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Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo Generalno

Gelgoog Guy !!qznFQjkRiks Thu 01 May 2025 00:59:58 No.11409239 View View Reply Original Report

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

***READ THE GUIDE***

Discord
https://discord.gg/W973BmwERB

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

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

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

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

Previous thread: >>11385325

Gelgoog Guy !!qznFQjkRiks

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Gelgoog Guy !!qznFQjkRiks Thu 01 May 2025 01:02:59 No.11409242 Report

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==ARTILLERY GROUPBUILD==

Build a mecha or vehicle that uses long-range heavy-weapons such as Cannons, Missiles/Rockets, Railguns, or any other type of siege weaponry. Some clarifying rules
>The weapon can either be placed anywhere on the build (Shoulder-mounted, under-slung, etc), or in a separate side-build (Such as an artillery system utilized by a larger mech).
>Side-builds can include things like howitzers, self-propelled artillery, missile platforms, and the like.
>Alternatively, the mech can act as a spotter, loader, or some other role to support Artillery fire.
>Despite technically being a long-range weapon, Sniper Rifles are a no-go.

Send your entries to [email protected] with at least 5 photos of your finished build along with any WIP photos and a description of your entry.
START: 4/13/25
END: 7/31/25

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 May 2025 15:40:56 No.11409890 Report

Quoted By: >>11409901 >>11410011

While the boards were down, I finally built up this SMP kit I bought a few years back. Nice build, and I always wanted a megazord.
I'm still newer to kits, this is only my fourth build, but it's been interesting to see how every manufacturer does it differently. The plastic on this felt so much softer than other Bandai or Kotobukiya kits.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 01 May 2025 15:56:24 No.11409901 Report

Quoted By: >>11410180

>>11409890
And I forgot the pic, of course

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 May 2025 17:36:35 No.11410011 Report

Quoted By: >>11410046

>>11409890
Wdym by softer? Don't SMPs use ABS?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 May 2025 18:12:59 No.11410046 Report

Quoted By: >>11410049

>>11410011
I don't know for sure! But it felt like the plastic rubbed off more easily when sanding. Might have been perspective, but just felt off compared to other kits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 May 2025 18:15:23 No.11410049 Report

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>>11410046
I guess that's from ABS being easier to cut despite being stronger.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 01 May 2025 21:27:04 No.11410180 Report

Quoted By: >>11410780

>>11409901
Damn, Gaolicarus was my second favorite sentai mech after Kakure Daishogun. Wish I had that lad.
If we're posting what we're doing though I just started on an RG RX-73 2.0.
I'm recording it too so I might do a shitty YouTube thing for fun if I ever get around to putting it together.

Also this runner stand if hot ass, if you guys see it, avoid it

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 01 May 2025 23:21:23 No.11410279 Report

Quoted By: >>11410308 >>11410322

the Vidar is slowly taking form

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 00:08:34 No.11410308 Report

Quoted By: >>11410319 >>11410322

>>11410279
Looking clean! Nice work anon

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 00:34:06 No.11410319 Report

Quoted By: >>11410321 >>11410322 >>11410328

>>11410308
thanks, but it certainly won't be a clean build
I'm aiming for a slight weathering look, as I did with this jackal

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 00:38:00 No.11410321 Report

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>>11410319
>jackal was painting his house silver and got paint all over himself

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 00:39:14 No.11410322 Report

Quoted By: >>11410328

>>11410279
>>11410308
>>11410319
This is the result after using the Mr weathering bottle and wiping off the excess, the blue parts got darker with some shades in crevices and edges
Looks better imo but the damn stuff smells like rotten eggs

Next step would be to do some drybrush with silver paint for the edges and some surfaces

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 00:48:59 No.11410328 Report

Quoted By: >>11410330

>>11410319
>>11410322
The vidar definitely suits that kind of look. My completely unsolicited advice is to do half as much chipping as you initially plan to do, and then walk away for 12-24 hours. Come back and look at it with fresh eyes the next day. It helps to give you a good idea of the big picture instead of getting lost on individual sections. If you need more you can always add it. That's what has always worked best for me when weathering.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 00:52:32 No.11410330 Report

