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Gunpla/Plamo General

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Fri 27 Sep 2024 01:06:45 No.11172657 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11188218 >>11191987 >>11192285

>"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
https://mechalineart.fandom.com/wiki/MechaLineart_Wiki
Previous thread: >>11144380

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Fri 27 Sep 2024 01:07:11 No.11172658 Report

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== NIGHTMARE GROUPBUILD ==

Build a mecha encompassing different aspects of the horror genre. Examples include
>A mecha that incorporates general horror tropes from literature, film, and anime
>A corrupted version of an existing mecha/robot through magical, biological, or alien means (ie Symbiotes, parasites, Daemonic possession)
>Organic mecha (ie Evangelions) and monsters from /m/-related media (ie: the BETA from Muv-Luv)
>A mecha that draws inspiration from various demons or monsters from different mythologies and religions.

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: 8/14/24
END: 10/31/24

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Anonymous Fri 27 Sep 2024 02:05:43 No.11172746 Report

Quoted By: >>11173544 >>11173595

Wanted to see if people in /toy/ have ever been to one of these places stateside. Also does anyone know if they sell p-bandai there or is it all just regular releases?

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Anonymous Fri 27 Sep 2024 11:46:21 No.11173101 Report

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Sounds like a dumb question but I want to create a static display with the ma.k mk44 ammo knight. What would be a recommended base size? I'm guessing a 160mm base would work best if I go round? I'm undecided if I want It on a rectangular or round base

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Fri 27 Sep 2024 19:39:14 No.11173544 Report

Quoted By: >>11173567

>>11172746
If the Augusta one is open tomorrow I plan to go.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Sep 2024 19:57:37 No.11173567 Report

Quoted By: >>11173571

>>11173544
https://en.gundam.info/content/mobiletour2024/
Odds are likely not, they cancelled today because of Helene.

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Fri 27 Sep 2024 19:59:45 No.11173571 Report

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>>11173567
Yeah I was just checking Facebook and the Augusta HobbyTown took some damage so they're closed. Hell I didn't get power back at my house until like 1:30 today.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 27 Sep 2024 20:29:53 No.11173595 Report

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>>11172746
Low selection but I think something was delayed since they had display models but no it's for them.
Price are MSRP so it's okay unless you have a shop with a discount and free shipping
Seems like bandai wanted to open a one piece TCG OTP and threw the gunpla as extra

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 10:20:15 No.11174411 Report

Quoted By: >>11174497

I haven't even watched Build divers, I just like cute ninja girls.

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Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 12:28:01 No.11174497 Report

Quoted By: >>11174767 >>11174886 >>11181106 >>11182203

>>11174411
>ayame and cell
good taste anon
but you really should watch the anime,she is cute there

on the 30ms side,the optional body and leg part get released with fishnet tights
https://x.com/tohirokonno/status/1839886136040403140

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 17:12:39 No.11174767 Report

Quoted By: >>11174836

>>11174497
>but you really should watch the anime,she is cute there
Yeah, I've been looking for an anime to watch to be fair so why not.
Have a Frieza for the recommendation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 18:21:32 No.11174836 Report

Quoted By: >>11174854

>>11174767
do you put more effort into the figures vs. the gundams? On the gundams I don't care too much about stress and knob marks but on those action figures I feel like they are a lot more noticeable and drive me insane.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 18:31:48 No.11174854 Report

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>>11174836
It's less the figures and more what color the part is. Like Frieza is almost entirely white, I don't have to worry about stressing the plastic and what not since it's not going to show up unless you look at it with a microscope so you can cut corners and still make it look nice.
Dark colors like purples and blacks now I cut and sand that down properly because any nub marks there you'll be able to see from across the room.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 18:44:07 No.11174873 Report

Quoted By: >>11175264

>Currently building the moderoid Garland

I don't get
They have been making plastic model for a while, but this thing's general fitting seems to be something from the 00's.

It didn't help that they don't use any polycap and direct plastic to plastic joints movement is just rough.

My previous kits is brain powered and that one the joints just cracked everywhere because how misfit the joint parts.

I am surprised considering even the Chinese's own brands have good precision these days.

It is just bad luck with Garland and brain and other kits are decent? I have the No Miko mecha next to build and I am hope the experience would be a better one

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 18:55:10 No.11174886 Report

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>>11174497
kek

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 20:12:35 No.11174944 Report

Quoted By: >>11176257

https://hcj.jp/votoms/home.html

Tangentially related to plamo and didn't feel right to make a new thread but look at this 1/8 scale Scopedog in a magazine set. I remember getting a magazine as a kid that taught you about the human body and slowly gave you parts to make a skeleton model but that fucker never held together after 60+ issues of collecting.

It looks really cool but
>120 issues
>2199 yen each
>not to mention import and middleman fees
>mfw

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 28 Sep 2024 23:06:14 No.11175264 Report

Quoted By: >>11176390

>>11174873
The only Moderoids I've built were early-line Mazinkaiser and a few of the variants, like Liger. I had a good time with all of them and thought the engineering was decent for a plamo newcomer. There were some nice touches like the way the spiral sections on the forearm all interlock to avoid visible seams. Yes it is plastic on plastic joints, but I didn't have any issue with them, even after painting, and isn't that kind of the current meta anyway? I don't see any other modern kits using polycaps anymore, thought that was considered kind of outdated. Especially since polycaps tend to get loose and/or chewed up over time.

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Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 04:30:30 No.11175709 Report

Quoted By: >>11175713 >>11185837

Friends!

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Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 04:32:02 No.11175713 Report

Quoted By: >>11185837

>>11175709

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 10:36:53 No.11175964 Report

Quoted By: >>11176025

I don't ever post here but I'm interested in thoughts on the RG 2.0 gundam. I've had the original for a long time, it's getting close to falling apart with a couple missing pieces. 2.0 gets massive points for sturdiness but one shoulder has very loose armour for the moveable shoulder bits. I like the poseable core fighter but still wish we got a dummy core so we could display the fighter alongside the gundam. Not sure why they switched to panel lines for the mouth when it wasn't a problem with the original. Either way. It was a fun build, glad I was able to find it local.

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Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 12:10:24 No.11176025 Report

Quoted By: >>11181426

>>11175964
>Not sure why they switched to panel lines for the mouth when it wasn't a problem with the original
I have not built the 2.0, but I suspect this is because the top line is much closer to the top of the mouthplate than it was on the old one, which might cause plastic thinness issues.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 15:17:06 No.11176257 Report

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>>11174944
If you want a 1/8 scopedog just buy the Volks one at that point

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 16:48:37 No.11176390 Report

Quoted By: >>11176414

>>11175264
The thing is companies have been moving away from direct PS plastic on PS plastic joint

With Bandai you have the KPS

And even if they have to do PS/PS they usually put a polycap to smooth the joints out so you won't rub directly with each other

But this kit, they literally ask you to insert a long PS rod to a hole with 4 PS contact points. Even testing it out, the rod got stuck and jammed on the third connections.

The whole transformation is center on this particular rod
And due to the way it is design it is probably the weakest of the whole set.

Having finished the thing today, the transformation is simple but everything kept being jammed due to over tightness or high frictions with the red ps rub on each other.

I can only hope the problem I am facing with Garland is just because it needs to transform.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 17:18:09 No.11176414 Report

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>>11176390
Some slight sanding/reaming is pretty much mandatory with Moderoid and SMP joints.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 21:02:15 No.11176909 Report

Quoted By: >>11176911

Forgot to post them after I finished them.
Cell is pretty big for your basic figure rise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 21:04:04 No.11176911 Report

Quoted By: >>11176920

>>11176909
how is the ninja girl?
i was thinking of picking her up, havent seen the anime, but i love ninjas and she looks cute

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 21:09:40 No.11176920 Report

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>>11176911
Pretty solid and holds the poses just fine, none of the parts are loose and it was a quick enough build.
She comes with like four faces and water slides too but I wasn't working on it from my desk today so I just used the ordinary stickers. She came with the stand too.

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Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 21:40:28 No.11176957 Report

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Recently I’ve been getting back into Patlabor and want a kit of the Ingram. The Moderoid looks good but doesn’t have a cockpit hatch opening gimmick but this Aoshima one does. Anyone built this one?

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Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 22:22:11 No.11176991 Report

Quoted By: >>11177017 >>11177081 >>11181180

Anyone happen to know the best plays to get news for the new digimon figure rise kits as they come out? I know the line isn’t especially popular but I would really like more standard kits of the digidestined mons

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 22:51:10 No.11177017 Report

Quoted By: >>11177244 >>11177247

>>11176991
God I want that Paildramon. It'll look so good next to my imperialdramon.
I ordered it on HLJ but you know, it's HLJ.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 23:46:04 No.11177081 Report

Quoted By: >>11177084

>>11176991
damn it, I got excited from the thumbnail and thought they were doing an amplified Kabuterimon

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Sep 2024 23:49:03 No.11177084 Report

Quoted By: >>11177171

>>11177081
How did you mistake that for Kabuterimon?

