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Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Fri 31 May 2024 22:26:33 No.11014447 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

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Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Fri 31 May 2024 22:27:00 No.11014449 Report

Quoted By: >>11014471

==INDIRECT COMBAT ROLES GROUPBUILD==

Build a mecha or vehicle that is meant for an indirect role in combat. This can concepts such as:
>Electronic Warfare And Communications & Airborne Early Warning And Control
>Minelayers and long-range weaponry spotters
>Scouting and Surveillance
>Commanding roles
>Sub-flight units to aid MS (Base Jabbers)
>Field Repairs & Supply
Basically any kind of combat role that isn't just "Robot made to shoot/punch another robot"

Submit your entries to [email protected] , include at least 5 finished pics and any WIP pics you took while working on your entry, as well as a brief description of your build.

START: 4/24/24
END: 7/31/24

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 May 2024 22:45:01 No.11014471 Report

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>>11014449
would something like an artillery unit be eligible for the group build? to me it IS indirect combat, but it is still totally robot with gun.

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Anonymous Fri 31 May 2024 22:45:09 No.11014472 Report

Quoted By: >>11014568 >>11014570 >>11014740 >>11015046 >>11015136 >>11017978

AMAIM kits are now one dollar USD. This is not a drill.

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Anonymous Fri 31 May 2024 23:03:42 No.11014486 Report

Quoted By: >>11014489 >>11015887 >>11016035

>>11014447
hey that's my mech
and today I was able to get the minigun attached to the hardpoint in the shoulder

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 31 May 2024 23:05:10 No.11014489 Report

Quoted By: >>11014492 >>11015887

>>11014486

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Anonymous Fri 31 May 2024 23:06:12 No.11014492 Report

Quoted By: >>11014495 >>11015887

>>11014489
the minigun can rotate freely in a vertical axis so it has no problem facing forwards

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 31 May 2024 23:07:56 No.11014495 Report

Quoted By: >>11015264 >>11015887

>>11014492
Even put a metallic green sticker in the scope thing

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 May 2024 23:31:03 No.11014530 Report

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I have to build Muramasa and it has so many tiny details that I'm already panicking

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 May 2024 23:41:29 No.11014549 Report

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I've seen some gundam kits on a site and I consider picking one up to save up on shipping. All the sets are from Bandai. I have three questions
1. Is it really all prepainted?
2. There are also "weapon sets" are they all compatible with each gundam?
3. Does the HG 1/72 and HG 1/144 stand for the scale? If so what's that roughly in inches or cm?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 31 May 2024 23:59:16 No.11014568 Report

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>>11014472
Is this real?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 00:00:50 No.11014570 Report

Quoted By: >>11014605 >>11014711

>>11014472
why it bombed so hard?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 00:35:13 No.11014605 Report

Quoted By: >>11014641

>>11014570
The plushies of the yokai mascots sold out and anecdotes suggested children too young to build model kits liked the anime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 01:26:57 No.11014641 Report

Quoted By: >>11014782

>>11014605
There were plushies?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 02:36:35 No.11014711 Report

Quoted By: >>11014758 >>11026639

>>11014570
Attempt at a serious answer:

>Wanted teen audiences but I-LeS appealed far more to little kids
>For a show about freeing the oppressed it barely showed subjugation
>Barely any politics between main factions until well into the second half
>Main mechs had weird design choices
>Australia wanting Japan made no sense
>Russia depicted as the noble antagonist faction was poorly timed (not something I'd blame the staff on)
>Killing off the best villain at the end of season 1
>Less action as time went on
>Not enough friction between the leads and antagonists until Anou fights Brad in the final episode.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 03:04:37 No.11014740 Report

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>>11014472
>one dollar usd
don't lie to me, 100 yen is less than that

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 03:10:25 No.11014758 Report

Quoted By: >>11014782 >>11024133

>>11014711
sounds like one of those cases of a series of bad production decisions (with the Board surely being retarded as always) coupled with strokes of bad luck
that said, those mecha designs it had seemed like a weird mix between mechanical and animals and not in the good way

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 03:27:40 No.11014782 Report

Quoted By: >>11014822

>>11014641
Limited production given how expensive they are on eBay, but yeah those were a thing.
>>11014758
Jogan I can see being based on a fox, no idea what Kenbu and Reiki are based on.

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

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Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Sat 01 Jun 2024 04:24:00 No.11014822 Report

Quoted By: >>11015370 >>11015491 >>11015943

>>11014782
Proto Gouyou is pretty cool looking. I think in general they all look better in "real" colors than bright anime colors.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 11:38:16 No.11015046 Report

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>>11014472
https://youtu.be/z-q29hbEP04

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 13:59:06 No.11015136 Report

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>>11014472
God I wish that were me, everywhere locally is still selling them at MSRP+ "you are in the Antipodes" markup.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 15:50:50 No.11015231 Report

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How tall are HG 1/144 and HG 1/72 roughly in cm or inches?

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Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 16:38:10 No.11015264 Report

Quoted By: >>11015266 >>11015887

>>11014495
and its done

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Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 16:39:12 No.11015266 Report

Quoted By: >>11015269 >>11015887

>>11015264

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Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 16:40:14 No.11015269 Report

Quoted By: >>11015272 >>11015887

>>11015266

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Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 16:41:58 No.11015272 Report

Quoted By: >>11015288 >>11015887

>>11015269
It was a very simple build but fun to do it
I am glad the old connector I had worked for the minigun attachment

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Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 17:00:13 No.11015288 Report

Quoted By: >>11015290 >>11015342

>>11015272
Time to pick the next build
TEH REI
Discount unicorn
Wannabe Titans Gundam
SF everyone seems to hate
SD Freedom

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 17:01:26 No.11015290 Report

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>>11015288
Cool statue

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 18:14:26 No.11015340 Report

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Do different brands of lacquer paint have different thinning ratios?

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Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 18:16:11 No.11015342 Report

Quoted By: >>11015347 >>11015352 >>11015477

>>11015288
There's a high grade of Huckebein Mark 3? The stuff /m/ never talks about.

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Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Sat 01 Jun 2024 18:22:47 No.11015347 Report

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>>11015342
If it's anything like the Gespenst MK-II it's excellent.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 18:29:19 No.11015352 Report

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>>11015342
not only a Mk III, they also made the Mk II AND the Huckebein Mk III with the Boxer frame is coming out soon

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 18:55:41 No.11015370 Report

Quoted By:

>>11014822
The Kenbu is just ugly

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 20:24:06 No.11015477 Report

Quoted By:

>>11015342
/m/ is just shitposting central at this point. Most anons up and left it because of forumfag drama.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jun 2024 20:40:19 No.11015491 Report

Quoted By:

>>11014822
Proto is the only good one, the rest have this plain, cereal toy aesthetic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 00:12:12 No.11015672 Report

Quoted By: >>11015774

>Respirator
Is that just needed for painting or do I need one for building?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 02:04:24 No.11015774 Report

Quoted By: >>11015858 >>11016182

>>11015672
Avoid sanding resin and you won't need one. Inhaling plastic dust isn't great for you but it's nowhere near as bad for you as resin dust

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 03:42:11 No.11015852 Report

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What type of gloves do you use for manipulating already primed models?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 03:45:49 No.11015858 Report

Quoted By: >>11015867

>>11015774
Resin and the plastic used by bandai are both amorphous polymers, they're literally the same for all intents and purposes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 03:51:15 No.11015867 Report

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>>11015858
What bandai kits have resin in them?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 04:18:55 No.11015887 Report

Quoted By: >>11015924 >>11016035

>>11014486
>>11014489
>>11014492
>>11014495
>>11015264
>>11015266
>>11015269
>>11015272
Sweet build fellow jackal bro, is that minigun from the build fighters option set?

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 04:36:04 No.11015904 Report

Quoted By: >>11015905 >>11015929 >>11016601

The best subjects for painting practice are your own 3D prints.

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 04:37:07 No.11015905 Report

Quoted By: >>11015906 >>11015929 >>11016601

>>11015904
Another model from the same author.

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 04:38:12 No.11015906 Report

Quoted By: >>11015907 >>11015929 >>11016601

>>11015905

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 04:40:12 No.11015907 Report

Quoted By: >>11015912 >>11016601

>>11015906
Scaled to 27% of the original and added doors and window lattices (same as in the previous model).
I guess having no doors makes it easier to move game pieces or something?