Quoted By: >>11410370 >>11411350

>>11410328
yeah, I think too the Vidar is better suited for a slight weather look and yes, I plan to be VERY, VERY reserved about the chipping, highlighting edges this time
"less is more (and better)" is a very valuable advice someone shared here on this type of stuff

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 01:38:57 No.11410370 Report

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>>11410330
Looking forward to your results anon :)

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Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 07:11:54 No.11410612 Report

Quoted By: >>11413355

>>11407264
Metallization of the Zugock continues.
Those injector pin holes were practically begging for some kinda bolts to cover them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 11:33:30 No.11410780 Report

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>>11410180
>Also this runner stand if hot ass, if you guys see it, avoid it
My sister got me one for Christmas, I've used it once and I'm trying to work out the most polite way to never use it again.

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Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 16:44:41 No.11411032 Report

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I'm working with the 1/48 scale Full Metal Panic kits for the group build, and I need to modify the main leg joint to move more like the 1/60 scale FMP models. Has anyone here done any modification like this? I wanted to see some pictures for reference and advice, since I'm not sure how to go about it.

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Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 22:42:58 No.11411350 Report

Quoted By: >>11411353 >>11411377

>>11410330
And here is it, Main body assembled

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 22:44:49 No.11411353 Report

Quoted By: >>11411355 >>11411377

>>11411350
I refrained from going overboard with the silver apps and I still think there were some excessive spots
That aside, man this thing really gives off evil vibes

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Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 22:45:52 No.11411355 Report

Quoted By: >>11411356 >>11411377

>>11411353
Back

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Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 22:47:10 No.11411356 Report

Quoted By: >>11411358 >>11411377 >>11412196

>>11411355
The pink eyes stickers are really good, depending the angel it is almost as of there was a Led there

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 22:48:33 No.11411358 Report

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>>11411356
definetely a very cool looking gandamu, I still have to get the side skirts, backpack and weapons done, so that will come along during the next week

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 23:03:30 No.11411377 Report

Quoted By: >>11411392

>>11411350
>>11411356
>>11411355
>>11411353
You work very fast, i'm jealous. Came out looking good!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 May 2025 23:19:59 No.11411392 Report

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>>11411377
thanks
next step are the huge leg thrusters and the side skirts
form the former I plan to do a combination of silver and then clear red for the insdes

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 02:00:44 No.11411522 Report

Quoted By: >>11411684

Bought some Chinese display bases on Amazon. Nineteen bucks for a set of ten, which is miles better than ten bucks for a single stand were I to buy official Action Bases.

The air bubbles irritate me though. If I were to tap a hole to fill them in, what would work best to make them as nearly invisible as possible?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 06:12:03 No.11411684 Report

Quoted By: >>11411740

>>11411522
Could try anycubic high clear resin, but the reflective index might be different so do it at your own risk.

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Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 08:29:43 No.11411740 Report

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>>11411684
>reflective index might be different
I'd say that's near certain.

>anon pays $40 for a bottle of resin to fix a $2 chinese base
The peak of irony.

Jokes aside, I would try some cheapo "optical clear" UV glue for phone screens off Aliexpress, at least when that doesn't work you can put both the glue and the base into the trashcan with a smile and your wallet won't notice anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 18:21:27 No.11412013 Report

Quoted By: >>11412023

>usags
Have they been sending out discount codes recently?
I wanted to pick up a Vidar, but I don't want to ship it across the country alone.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 18:33:31 No.11412023 Report

Quoted By: >>11412031

>>11412013
That's the whole schtick with buying Gunpla or paints/tools in general, always buy in bulk. Spread the shipping cost over multiple purchases and it won't hurt as much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 18:45:57 No.11412031 Report

Quoted By: >>11412049

>>11412023
I have some kotobukyia kits I want as well, so I was checking if there was any discounts recently but even my trash folder doesn't have any emails from them.
Koto has a decent distribution via amazon, it's just even more delayed. Anyways I just wanted to see if I needed to resub another email to their list again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 19:03:54 No.11412049 Report

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>>11412031
In my experience, they get seasonal discounts that range from not-worth-it to decent, and otherwise send you a 15% discount that's good for 1-2 weeks after you've already made a purchase (so not that useful).