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Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 01:02:30 No.11177171 Report

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>>11177084
It was only in the thumbnail, I can clearly tell once I can expand it. You really can't see it? Compare these two thumbnails and squint a little.
>blue and dark grey
>two sets of wings
>guns could be the second set of arms
>red around mouth area
Add in the fact that Amplified redesigns/adds details, and I could easily see this being Kabuterimon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 01:57:42 No.11177244 Report

Quoted By: >>11177591

>>11177017
Great looking kit but I only have standard wargreymon, metalgarurumon and Magnamon. Not sure if he’ll look good next to those standards

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 01:59:58 No.11177247 Report

Quoted By: >>11177649

>>11177017
Pretty sure the digimon stuff doesn't instantly sell out so you have a good chance at getting it on release

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Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 08:41:38 No.11177591 Report

Quoted By: >>11179125

>>11177244
Magnamon kind of does since he's a bit more angular?

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Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 10:34:13 No.11177649 Report

Quoted By: >>11186209

>>11177247
Nah, Paildramon sold out instantly of HLJ.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Sep 2024 19:40:45 No.11178359 Report

Quoted By: >>11179194

HLJ gave me a 5% my next purchase, does that get applied when you checkout or when an actual payment is made?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 03:36:12 No.11179125 Report

Quoted By: >>11179438

>>11177591
Is that amplified imperialdramon? Are all the amplifieds like 2x the size of the standards?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 05:06:01 No.11179194 Report

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>>11178359
it gets registered at checkout. Depending on the type of discount (if it can be applied to preorders or not) it will be applied when you pay your order.

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Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 09:24:30 No.11179438 Report

Quoted By: >>11180156

>>11179125
Roughly yeah.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 18:36:47 No.11180156 Report

Quoted By: >>11180213

>>11179438
Thanks. The new amplified paildramon looks amazing but I think I’ll hold out hope for a standard of that (along with magna angemon) to complete my digimon set (along with wargreymon and Metalgarurumon). Just don’t have room to expand to the amplifieds, although I almost grabbed omegamon standard amplified before I heard he was really not well rated by the collecting community

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Oct 2024 19:27:48 No.11180213 Report

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>>11180156
Oh man, I'd kill for a manga angemon, seraphimon too.

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Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 02:37:17 No.11180758 Report

Quoted By: >>11180823 >>11183209

First time doing gunpla. Fucked up and cut off the little ball joint to connect the zaku skirt, the ball is too damaged to reattach. How should I pin it in? Sewing needle? Should I order a spare part? It'll bother me forever if I don't put it into the thing somehow, honestly considering blowing 30 bucks on getting a new piece. Any tips?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 03:22:55 No.11180823 Report

Quoted By: >>11181003 >>11182208

>>11180758
Obtain another plastic ball of the exact same diameter, drill a hole into said ball and into the skirt, and insert a metal rod (same diameter as the drill bit you used) to bridge them together, applying superglue inside.

Spare parts can't be ordered outside of Japan, so that route is a no-go. There's a website for buying spare Gunpla parts in the US called "plamo kitbash," but the odds that they'll have the exact part you need are relatively slim.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 04:39:40 No.11180946 Report

Quoted By: >>11181121

finished this today.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 06:10:50 No.11181003 Report

Quoted By: >>11181043

>>11180823
Where would you recommend I get a sub 1mm pin? This thing is LITERALLY the size of the ball on a sewing pin; The only thing I can think of to bind it is either gluing it or using a lighter to heat a pin and then pushing it through

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 07:03:56 No.11181043 Report

Quoted By: >>11182387

>>11181003
>Where would you recommend I get a sub 1mm pin
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005549459084.html for example.
Also get the sub 1mm drills while you're at it: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006250209921.html

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 08:07:44 No.11181106 Report

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>>11174497
>how do I look buddy?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 08:21:56 No.11181121 Report

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>>11180946
Beautiful work.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 09:36:10 No.11181180 Report

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>>11176991
the site's in japanese but you can always just check https://bandai-hobby.net/series/digimon to see everything
they put future announced stuff on the website too

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 13:59:20 No.11181426 Report

Quoted By: >>11181495 >>11181534

>>11176025
did anyone build a nascar gundam yet?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 14:58:04 No.11181495 Report

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>>11181426
Dale Earnhardt Black Tristar Zaku II would be kino

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Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 15:23:53 No.11181534 Report

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>>11181426
I have this ancient idea for an Audi Trans Am/IMSA GTO-colored Zeta Plus.

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Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 15:25:30 No.11181537 Report

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Overall really satisfied with this kit. Shame the paladin armor set is sold out everywhere, not really a fan of golden set that came with the kit.
I hope they do japan/sengoku theme set later.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 20:28:34 No.11181978 Report

Quoted By: >>11183244

Does anyone know if prex hobby is legit? They have something I’ve been looking for that nobody else has and just wanna make sure.
https://www.prexhobby.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopRTYKEMb5nITzHqxgZJk4UWkAvm10_frAqDspzjme-oIgzCaj_

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Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 23:35:29 No.11182203 Report

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>>11174497
Got a job for you 621

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Oct 2024 23:36:43 No.11182208 Report

Quoted By:

>>11180823
>Spare parts can't be ordered outside of Japan, so that route is a no-go.
They can in the USA. But you do need a receipt, and has to be within so many days of purchase and takes about 3 months. Online purchases arent valid since they wont accept an email receipt.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Oct 2024 01:56:59 No.11182387 Report

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>>11181043
Thanks friend, will do. I'll post how it turns out. Been just assembling everything else, it's just an aesthetic flair fortunately.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Oct 2024 02:50:14 No.11182450 Report

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Does anybody have the HGUC G-Armor kit? I have a longtime dream of doing a custom based on the Clover Gundam, so I'm on the lookout for a kit that has all the stuff I'll need

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Oct 2024 16:14:31 No.11183197 Report

Quoted By: >>11183251 >>11183276 >>11184184 >>11184778

If I don't like gundams due to the japanese armor inspiration which cool robo franchise alternatives are there? I'm looking for something more grounded maybe. Wanzer from frontmission maybe? I dunno... Armored core is cool but they are so "sharp" and very hard to actually make out the difference imo

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Oct 2024 16:19:45 No.11183209 Report

Quoted By: >>11183407

>>11180758
If you get some plastic cement you can take the fucked up ball and reattach it securely like that. Even with the ball being fucked up the cement will just melt it back on to the original piece.

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Anonymous Thu 03 Oct 2024 16:49:55 No.11183244 Report

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>>11181978
never heard of them before but they are listed on the canada "store locator" on bandai's official site
https://satellite.bandai-hobby.net/store/map_canada.php

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Anonymous Thu 03 Oct 2024 16:58:50 No.11183251 Report

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>>11183197
>something more grounded
most japanese mecha stuff is in the less-grounded direction from gundam
you can go for western stuff like battletech/mechwarrior minis or some warhammer shit but those are all fixed pose game pieces for tabletop wargaming rather than articulated models like bandai's stuff. also they are priced at scam levels.

alternatively just become a gruntfag and collect shit like zakus, geara dogas, gm spartans etc instead of MC suits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Oct 2024 17:44:46 No.11183276 Report

Quoted By:

>>11183197
You could try 30MMs

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 03 Oct 2024 20:07:52 No.11183407 Report

Quoted By:

>>11183209
That can work, but it can also get the ball joint stuck. Better to use a small pin to fix it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 04 Oct 2024 07:50:37 No.11184154 Report

Quoted By: >>11184174

Do iridescent/pearlescent clear gundam markers exist?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 04 Oct 2024 08:37:52 No.11184174 Report

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>>11184154
Don't think so. Only seen gloss and matte really.

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Anonymous Fri 04 Oct 2024 09:00:09 No.11184184 Report

Quoted By: >>11189887 >>11190618

>>11183197
definitely Front Mission, because the kits are great, cheap, and basically just toys... which you can buy already built and painted.