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 04:43:53 No.11015912 Report

Quoted By: >>11016601

>>11015907
I was wondering which Tamiya enamel blue paint to use for the roof wash and then I just grabbed MrWeathering blue filter and it worked somehow.

As usual, also posted at https://www.tinami.com/creator/profile/65467

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 04:55:16 No.11015924 Report

Quoted By: >>11015932

>>11015887
yeah, it was the Giant Gatling set
that radome/missile set of yours in the right shoulder armor from which set it is? I could try adding one extra weapon there

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 05:02:56 No.11015929 Report

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>>11015904
>>11015905
>>11015906
Beautiful

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 05:05:31 No.11015932 Report

Quoted By: >>11015937

>>11015924
The missiles are from the M.S.G. Unit36 missile and radome from kotobukiya. Its a neat set of option parts because the missile parts are a separate insert piece so painting them is super easy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 05:09:17 No.11015937 Report

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>>11015932
oh cool, might try to grab them when I get some future kits
think I'll get to make the Rei plamo and the Hucky Mk III next

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 05:20:03 No.11015943 Report

Quoted By:

>>11014822
If you told me that this was a no-name 30MM I'd believe you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 08:24:12 No.11016035 Report

Quoted By:

>>11014486
>>11015887
I just snapped my Jackal the other night as well. Still deciding on what MSG or other parts I wnna slap on it and a paint scheme.

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 12:15:01 No.11016182 Report

Quoted By: >>11016648 >>11018355

>>11015774
Wouldn't one of those be enough? Seems weird that you need professional gear for a relative cheap hobby that is also for kids. Or is it avoidable if I just use a knive to cut off nub instead using sandpaper?

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 18:51:44 No.11016526 Report

Quoted By: >>11016639 >>11023305

Since I got the V Thor on it's way, I quickly put together it's Pilot
This Governor Pawn A1 has a very knight looking aesthetic

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 20:03:06 No.11016587 Report

Quoted By: >>11016592 >>11016643 >>11016646 >>11016827

I want to get started with gunpla. I've found some kits that I could buy and look interesting. Is any of them known to cause trouble or an especially good choice?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 20:10:26 No.11016592 Report

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>>11016587
The GM Space Command is OLD. You’re better off with a newer HGUC GM. Even the GM Custom is good from 2008.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 20:18:17 No.11016601 Report

Quoted By: >>11016727

>>11015904
>>11015905
>>11015906
>>11015907
>>11015912
no washing required for 3d printed resin required?, also you use tamiya liquid primer as your primer right but I have to ask how? it's the worst piece of shit I've ever used so I'm clearly doing something wrong, how are you using it?
neat little build.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 20:51:43 No.11016639 Report

Quoted By:

>>11016526
V-Thor is very cool. Lots of articulation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 20:56:49 No.11016643 Report

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>>11016587
Both of the Entry Grades are ok, they're fully color separated and will give you a pretty decent intro to Gunpla. That lil 30MM egg guy is cute but can't pose too much, I would maybe not get that for my first. I don't know about the Wing mold, I don't own it. Gouf Custom is a pretty solid kit still, that's not a bad choice either.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 20:59:52 No.11016646 Report

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>>11016587
If you're in the US, just go to you local Hobby Lobby during a 40% off week (every other week, one just ended on Saturday) and engorge yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 21:02:33 No.11016648 Report

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>>11016182
You don't need a respirator unless you are working with resin or painting. But if you do decide to sand your parts, just don't kick it up all over the place or try to inhale the shit, you know? work clean and use common sense. Foreign particulate matter in your lungs is not a good idea.

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jun 2024 22:41:52 No.11016727 Report

Quoted By: >>11017560

>>11016601
>no washing required for 3d printed resin
Of course you need to wash it. I use 99% isopropyl alcohol in a sonic cleaner. For somebody else's prints it's even more important since you never know if there is uncured resin left inside somewhere.

>you use tamiya liquid primer as your primer right but I have to ask how
Thin 1:1 with Tamiya lacquer thinner + retarder (orange cap), spray wet coat at 10psi, works every time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 00:40:09 No.11016827 Report

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>>11016587
Gouf custom and wing zero are really good

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 13:02:51 No.11017382 Report

Quoted By: >>11018364

Anyone knowledgeable enough in Motor Nuclear kits? I'm eyeing off this fucker, but I'm trying to work out the difference between the MNP-XH02 model and the MNP-XH02A model.

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 14:31:28 No.11017450 Report

Quoted By: >>11017565

I made the decision to start with those two. Together with the tools I'm slighly below free shipping so I think I will get a stand too. Does this one fit? It should be because all is 1/144? Does it also come with the different parts I marked? Also what's the difference between Action Base 4 and 5? They do look the same to me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 16:55:57 No.11017560 Report

Quoted By: >>11017568

>>11016727
>I use 99% isopropyl alcohol in a sonic cleaner.
That sounds like an explosive hazard.

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 17:00:03 No.11017565 Report

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>>11017450
Action Base 4 is meant for bigger kits, while 4 is for smaller kits. You could also get some Action Base 6s which would be better for those two kits size-wise.

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 17:02:01 No.11017568 Report

Quoted By: >>11017624

>>11017560
>sounds like an explosive hazard
But it's not.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 18:19:18 No.11017624 Report

Quoted By: >>11017627 >>11017632 >>11018439

>>11017568
But it is. You've actually got 2 sources of risk in your case; the obvious one is all the vapors that are being released when you remove the lid (flash fire risk from any spark in the area). The ultrasonic cleaner itself is another; it's rare, but the bubble implosions from cavitation can cause static electricity in the solution itself. This is harmless with water based solutions, but solvents can equal the big boom. On top of all that, it's not exactly fun to breathe (guessing you already know that). I've personally gone to using a degreasing cleaner with my ultrasonic for 3d prints, with 70% IPA as a rinse to get rid of the degreaser; works a treat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 18:23:52 No.11017627 Report

Quoted By: >>11017633

>>11017624
Do you recommend a specific brand of cleaner?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 18:30:03 No.11017632 Report

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>>11017624
You know, in theory even water can spontaneously split into oxygen and hydrogen from a particularly large discharge of static electricity and then you'll have a Hindenburg in a cup, literally.

In reality though, alcohol is not as explosive as you make it sound, but you do you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 18:32:17 No.11017633 Report

Quoted By: >>11017638 >>11018021

>>11017627
I use LA's Totally Awesome, but that's mainly because I have a Dollar Tree a couple blocks away from my house. IIRC Uncle Jessy did a review a few years back of various "industrial" degreasers (Purple Power, Simple Green, etc) and they all worked about the same. You don't actually have to put the degreaser directly into your ultrasonic either (I don't); a zip loc or pickle jar with the solution floating in distilled water lets the ultrasonic waves propagate just fine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 18:33:16 No.11017638 Report

Quoted By:

>>11017633
Damn, everyone only ever has US brands to suggest and I've never been able to find any good info about the best EU equivalents.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 22:54:29 No.11017978 Report

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>>11014472
Can someone supply more pics of Amaim/Kyoukai Senki kits selling bad like this?

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 23:29:53 No.11018021 Report

Quoted By: >>11018050

>>11017633
>a zip loc or pickle jar with the solution floating in distilled water lets the ultrasonic waves propagate just fine
You must have one of those industrial 1000W cleaners then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jun 2024 23:54:56 No.11018050 Report

Quoted By: >>11018324

>>11018021
80w 2L Ebay special.

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Anonymous Tue 04 Jun 2024 00:09:49 No.11018071 Report

Quoted By: >>11018184

>>11014447
A piece was missing from my kit, but fortunately it was another part to an arm. So, I had the right piece to duplicate.