Which, yeah, I kinda understand. They're a business that needs to make profits, so most of the time you aren't going to be getting Hobby Lobby tier savings. Especially nowadays with tariffs and an impending recession.

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Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 22:59:36 No.11412196 Report

Quoted By: >>11412199 >>11412643

>>11411356
Still in progress

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 23:00:41 No.11412199 Report

Quoted By: >>11412202

>>11412196
Not surprisingly these things add a lot of weight

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 23:02:36 No.11412202 Report

Quoted By: >>11413882

>>11412199
Still have to build the backpack and weapons

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 23:52:13 No.11412239 Report

Quoted By: >>11412242

I still need to do the weapons but I can always do that in the morning.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 May 2025 23:53:14 No.11412242 Report

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>>11412239
Ooh and some clean up, I just noticed the nubs on the arm.

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Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 00:24:26 No.11412256 Report

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The collection expands.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 00:38:11 No.11412275 Report

Quoted By: >>11412364

Has anyone here built the psycho gundam mkII im thinking about treating myself for my birthday

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 00:46:49 No.11412287 Report

Quoted By: >>11412295

What your tuber/influencer should I follow for reviews?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 00:54:34 No.11412295 Report

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>>11412287
Dalong is all you need.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 02:02:20 No.11412364 Report

Quoted By: >>11412403

>>11412275
Don't worry anon, I already built one thinking about your birthday, so now you don't have to!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 02:49:02 No.11412403 Report

Quoted By: >>11412436

>>11412364
fuck you i wanted to build him. Was it fun and is he good?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 03:35:00 No.11412436 Report

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>>11412403
It was for your birthday, you should know how the kit was better than I would anon...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 13:52:53 No.11412643 Report

Quoted By: >>11412668

>>11412196
I want to get started with painting like this. Is it easier to paint when assembled? I've been doing it unassembled, but the only issue is I don't realize what I painted ends up covered.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 14:57:17 No.11412668 Report

Quoted By: >>11412701

>>11412643
Well, this kit is not really "painted" in the conventional sense: it is a straight out of the box build to which I painted some small details with a brush or markers, mostly the silver, gold and red details.

Once I had every component assembled (legs, arms, torso, etc), after putting the decals, I used a large brush and splashed everything with Mr. Weathering Color (black), it is kind of a very watery ink that turns the surfaces darker, runs into crevices and when you remove the excess with a sponge, helps you create subtle shadings.

Once that is dry I did the chipping with silver paint and a sponge. This is probably the most difficult step because you need for this to be subtle and apply it to logical areas/edges where the paint would have peeled.

Once that is done, I seal everything with flat topcoat.

If you really want to try something like this I suggest first you check some tutorials/videos first to see what materials you need, then how to apply whatever techniques you want and then, try your hand on some meager model before tackling something else.

Personally, I found this video quite helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ic5gS5E3KY

This is the third time I try to do a weathered look. My first try was a Zaku Gunner, thenk the Jackal from Kotobukiya and now this. All I can say is that I definitely enjoy this a whole lot more than simply building a model out of the box without putting some extra effort.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 16:11:10 No.11412701 Report

Quoted By: >>11412710 >>11413347

>>11412668
1. That doesn't damage the plastic or make it brittle? That's the reason I had always tried this while unassembled.
2. Am I dumb or something? Shouldn't every edge be bound to have some kind of chipping? I guess if talking about the degree of chipping then yes it requires some thoughts..
3. So coating is always the final process. I've actually not coated any of the ones I've been experimenting with yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 16:27:06 No.11412710 Report

Quoted By: >>11412758

>>11412701
1.- No. I've seen some horror stories in the /m/ thread about how tamiya panel lining supposedly eats away the plastic but that never happened to me. I never had issues with the weathering liquid either.