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Anonymous Fri 04 Oct 2024 19:15:20 No.11184778 Report

Quoted By: >>11189711

>>11183197
>Armored core is cool but they are so "sharp" and very hard to actually make out the difference imo
Completely agree. Though you need to know that what you're referring to is the gen 4 AC, the most busy design of all Armored Core generation.
You could try 30mm Armored Core, they're the 6th gen AC and the most grounded looking and less busy yet iconic AC design so far.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 04 Oct 2024 22:58:16 No.11185161 Report

Quoted By: >>11185257 >>11185283

what type of drill should I get to remove stuck ball joints and to do the whole repair process of drilling into a joint to make a hole for a wire to fir into and drill stick the broken ball joint into it? Dremel or the jewelry manual ones?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 00:12:32 No.11185257 Report

Quoted By: >>11185326

>>11185161
>Dremel or the jewelry manual ones
pinvise

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 00:47:00 No.11185283 Report

Quoted By: >>11185326

>>11185161
Manual would probably be better since power tools have pretty high torque on the low setting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 01:31:57 No.11185326 Report

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>>11185257
>pinvise
>>11185283
thanks for the name, that's what i was thinking with manual ones. thanks

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Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 07:08:31 No.11185589 Report

Quoted By: >>11185828

>>11163916
>why do you have so many nippers
Because sometimes nubs like to hide in weird places and it's nice to have just the right tool for the job.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 15:24:18 No.11185828 Report

Quoted By: >>11185878

>>11185589
Whoever put that nub there is evil, and probably also invented the nipper made to get that exact nub. May be rot in hell.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 15:33:16 No.11185837 Report

Quoted By:

>>11175709
>>11175713
cool what is it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 16:25:30 No.11185878 Report

Quoted By: >>11185970

>>11185828
You can easily get that from the bottom with a singe bladed nipper like godhands

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Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 16:56:18 No.11185898 Report

Quoted By: >>11185914 >>11185917 >>11185928 >>11185935 >>11186007 >>11196017

>says makes plastic brittle
>people warn you that it makes plastic brittle
>still use them
Explain to me why

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 17:07:56 No.11185914 Report

Quoted By: >>11185930

>>11185898
Because the fragility of a display item doesn't matter

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 17:10:33 No.11185917 Report

Quoted By:

>>11185898
it depends on the type of plastic

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 17:15:28 No.11185928 Report

Quoted By: >>11185932

>>11185898
Paint acts as a barrier between the panel liner and the plastic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 17:16:36 No.11185930 Report

Quoted By: >>11185945

>>11185914
>t. owns berserk shfs

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 17:17:37 No.11185932 Report

Quoted By: >>11185937

>>11185928
Surely...there are better less retarded ways to do this

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 17:18:05 No.11185935 Report

Quoted By:

>>11185898
Because it works well. Just don't let it pool or seep into joints and everything will be fine.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 17:18:57 No.11185937 Report

Quoted By:

>>11185932
Yeah sure, you could always grab a sharpie and just draw in the panel lines

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 17:28:29 No.11185945 Report

Quoted By: >>11185964

>>11185930
Get the fuck out of this sacred thread you schizo

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 17:44:50 No.11185964 Report

Quoted By:

>>11185945
christ calm down princess

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 17:59:49 No.11185970 Report

Quoted By:

>>11185878
Even with the old style SPN-120 (with pointed tips) you can't get it cleanly and with new SPN-120 with square tips you have 0 chance. Without a specialized nipper your best tool is a chisel in this case.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 18:33:05 No.11186007 Report

Quoted By: >>11186169 >>11186431

>>11185898
Spend less time believing dogma and more time experimenting yourself.
Bend a piece of runner and put a drop of enamel thinner on the stressed part and on the unstressed part and see what happens.
In reality "makes plastic brittle" applies to stressed plastic, as in poorly fitted joints, deformed parts, etc. Regular plastic remains unaffected even submerged in the stuff.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 20:59:06 No.11186169 Report

Quoted By: >>11186420

>>11186007
Doesn't enamel panel liner only damage ABS? And only then if you allow it to pool or use it on pre-assembled sections where it can pool internally?

Also, I am not the anon who originally asked the question, but I have done experimenting in this area myself, and saw significant damage to the plastic in my test kit. Some brittleness and cracking, some outright melting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 21:50:23 No.11186209 Report

Quoted By: >>11186233

>>11177649
Backordered means it's still being produced?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 05 Oct 2024 22:09:30 No.11186233 Report

Quoted By:

>>11186209
Just means it' hasn't formally been discontinued. Can go weeks without reprint, or years, or even never.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 00:49:47 No.11186420 Report

Quoted By: >>11186635

>>11186169
>Doesn't enamel panel liner only damage ABS?
PS cracks just as easily.

>And only then if you allow it to pool or use it on pre-assembled sections where it can pool internally?
A tiny amount sucked into a joint by capillary action can crack a joint, a pool is not needed.

>saw significant damage to the plastic in my test kit. Some brittleness and cracking,
This could depend on the manufacturing process. If some form of deformation was used during molding process (for example like PET bottles are made by blowing air into them and stretching the plastic), then your plastic comes already pre-stressed and a drop of enamel thinner anywhere can do some damage.

>some outright melting
Never seen that one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 01:00:47 No.11186431 Report

Quoted By:

>>11186007
>Regular plastic remains unaffected even submerged in the stuff.
just because it doesn't immediately catastrophically fail doesn't mean it's completely unchanged

there's a spectrum where a small amount may weaken the plastic somewhat but not enough to cause it to break yet. in that case it would still be silently damaging the part, it's just not too much damage to use it (yet)

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 02:34:46 No.11186524 Report

Quoted By: >>11186529 >>11186601 >>11186609 >>11186710 >>11186824 >>11187201 >>11187234 >>11189331

>I was thinking to upgrade my gunpla game.
>Moving from HG kits to bigger MG kits.
>Nearest Hobbytown, (60 miles away) was holding a 10% off everything sale this weekend.
>Fuck it, let's get some MG kits.
>Made the long ass trip up there and checked out their MG kit section.
>Found pic related to the right for $28. Cheap!
>It’s an older kit, but I’ve heard good things about the MG Sword Impulse.
>Also potted Ryujinmaru to the right on clearance for $32
>Fuck yeah, Keith Courage!
>As I was looking at these kits, THAT GUY shows up.
>Super autist with no indoor voice spazzing out at all teh gundum kitz.
>Dad wrangler following behind hyper autist.
>”Daddy, I want a perfect grade!”
>”That’s $200, son. Why don’t we buy a master grade?”
>Autist is pinballing all over the gundam section, looking at every kit with hyper gusto.
>Not once did dad tell his son to hide his power level.
>I can’t deal with these types, so I quickly shove the Sword Impulse & Ryujinmaru into my shopping basket without looking them over in detail.
>Buy them with some other things.
>Long ass trip back home.
>Look over kits and realize that neither are actual MG kits.
>Sword Impulse is from the 2005 Seed 1/100 line. Basically an oversized HG kit.
>The real MG Sword Impulse kit I heard about beforehand is from 2015.
> Ryujinmaru is another oversized HG kit, as I missed seeing that “HG” right on the damn box.
>But a manchild screeching in the section about how he has a Blitz Gundam at home can distract you from those finer points.

So in the end, I didn’t get a real MG kit. I wasted $60, plus a full day off. Fuck the mentally impaired.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 02:42:00 No.11186529 Report

Quoted By: >>11186542 >>11186600

>>11186524
Mg Sword Impulse is from 2009.
https://gunpla.fandom.com/wiki/MG_ZGMF-X56S/%CE%B2_Sword_Impulse_Gundam

Also, next time look for the big, gold MG Master Grade logo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 02:50:08 No.11186542 Report

Quoted By: >>11186575 >>11186601 >>11187234

>>11186529
Both were in the MG section. Both were in MG sized boxes. Sword Impulse said 1/100 scale, which is MG scale. And I had a loud autist getting into my personal space. I made a snap decision on both just to get out of there. When I was looking these kits online at home, I read that the real MG of Sword Impulse was from 2015. That was probably written by the same autist freaking out in the store.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 03:21:44 No.11186575 Report

Quoted By: >>11186600

>>11186542
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/bandai-0158494-sword-impulse-gundam--1127241

There are no MG Impulse/Sword Gundam variants released in 2015

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 04:04:30 No.11186600 Report

Quoted By:

>>11186575
Yes, I know. I read something off a forum that was misinformation on the release date. >>11186529 already corrected me. Why are you so hung up on such a quibble of a detail?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 04:09:11 No.11186601 Report

Quoted By: >>11186609

>>11186524
>>11186542
Well now you've learned: Do the research properly before succumbing to making a purchase. The kit being this cheap should have been a warning sign, if it sounds too good to be true there's probably a reason for that. If you feel pressured, walk away, not being sound of mind is the absolute worst time to be making any decisions.

>MG Sword Impulse from 2015
You're probably thinking of the P-Bandai HGCE, which is a 2016 kit.