I bought the quick type putty and some blue stuff to hopefully duplicate it. That a good idea? It's not a load bearing piece, more like a covering armor for the joint itself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Jun 2024 01:42:51 No.11018184 Report

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>>11018071
If you're worried about durability, mix that shit with an equal part of miliput. It's crazy strong.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Jun 2024 03:51:28 No.11018324 Report

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>>11018050
Then I can assure you the stuff in pickle jar is safe from any kind of cleaning ;D

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Jun 2024 04:30:58 No.11018355 Report

Quoted By: >>11018404

>>11016182
normal kits are made of polystyrene plastic
the shit you don't want to inhale is polyurethane resin dust which is mostly in garage kits or third party modification parts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Jun 2024 04:47:38 No.11018364 Report

Quoted By: >>11018599

>>11017382
they have a website here which theoretically lists all their variants http://www.mdhtoy.com/MNP.html
the XH02E variant comes with a more expensive "titanium finish" type coating on the plastic, but no idea what the difference with the A version is as it's not listed

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Jun 2024 05:58:00 No.11018404 Report

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>>11018355
>you don't want to inhale is polyurethane resin dust
polystyrene plastic dust is not much healthier for your lungs either

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Anonymous Tue 04 Jun 2024 06:16:03 No.11018422 Report

Quoted By: >>11023640

How to make 1/72 AFV headlights in 3 easy steps:
1. Gouge out the headlight with a chisel (deeper in the center).
2. Press a piece of aluminum foil into the headlight.
3. Fill with clear UV resin and cure.
(incidentally found a legitimate use case for Mr. UV Clear Putty)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Jun 2024 06:39:38 No.11018439 Report

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>>11017624
>the obvious one is all the vapors that are being released when you remove the lid (flash fire risk from any spark in the area)
Dude. I spray literal visible clouds of alcohol with a hand sprayer when I clean my printer's resin vat and build plate in the sink in my basement, like 10 feet away from the pilot light of my furnace.
If alcohol vapors were as easy to ignite as you imagine, I would've fried myself to a crisp years ago, but I haven't. Because short of spraying directly into an open flame, shit won't ignite, it dissipates too fast.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 04 Jun 2024 12:40:04 No.11018599 Report

Quoted By:

>>11018364
>but no idea what the difference with the A version is as it's not listed
Yeah it's been hard to find any info on these. All I've got so far is they have different boxes. I wonder if there's a contact email to reach out.

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Anonymous Tue 04 Jun 2024 17:41:54 No.11018894 Report

Quoted By: >>11019363 >>11022151

Up on HLJ

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Jun 2024 01:31:24 No.11019363 Report

Quoted By: >>11019400

>>11018894
>preorder shit there
>they never fulfill my order
yeah no, fuck those guys

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Jun 2024 01:54:05 No.11019400 Report

Quoted By: >>11019412

>>11019363
Preorder quicker

Also it's more like a waitlist than a preorder

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Jun 2024 02:05:27 No.11019412 Report

Quoted By: >>11019416 >>11019543 >>11020650

>>11019400
no fuck them
every single kit I preordered from them the same day they put it no their website instantly got backordered and they never fulfilled any of those orders:
hg destroy
FM aerial gundam
the Mk III huckebein
hell, evne the kits from the freedom movie
not a single order fulfilled? yeah I'm done with them

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Jun 2024 02:06:56 No.11019416 Report

Quoted By:

>>11019412
>same day
Be less slow

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Jun 2024 04:36:21 No.11019543 Report

Quoted By:

>>11019412
Skill issue. I've gotten all of my orders fulfilled.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 05 Jun 2024 22:23:17 No.11020412 Report

Quoted By: >>11020901

So these are TF parts, not gunpla, but I thought I'd share this with you guys anyway because it's relevant. If you've got a high-shine paint you want to clearcoat but that doesn't like lacquer (in my case an enamel-based chrome paint) then just get some of Tamiya's gloss clear (the colorless kind) and tint it with alcohol-based ink, like the kind you get in big packs off Amazon. It's kinder to paint than lacquers but isn't a bitch to spray like aqueous acrylics. Was able to get this really nice candy pink this way. Obviously this example is incredibly "toyetic" 'cuz that was the look I was going for, but anyway.

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Anonymous Wed 05 Jun 2024 23:08:11 No.11020470 Report

Quoted By:

I've build my first gundam and it was lots of fun and excitement. pic related. Took me ~2 hours and at the end I really lost my concentration and almost clipped a spike off of the spear. Speaking of the spear, not a fan that he can only hold it one handed and only the the last quarter inch. For reasons that I don't understand my hands are sore now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 01:41:01 No.11020650 Report

Quoted By:

>>11019412
But you didn't get charged, there is literally no loss to you except you being butthurt for being slow

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 07:05:02 No.11020901 Report

Quoted By: >>11021194

>>11020412
Tell me more. What's your basecoat/layering situation? Have you handled it since drying? Does it seem prone to chipping? Did it get sticky/tacky? I've been trying to achieve this sort of look without all the work that goes into traditional candy coating.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 13:52:19 No.11021194 Report

Quoted By: >>11021726 >>11021835

>>11020901
So the chrome layer was an enamel-based paint that will cover any surface in one or two coats, but it's only available in the UK. After that, the tinted clear was sprayed on in multiple layers, but it didn't take too long to achieve as it dries fairly quickly.
It doesn't feel tacky, but it does currently feel a little bit...I dunno, rubbery? Like it's dry but it's not rock-hard. Could just need longer to cure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 20:36:51 No.11021726 Report

Quoted By: >>11021729

>>11021194
>but it's only available in the UK
Ah, guess it's not for me then. Shame. Well, one problem I was running into in my own experiments with various paints was tackiness. Some paints on certain plastics just seemed to never cure, even after over a year.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 20:38:15 No.11021729 Report

Quoted By: >>11021761

>>11021726
Oh crikey. To be fair, the chrome itself wasn't the real discovery- rather that you can tint Tamiya clear with alcohol inks to make a chemically "gentle" clear paint for more fragile metal bases.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 20:52:49 No.11021761 Report

Quoted By:

>>11021729
Ah, I see. I think I may have misunderstood. Thanks, I'll try tinting some myself (I already have alcohol inks on hand) and see how it goes over the silvers in my paintbox.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 22:01:44 No.11021835 Report

Quoted By: >>11021839

>>11021194
>but it's only available in the UK
What's it called?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 22:04:37 No.11021839 Report

Quoted By: >>11021842

>>11021835
https://guildlane.com/products/guild-gild-chrome
This stuff. I think it might need upwards of a week to cure because
>enamel
but it's lovely to work with outside of that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 22:05:40 No.11021842 Report

Quoted By:

>>11021839
Nice I'll have to give it a try at some point thanks mate.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 22:37:32 No.11021878 Report

Quoted By: >>11021884

Do you collect whatever gundam looks cool or do you stick with gundams from certain series? What's the normal way to do the hobby?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2024 22:41:45 No.11021884 Report

Quoted By:

>>11021878
Whatever looks cool. I don't even watch the anime, no interest. No there's no one way to do it. Buy only one series if you like that, or buy whatever you like, you can't go wrong either way.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 07 Jun 2024 03:41:50 No.11022151 Report

Quoted By: >>11025086

>>11018894
>we could've gotten ortus or one of the coral ac's
>instead they're doing the starter ac despite already having nightfall

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 07 Jun 2024 15:44:03 No.11022644 Report

Quoted By: >>11022650

>1/144 HG MS-06S Zaku II Red Comet Ver. Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin
Probably a very stupid question but all the blue circled stuff are stickers right and the black lines (yellow circled) are line art that I would need to do myself?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 07 Jun 2024 15:46:00 No.11022650 Report

Quoted By: >>11022709

>>11022644
Yeah

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Jun 2024 16:11:13 No.11022709 Report

Quoted By:

>>11022650
thank you

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Jun 2024 20:55:23 No.11023087 Report

Quoted By: >>11023332 >>11023347 >>11023458 >>11024973

You guys are more comfy than the plamo threads on /m/. Nicer too. I wonder why that board went to hell in recent years.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 00:36:23 No.11023305 Report

Quoted By:

>>11016526
Gave it a little paint

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 01:12:47 No.11023332 Report

Quoted By:

>>11023087
very generally slower threads have fewer shitstirrers

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 01:33:19 No.11023347 Report

Quoted By: >>11023447 >>11023458 >>11024973 >>11025461

>>11023087
a bunch of faggots that contributed with nothing nested there since years ago, always talking shit and doing the equivalent to sage bombing the thread, I'm actually surprised some dudes there still try to keep it alive with the montly them builds becuase it is always the same shit

some very good modelers used to post there and here too, but they probably grew out of the hobby or just decided to stop posting due to having to deal with such retards, truly a shame