2.- You could give every edge the silver highlights but how should I put this... it may make it look unnatural, not necessarily every area and edge of a robot/kit should have the same wear. Look a the v fin of that Vidar, I don't think a silver edge all over it would make it look good but then again, it is your model, it is your call.

3.- The coat is a must, as if you handle the parts that were weathered with the liquid/silver, you amy end up leaving fingerprints all over the surfaces. I highly recommend you get yourself some cheap vinyl gloves when you do the weathering steps to avoid accidents.

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Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 17:45:46 No.11412758 Report

Quoted By: >>11412760 >>11412762

>>11412710

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Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 17:46:48 No.11412760 Report

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>>11412758
With the backpack, which is very simple
Now only the weapons are missing

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Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 17:47:51 No.11412762 Report

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>>11412758

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Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 17:55:52 No.11412774 Report

Quoted By: >>11412895

Did my first attempt at real sponge weathering and LED installation.

Probably went a bit overboard on the weathering, but oh well, something to learn from.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 20:04:38 No.11412895 Report

Quoted By: >>11412913

>>11412774
I have a few magnet leds lying around, did you cut anything out? Because I have a Liber Fighter and I'm disappointed at how the eyes are hard to see.

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Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 20:05:43 No.11412896 Report

Quoted By: >>11412905 >>11412907 >>11413901

I bought a ton of these when I was in Tokyo and started assembling them today, how common is it for pieces on the box to be sold separately?

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Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 20:14:08 No.11412905 Report

Quoted By: >>11412908 >>11413901

>>11412896
You bought a body set, not the actual full figure. They're optional parts.

I made the same mistake the other day with this one thinking it came with the swimsuits but then I read it properly and bought the actual swimsuit set later.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 20:17:06 No.11412907 Report

Quoted By: >>11412908

>>11412896
For these? It's their whole thing. The 30 Minute Series are all supposed to be kinda modular and stuff.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 20:17:36 No.11412908 Report

Quoted By:

>>11412905
Dang, guess I'll read the box more carefully next time I'm there
>>11412907
Yeah I figured something like that after reading the manual

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 20:36:35 No.11412913 Report

Quoted By:

>>11412895
I had to drill holes into the bottom of the head and the torso to feed the LEDs through it, and the battery component managed to fit in the space between the torso and chest armor, so just tapping the chest armor with magnet will turn it on.

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Anonymous Sun 04 May 2025 20:40:32 No.11412915 Report

Quoted By: >>11418164

Got this guy a while ago.
I quite like it, so I'm thinking about painting it. Found this guys post, which I think I'm gonna kinda replicate,
https://imgur.com/a/weird-tails-cGojT7M
I've never really done a full paint job before though, so I wanna sanity check first.
I'm thinking of just handbrushing a tan tamiya acrylic mix, then top coating with mr super clear, doing decals, probably another layer of top coat to seal the decals, then an oil wash and weathering and a final top coat.
Does this make sense?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 07:02:22 No.11413347 Report

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>>11412701
Enamel thinner will damage the plastic if it's used in large points and left to pool, small amounts will dry quick and wont damage the plastic if you're careful

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Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 07:13:36 No.11413355 Report

Quoted By: >>11420469

>>11410612
When metal isn't enough, 3D prints to the rescue.
I also replaced the backpack thrusters with rectangular ones to be truer to the original.
I must say that HobbyMio etching parts are pretty much on par with HiQParts quality-wise.

>the lenghts I go to to avoid applying stickers
All these thrusters are done as stickers in the original kit.