This time you only paid for it financially, so consider yourself lucky. But you can use this not just as a life lesson going forward, but as an opportunity to get into more advanced modeling by trying to modify and/or improve the Sword Impulse. Things like painting for color correction, which is easier on 1/100 size kits.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 04:20:59 No.11186609 Report

Quoted By:

>>11186524
>>11186601
I almost fell into the same trap you did awhile back. Went to my local brick and mortar, and saw this thing on the shelf. My brain saw "HG Sword Impulse" and immediately thought about buying it, since I thought it was the same as the HGCE Sword Impulse that was being sold on P-Bandai at the time. But then I looked closer at the packaging and saw the production year, and realized this was the old 2005 HG SEED Sword Impulse which came out while the show was airing, and thus not only much older but also much crappier.

If I did end up buying it, I probably would have used it as an opportunity to try to paint it as a Sword Impulse Spec II. But not everyone has all the time in the world unfortunately.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 04:57:31 No.11186635 Report

Quoted By:

>>11186420
>A tiny amount sucked into a joint by capillary action can crack a joint
Pool was a bad choice of words, I was stuck on it from the previous line. We're saying the same thing here though.

The melting was admittedly from submerging some parts in thinner to try to strip some really stubborn paint. It took time, and yes I was stupid to try it, but it did happen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 06:14:59 No.11186710 Report

Quoted By:

>>11186524
>long ass trip

1-3hr isn't long. get over it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 09:19:35 No.11186824 Report

Quoted By: >>11186860

>>11186524
the twist was that you were the retard all along lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 10:39:39 No.11186860 Report

Quoted By:

>>11186824
This. Does anon still have the receipt? Go return that stuff instead of write a blog about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 12:34:51 No.11186898 Report

Quoted By: >>11186993

Has anyone hand painted with Mr Hobby Acrysion before? I bought a bottle of their solvent, but when I used it, the damn paints began to clump up and it was like the pigment was all binding together creating a lumpy mess. I tried again, thinning with with 90% isopropyl, and that worked just fine. I'm not really mad, I'm only out a few bucks on the solvent. I just want to know if anyone else has had this happen, if I completely misunderstood the paint, or if I got a cursed bottle.

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Sun 06 Oct 2024 15:16:31 No.11186993 Report

Quoted By: >>11187097

>>11186898
What specific thinner did you buy?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 16:55:07 No.11187071 Report

Quoted By: >>11187110 >>11187209

Hi guys, apologies, I'm crossposting from customs general here
>>11187062

I figure there must be a resource for airbrushing pale anime skintone, there are many anime resin kits and robot girl gunplas.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 17:15:44 No.11187097 Report

Quoted By: >>11187311

>>11186993
The Standard "Water Based Color Acrysion Solvent". Not the Airbrush variety. Not the tool cleaner.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 17:25:54 No.11187110 Report

Quoted By: >>11187112 >>11187186

>>11187071
Mr Hobby do a bunch of paints for anime girl skintones and hair in their Lascivus line.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 17:27:05 No.11187112 Report

Quoted By:

>>11187110
>nuts white
heh

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 18:36:16 No.11187186 Report

Quoted By:

>>11187110
Gaiacolor also has some relevant colors, but they may be harder to obtain.

Gaia flesh surfacer has absolutely the best skin base color though, so you should make an effort to find it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 18:47:28 No.11187201 Report

Quoted By: >>11187225

>>11186524
>spending a full day off just to drive to a store
how little do you value your time man, just pay shipping

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 18:53:47 No.11187209 Report

Quoted By:

>>11187071
also a good idea to look for garage kit painting videos, lots of people post anime figures and have a variety of different techniques for both coloring and shading anime-ish skintones

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 19:10:19 No.11187225 Report

Quoted By: >>11187234 >>11187239

>>11187201
Some people like going out and discovering new things on shelves. The thrill of the hunt. Not everyone is a shut-in like you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 19:15:32 No.11187234 Report

Quoted By: >>11187741

>>11186524
>>11186542
>>11187225
It's okay to make mistakes anon, you don't need to blame others for you being a retarded autist.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 19:18:59 No.11187239 Report

Quoted By:

>>11187225
but anon clearly doesn't like that experience because the second someone came close to him he panicked and ran out of the store
transport time is a factor too, browsing a store that's nearby just for the hell of it is one thing but it's a whole other thing to spend an hour+ driving just to spend 5 minutes among the shelves and then drive an hour+ back home

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Sun 06 Oct 2024 20:32:46 No.11187311 Report

Quoted By: >>11187323

>>11187097
Yeah that's super weird then, I was thinking perhaps you bought one of the different things labelled Mr Color. You can also try Tamiya X20A, that tends to work well with most acrylics.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 20:45:55 No.11187323 Report

Quoted By: >>11187359

>>11187311
Do I need to shake it before I use it? I think I've vaguely heard mention of such things.

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Sun 06 Oct 2024 21:07:07 No.11187359 Report

Quoted By: >>11187365

>>11187323
I tend to give most solvents and paints a shake before I start mixing them, and I mix them with one of the Badger electric mixers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 06 Oct 2024 21:09:42 No.11187365 Report

Quoted By:

>>11187359
Maybe that was it then. I'm used to mixing almost everything with M.C. levelling thinner or X-20A and I haven't ever had to shake those. So I'll give it another shot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 07 Oct 2024 01:46:10 No.11187741 Report

Quoted By:

>>11187234
To be fair, if there were any good hobby shops here in bongtopia I'd probably go at least once

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 07 Oct 2024 13:44:33 No.11188218 Report

Quoted By: >>11188255

>>11172657
Is it okay to be using just white primer instead of using white paint for big areas on a model?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 07 Oct 2024 14:23:33 No.11188255 Report

Quoted By:

>>11188218
Primer is a kind of paint, a thick flat paint. If that's what you need for your purpose, then you just go ahead and use it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 08 Oct 2024 12:42:13 No.11189331 Report

Quoted By:

>>11186524
>Fuck the mentally impaired.
but anon, you ARE the mentally impaired

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 08 Oct 2024 19:41:43 No.11189711 Report

Quoted By: >>11190405

>>11184778
>ac4 is the most complex
>ac5 exists
>ac6 exists
Wtf are you talking about anon, have you ever seen the messes that are ac5 acs?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 08 Oct 2024 22:31:18 No.11189887 Report

Quoted By: >>11190199 >>11190270

>>11184184
Really wish japs would do more realistic mechs for a bit instead that over designed colorful shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Oct 2024 01:45:42 No.11190199 Report

Quoted By: >>11190208

>>11189887
God awful taste. Why don't you go build hollywood shit instead of trying to ruin actual mecha?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Oct 2024 01:51:05 No.11190208 Report

Quoted By: >>11190213

>>11190199
Grow up

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Oct 2024 01:52:41 No.11190213 Report

Quoted By:

>>11190208
>STOP LIKING MECHA unlike you I'm a BIG BOY because I like boring grey blocks
LOL

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Oct 2024 02:45:49 No.11190270 Report

Quoted By: >>11190423

>>11189887
I agree to an extent. There is definitely a balance that can be reached though and it's not like all jap mecha is so purposely toylike as say a gundam, they are just usually more expensive. That being said, there is always the option of sanding or filling away details, scribing new ones, adding some plaplate, and then painting over it all.
I have some Front Mission mechs, some Mechwarrior/Battletech mechs, and some of my favourite designs from Gundam are the more utilitarian ones, but I do also like the bright coloured designs with big "wings" and all the gubbins.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Oct 2024 06:00:46 No.11190405 Report

Quoted By:

>>11189711
AC5 were just tanky, it's still a bit more recognizable than AC4.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Oct 2024 06:45:05 No.11190423 Report

Quoted By: >>11190618

>>11190270
>I have some Front Mission mechs
Can you elaborate?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 09 Oct 2024 12:10:30 No.11190582 Report

Quoted By:

No clean up wanted to see if I could start and finish before work.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Oct 2024 13:33:07 No.11190618 Report

Quoted By: >>11191183

>>11190423
>>11184184
I have like 12 of these but the unpainted variants

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 00:02:21 No.11191183 Report

Quoted By: >>11191863 >>11195231

>>11190618
build any yet?
I've bought a couple of the sets, but haven't done shit so far.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 14:39:51 No.11191863 Report

Quoted By:

>>11191183
There has been one half painted on a desk for like 5 months now, I've been really busy this year.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 16:38:52 No.11191987 Report

Quoted By: >>11192041 >>11192058

>>11172657
I want to paint the black frame around the eye pieces on 1/144 kits but keep the clear plastic color on the eyes itself.
How do you guys paint and primer the black frame around the eye parts when the whole piece is clear and the black paint or something?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 17:22:03 No.11192041 Report

Quoted By:

>>11191987
Fuck, I saw a YouTube video on this not too long ago, let me see if I can find it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 17:23:14 No.11192044 Report

Quoted By: >>11192068 >>11192091

What scale are 30mm? 1/72?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 17:26:41 No.11192058 Report