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 03:07:06 No.11023447 Report

Quoted By: >>11023458

>>11023347
Theyre always /m/ad over there. Anything I post gets shat on and bitched about at worst, best just gets ignored.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 03:12:50 No.11023458 Report

Quoted By: >>11024757 >>11024973 >>11025461

>>11023087
>>11023347
>>11023447
Adding to all of this, one of the biggest reasons is e-celeb drama. There's a deranged anon colloquially named Duelrager that's obsessed with image reposts and forum drama. He's been doing his narcissistic speeches for 7 years now, at this point I'm hard pressed to say this guy must be protected by the mods. There is literally no other reason why this guy never gets range banned.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 03:13:02 No.11023459 Report

Quoted By: >>11023490 >>11023893

Finally decided to get into this stuff and got pic related for $12. Friend gave me some of his old nippers to start on it. How common are slimmer mecha designs like this Spinatia?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 03:38:55 No.11023490 Report

Quoted By: >>11023596

>>11023459
Within that line, 30MM, there are quite a lot of slimmer/lightly armored choices. If you like that one, why not keep going.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 05:38:02 No.11023596 Report

Quoted By: >>11023949

>>11023490
Yeah I'm looking at the Spinatia Commando and notice they sell little additional sets for armor add-ons. Want to make my own little custom looking Spinatia. I assume since they use the same body the different colored parts are interchangeable as well.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 06:39:01 No.11023640 Report

Quoted By: >>11024903

>>11018422
Putting on solid resin one-piece tracks turned out to be quite a nerve-wracking experience, not gonna lie.
And now it's time for the first flat coat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 13:39:33 No.11023893 Report

Quoted By:

>>11023459
All the Spinatio/Spinatia kits will work well together but basically all 30mm stuff is compatible

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 14:46:29 No.11023949 Report

Quoted By: >>11024136

>>11023596
everything among the 30mm line is compatible with each other, from the robots to the mecha musumes they have released and else, so you can make lots of customization

seems a bit like bandai's response to koto's hexa gear line, which is older but revolves around the same customization concept

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 17:57:03 No.11024133 Report

Quoted By:

>>11014758
>a series of bad production decisions (with the Board surely being retarded as always

The bane of Sunrise anime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 17:59:08 No.11024136 Report

Quoted By:

>>11023949
Its actually more analogous to their Fram Arms line rather than Hexa Gear. They even half ripped off the background story for the setting.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 21:08:47 No.11024402 Report

Quoted By: >>11024700 >>11024904 >>11024931

I want to buy a Mr. Polisher Pro as a present but I see there's other options available and I'm wondering if you guys have any preferences

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2024 23:48:04 No.11024700 Report

Quoted By: >>11024904 >>11026084

>>11024402
Dspiae sander.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 00:35:13 No.11024757 Report

Quoted By: >>11024873 >>11025461

>>11023458
>this point I'm hard pressed to say this guy must be protected by the mods.
One of his rampages over at /tg/ is solid evidence he's got a moderator shielding him from penalties. Just a matter of time before he invades us.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 03:42:13 No.11024873 Report

Quoted By:

>>11024757
not responding is not difficult

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 04:23:19 No.11024903 Report

Quoted By: >>11024928

>>11023640
Wouldn't it be possible to heat it up and then place it there or would there be too high risk of deformation.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 04:23:41 No.11024904 Report

Quoted By:

>>11024700
>>11024402
there's also the David, but it's more on the expensive side. DSPIAE is probably the cheapest one you can get, but it only works on smaller surfaces

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 04:31:10 No.11024908 Report

Quoted By: >>11024917 >>11024925

working on a kyrios rn. panel lined and top coated(still drying). this is my first MG kit, and I gotta say it's a lot of fun. moving from 3-4 sprues to like 10 is a bit of an adjustment since I usually assemble while on the couch using a lap desk.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 04:37:04 No.11024917 Report

Quoted By: >>11024925 >>11024929

>>11024908
just realized the topcoat obscures the transparent parts. wouldn't be particularly bothered except the torso has a transparent part in the center that has a sticker underneath the transparent panel. Is there a way to get rid of the topcoat? I'm using Tamiya TS-80 flat coat. internets said isopropyl 91% should work after a soak, but I don't want to take *all* of it off, just the stuff on the transparents. I also only keep 99% around the house.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 04:45:02 No.11024925 Report

Quoted By: >>11024937

>>11024908
>>11024917
Yeah, MGs are magnificent, and in Kyrios's case you also don't need to parts-swap to transform it (though any transformation outside of UC tends to be quite lackluster). There's also significantly less painting that needs to be done to make it look like the anime.

The purity of alcohol mainly affects how much time it takes to dissolve the top coat, it won't melt the plastic or anything. In your case, your main option will be to partially disassemble the torso and then take out the power gem and soak only that. If the sticker is attached to the power gem then you could try to use a heat gun to loosen the adhesive without ruining it, but if the sticker is really simple (from what I'm seeing on Dalong it's just solid silver) you could try to buy a simple silver-backed crafts sticker at an arts and crafts store (or worst case Amazon) and cut it to shape as a replacement.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 04:45:54 No.11024928 Report

Quoted By:

>>11024903
>Wouldn't it be possible to heat it up
The thing with someone else's 3D prints is that you don't know the physical properties of the resin they used (and unlike traditional cast resin UV resin for 3D printers comes in a great variety of types), so you have to be very conservative about things you want to try with it.

In this case heating (even if it worked) wouldn't help much anyway since the teeth in the tracks needed to go into groves in the wheels and you don't want to deform those. Next time I'm going to mount the tracks first and add the wheels one by one, it might be easier that way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 04:45:58 No.11024929 Report

Quoted By:

>>11024917
Brush (or mask the rest and spray) the clear parts with some gloss topcoat to make them regain their shiny surface.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 04:49:50 No.11024931 Report

Quoted By:

>>11024402
>Mr. Polisher Pro
Is the intended use for it actually polishing, or sanding/cutting/demolition/etc?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 04:55:59 No.11024937 Report

Quoted By: >>11024951

>>11024925
good idea. the sticker I'm talking about isn't actually visible. Its backside is indeed solid silver, but the front facing part has words and stuff and isn't attached to the part that got the topcoat. it's supposed to show through the transparent parts when the led(sold separately) is lit up I think. the green transparent part was one of the first pieces that got put on the torso so I'd have to disassemble almost the entire frame to get at it so I might try doing some light rubbing with a q tip and 99iso for a bit and if that doesn't work just buckle down and give your idea a try.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 05:08:53 No.11024951 Report

Quoted By: >>11024953 >>11025031

>>11024937
Galaxy brain here. screwed this one up real bad. q-tips and alcohol just made it look worse. guess I'll have to bite the bullet and disassemble. it bled to other parts as well so ig I have my hands full. would lighter fluid work better? or would that be a wishful pipe dream?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 05:13:13 No.11024953 Report

Quoted By: >>11024960

>>11024951
You don't want to put lighter fluid directly onto bare plastic, that's not a good idea.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 05:20:58 No.11024960 Report

Quoted By: >>11024964

>>11024953
but they literally do that in the guide??? is it wrong/outdated? what about lacquer thinner? just a lil bit to not melt the plastic?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 05:25:50 No.11024964 Report

Quoted By:

>>11024960
it makes the joints and thin parts like panel lines brittle when directly applied to bare plastic, that's why it's recommended to be used exclusively for painted parts.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 05:32:05 No.11024973 Report

Quoted By: >>11025461

>>11023087
i just noticed there are a lot of bad faith posters in that board for some reason, and pic related seems to trigger that general a lot to the point of derailment. i wonder if they're the same group of people >>11023347 and >>11023458 is talking about.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 05:59:49 No.11024999 Report

Quoted By:

>/m/ tourists arrive and immediately proceed to shit up the thread with irrelevant garbage
report and ignore

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 06:58:27 No.11025031 Report

Quoted By: >>11025040 >>11025055

>>11024951
experiment time! gonna soak these in my 99iso overnight(next to the window to avoid fumes) and see if that works. I heard something on the internet about iso leaving "frost" on plastic, so hopefully I'm not messing it all up.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 07:22:50 No.11025040 Report