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Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 21:57:47 No.11413882 Report

Quoted By: >>11413884 >>11413894

>>11412202
and here is it now complete Mr Vengeance

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Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 21:58:53 No.11413884 Report

Quoted By: >>11413886 >>11421398

>>11413882

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Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 21:59:55 No.11413886 Report

Quoted By: >>11413890

>>11413884

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Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 22:00:57 No.11413890 Report

Quoted By: >>11413891

>>11413886

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Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 22:01:58 No.11413891 Report

Quoted By:

>>11413890

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Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 22:04:08 No.11413894 Report

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>>11413882
I hope some third party eventually releases the eye effect part for this thing to be truly complete

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 22:11:14 No.11413901 Report

Quoted By: >>11413906 >>11413929 >>11413931

>>11412896
>>11412905
So theses kits are compatible with HG 1/144 Body parts/ weapons gunplas or just the fully robot female line?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 22:23:01 No.11413906 Report

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>>11413901
Also, the Kaiju 8 girl has a model kit but the Rise line.
Is the Rise line compatible too?

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Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 22:38:11 No.11413929 Report

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>>11413901
Anything that uses the 3mm ports are compatible to an extent, minutes, sisters and fantasy are all built around it, my Acerby B here for example uses Kyokai Senki option parts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 05 May 2025 22:41:31 No.11413931 Report

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>>11413901
Also here's a post in the Busou Shinki thread that's relevant >>11413633

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 02:37:57 No.11414075 Report

Quoted By: >>11414076 >>11415496

Friends…I want to use Tamiya panel liner on my kits. I read I should apply a gloss topcoat beforehand. Do I do all this before assembling?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 02:39:56 No.11414076 Report

Quoted By: >>11414090

>>11414075
I just apply it to the bare plastic directly, just be sure to remove the excess

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 02:45:36 No.11414090 Report

Quoted By: >>11414093

>>11414076
I read the gloss coat is good for applying decals too…

Gelgoog Guy !!qznFQjkRiks

Gelgoog Guy !!qznFQjkRiks Tue 06 May 2025 02:47:37 No.11414093 Report

Quoted By: >>11414100 >>11414194

>>11414090
You can apply both without gloss coat. Just use Tamiya on the parts before assembly to avoid pooling inside of assemblies.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 02:52:06 No.11414100 Report

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>>11414093
Gotcha I will try it. I ordered the dark gray for whites and black as well!

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Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 04:31:09 No.11414194 Report

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>>11414093
>before assembly to avoid pooling inside of assemblies
More importantly to avoid it getting sucked by capillary effect into peg-hole connections under stress and cracking them. Even fully painted and topcoated kits are susceptible to this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 05:28:04 No.11414213 Report

Quoted By: >>11414223

hi i am retarded and need help.

I recently got back into the hobby. Whenever I paint, I can never get an even surface, whether its air brush or Spray can or even hand painting. This isn't "Orange Peel". These are massive paint bubbles, and it affects every couple pieces. If i had to estimate, 1/5th of pieces develop strange bubbles.

My only solution has been to strip the affected surface with thinner, or my knife.

Am I overspraying? Underspraying? Not doing this properly?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 05:46:58 No.11414223 Report

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>>11414213
Did you properly clean your airbrush after restarting? Are your rattle cans ancient and old? Are you putting the nozzle a few millimeters from the piece? Are you living in a stupidly humid place and/or painting while it's raining? Are you sure you're thinning your paints to the proper consistency?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 14:16:27 No.11414445 Report

Quoted By: >>11415890

I tried my hand at painting for the first time. I'm not sure how I feel about the finished kit. I feel like it might have worked better if it was a robot cause the paint job might have suited it, but since it was a Goku figure it just looks more plasticy than it did originally. I should have kept it as the original plastic I think.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 19:24:34 No.11414704 Report

Quoted By: >>11414760 >>11414763 >>11414793 >>11415106 >>11415692 >>11415890

>>11409239
I wanna build my first kit. Is there a reason I'd go for HG over RG or MG? Noob, but RG isn't in the guide so far.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 20:19:21 No.11414760 Report

Quoted By: >>11415004

>>11414704
HG is simple and cheap while not being total baby shit.
You probably should not get an MG for your first build.