Quoted By:

>>11191987
https://youtube.com/shorts/VQkYPaa7zsA
Found it

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 17:32:42 No.11192068 Report

Quoted By:

>>11192044
about HG size, lil bit bigger

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 17:48:05 No.11192091 Report

Quoted By: >>11192249

>>11192044
the humanoid ones like alto and spinatio are the same height as 1/12th scale human figures like 30 minute sisters or the new 30MF knights. (the parts are cross compatible too).
there is no real canon though so i guess you can decide based on your own delusions whether they're supposed to be human sized robots or giant mecha

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 18:10:18 No.11192115 Report

Quoted By:

what grit is a nano glass file?
like if i wanted to get the same polish effect but with a sandpaper which grit should i get?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 19:16:11 No.11192206 Report

Quoted By: >>11192683

People were talking about HLJ enforcing the sixth month warehouse limit last thread this is the third month now where they've sent me an email saying that if I don't ship by the 30th they are cancelling the items because they are over the limit

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 20:06:16 No.11192249 Report

Quoted By:

>>11192091
I just need to know since I want to buy gaymens to match the size later on so which gaymen do I buy?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 20:48:21 No.11192285 Report

Quoted By: >>11192430

>>11172657
e2046 is selling the marker airbrush for much cheaper than GSI's. Is it a good idea to get it from there? Or should I just get those offbrand ones off amazon?

I'm a combination of curious and needing to downsize my setup due to time/space/noise constraints. Kinda hard to explain.

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Anonymous Thu 10 Oct 2024 23:16:24 No.11192430 Report

Quoted By: >>11193314

>>11192285
this thing?
marker airbrushes are a gimmick, don't buy it. in any case it still needs a compressor to provide air, and if you're buying one of those you might as well get a cheap chinese 'real' airbrush like neoeco sj83 which you can get for 20bux on aliexpress

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Anonymous Fri 11 Oct 2024 00:22:55 No.11192508 Report

Quoted By: >>11192908

>RG Shining Gundam
Please god just make a RG Master Gundam before I die.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Oct 2024 02:03:26 No.11192683 Report

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>>11192206
sounds scary m8, maybe ami ami is more your speed.

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Anonymous Fri 11 Oct 2024 04:23:42 No.11192908 Report

Quoted By: >>11192912

>>11192508
Finally. It'll look nice next to my God
I wish I had the expansion set though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Oct 2024 04:26:07 No.11192912 Report

Quoted By:

>>11192908
Oh yeah, the rotation on that image was fucked...

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Oct 2024 14:10:50 No.11193314 Report

Quoted By:

>>11192430
>compressor
I really REALLY have to DOWNSIZE on that and I was looking at those portable rechargeable compressors.
I think I have an adapter chuck on my airbrush and hose, and I hope I can hook up my old badger 105 to it?
Does anyone have any decent experience using them?
If someone needs to ask, then no, those typical small sized compressors (tankless or not) everyone uses around here is a no-go. I really need to make my setup smaller and easier to carry in and out.

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Anonymous Fri 11 Oct 2024 18:15:13 No.11193610 Report

Quoted By: >>11193642 >>11193647 >>11194076

Are these good? I can't find an original for a good price

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Oct 2024 18:32:44 No.11193642 Report

Quoted By: >>11194229

>>11193610
From what I've read - Yes.
JMS and XFS gunpla bootlegs are good.
I myself bought a XFS Spartan, but I haven't built it yet, so I can't fully confirm.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 11 Oct 2024 18:40:41 No.11193647 Report

Quoted By:

>>11193610
Its basically a straight up copy, but the joints are all plastic and no polycaps. You can probably get away with using gm sniper 2 parts if it really bothers you. Im tempted to buy a recolor of it though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 00:42:48 No.11194076 Report

Quoted By:

>>11193610
>I can't find an original for a good price
because the original is pbandai. god bless bootleggers
I ordered the xfs, will probably post about it when it arrives in the mail

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 00:54:57 No.11194095 Report

Quoted By: >>11194161 >>11194169

What is the cheapest compressor-airbrush combination you would consider quality enough for a beginner? Aliexpress may or may not be cheaper than alternatives due to tariffs. I could easily afford a high end compressor and airbrush but I dearly resent spending money recreationally and I already bought a 3D printer this year.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 01:38:13 No.11194161 Report

Quoted By: >>11194199

>>11194095
Harbor Freight has a decent airbrush/compressor combo for $100 or cheaper if you use a coupon. Besides, you're better off buying big hardware like this at a brick & motar store rather than online. Especially from dodgy Chinese sellers on Aliexpress, Tenmu, or Ebay. If something goes wrong with the airbrush or compressor, you'll have the receipt and can return it instantly to the store.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 01:53:02 No.11194169 Report

Quoted By: >>11194199

>>11194095
When it comes to the airbrush, I would personally spend no less than $100 for it, and make sure it's a brand name one with good reviews (and I mean look for multiple video reviews, not just look at the star rating on the webstore page). Do your research and don't be afraid to spend extra on one, because it's arguably the most important component of an airbrushing setup. A good airbrush (if you take proper care of it) will last for many years and give you good quality paint jobs, whereas a bad/cheap one might break or go bad after a few sprays and force you to replace it. It's the same logic as buying good work boots if you're a construction worker, buying a $100 pair every year is more expensive than just paying $200 for one pair and having it last you for several years.

The compressor is something you can probably cheap out on in all honesty, as long as it delivers the target PSI it's good enough. A spray booth is also something you can theoretically cheap out on, or even build it yourself using cheap-ass components. For the respirator brand name doesn't matter but you want to make damn well sure that it does its job properly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 02:19:07 No.11194199 Report

Quoted By: >>11194209 >>11194266

>>11194161
I'm super isolated unfortunately. I have to rely a lot on getting goods delivered.
>>11194169
For that same reason a spray booth + fancy respirator isn't needed, I'll just do it outside with some panels to block any wind.
I have been looking at reviews but I like to try and get opinions from "real" people if that makes sense. Also they all start blurring together which probably means the specific one doesn't matter that much as long as the price is similar and they are well reviewed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 02:24:36 No.11194203 Report

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Any place I can find all the official RX782 colour schemes? Stuff like the zeon Gundam, Casvals Gundam and the Titans gundam from the vs series. interesting what official schemes there are for the original without modifying the design. Gundam evolution has loads and I know there's more out there.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 02:31:35 No.11194209 Report

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>>11194199
You should be able get that exact airbrush and compressor set from basically any store selling hobby stuff, it's rebranded and sold under dozens of different names though

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 02:54:06 No.11194229 Report

Quoted By: >>11197054

>>11193642
How does the plastic look/feel in person? It looked kind of cheap to me in pics, like it's noticeably different than Bandai plastic.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 03:14:36 No.11194266 Report

Quoted By: >>11194278 >>11194293 >>11194597

>>11194199
>I'll just do it outside with some panels to block any wind.
That's... not a good idea. You absolutely want a respirator since it keeps you from breathing in the fumes which can cause breathing problems down the road. An open-air environment isn't enough to dissipate the fumes before they have a chance to enter your lungs, especially if you're going to be spraying pieces less than two feet from your face, your health is not something you want to risk for this hobby. You can go to a hardware store and find a respirator meeting your requirements, even in an isolated area surely that is something you should be able to find.

Additionally, painting outside is just asking for dust particles to land on your paint job and ruin it completely. A garage with an open door is not optimal but possible, but you would need to ventilate it pretty good afterward. Again, the fumes don't just dissipate by themselves, they can linger until you blow them away.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 03:25:47 No.11194278 Report

Quoted By: >>11194293 >>11194296

>>11194266
Is a dust mask really not enough, you need to go full respirator just to paint some toys? When I say isolated I mean in a "it's a days boat journey, sometimes two, to the nearest airport to get a 4 hour flight to the city" kind of way. I didn't really think about dust but I have some netting that'd probably work to keep it out.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 03:39:24 No.11194293 Report

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>>11194266
NTA, but in my younger, stupider days, I would hold my breath while spraying parts, then SPRINT 40 feet away and start breathing again. Dumb as hell, and I probably breathed in a lot by mistake.

>>11194278
No, it's not enough. Dust masks don't do shit here, it's essentially a placebo. You need a respirator with properly rated filter cartridges for what you are doing (organic vapor in this case), and you need to change them out regularly too as per the instructions. Don't fuck around with your health just to save a few bucks, I did a lot of dumb shit when I was younger and have respiratory issues and allergies to certain chemicals now.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 03:40:29 No.11194296 Report

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>>11194278
No, a dust mask is certainly not enough. If you're going to airbrush with lacquers, they'll contain volatile organic compounds that you need a specialized mask for. The OP guides should have the relevant information on that.