Quoted By: >>11025041

>>11025031
Pic related is the only sure way I know to remove lacquer off plastic cleanly.
99% ISO should work too but if it's going to work it should start working within a couple of hours, overnight is excessive.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 07:34:44 No.11025041 Report

Quoted By: >>11025218

>>11025040
it is tooth hurty a.m. I'm not gonna wake up in a couple hours to check my model parts. I have it on good faith that iso99 won't melt my parts overnight. I'll see if my local hobby shop has some of that. emotionally devastated RN from my mistakes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 08:25:16 No.11025055 Report

Quoted By:

>>11025031
heh i remember when i tried this with acetone and came back to a baggie of melted parts

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 09:40:35 No.11025086 Report

Quoted By:

>>11022151
It's cool i guess
Walter's hounds used it too
So minimally 4 characters are represented by this model

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 11:38:34 No.11025125 Report

Quoted By:

First attempt fully finishing a kit with panel liner, varnish, and stickers. Some of the liner got a bit smudged and there's a bit if greb in the varnish but overall I'm really happy with how it's turned out. Normally I just stop once I've finished building but I enjoyed the extra steps.

Wish I had a better set up for photos but my house is so gloomy.

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 13:59:55 No.11025218 Report

Quoted By: >>11025234 >>11025439

>>11025041
alas and alack, it did not work. I heard that toothpaste and a toothbrush might polish it, and at this point I have nothing to lose so I'll give it a go

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 14:11:48 No.11025234 Report

Quoted By:

>>11025218
I'd just sand, reprime, and start from nil. For the clear part, just get some sanding sponges and wet-sand it until mostly clear and then give it a dip in Gauzy agent. I had a similar thing happen to the clear parts on my Cherudim, and I managed to polish those out pretty well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 15:23:14 No.11025324 Report

Quoted By: >>11025443 >>11026181 >>11026746

Will the plastics used in a gundam model leach into salt water? I want to do a diorama in a live saltwater tank.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 18:01:01 No.11025439 Report

Quoted By: >>11025459

>>11025218
>toothpaste and a toothbrush might polish it
Not at this stage. You need actual abrasives to take off the white residue that is melted into plastic (that's what lacquer does), so you need stuff that sands off plastic and toothpaste ain't it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 18:05:33 No.11025443 Report

Quoted By:

>>11025324
It should be fine. Gundam models are designed for young kids, so that they can safely put them in their mouth, stuff them in their nose or up their ass.

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 18:28:43 No.11025459 Report

Quoted By: >>11025529 >>11025547

>>11025439
it kind of worked not really. I ended up taking one of my wife's nail file boards to the lense and got it looking pretty ok. I think I'll just leave the torso peice as-is and let my next topcoat figure it out. I'll pick up some glossy topcoat tomorrow for the lense. also realized I could have taken out the lenses independent from the rest of the torso which would have let me topcoat without hitting the lense. kinda mad about it but whatever.

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Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 18:30:20 No.11025461 Report

Quoted By:

>>11023347
>>11023458
>>11024757
>>11024973
How about you shut the fuck up about another board's drama/shitposters and actually post your models instead of dragging this thread to their level?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 19:44:42 No.11025529 Report

Quoted By:

>>11025459
You could probably clean that lens up further with some 1000-2000 grit sanding sponges and some polishing compound.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jun 2024 20:11:38 No.11025547 Report

Quoted By:

>>11025459
The glosscoat will probably smooth out the rest of those scratches. Probably.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 10:00:10 No.11026084 Report

Quoted By:

>>11024700
This is dog shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 12:56:29 No.11026181 Report

Quoted By:

>>11025324
No. What is more likely is the model kit will grow mold after some time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 17:19:28 No.11026464 Report

Quoted By: >>11026470 >>11026605 >>11026674

I've been someone who mostly just straight-builds models and panel lines them, but I want to try painting now. I never sand nubs because I have good nippers, but should I be doing that to prep for painting? The finish is usually pretty smooth.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 17:22:32 No.11026470 Report

Quoted By:

>>11026464
painting makes "just flush cut it and dont think about it again" more practical since you don't even care about stress mark discoloration. all that matters is the surface being even

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 19:18:19 No.11026605 Report

Quoted By: >>11026877

>>11026464
>I have good nippers
What nippers have you got?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 19:42:34 No.11026639 Report

Quoted By:

>>11014711
So basically they made a modern Gundam show but without brand recognition. RIP.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 20:01:34 No.11026674 Report

Quoted By:

>>11026464
>should I be doing that to prep for painting
You will find that out once you prime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 20:59:19 No.11026746 Report

Quoted By: >>11026749

>>11025324
the saltwater will break down the polymers over time. The first thing to go will probably be the polycaps
It sounds like a neat idea, but find a way to do it in a water tight

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 21:01:13 No.11026749 Report

Quoted By: >>11026956

>>11026746
*fuck you enter key
find a way to do it in a water tight in something water tight that can be sunk, but easily removed to clean off biofilm growth

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 21:52:06 No.11026800 Report

Quoted By: >>11026802 >>11026958 >>11031175

Tried my hand at the max technique with acrylics, and it's an interesting concept, little to no thinner with paint, and almost a dry brush type technique with the paint brush.

Looks kinda messy up close but that's kind of his style.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 21:53:11 No.11026802 Report

Quoted By: >>11026958 >>11027167 >>11031175

>>11026800
Hang on, the image fucked up lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jun 2024 22:58:05 No.11026877 Report

Quoted By:

>>11026605
some $20 pair of tamiya nippers, and spn-120s

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Jun 2024 00:11:48 No.11026956 Report

Quoted By:

>>11026749
I want it to get overgrown with goop so it has that abandoned ancient robot look, but I don't want it to totally melt into plastic sludge.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Jun 2024 00:12:06 No.11026958 Report

Quoted By:

>>11026800
>>11026802
This is interesting. I assume you mean Max Watanabe? I used to know an older modeler who painted kinda like this, I just assumed his hands were getting a lil shaky lol.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Jun 2024 03:25:09 No.11027167 Report

Quoted By:

>>11026802
I like it. Has that old anime look to it with the shading.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 11 Jun 2024 04:49:17 No.11027215 Report

Quoted By: >>11028376

tonight's progress on the kyrios. panel lined and topcoated. this time I had the forethought to remove the transparent parts before applying the topcoat. I'll put them in later.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 11 Jun 2024 20:51:55 No.11027874 Report

Quoted By: >>11027972

How do you know when you have put too many decals on a kit? Or is it all just subjective and there is no such thing as too many decals?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 11 Jun 2024 22:14:15 No.11027972 Report

Quoted By:

>>11027874
if you don't like the way it looks then you put too many on
simple as that

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 11 Jun 2024 23:52:00 No.11028069 Report

Quoted By: >>11028374 >>11028487 >>11028544

I've struck Gold

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 04:26:58 No.11028374 Report

Quoted By: >>11028557

>>11028069
I've seen the top 2 at multiple hobby lobby shops in my area. are these supposed to be rare?

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 04:29:20 No.11028376 Report

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>>11027215
today's progress. had to re-coat yesterday's pieces cause I forgot the stickers. remembered to put some masking tape over the transparent lenses this time... except for the entire cockpit. ya win some and ya lose some I guess. I'll probably just give it a gloss topcoat tomorrow and call it good, since there's nothing under it that needs to come through.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 06:18:15 No.11028487 Report

Quoted By: >>11028544 >>11028557

>>11028069
>HG Deathscythe
I'm so sorry anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 08:40:47 No.11028544 Report

Quoted By: >>11028557 >>11028632

>>11028069
congrats!
>>11028487
HG Deathscythe is a good kit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 09:15:58 No.11028557 Report

Quoted By: >>11028632

>>11028487
what are you talking about? I know there is another version that includes the (foldable) wings but at least on the google images he didn't really do it for me.
>>11028544
thank you
>>11028374
yes, everything that didn't come out yesterday and is something people want is rare here

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 10:54:53 No.11028632 Report

Quoted By: >>11028646

>>11028544
>>11028557
Which Deathscythe am I thinking of then? I remember one a few years back was absolute dogshit.