Basically:
HG = 1/144 scale simple models
RG = 1/144 scale fancy models
MG = 1/100 scale fancy models

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 20:21:01 No.11414763 Report

Quoted By:

>>11414704
RG are pretty detailed for their size. If youve built models before I say fuck it and just go for one you like. If not just try an HG kit

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 May 2025 20:48:56 No.11414793 Report

Quoted By:

>>11414704
You always want to start with a HG for multiple reasons.

1. Low cost. HG kits are usually quite cheap, if you finish building it and decide that you don't like the hobby, or you just make a mistake that ruins the kit, then you aren't out a huge amount of money.

2. Ease of construction. HG kits are a great balance of build simplicity, aesthetic completeness and parts count. A first timer won't find them horribly complex and won't take a huge amount of time building them, they're excellent for practice.

3. Sheer variety. HG kits are the "standard" and there are literally hundreds of them to choose from, so regardless of your aesthetic taste you'll probably find a kit that you'll like.

4. High potential for improvement. If you find your HG kit lacking in detail, then you can elect to paint the kit to your liking. Same with applying stickers/decals, scribing, etc. A HG kit will look decent out of the box, but there are many opportunities to make it look great with a bit of additional effort.

MG and RG kits are great display pieces, but they're more complex to build and screwing up can set you back a bit. Discouraging yourself from getting more into the hobby is something you don't want to do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 May 2025 01:39:02 No.11415004 Report

Quoted By:

>>11414760
>HG is simple and cheap while not being total baby shit
Well, newer ones.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 07 May 2025 04:24:13 No.11415106 Report

Quoted By:

>>11414704
Get an old 1/144 kit from the 1980s.

Either it will turn you off modelling forever (and save you a ton of money) or you will level up real quick and stop worrying about "problematic kits" once and for all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 May 2025 17:12:16 No.11415496 Report

Quoted By:

>>11414075
this video should help to avoid damage from TPLA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPUQSVhB11U

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 May 2025 21:38:31 No.11415692 Report

Quoted By:

>>11414704
when you're first starting building it's easy to make dumb mistakes that will just prevent you from fully assembling the kit, so i always recommend getting whichever kit you like the most and also a cheap modern HG that you like as well then build the HG first so you hopefully won't ruin the one you liked most
and by dumb mistakes i mean shit like cutting off mounting pegs cause the runner attached to the end of them so they look like nubs, using the wrong pieces when putting together matching left/right sub assemblies cause they look so similar or it's a kit that reuses runners and has pieces that are exactly same except for a small change
the manuals are a lot better at pointing that stuff out these days but older ones don't so it's nice to learn with a modern HG

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 01:20:54 No.11415890 Report

Quoted By: >>11416082

>>11414445
Did you use any matte to dull coat it? Makes it pess plastic looking.

>>11414704
Hg is pretty easy to get into. Rg a bit more complex but same size generally. Mg larger and more detailed but also some have smaller parts. Hg is best bet with minimal tools but rg and mg you definitely need some better nippers and sanding stuff to get good fits. Undergating is nice but also a hassle to sand to get parts to fit flush.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 07:38:38 No.11416082 Report

Quoted By:

>>11415890
>Did you use any matte to dull coat it? Makes it pess plastic looking.
The bottle said flat, but it's come out kinda glossy. I might do a matte top coat on it if I bring myself to disassemble it again and maybe fix up some of the parts I'm not happy with, but I'm not sure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 16:51:59 No.11416403 Report

Quoted By:

I forgot, but is there a good Phenex kit with under gates?

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Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 20:03:11 No.11416526 Report

Quoted By: >>11416533 >>11416562

Has the HGUC GP01 aged well, or should I get the RG?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 20:09:56 No.11416533 Report

Quoted By: >>11416558

>>11416526
>97 kit
Just get the RG.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 20:51:15 No.11416558 Report

Quoted By: >>11416565

>>11416533
The MG is from 1997, the HGUC is from 2000.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 21:03:15 No.11416562 Report

Quoted By:

>>11416526
get the RG. it's a solid kit for using the old frame. I have the GP01 Fb (my fav gundam) and mine is as solid as the mkII

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 21:04:41 No.11416565 Report

Quoted By:

>>11416558
My mistake.
I'd still get the RG though.