Your other option is to airbrush with acrylics, which don't emit dangerous fumes but which are a lot more challenging to get the coats right. Some people have no choice but to use acrylics because they have small pets and children that they live with. Again, do your research before committing to a purchase.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 10:39:40 No.11194597 Report

Quoted By: >>11194604 >>11194606 >>11194723

>>11194266
NTA, but can I avoid using a mask if I get a spray booth?

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 11:10:43 No.11194604 Report

Quoted By: >>11194805

>>11194597
Possible, but some people I know still wear masks to catch residual vapors. Also, if you are building a booth, do the math for your space and make sure it pulls enough CFM to actually get rid of the vapors. There are a lot of shitty spraybooths out there, especially the cheap ones.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 11:15:31 No.11194606 Report

Quoted By: >>11194805

>>11194597
Highly unlikely. Spray booths still take time to extract the fumes from the spray area, and during that window you can still breathe them in. Also, as the other anon said not all of the fumes might remain in the spray area upon exiting the airbrush, some could escape the immediate suction area.

If your setup puts a solid (and airtight) transparent barrier between your face and the spray area, with only your hands going under it to do the work, you *might* get away with it. But at the end of the day, you don't want to gamble your health and well-being on this hobby when you don't have to. Just eat the cost for a respirator, your lungs will thank you in the future.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 14:02:58 No.11194723 Report

Quoted By: >>11194788 >>11194805

>>11194597
You should still wear a respirator with a spray booth if using organic solvents but I don't half the time, there's still a smell of fumes even with the booth but it's pretty minimal

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 14:55:21 No.11194788 Report

Quoted By: >>11194811

>>11194723
if you can smell it, that's not good for you. but eh, sounds like you know and don't really gaf

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 15:08:10 No.11194805 Report

Quoted By: >>11195011 >>11195040

>>11194604
>>11194606
>>11194723
Well, that sucks. I asked because the only place I can do modelling at home is the dining room, ie the most trafficked space in my house. I figured I could get one of those portable spray booths and hook it up to a window but if the chemicals still get dispersed in the air that throws a wrench in my plans.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 15:12:24 No.11194811 Report

Quoted By: >>11195397

>>11194788
I had sprayed a bunch of parts and sat the to the side to dry. Did bit smell anything while the booth was on. But the parts drying over 20 minutes or so filled my room with lacquer smell bad.

Also spraying outside will waste a good bit of paint. Wind and all.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 18:08:27 No.11195011 Report

Quoted By: >>11196000

>>11194805
the dangers of fume toxicity are mostly from laquer or enamel paints so if you're worried about that you could always just stick to acrylics. there are gunplaers in some countries who have only acrylics available anyways due to chemical regulations and they end up mostly fine (except a lack of good metallics)

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 18:28:42 No.11195040 Report

Quoted By: >>11195044 >>11195107

>>11194805
>I can do modelling at home is the dining room, ie the most trafficked space in my house
That doesn't sound like a good idea. You want a space that nobody uses for everyday life needs (including you).

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 18:30:44 No.11195044 Report

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>>11195040
bruh

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 19:12:48 No.11195107 Report

Quoted By: >>11195394

>>11195040
Yeah I wish I had a spare room to dedicate to my hobbies but I don't, that's the best I can do.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 20:05:39 No.11195192 Report

Quoted By: >>11195407 >>11195415

How compatible are 30MM Spinatia kits with 30MS kits? For example, could I take the arms, legs and head of a Spinatia and just pop them on to one of the 30MS option bodies? Just speaking theoretically

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 20:34:09 No.11195231 Report

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>>11191183
I've put together and primed a Numsekar and Drake so far but haven't gotten off my ass and painted them.
They're a pleasure to build but since they all share the same joint parts, how well they can pose really depends on the design of each limb.
But that also means you can frankenstein them together like in the games.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 22:32:58 No.11195394 Report

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>>11195107
Then just don't airbrush. Buy rattlecans and a respirator and do it outside somewhere. Yes, there are various downsides to this, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I live in an apartment, so I spray on the sidewalk outside, tucked away on a side where people usually don't walk.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 22:34:24 No.11195397 Report

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>>11194811
I used to do this too. Spray parts outside, then bring them in to dry. I didn't realize at the time that they would still offgas as they dried, and they filled my house with noxious lacquer fumes that took forever to fully disperse.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 22:40:59 No.11195407 Report

Quoted By: >>11195415 >>11195583

>>11195192
spinatias neck is different from 30ms and it won't fit, you'll need a 30ms neck to fit the head itself.
basically the peg is a c clip but 30ms its a ball joint or w/e.
the arms will fit but for legs you will have to take the armor pieces off, the light purple thighguards on spinatia, you could cut them a little and then they will fit though.
if you have a normal 30ms girl + spinatia + that option body you can do what you want.
you can try looking for option parts that have the neck maybe.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 22:46:03 No.11195415 Report

Quoted By: >>11195583

>>11195192
>>11195407
oh and you could also get an acerby instead of spinatia, they have full compatibility their necks are similar to 30ms.
legs might be a little too thick on that option body but it will work.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 23:06:42 No.11195439 Report

Quoted By: >>11195458

Would it be a bad idea to get into this hobby in Europe? Done some basic research and it looks like paint availability here is extremely poor compared to other regions, on top of having to pay more for all your kits and tools than everyone else

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 23:15:19 No.11195458 Report

Quoted By: >>11195465

>>11195439
The tools are just scale modeling tools, which we have plenty of here. You just need to either get lucky with a local hobby store deciding to import gunpla at non-extortionate prices, or apply some Google-fu to find reasonably priced e-tailers.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 23:19:18 No.11195465 Report

Quoted By: >>11195474 >>11195490

>>11195458
Once you go beyond your basic nippers, knives and sanding tools it becomes a lot more tricky, for filling materials like putty, easily sandable CA glues and such every region has their own brands and some are much better documented than others. And then there's the stuff we just don't get to have period due to regulations, like most lacquer paint brands. Not having access to brands like Gaianotes seems bad.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 23:27:43 No.11195474 Report

Quoted By: >>11195483

>>11195465
I know my local place has a great selection of paint brands including Mr. Hobby and Tamiya, so there are importers for a lot of things. Bought a pair of single-bladed nippers there too (although not Godhands, admittedly).
But yes, you'll probably have to dive into local scale modeling forums for advice on things like putties and glues. I'm not saying it's as accessible as in Japan or America, but you can make it work.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 23:34:32 No.11195483 Report

Quoted By: >>11195489 >>11195493 >>11197015

>>11195474
The local scale modeling forums are going to have advice for tanks and planes, different requirements there. The paints I see in a lot of japanese builds are just way more vivid than anything you can seemingly buy here.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 23:39:27 No.11195489 Report

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>>11195483
Then my best advice is to just go out and look what's available to you locally.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 23:40:07 No.11195490 Report

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>>11195465
>And then there's the stuff we just don't get to have period due to regulations, like most lacquer paint brands. Not having access to brands like Gaianotes seems bad.
That's what smugglers are for.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 23:41:40 No.11195493 Report

Quoted By: >>11195505 >>11196009

>>11195483
>The paints I see in a lot of japanese builds are just way more vivid
>buy powdered pigments on Aliexpress
>buy clear coat laquer
>mix together
>?????
>PROFIT!

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Anonymous Sat 12 Oct 2024 23:47:10 No.11195505 Report

Quoted By: >>11195542 >>11195698

>>11195493
How well do I need to mix it? Is this a "need a drill in a bucket" situation, or can I just hand-mix it in a cup? I live in a small place, and don't have a lot of tools available.

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 00:08:12 No.11195542 Report

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>>11195505
You can hand mix, it just takes a little longer.
Alternatively, put a little stirrer in a dremel.

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 00:35:57 No.11195583 Report

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>>11195407
>>11195415
that's disappointing. I guess I gotta figure out if my idea is worth buying a third kit just for the neck. Although I suppose I could figure out a use for the extra limbs

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 01:37:24 No.11195698 Report

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>>11195505
Vortex mixer is probably the best for paints in small amounts. But you can obviously just stir it with a stick until completely uniform.

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 06:55:56 No.11195992 Report

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>tfw 3 nubs per part that are thicker than the part + flash
>tfw there are 16 of these
Zaku pipes don't seem so bad by comparison.

Somehow I expected better from Modelcollect based on my past experiences with them. This is some AModel tier shit.

Post WIPs.