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 11:12:17 No.11028646 Report

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>>11028632
the wing kits are canonically smaller and it makes them feel kind of dinky/flimsy at times. but i wouldn't call them awful. it was this one?

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 18:32:25 No.11029121 Report

Quoted By: >>11029124 >>11029161 >>11029351 >>11029459

I dusted my Aerial since it was so dirty

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 18:33:34 No.11029124 Report

Quoted By: >>11029161

>>11029121
First time I actually put together the shield, it is so big

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 18:50:59 No.11029161 Report

Quoted By:

>>11029121
>>11029124
why is it so big when he can't use it verticaly?

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 21:08:36 No.11029326 Report

Quoted By: >>11029409

Another one for the backlog
For some reason, this thing seems similar to the FMP arm slaves to me

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 21:34:29 No.11029351 Report

Quoted By: >>11029381 >>11029456 >>11029478

>>11029121
I keep hoping for a MG using the same printing tech as the HGs. The red chrome under smoke thing sounded cool, but in reality I don't like it nearly as much. I'm honestly kind of surprised they didn't offer an option for the FM, it would have added a negligible amount to the price I'm sure, and I doubt I'm the only one who prefers the printing.

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 21:55:56 No.11029381 Report

Quoted By: >>11029459

>>11029351
you mean those technocolor parts for the chest? yeah they would have looked better than just plain metallic red

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 22:17:44 No.11029409 Report

Quoted By:

>>11029326
A lot of Hexa Gear designs have a FMP vibe to them. Especially the Jackal and other Bulkarms.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 22:56:05 No.11029456 Report

Quoted By: >>11029457 >>11029464

>>11029351
Wait, you mean they... /didn't/ do the printing thing for the FM?? Why the fuck wouldn't they? It's like the one gimmick that I think would set WfM kits apart from other lines.

Also what the fuck is with the general lack of 1/100 kits the last few years? Is the scale just fucking dead outside of Sneed kits?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 22:58:24 No.11029457 Report

Quoted By: >>11029459

>>11029456
Because the FM is large enough to have real depth in the construction instead of a nice bit of fakery.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 23:02:06 No.11029459 Report

Quoted By:

>>11029457
But it's not as nice. Look at >>11029381 and
>>11029121. I appreciate what they were going for, but the chrome is just too dull and barely shows through. And even when it shines, it just sort of looks like someone stuffed some shiny tinsel or something under there. The printed version is much cleaner and brighter and more reflective, and just looks more professional in general.

It was an interesting experiment on Bandai's part, but it didn't really work. Someone should have caught that before release and said "hey, the FM clear parts are looking worse than the HG, shouldn't we address that?"

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 23:05:41 No.11029464 Report

Quoted By:

>>11029456
It's baffling. They touted this fancy new printing tech (which does look great!) and then don't bother to use it on the majority of the WFM HGs or the FM. I'm just stunned. That was the perfect use case for this technology, what are they gonna do with it now? They missed the fucking boat!

I am going to be so mad if they eventually do revamped/P-Bandai WFM kits with full printing tech. It would be like the P-Bandai Revive Zeta with the color separated wings, just a huge fuck you to everyone who bought the original.

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Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 23:20:54 No.11029478 Report

Quoted By: >>11029517 >>11029654

>>11029351
Is it an idea to put something else under there yourself?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Jun 2024 23:40:43 No.11029517 Report

Quoted By:

>>11029478
You can do that, but nothing will match the clarity of Bandai's new printing tech. If you try to do the sticker under the clear parts on Aerial, you can see the difference.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2024 01:19:53 No.11029654 Report

Quoted By: >>11029710

>>11029478
Get a second copy of the kit and try painting the back sides of the clear panels with mirror chrome paint

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2024 01:53:14 No.11029710 Report

Quoted By:

>>11029654
boring, this is run of the mill at this point

there are so many better and more interesting options now

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 02:36:24 No.11031175 Report

Quoted By: >>11031401

>>11026800
>>11026802
Do you mean the "new MAX technique"? I thought that was entirely based on brush painted lacquers reactivating the undercoat and a multicolored base layer?

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Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 02:55:14 No.11031191 Report

Quoted By: >>11031465 >>11032583

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Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 03:00:16 No.11031195 Report

Quoted By: >>11031198

This Rei model kit is quite nice

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Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 03:01:22 No.11031198 Report

Quoted By:

>>11031195
Simple but certainly has various issues

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 05:45:53 No.11031401 Report

Quoted By:

>>11031175
Well now he has ANOTHER technique where he pretty much does drybrushing with paint by doing little passes with the brush before filling in and doing a drybrush pass towards the end.

Why does he have so many techniques.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 07:44:22 No.11031465 Report

Quoted By: >>11031634

>>11031191
Nice GM, i really like your farm/industrial layout as well.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 13:02:01 No.11031634 Report

Quoted By: >>11031675

>>11031465
Thanks. The diorama is alot of fun. I painted and weathered this zaku.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 13:36:07 No.11031675 Report

Quoted By: >>11031963

>>11031634
>diorama
did you build it yourself?

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Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 17:18:58 No.11031963 Report

Quoted By:

>>11031675
Yes. It is just insulation foam, painted with watered down acrylic paint. Glues some trees and green shit to it. Can use other things too, like layering sand and ashes mixed etc. Put a few tomytec/kato/tomix buildings on it. N Guage train stuff fits hg pretty well 1/144, 1/150. So is close enough.

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Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 20:48:01 No.11032148 Report

Quoted By: >>11032332 >>11032511

Clearer pic of this Moderoid Rei kit
I got it as a curiosity. It is pretty good but has some issues, mainly very noticeable seamlines all over the limbs. Since the white parts come molded in a high glossy white plastic those would be a real paint to fix.
There is also the fact that the limbs do not properly attach to the torso. They all insert to the body with irregular shaped pegs but these do no click or fit properly, they end up just kinda loose so all limbs are just slightly separated from the torso

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 23:27:28 No.11032332 Report

Quoted By: >>11032361 >>11032511

>>11032148
>these do no click or fit properly
Pretty sure the expectation is to use plastic cement to attach those, Moderoid kits are not snapfit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2024 23:52:46 No.11032361 Report

Quoted By:

>>11032332
>Moderoid kits are not snapfit.
This might be true of that Rei in particular, but this is definitely not true line-wide. I've built a few Moderoids now and the experience was just like Gunpla, proper joints and all snapfit connections.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2024 02:31:36 No.11032511 Report

Quoted By:

>>11032148
>>11032332
That's not a Moderoid, but just Plamax. A lot of Plamax kits are static pose statues you have to build yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2024 03:39:26 No.11032574 Report

Quoted By: >>11032582 >>11033363

Tonight I am assembling the first Gunpla i've assembled in over a year; The Real Grade Wing Zero Custom EW.

This is my first RG and I'm really enjoying how all the parts fit together, but is it ill advised to glue the armor pieces on? I dont plan on taking them off and I dont want them to fall off with light play.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2024 03:49:05 No.11032582 Report

Quoted By:

>>11032574
If you are sure you understand how it works and there is no reason to ever remove it, sure, go ahead. I would wait until the entire kit is built just to be sure though, it would be dumb as hell to find out about some swappable feature or something after you glued it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2024 03:49:29 No.11032583 Report

Quoted By: >>11033530

>>11031191
it looks nice but do you own literally any other gundam marker than black? thick black lines on everything is kind of unsettling. wouldn't a dark red marker would have looked better on the orange parts? and brown on the tan parts?
black should only be used to give TONS of depth in an area

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Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2024 19:29:49 No.11033277 Report

Quoted By: >>11033549

neat kit, bad stickers on the shoulders

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2024 20:51:42 No.11033363 Report

Quoted By:

>>11032574
doesn't that kit transform? I'd say no

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Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2024 23:18:58 No.11033530 Report

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>>11032583
I use dark gray tamiya, though it does look a bit darker due to light angles or whatever. Black hardly gets used. Ive been buying new products to try out here and there, trying to do painting and weathering a bit more. Like this zaku, used black surgacer and deep green gundam color for the chest, shield etc. Used mr color steel for the joints. Used gray surface and gundam color zeon green for the limbs. Used mr weathering colors, ground brown and rust orange/red. Did sponge chipping. Isnt perfect. Kinda ran out of rattle can and some parts are a bit thin on the paint. Purple on the heat hawk turned out way dark due to the steel undercoat. Sometimes I just fuck up lmao. Its a learning experience even for the experienced.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2024 23:37:02 No.11033549 Report

Quoted By: >>11033617

>>11033277
What, you mean those thin lil red ones? I see no problem with them, they were easy to put on and a year later they are not peeling or giving me any trouble.

