>>11004083Pic related was my first ever plastic kit, Takemikazuchi (v 1) by Kotobukiya.
It has no topcoat and I didn't use any glue (except for some superglue in some internal support part that wasn't visible from the outside.
But since this was a Koto kit, I couldn't get away without at least some detail painting and marker alone wouldn't cut it either. So I had to learn how to paint on a very basic level.
The nice thing about Kotobukiya kits is how tightly parts snap together, so even if there is a seam running along the middle of the leg, for example, you are not going to see it. The downside of that is the inability to disassemble the snapped together parts without some damage, so you will need to plan the sequence of assembly pretty carefully.
Being a beginner with zero experience, I didn't want to do anything to the kit that I wouldn't be able to easily undo and redo if I get it wrong the first time. That's why I didn't attempt to topcoat it and avoided using plastic cement. I used acrylic paint to paint details because it was easy to strip (and I ended up having to strip the parts I painted a few times before I got it right).