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 07:26:58 No.11196000 Report

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>>11195011
Water based acrylics, Tamiya paint is still an acrylic

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 07:39:23 No.11196009 Report

Quoted By: >>11196012 >>11197015

>>11195493
>>buy clear coat laquer
if lacquer paints are banned surely this is too

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 07:48:38 No.11196012 Report

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>>11196009
I find it hard to believe that a country with a functioning construction industry can exist without some clear lacquer paints available at hardware stores.
Failing that, clear enamels which have to be available in some form at arts and crafts stores.
Failing that, clear acrylic coatings.

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 08:04:45 No.11196017 Report

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>>11185898
Is your piece primed already? Why not just use an acrylic wash and do a pinwash with a brush?

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 22:48:45 No.11196655 Report

Quoted By: >>11196681 >>11197330

Is there any difference between these two timbertech compressors (AS186 vs ABPST08)? One says upgraded fan but they both seem to list the same specs:
https://www.amazon.ca/Timbertech-Professional-Upgraded-Airbrush-Compressor/dp/B07VT2F5N9
https://www.amazon.ca/Timbertech-Airbrush-Compressor-Professional-Automatic/dp/B07VT3RV47

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 23:13:16 No.11196681 Report

Quoted By: >>11196701

>>11196655
You make it sound like "Timbertech" is a known brand.

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 23:34:54 No.11196701 Report

Quoted By: >>11196709

>>11196681
I'm just stating the brand of the air compressors listed, settle down

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 23:45:02 No.11196709 Report

Quoted By: >>11196716

>>11196701
The point is, these being generic chinesium compressors, your questions about differences between chinesium #223412 and chinesium #823224 are meaningless because their stated specifications are just random numbers that have nothing to do with the compressor in question. You will have to pay 100 canadian dineros to find out.

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Anonymous Sun 13 Oct 2024 23:52:54 No.11196716 Report

Quoted By: >>11196731

>>11196709
Fair enough. I mean, for spray painting small things like minis and model kits, does it really matter whether it's chinesium at this price point? Just need to be able to adjust pressure, have a tank + water trap, and not overheat itself.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 00:05:17 No.11196731 Report

Quoted By: >>11196909

>>11196716
It all depends on how nice/easy you want your spraying to go.
It's nice to be able to set the pressure at 10psi and know that it won't fluctuate between 8 and 15 as you spray.
It's nice to be able to spray for a couple of hours when you're in the zone and not worry about your compressor crapping out on you.
It's nice to have 1cfm+ available so you can drive larger airbrushes/sprayguns in case you want to spray larger models.
It's nice to have 60psi+ available in case you decide to spray some weird shit like homemade metallics.

I don't think the nonames you linked can do any of the above, but maybe that's not important to you, in which case flip a coin and buy either of the 2, I'm sure you'll get roughly the same thing.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 04:07:10 No.11196909 Report

Quoted By: >>11197020

>>11196731
>it's nice to be able to set the pressure at 10psi and know that it won't fluctuate between 8 and 15 as you spray.
shitty fluctuations like that are only gonna happen on the kind of dirt cheap tankless compressors that come in those discount airbrush kits, anything with a tank and a basic regulator will never ever have this problem
>compresssor constantly out within every few hours
ok so you are just writing fanfiction about failures you ~imagine~ a cheap chinese alternative would have?
>psi and compression speed
ok those are actual potential concerns that buying a more expensive compressor would help with. but for gunpla neither of these will ever be problems. if you're getting anywhere close to 50 psi you're fucking up.
but if you want to drive air-powered tools and shit then yes you can upgrade from a little chinesium airbrush compressor to a bigger chinesium harbor freight compressor and have all the power you need.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 04:27:34 No.11196920 Report

Quoted By: >>11196951 >>11197020

like obviously it won't perform the same as something that costs 3x as much but I'm tired of genuine questions about the tradeoffs of budget airbrushing options being answered by people just making shit up while having 0 experience and 0 idea of the actual strengths or weaknesses of the items in question

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 05:15:46 No.11196951 Report

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>>11196920
Anything worth doing is worth doing right. Those little portable ones just dont have much power, you gst inconsistent spray and probably end up cleaning the airbursh out trying tonget it to spray better, youd be better off with a small 1 liter air tank compressor with adjustable pressure. Check local pawn shops if you got those.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 06:54:30 No.11197015 Report

Quoted By: >>11197198

>>11195483
Mr Hobby has a huge selection of good quality paints and they're widely accessible in Europe, even if you have to order them online.

>>11196009
>if lacquer paints are banned surely this is too
But they're not banned. Tamiya's, Mr Hobby's and various other laquers are easy to buy in Europe.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 07:02:48 No.11197020 Report

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>>11196909
>>11196920
Having owned an expensive Iwata compressor for about 10 years now and also having tested a number of cheap ones I will say this: if you can afford a good brand buying a cheap generic one is a decision you will regret, but if you can't then you buy what you can afford and you make it work for you and your workflow.

>but if you want to drive air-powered tools and shit then yes you can upgrade from a little chinesium airbrush compressor to a bigger chinesium harbor freight compressor and have all the power you need
Wasting your living/storage space with a large compressor just so you can paint a large diorama base once or twice a year *quickly* doesn't sound like a good idea. If you can't afford a hobby compressor that can run a small spray gun you simply grin and bear it and paint that base with your regular airbrush half inch at a time.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 08:41:08 No.11197054 Report

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>>11194229
started building yesterday, haven't build the weapons and accessories yet.
the plastic did feel kinda weird, you can tell right away that its not bandai and something worse, but after a while i got used to it and it felt fine
the build did have problems though, some pieces don't fit well and i had to sand some a little bit, but its not a big deal.
also someone said it has no polycaps, thats wrong it does, at least the xfs version, cant vouch for jms.
after getting the full figure and posing it, it honestly felt pretty good, i like it.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 14:27:03 No.11197198 Report

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>>11197015
>Mr Hobby has a huge selection of good quality paints
Debatable. They have a specific selection of great quality hobby paints and a ton of old garbage that hasn't been updated in 20 years and has been left in the dust in terms of coverage and color intensity by other brands for over a decade now. Not having access to those brands IS a very significant disadvantage, even if it's not impossible to paint without them.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 16:59:01 No.11197330 Report

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>>11196655
"Upgraded fan" refers to the fact the pricier model has a cooling fan that should help with heat dissipation. The regular AS186 does not have one. Don't know how effective it is but for that little difference I'd go with the one with the fan.
Only buy branded compressors if you're fine with spending significantly more than that, most mid-range models from famous brands are just this exact chinese compressor put inside a metal case and sold at double the price and are not worth it.
For what it's worth, I've got an AS186 and never had any problems with it.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 17:19:09 No.11197348 Report

Quoted By: >>11197352

Been wanting to add a Gramps to my collection (MG or RG). Which ones would you think are best in terms of stability, poseability, details etc?

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 17:22:23 No.11197352 Report

Quoted By: >>11197687

>>11197348
MG 2.0 is anime-accurate and has godly motion range. RG 1.0 and MG 3.0 are based on the Odaiba 1:1 statue and looks great on a shelf. RG 2.0 is beefy as all fuck but has only been out for like two months. There's also supposed to be an upcoming new HG that also is designed to look as close to the anime as possible.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 23:05:10 No.11197687 Report

Quoted By: >>11197700

>>11197352
>MG 2.0 is anime-accurate
No it's not. It's vaguely cartoony. It's not anime accurate. It fails at basic design elements such as having as close to an unbroken line as possible from the lower legs down to the feet, and has tons of ugly gaps in its armor. If you want a RX-78-2 kit that looks like the original source material, you need to buy resin, or do heavy modifications.

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Anonymous Mon 14 Oct 2024 23:21:12 No.11197700 Report

Quoted By: >>11197802

>>11197687
There are two problems. One is that you need to make concessions to the look if you want full articulation, The other is that Bandai is simply afraid to push things too far. Their "retro" RX-78-2s, like the Ver. A.N.I.M.E. RD or MG 2.0, don't do nearly enough to mimic the vintage style, they adopt a few of the aesthetic details and slap it onto a relatively modern-looking template. The Best Mecha Collection one is probably your best bet.

Actually, a third problem: "anime accurate" is tough here because 0079 was so frequently off-model.

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Anonymous Tue 15 Oct 2024 00:30:11 No.11197802 Report

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>>11197700
I deleted my post because I thought it came across as too incendiary and shitpost-y, but I guess not. Yeah, I'm aware that the "correct" look is impossible to reproduce in a model that can actually move. Unfortunately seeing what some of the resin models out there look like has more or less made me lose interest in most of Bandai's offerings, because I'd personally sooner take a good looking static model over a kit that has to look bad in order to enable dynamic poses. But I'm also aware that my priorities don't reflect those of the majority of people. It's just a shame that these kits are realistically impossible to obtain.

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Anonymous Wed 16 Oct 2024 00:53:38 No.11198967 Report

Quoted By: >>11198970 >>11200042

A little upgrade for the old pin vise.