If you are having a hard time applying stickers like that, get yourself a pair of fine tweezers. It makes sticker application easy, even tiny ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Jun 2024 00:54:05 No.11033617 Report

Quoted By: >>11033623

>>11033549
i have tweezers and used them.

the problem is i'd rather they were one long sticker as opposed to three with slight overlaps

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Jun 2024 01:07:43 No.11033623 Report

Quoted By:

>>11033617
Oh, that. Yeah, I was a little puzzled by that too, but I gotta figure there's some reason for it. Bandai's plamo engineering is so carefully thought-out at this point, I can't imagine them just doing something like that for no reason.

Of course, Bandai is also sometimes really bad at basic shit like scaling decals correctly, with noticeable overlap and/or poor fitting. So who knows? To me though, splitting a sticker seems like a intended decision rather than a mistake.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Jun 2024 21:28:35 No.11034446 Report

Quoted By: >>11034553 >>11034777 >>11037942

Does any other company beside Bandai make plamo? And plamo better than bandai?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 16 Jun 2024 22:51:04 No.11034553 Report

Quoted By: >>11034790 >>11034853 >>11035109

>>11034446
>Does any other company beside Bandai make plamo?
Yes, many.

>And plamo better than bandai?
No, none. They're the top dog in the industry for a damn good reason.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 03:22:19 No.11034777 Report

Quoted By: >>11035727

>>11034446
>And plamo better than bandai
It really depends on your definition of "better".

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 03:28:18 No.11034790 Report

Quoted By: >>11035714

>>11034553
>top dog in the industry
>industry
That would be the "gunpla industry".

They are a big fish in a small pond, they make very good beginner-friendly plastic robots from a popular franchise (and some other similar products), but if you are looking outside of that niche, Bandai can't offer anything to you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 04:41:36 No.11034853 Report

Quoted By: >>11035714

>>11034553
>No, none.
That is the most retarded thing I've ever heard. I hate 30 minute mouthbreathers so much it's unreal.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 12:27:20 No.11035109 Report

Quoted By: >>11035714

>>11034553
>No, none. They're the top dog in the industry for a damn good reason.
They are pretty decent but the only real things they are "the best" at is accessibility and OOB quality.
When it comes to detail, molding, part-fit etc. they are very far from being "the best".

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 20:17:19 No.11035714 Report

Quoted By: >>11035727

>>11035109
>>11034853
>>11034790
NTA, but what do you consider the best then? None of you named anyone. Volks? Garage kits? Small-run artisanal hand-poured resin bootlegs?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 20:24:40 No.11035727 Report

Quoted By: >>11035762

>>11035714
See >>11034777
"Best" depends on what you're into and it's different for everyone, so asking people for "the best" is pretty meaningless unless you tell them first what "best" means for you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 20:41:00 No.11035762 Report

Quoted By: >>11035782

>>11035727
This is kind of dodging the question breh. It seems telling that everyone is like "Bandai is not the best" but nobody can seem to name a single one of these supposed better companies.

So just name any company you consider to be better than Bandai on any metric. Like for example, "Y Company's molding quality is crisper than Bandai's." or "Z Company has denser, stronger plastic than Bandai." Give me anything at this point, I'm starting to think you boys ain't got no gas in the tank.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 20:59:59 No.11035782 Report

Quoted By: >>11035813

>>11035762
(Modern) Tamiya has better part fit than Bandai.

Tamiya, Hasegawa, Fujimi, Trumpeter, even probably Modelcollect have finer surface detail than Bandai.

Tamiya has better plastic than Bandai (not soapy).

I could go on but then I would get into more subjective categories.
BTW, neither of the companies listed above make models from gundam franchise, so if you are looking for gundams they are irrelevant to you (just like Bandai is irrelevant if you are looking outside of gundam franchise).

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 21:34:19 No.11035813 Report

Quoted By: >>11035829 >>11035834 >>11035836

>>11035782
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't most of those like traditional paint & glue type model companies? In my book this is an entirely different category of modeling and doesn't really compare to snapfit makers, feels like a disingenuous comparison to me. Even our modeling threads on this very board are split in two, because there is almost no overlap. Like you really can't make comparisons between them, they are going for very different things. Those type of kits go for extreme detail because that's all they got, they don't have full body joint engineering or posing durability to worry about. Don't smugly bring a hot dog to a sandwich contest man. What are you trying to prove?

>soapy
Are you referring to mold release, which should be washed off sprues before painting anyway?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 21:50:56 No.11035829 Report

Quoted By:

>>11035813
I don't think you're reading what he's saying.
arguing about what's the best is pointless because it all depends on the modeler and his needs, for example if you don't paint then bandai is the absolute best, end of story.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 21:54:25 No.11035834 Report

Quoted By:

>>11035813
>muh dodging the question
>muh no gas in the tank
>buuuuuuuuuut aren't most of those like traditional paint & glue type model companies
See how you immediately went to the definition of that you actually meant?

So for you "models" are "snapfit models" and in "your book" models that are not snapfit is a whole entire different parallel universe. Which is fine, but that's just you and your criteria. Mine are different and other people's are different too which is why I said that asking for "best" is meaningless unless you tell upfront what "best" means for you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 21:57:28 No.11035836 Report

Quoted By: >>11035853

>>11035813
>Are you referring to mold release
No, I'm referring to the feeling of cutting a piece of Bandai plastic that is very similar (to me) to the feeling of cutting a bar of soap. To me it's kind of off-putting but I'm sure some people enjoy that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jun 2024 22:10:38 No.11035853 Report

Quoted By:

>>11035836
I think it's because of that special plastic blend that Bandai uses to get their durability during light bending, also another downside is softer details than most other companies and funnily Bandai themselves from 10+ years ago.

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Anonymous Tue 18 Jun 2024 04:24:43 No.11036360 Report

Quoted By:

took a break from building my kyrios to panel line, spot paint and weather a HG Barbatos Lupus I snapped together at a friend's house. I have a whole bunch of parts for the kyrios as well as this whole figure to top-coat, but it's been raining all last week and is going to rain for the next week strait so the humidity is never going to be low enough to finish the job.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jun 2024 21:11:27 No.11037039 Report

Quoted By: >>11037109 >>11037131 >>11037135

what the fuck; why the hell are SMPs so expensive?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jun 2024 22:18:28 No.11037109 Report

Quoted By:

>>11037039
Made by a different, more inefficient, more incompetent division of Bandai.

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Anonymous Tue 18 Jun 2024 22:36:20 No.11037131 Report

Quoted By: >>11037135

>>11037039
You have to realize that these are typically sold in grocery stores, split into 3-5 separate boxes. Like look at this pic, when you receive it you literally get the retail display box meant to go on the shelf in a store. You remove the perforated top portion and are meant to sell them as singles. Online, the upfront cost seems high because you are technically buying a bundle of 3-5 kits at once.

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Anonymous Tue 18 Jun 2024 22:38:57 No.11037135 Report

Quoted By: >>11037139 >>11037578

>>11037039
>>11037131
As for the quality of the kits themselves, they feel like high effort from an inexperienced team. For some reason, this line was given to their candy toy team, who has no model kit experience, and the gunpla team does not help them at all. The plastic quality is worse than gunpla, they are candy toys after all. For an average comparison, I just built the Red Dragon thunderzord, and it's about as big as a small HGUC (think Victory Gundam or so). Articulation is very good, it transforms and can combine, and it has a mix of stickers and prepainted parts. There are a lot of stickers, but they're not bad quality. These kits typically come with a full loadout of accessories to allow you to do every possible mode and transformation and attack.

