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Gunpla/Plamo General

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Mon 11 Nov 2024 14:11:59 No.11229605 View View Reply Original Report

>"If you're new, you're gonna fuck up. Don't worry! If you're experienced, don't make the new people worry!"

***READ THE GUIDE***

Discord
https://discord.gg/W973BmwERB

The guide:
Part 1 (Quick Start)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSBDfE8Iz-a86DZJCR5MHRW6tjkQX-y4-ZpUc_vHjRfx_i2FB0zR1usdrgUJ4wNTs1iDFZmTQHF66X_/pub

Part 2 (Deeper Dive)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQJG2SZo1O1PjExPrdU_-GnkrYTGiGLCgBcKaL4peEWxOGB4CNbpGaJBV1oF61eNE1lEhbQHYEAXLrw/pub

And a handy guide to other types of plamo: http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20(Scale%20Modelling%20Step-By-Step).pdf
http://www.scalemodelguide.com

Some line art:
https://imgur.com/user/Gundaml1neart/posts

Previous thread: >>11203519

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Nov 2024 23:39:55 No.11232555 Report

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>>11232412
You're almost in time, Gunpla is about to get a small price hike in April because of how shit the Japanese economy is, and if you live in the US expect that to be amplified further by tariffs.

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Anonymous Wed 13 Nov 2024 23:52:39 No.11232569 Report

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they just raised the price of the Strike Freedom bros. First time I have seen bandai raise the price of a kit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Nov 2024 00:15:40 No.11232596 Report

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>>11232412
>wife
>I'm in love
I should hope so.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Nov 2024 00:30:38 No.11232612 Report

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>>11232412
>likes miniatures
>has a wife
gonna have to second this anon >>11232415

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 01:31:30 No.11234158 Report

Quoted By: >>11234172

I just realized that I could apply panel line before assembling, Is there anything wrong with doing that?

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Fri 15 Nov 2024 01:39:29 No.11234172 Report

Quoted By: >>11234194

>>11234158
I've been doing my panel lining before assembly forever, way easier IMO, even if you aren't using Tamiya or Mr Color or something.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 01:43:23 No.11234176 Report

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>>11229903
Good lord I wish the funnels mounted like the prelude's. It would work perfectly as a snow white at home.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 01:53:50 No.11234194 Report

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>>11234172
Glad to know it was a good idea, gonna do it from now on.

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Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 02:14:59 No.11234218 Report

Quoted By: >>11234269

For those in the US, there's an immediate "in stock" drop on P-Bandai right now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 03:03:39 No.11234269 Report

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>>11234218
psycho doga... kno...
but i have too much backlog atm (10 boxes) so I will have to pass it by

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 03:45:08 No.11234312 Report

Quoted By: >>11234323 >>11234364

Is it cringe to buy kits already built?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 03:50:37 No.11234323 Report

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>>11234312
forgot pic

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 04:18:07 No.11234364 Report

Quoted By: >>11234438

>>11234312
For me over half the fun is building it so yeah, it is cringe.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 05:44:33 No.11234438 Report

Quoted By: >>11235941

>>11234364
What if it's an old kit that is in short supply, and I'm just gonna take it apart and repaint it anyways?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 06:31:13 No.11234487 Report

Quoted By: >>11234943 >>11235545

Does anyone have a good guide for kitbashing? For a few years I've been planning to put together the build I used in GB3. I finally have all of the kits I needed the pieces from, but I didn't have any kitbashing experience. It's all HGs for what that's worth, and I didn't plan to do anything right away I'd like to learn what I can before diving in.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Nov 2024 20:53:27 No.11234943 Report

Quoted By: >>11235342

>>11234487
Most the shoulders with ball joints are compatible with modern builds. The waist can be trickier, sometimes they need a ball joint polycap, sometimes a peg, but the peg is the same size so just need to add or remove the polycap. Legs are usually on a similar connection as well. Trouble really is with older kits without any standardized joint systems. Most backpacks will swap now but occasionally youll get one that wont fit directly like the ground gundam backpack.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Nov 2024 03:06:57 No.11235342 Report

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>>11234943
That's actually great to hear! The pieces I'm using for the body are all modern kits afaik. Thank you

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Anonymous Sat 16 Nov 2024 08:52:05 No.11235545 Report

Quoted By: >>11235770

>>11234487
>a good guide for kitbashing
Any guide that teaches you basic scratchbuilding skills (how to drill a hole, how to saw, how to glue, how to reinforce with metal rods, etc) is also a guide for kitbashing.