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Anonymous Wed 16 Oct 2024 00:58:46 No.11198970 Report

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>>11198967
Those who ever tried hand-drilling holes smaller than 0.3mm know that it's not easy to drill a deep hole without breaking the tiny drill.

Now I can drill 0.1mm holes as deep as the full length of the drill without any problems. I'm honestly impressed.

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Anonymous Wed 16 Oct 2024 06:57:06 No.11199264 Report

Quoted By: >>11200418

So, is normal Frame Arms line just dead or what? 95% of google results just show Frame Arms Girls instead.

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Anonymous Wed 16 Oct 2024 12:17:26 No.11199431 Report

Quoted By: >>11199449 >>11200435

Hello, plastic toys enthusiasts.
I'm thinking of actually trying gunpla painting. Hand-painting, of course.
Yes, I did read the guide but still would like some confirmation. I'm going to practice on my old SD and HG kits.
Here's an outline of my process.
>clean up nub marks with sandpaper (I'm going with 400 > 600 > 1000, I also have one of those nano glass file but I'm not sure if it's going to be needed)
>wash the pieces
>prime them with paintbrush(I'm going with Vallejo white primer. I got the white one but I heard gray is actually more versatile.)
>start painting (I got myself some cheap water soluble acrylic paint tubes, might regret using them but if this turns out not too bad I will get Vallejo's)
>spray with top coat
>panel line them with Tamiya panel liner,
>clean up with enamel cleaner
>top coat again(?)
That's pretty much it.
Please let me know if there's anything I'm missing/misunderstood.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 Oct 2024 12:44:34 No.11199449 Report

Quoted By: >>11199456

>>11199431
sounds good, except add:
- thin your paints! you want to do several thin coats with drying in between, not one thick one. if you do your first layer and it fully hides the primer/plastic underneath, you fucked up
- first topcoat MUST BE gloss, or you will fuck up hard on the panel lining step. second can be either gloss or matte depending on your preference. Most people pick matte for a more realistic look.

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Anonymous Wed 16 Oct 2024 12:54:50 No.11199456 Report

Quoted By: >>11199469

>>11199449
>thin your paints! you want to do several thin coats with drying in between, not one thick one. if you do your first layer and it fully hides the primer/plastic underneath, you fucked up
Oh yeah don't worry, I'm going to thin the shit out it. I've been watching too many paint thinning videos to not realize how important it is. I suppose the hard part is finding the right ratio.
>first topcoat MUST BE gloss, or you will fuck up hard on the panel lining step. second can be either gloss or matte depending on your preference. Most people pick matte for a more realistic look.
I, however, had no idea about this. Thanks for bringing it up. And yeah I'm going with matte. Gloss just looks weird to me except for certain parts.
Can you give me a quick explanation why the first topcoat must be gloss?

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Anonymous Wed 16 Oct 2024 13:19:10 No.11199469 Report

Quoted By: >>11199498

>>11199456
On a microscopic level, gloss is like a wood floor, and matte is like carpet. If you spill wine on a wood floor, it's easy to wipe away, but on carpet, you're looking at a stain. If you use liquid panel liner on matte coat, you are not going to be wiping that away after, it is going to spread into all those microscopic crevices and look like shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 Oct 2024 13:43:55 No.11199498 Report

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>>11199469
That definitely makes lots of sense, thanks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 Oct 2024 20:53:31 No.11200042 Report

Quoted By: >>11200117 >>11200487 >>11200729

>>11198967
What do you need holes this small? And where did you get such a cute little drill?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 16 Oct 2024 21:35:16 No.11200117 Report

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>>11200042
For my penis

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 01:26:39 No.11200418 Report

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>>11199264
>So, is normal Frame Arms line just dead or what?
it's just old and less popular than FAGs
if you check kotobukiya's site they are actually still making "new" ones, with a Baselard this month and Ray Falx in December. They're both variants or updated versions of older frame arms though, and before them there was only 1 kit in all of 2023.
https://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/en/title/framearms/
they are making a new "Forme Arms" series that's supposed to be a successor though

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 01:38:46 No.11200435 Report

Quoted By: >>11200789 >>11201092

>>11199431
>I also have one of those nano glass file but I'm not sure if it's going to be needed)
nano file is much faster and more convenient than sandpaper, it gives a better finish than 2000 grit but cuts through material as fast as 4-600, so you can sand without multiple steps.

but also, polishing with fine grit sandpaper is not needed if you're going to paint, only if you care what the bare plastic looks like. since you are going to be painting you can flush cut (or cut as close as possible) with your nippers and then clean the remaining tiny bit of nub with rough sandpaper and that's it, no need to worry about the finish of the plastic or about avoiding avoiding stress from cutting too close to the surface as all of those will be covered up

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 02:29:45 No.11200487 Report

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>>11200042
that dude is unironically probably the most skilled modeler on the board. he's probably drilling holes for like a 1/9235792 scale ship's railing or some shit.

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Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 07:27:20 No.11200729 Report

Quoted By: >>11202706

>>11200042
>holes this small
The smaller the scale the smaller the hole. 1/700 posts need ~0.2mm holes, 1/72 machine gun barrels are about that size etc etc.
Being able to drill multiple larger holes at a fixed consistent angle to the piece is pretty nice too (pic related).

>where did you get such a cute little drill
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007118505693.html

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 09:49:17 No.11200789 Report

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>>11200435
>nano file is much faster and more convenient than sandpaper, it gives a better finish than 2000 grit but cuts through material as fast as 4-600, so you can sand without multiple steps.
>but also, polishing with fine grit sandpaper is not needed if you're going to paint, only if you care what the bare plastic looks like. since you are going to be painting you can flush cut (or cut as close as possible) with your nippers and then clean the remaining tiny bit of nub with rough sandpaper and that's it, no need to worry about the finish of the plastic or about avoiding avoiding stress from cutting too close to the
That's good to know.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 12:28:11 No.11200881 Report

Quoted By: >>11200884 >>11200894

how fast does abs plastic crack from panel lining with gundam markers, etc. ?
is it like the next day or after a week or something?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 12:29:03 No.11200884 Report

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>>11200881
instantly

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 12:48:10 No.11200894 Report

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>>11200881
Gundam Markers should be safe to put directly on plastic. It's panel wash that you need to be careful with, either don't let it pool on the plastic or make sure you put down a gloss coat before lining.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 15:47:36 No.11201092 Report

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>>11200435
>nano file is much faster and more convenient than sandpaper, it gives a better finish than 2000 grit but cuts through material as fast as 4-600, so you can sand without multiple steps
On the other hand, glass file is hard by nature so it is not as good for sanding curved surfaces as a soft sanding stick or sponge and the polish it gives the plastic as it sands is actually finer than the bare plastic regular look, so while you get dull spots when sanding with sandpaper, you get shiny spots when sanding with a glass file, either way the sanded areas stand out. Glass file is also rather large and hard to get into tight spots and you obviously can't cut it to fit some custom shape.

tl;dr glass files are useful but they are not really a replacement for sanding paper/sticks/sponges.

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Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 19:25:08 No.11201474 Report

Quoted By: >>11201481 >>11201547 >>11201645 >>11202044

These two might be the most audience-rejected shelfwarmers ever. IIRC, these have been rotting in HLJ's stockrooms for around a year now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 19:28:42 No.11201481 Report

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>>11201474
chuchu's trainer simply looks cooler

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 20:11:19 No.11201547 Report

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>>11201474
>>11201481
I actually bought a pair of demi-barding because chuchu was out of stock. I'm not really sure why nobody likes it but it does make me laugh whenever I see it on HLJ.

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Anonymous Thu 17 Oct 2024 21:22:26 No.11201645 Report

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>>11201474
The Chimera actually looks very cool to me. If I had unlimited time and space, I would want it. But it signified that a new Psycho Gundam was in the works, so my shelf space is reserved for that instead. In a vacuum, I might have bought this instead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Oct 2024 01:58:28 No.11202044 Report

Quoted By: >>11202047

>>11201474
Not surprising, since one was piloted by the franchise's most pathetic attempt at a Char clone, while the other only had one short fight scene and spent the rest of its limited screen time as an Uber cab.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Oct 2024 02:01:12 No.11202047 Report

Quoted By: >>11202246

>>11202044
what kind of maniac actually watches the shows

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Oct 2024 07:05:15 No.11202246 Report

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>>11202047
I mean, I watched Wing on toonami back when I was a kid. That counts right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Oct 2024 12:04:34 No.11202431 Report

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recommend me some cool grunt kits

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Oct 2024 16:41:18 No.11202706 Report

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>>11200729
Damn, anon. You always drop fliff on the coolest dumb shit. That thing rules.

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