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Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 21:13:22 No.11416569 Report

Quoted By: >>11416693

I heard the Kosmos LED unit for the PG Exia is better than the Bandai one. I know the Kosmos is cheaper than the Bandai one, but is it really better or it just chinkshit?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 21:14:24 No.11416570 Report

Quoted By: >>11416596

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Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 21:29:28 No.11416586 Report

Quoted By: >>11416596 >>11416693

I know all three of Seiei's main Gundams have RGs, but not every Gundam 00 will ever have one.
HGAD kits when?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 21:34:55 No.11416596 Report

Quoted By: >>11416623

>>11416586
while i do think we need New 00 Hg's, the old ones hold up fine. I just made >>11416570 in like 4 days. I wish i spent more time on it, but i'm just getting back into building, and wanted something fast.

Personally I like Hg00 because they are so simple, and have fewer pieces. thats whats kept me from buying the new seed kits

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 22:02:29 No.11416623 Report

Quoted By:

>>11416596
... 4 days on and off right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 08 May 2025 23:14:56 No.11416693 Report

Quoted By:

>>11416569
Bandai LED kits are either overpriced or crappy, or both. There's honestly not much that you would lose by choosing Chinesium LEDs, moreso if they're "reputable" brand name.

I've bought generic Chinesium LED units on Ali before. For paying only 20% of the price, you get a product that's probably 80-90% as good. No experience with Kosmos though, so I can't help you there except to say to look for video reviews or something.

>>11416586
>Seiei
...Just call him Setsuna like a normal person.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 May 2025 14:04:36 No.11417168 Report

Quoted By: >>11417579 >>11418014

Experiences with 2ndhand kits off Mandarake?
Bit sick of all my pre-orders becoming backorders at HLJ and now everyone else is asking a couple thousand more yen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 May 2025 20:32:25 No.11417525 Report

Quoted By: >>11419590

Been looking for the SNAA models for their Round Table Knights. Have these been bootlegged yet? Should I be worried about getting bootlegs at all?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 May 2025 20:51:11 No.11417548 Report

Quoted By:

what to work on next?
MG SF EX
MG Narrative
MG SD Freedom

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 May 2025 21:23:52 No.11417579 Report

Quoted By: >>11418014

>>11417168
Mandarake is fine, the triuble is ordering multiple items as they may not be at the same location and you'll get hit with more shipping. But like suru everything "used" is just second hand and unbuilt.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 07:22:33 No.11418014 Report

Quoted By: >>11418020

>>11417168
>>11417579
Wtf does used even mean then?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 07:31:26 No.11418020 Report

Quoted By: >>11418027

>>11418014
Someone else had bought and later solid it unused. Maybe there'ls some box damage too. If there's anything major they state it on the item's page.
You can also filter per store in case you want to make the most of your shipping cost too.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 07:35:06 No.11418026 Report

Quoted By: >>11419007

Anyone got experience with Acrysion paints? Just picked up a dumb amount of them for $40. They seem decent for handpainting, but there's not much info on this line kicking around so any tips would be appreciated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 07:39:13 No.11418027 Report

Quoted By: >>11418032

>>11418020
I guess these are basically just returns then?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 07:43:43 No.11418032 Report

Quoted By:

>>11418027
Pretty much. People realizing their backlog is too big, selling stuff to Mandarake and starting the cycle all over again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 13:31:17 No.11418147 Report

Quoted By:

My country postal service has my new model in "transit" for almost 15 days.
Best case scenario: state incompetence, at worst it was lost/stolen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 13:57:34 No.11418164 Report

Quoted By: >>11418273 >>11419259

>>11412915
Guys please help. Do I need primer?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 16:53:02 No.11418263 Report