Also people's build logs like http://s708.blog110.fc2.com/page-3.html or http://uc-timeline.com/category/%e6%97%a7%e3%82%ad%e3%83%83%e3%83%88_%e3%82%a2%e3%83%83%e3%82%b0/ or whatever. Also futaba modelling boards:
https://dat.2chan.net/v/ and https://nov.2chan.net/y/

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Nov 2024 15:42:23 No.11235770 Report

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>>11235545
Thank you, I'll check those out

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Nov 2024 16:26:17 No.11235816 Report

Quoted By: >>11235890

Any tins on cleaning up edge wear in plastic?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Nov 2024 18:45:53 No.11235890 Report

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>>11235816
seam weld with plastic cement then sand smooth
if you need to add material you can make "sprue goo" by mixing up some clipped off bits of the runner in cement to dissolve it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Nov 2024 19:37:34 No.11235941 Report

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>>11234438
thats fine? makes total sense.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Nov 2024 21:25:49 No.11236080 Report

Quoted By: >>11236086

Do waterslides exist for the RX-178? I don't like the look of these at all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Nov 2024 21:29:16 No.11236086 Report

Quoted By: >>11236301

>>11236080
Did you even try searching anywhere? i see many brands for both RG and MG sizes

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Nov 2024 02:29:47 No.11236301 Report

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>>11236086
Including Bandai

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Nov 2024 09:56:45 No.11236525 Report

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Kinda want to pick up something, but not sure what. I've got the P-Bandai Zeta-Mkii-Hyaku on preorder, but that's next year. My gut tells me a zaku since I've only got an the HG Rx-78-2 and RG ZGok from 0079. It would be nice if there were more Zeta era revives.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Nov 2024 10:23:31 No.11236541 Report

Quoted By: >>11236632 >>11236741

I just built the Leo model from the Gunpla Evolution line, and I have the RX-79 MG version from the 08th MS team lined up but I am intimidated. The Leo is the first model that I have ever built, I had trouble with the feet armor, got a little sloppy with the snips. Should I try my hand at the Real Grade Tallgeese before going up to Master Grade? Give me your testicular fortitude please.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Nov 2024 13:45:02 No.11236632 Report

Quoted By: >>11236865

>>11236541
MG is way easier than rg. And stop being a little bitch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Nov 2024 15:57:19 No.11236741 Report

Quoted By: >>11236865

>>11236541
MGs are honestly not that hard, they just take longer to put together than your average HG because they have a bunch more parts.
RGs nowadays are basically mini-MGs, so their parts count is only a little lower but the parts are much smaller.

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Anonymous Sun 17 Nov 2024 16:19:14 No.11236754 Report

Quoted By: >>11236905 >>11237513

>finally got the time to work on the 3d printed zaku flipper

Most of the parts are primed with Mr. Surfacer 1500 black.

For the lens I ended priming them with white. Was hoping to using some liquid masking so I can spray the colors in but mask is way to watery to do the job. I remove the dried masking and I got some 70° hot water and some soap hoping to wash away the masking residue, yet for some strange reasons the white primer came off as I brushed the part.

I have no idea what's going on and maybe it is because the material of the 3D parts that was expanded by the hot water and the primer lost its grip?
The one piece that I also Primed white that i did not wash is fine- my nail is not chipping the primer in any way

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Nov 2024 18:08:10 No.11236865 Report

Quoted By: >>11236878

>>11236632
Okay fine.
>>11236741
Small pieces are part of my problem, I have the hands of a retard. I opened the box and saw tiny screws for the legs and I was surprised. Like I said, new to this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Nov 2024 18:18:23 No.11236878 Report

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>>11236865
>screws
Sounds like an early MG, which is gonna be pretty simple to put together. Easier than a modern RG for sure.
When adding the screws, go 2 turns down, then 1 turn back and repeat until they're fully seated. This helps with forming better threads inside the plastic parts and results in less risk of breakage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Nov 2024 18:51:38 No.11236905 Report

Quoted By: >>11237248

>>11236754
>white primer came off
What was the "white primer"?

>mask is way to watery
>70° hot water and some soap hoping to wash away the masking residue
What did you use for masking? None of what you did is needed normally.