Expensive, amateurish feeling in some ways, but ultimately, pretty good products. Plus, it is the only way to get super-articulated versions of certain bots, so...there's that too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jun 2024 22:42:05 No.11037139 Report

Quoted By:

>>11037135
I'm gonna take that back actually. Plastic quality doesn't feel worse than gunpla, it's just different. It might actually feel better even, it's heavier and more toy-like compared to the thin, hollow, light feel of gunpla. It feels chunky and just...kind of good. It does scar easily though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 05:36:42 No.11037495 Report

Quoted By: >>11037511

What are some cool aquatic mech model kits? Something about underwater robots just gets me, so I was considering the RG Z'gok, but I've heard bad things about early real grades.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 06:15:38 No.11037511 Report

Quoted By: >>11037515 >>11037534

>>11037495
What are you looking for in a kit? Some that I can recommend off hand, to give you a range of options
>HG Acguy
>HG Hygogg
>MG Acguy
>MG Gogg
>NG Juaggu (both scales but 1/100 if you are a complete paintlet)

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Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 06:21:02 No.11037515 Report

Quoted By: >>11037537 >>11037552

>>11037511
You forgot
>Mobile GOOhN

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 06:52:28 No.11037534 Report

Quoted By:

>>11037511
Thanks, I'll see if I can get my hands on a Hygogg. I just love the image of a weird monstrous robot emerging from the water, so that one fits the bill.

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Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 06:57:07 No.11037537 Report

Quoted By:

>>11037515
most people don't have the kind of patience required for GOOhNing

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 07:36:25 No.11037552 Report

Quoted By:

>>11037515
Pls forgive me anon I completely forgot about the NG Sneed line. Should really see if there are some at a decent price still, could make a GOOhN cave diorama.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 08:31:03 No.11037578 Report

Quoted By: >>11037607

>>11037135
>Expensive, amateurish feeling in some ways, but ultimately, pretty good products. Plus, it is the only way to get super-articulated versions of certain bots, so...there's that too.
I'd be more for them if the proportions of them weren't so weird.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 08:49:40 No.11037585 Report

Quoted By: >>11037946

What are the right glues to use with which types of plastic?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 09:24:51 No.11037607 Report

Quoted By: >>11037610

>>11037578
I think they are trying to balance the old look of the DX/Chogokins that came before, with modern joints and engineering, and sometimes that changes the proportions. In my opinion, it's mostly ok, and largely improves the figures compared to what we had before.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 09:27:33 No.11037610 Report

Quoted By: >>11037624

>>11037607
Wonder if whoever did the design for the RG GaoGaiGar would ever take a crack at some of the Sentai/PR kits

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 09:45:12 No.11037624 Report

Quoted By:

>>11037610
As was said above, Bandai for some reason keeps their teams separated and they don't share info with each other. Gaogaigar was made by gunpla team, Sentai SMP are made by shokugan team.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 16:55:08 No.11037942 Report

Quoted By:

>>11034446
depends on how you define "best"
bandai surely does have the best engineering for snap-fit kits and articulated models
but a train autist will have a totally different definition of "best" and might prefer "wow the details on this kit are 100% accurate to the random 80 year old locomotive im obsessed with, i've crossreferenced it with 1000 real life photographs from the museum" and be fine with doing more work with gluing and pinning and trimming flash away.

and of course for fictional shit like giant robots (rather than scale models of real world shit like planes/tanks), design sensibility is important too. in the end the best engineering in the world only makes so much difference, if you prefer the look and design of a different robot instead.
some people prefer classic simple 80s designs like the original zakus, some want chinese kits covered in 90000 sharp edges and greebles, some want coom kits like the kotobukiya one where they slapped boobs on gaogaigar.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 16:59:41 No.11037946 Report

Quoted By: >>11037953 >>11038203

>>11037585
most of the time you use plastic cement instead of glue.
when you DO actually need to glue two parts together, cyanoacrylate / CA glue should always be fine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 17:07:38 No.11037953 Report

Quoted By:

>>11037946
>cyanoacrylate / CA glue should always be fine
>should always be fine
>always
except when you need to glue a large clear part like a canopy and CA can cloud it

or except when you need to be able to take the thing apart later

or except when you need to clean up the excess glue without a trace (inb4 muh skill issue)

or except when you need to glue a piece of a different kind of plastic that CA doesn't bond to

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 20:51:47 No.11038203 Report

Quoted By: >>11039199

>>11037946
I'm trying to glue polyoxymethylene back together, tried cement and it didn't work, tried glue and it didn't work.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2024 21:27:16 No.11038224 Report

Quoted By: >>11038472

Working on my 1/24 Strikedog. Cheated a bit by using Sharpie on the clear bits, but since it's painted on the inside, it still works regardless lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 01:47:54 No.11038472 Report

Quoted By: >>11039180

>>11038224
>Sharpie on the clear bits
That's what I'm gonna do with the clear parts on the red shoulder custom wave kit I'm working on.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 15:54:53 No.11039180 Report

Quoted By: >>11040395

>>11038472
Yeah honestly considering that it's gonna be inset, there should be no worries about it rubbing off.

Also update

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 16:10:29 No.11039199 Report

Quoted By: >>11039566 >>11040395

>>11038203
According to Loctite's Design Guide for Plastic Bonding, Delrin (POM), Celcon and other Acetal Homopolymers can successfully be bonded using Loctite 770 Primer, then Loctite 401 Adhesive. The guide also recommends the use of an accelerator due to the surface of acetals being so dry. Idk why on earth you would be using such a material, however.

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 16:24:17 No.11039214 Report

Quoted By: >>11039218 >>11040395

And there it is.
Gonna topcoat and do mild weathering but the strikedog is basically complete

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 16:26:33 No.11039218 Report

Quoted By: >>11040395

>>11039214
Lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 17:50:27 No.11039356 Report

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>loader 4 kit announced
>except without the right weapons
>new pack is just everything that comes with nightfall
what the fuck
liger tail is cool though

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 20:49:30 No.11039566 Report

Quoted By: >>11039604

>>11039199
Turns out the Chinese use it on some of their kits for pegs and joint parts. Guess it's strong enough to hold metal bits?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 21:03:42 No.11039604 Report

Quoted By: >>11039605

>>11039566
Kotobukiya also uses it for high stress parts. It's tough and low friction, making it perfect for pegs and balljoints that need to be sturdy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 21:05:17 No.11039605 Report

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>>11039604
Yeah, but when they break it's an utter bitch to repair. Can't even get in contact with the manufacturers to see if I can get replacement parts somehow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 23:27:08 No.11039752 Report

Quoted By: >>11039754

I want to hand paint cel-shading my exodia model kit, but I don't want to have to prime it just to paint it the base colors all over again. Can I just use a matt top coat (I am thinking of using mr.super or mr. premium flat) to act as the primer, then paint the shadows/highlights overtop of that? The only other option I'm thinking is getting AK interactive Wargame - Space Robots Brow, as it seems pretty close to the base color. It would be most ideal to just use some sort of clear primer though. I do not have an airbrush so spray can/hand painting are my only options.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 20 Jun 2024 23:28:09 No.11039754 Report

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>>11039752
brown*

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2024 14:57:04 No.11040395 Report

Quoted By: >>11040666

>>11039180
>>11039199
>>11039214
>>11039218
Nice. These little wave kits are crazy. You actually have to drill the 2mm peg holes yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2024 17:50:28 No.11040598 Report

Quoted By: >>11041719

When did Newtype switch to FedEx? I always preferred them because they used UPS. Last two orders were FedEx and both had damaged boxes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2024 18:36:49 No.11040666 Report

Quoted By: >>11040957

>>11040395
This one is actually the Plamax one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2024 22:30:46 No.11040957 Report

Quoted By: >>11040979

>>11040666
I know. I just mentioned wave again since it's the one I'm working on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2024 22:43:06 No.11040979 Report

Quoted By: >>11040992

>>11040957
not to nitpick something unimportant but your previous post does not read like that all my guy

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 21 Jun 2024 22:49:42 No.11040992 Report

Quoted By:

>>11040979
Yeah you're right. Looks like I'm calling the strike dog kit a wave one with how I responded to all the posts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 22 Jun 2024 10:47:20 No.11041719 Report

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>>11040598
Had issues with fedex the last couple of orders I've had. They either didnt deliver it and said try again later, or delivered to the wrong house.

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Sun 23 Jun 2024 14:33:10 No.11043223 Report

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