

Trying out some colours here to find a nice warm white ..     from top to bottom:

- some white i mixed (gx1 white + some yellow and orange) - this was used on the lGaim
- gsi 316 - FS17875 Aircraft white 
- gsi ug1 - Gundam white 
- gsi 69 - offwhite
- gsi gx1 - white

I went with gsi316 for a warmer offwhite feel with a tad of green and here's the first colour:

next would be masking ...     - tree