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Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2024 00:15:55 No.11237221 Report

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>Murasame Kai's still haven't hit stateside
Please build a factory in the US i'm begging you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2024 00:35:40 No.11237248 Report

Quoted By: >>11237278

>>11236905
Mr surfacer 1500 white was the white primer

As for the masking, it is just Mr hobby' blue liquid mask. I had to wash it because some of the masking struck to the tiny dips between the 3d printing layer and I can't get them out normally

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Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2024 00:53:48 No.11237278 Report

Quoted By: >>11237356

>>11237248
>Mr surfacer 1500 white was the white primer
Mr Surfacer has some issues sticking to stuff other than regular PS, so I would not use it as a primer. MrColor used to make a special resin primer (which you can't find anywhere now), MrPrimer 1000 should work, although for UV resin I would recommend Tamiya primer.

>Mr hobby' blue liquid mask.
Both of Mr Hobby liquid masks are blue, but one (Neo) is latex and pic related is water soluble. I would only use peelable latex masking for masking painted surfaces. In any case, washing in _hot_ water serves no useful purpose, if the mask is water soluble it will dissolve in room temperature water just as well and if it is latex, wetting the mask will make it harder to peel.

>struck to the tiny dips between the 3d printing layer
That's why you keep sanding and priming with coarse primer until they are gone. There shouldn't be any visible layers by the time you are ready to paint.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2024 02:42:20 No.11237356 Report

Quoted By: >>11237485

>>11237278
I don't know, all the other pieces seemed to be fine. And mentioned before I tried to scratch one with my nail nothing came off of it. Only those got treated with hot water got this problem

I think the kit is made of pla, the seller said not to expose it to sun light naked and not to mention the pieces are really brittle. I have pieces split in half on me when I drop them on to the floor. Going by the internet people said Mr surfacer primer as good for most 3d parts so maybe it is just a temperature thing.

As for Mr. Surfacer I doubt I will be using it any more. The general spray cans from Mr hobby was banned few years ago over he and I am literally using up whatever stock people have left around the country as I order them online.

Tamiya are still in stores but they don't have primer in black only grey red and white

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2024 05:12:58 No.11237485 Report

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>>11237356
>they don't have primer in black
You can always add Tamiya black lacquer paint to it if you really need a black resin primer. Or you can prime gray, fix the surface defects, then paint black.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2024 06:01:46 No.11237513 Report

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>>11236754
did you wash the parts before priming? could have been some leftover coating on the 3d printed parts

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2024 06:02:01 No.11237514 Report

Quoted By: >>11237550 >>11238025

Is it okay to talk about non-bandai kits in this general or is that off topic? I just bought the Kotobukiya eva 02 as my first kit and wondered if anyone had any tips?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2024 06:52:01 No.11237550 Report

Quoted By: >>11239632

>>11237514
>Gunpla/Plamo General
Plamo stands for plastic models of all kinds.
You're good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Nov 2024 18:46:15 No.11238025 Report

Quoted By: >>11239632

>>11237514
>Kotobukiya
Here's a tip, if a part won't go in, don't force it. Koto kits from my experience have some tight joints that will break if you're not careful.
Anyway, just sand it down ever so slightly until it's at a tightness that won't stress the plastic but can still hold.

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Anonymous Tue 19 Nov 2024 04:29:42 No.11238581 Report

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here's a kit i recently finished
>>11229606
FUCK ME I MISS EVERY MOIDEL CONTEST
I've had a horror ball planned since I bought it back in July

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Nov 2024 19:16:38 No.11238988 Report

Quoted By: >>11239098

I remember reading that a MG Deathscythe was quite the hand grenade, Which one was that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Nov 2024 21:45:09 No.11239098 Report

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>>11238988
I made the MG EW Deathscythe not too long ago and it was one of the most brittle kits I've made. The face in particular just degraded and I had to cement and paint it until it looked acceptable I think part of the leg went as well.
When I get home I'll take a picture.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2024 13:11:05 No.11239632 Report

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>>11238025
>>11237550
Thanks anons, I'll post photos etc once it arrives, and I'll be mindful of any tight fits

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Anonymous Wed 20 Nov 2024 21:09:41 No.11239918 Report

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I made a zaku and there's nothing you can do about it

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Nov 2024 02:34:54 No.11240174 Report

Quoted By: >>11240209

holy shit
thicken your paint

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Nov 2024 02:46:41 No.11240183 Report

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>>11229605
No

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Anonymous Thu 21 Nov 2024 03:06:35 No.11240209 Report

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>>11240174

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