Quoted By:

working on my /gpg/ groupbuild entry

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 17:09:13 No.11418273 Report

Quoted By:

>>11418164
Primer isnt necessary, but will give you way better results and a more even color, less chance the original color shows through or influences the shading of the new color. Everything else in you plan seems fine though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 17:19:24 No.11418280 Report

Quoted By: >>11418284

Hey guys, got any idea of any kind of thread or something to hang gundams from ceilings? Something that would support the weight but wouldn't be too noticeable?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 May 2025 17:26:35 No.11418284 Report

Quoted By:

>>11418280
fishing line would be fine, gunpla doesn't weigh much even with metal parts

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 11 May 2025 03:56:10 No.11418739 Report

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Anonymous Sun 11 May 2025 05:03:52 No.11418771 Report

Quoted By: >>11418775

just ruined yet another expensive ww2 scale model when painting it, time to come back to snap shitting. hows this thing? it looks cool as fuck. i havnt built any bandai kits in around 7 years

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 May 2025 05:16:48 No.11418775 Report

Quoted By:

>>11418771
http://www.dalong.net/reviews/etc/re08/re08_p.htm

It comes with a free 170mm cannon that's meant for the P-Bandai MG Desert Nemo, but that seems to be the only real thing of note about it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 May 2025 10:48:40 No.11418926 Report

Quoted By:

Why is it so hard to look for model kits in Asian countries outside Japan? Whenever a relative of mine goes abroad that isn't Japan, they can never find model kits, only LEGOs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 May 2025 13:39:31 No.11419007 Report

Quoted By:

>>11418026
It's actually water based so should work fine with a brush unlike mr color/hobby and tamiya

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 11 May 2025 15:43:33 No.11419103 Report

Quoted By: >>11419162

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 May 2025 17:28:33 No.11419162 Report

Quoted By:

>>11419103
I love the Zudah, sweet simple kit, great big anti-ship rifle, can't go wrong.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 May 2025 19:26:34 No.11419259 Report

Quoted By:

>>11418164
I would say absolutely you need primer. Try hand brushing acrylic paint on some spare unprimed sprue and see what a fucking miserable experience it is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 May 2025 03:03:03 No.11419590 Report

Quoted By:

>>11417525
there's no point in bootlegging SNAA kits, they're already chinese and cheap.
they are maybe 20usd if you're american but in china or southeast asia they're available for 7-8 dollars, bootleggers can't beat that

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 May 2025 03:25:18 No.11419595 Report

Quoted By:

>hand on my RX 79-02 3.0 broke while snipping
These hands are ass any one got any good replacement suggestions

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 12 May 2025 16:04:12 No.11419899 Report

Quoted By: >>11419951 >>11419956 >>11420093

Miserable experience at gundam base osaka

>had to use line to reserve a time slot but it's bugged with non-japanese sim
>somehow worked with gf's chinese sim
>had to cancel slot because train is late
>oh well i'll get another tomorrow
>shit's bugged even on gf phone now and doesn't work
>get there and explain but girl on front no english
>another guy tries to use a translator and still we don't understand eachother
>finally after 30 minutes they get a guy that speaks proper english
>explain the situation showing screenshots of previous day ticket
>the two guys have a long conversation
>basically only way to get in is to "fake" that i have a code with him basically escorting me and faking that he's translating in english to me
>no way to get a time slot from them because japanese autism doesn't allow them to work around the rules
>had to rush in get a quick look and rush out

At least the last guy got me inside and was a true fren, dude wasn't japanese and maybe wasn't as autistic as them, but what a pain just to get a pretty weak haul

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 May 2025 17:19:54 No.11419951 Report

Quoted By:

>>11419899
Damn no Gundam Base RG RX 78-2 2.0s there?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 May 2025 17:24:11 No.11419956 Report

Quoted By: >>11420093 >>11420191

>>11419899
>going to Japan without knowing the language
Now imagine someone from Japan coming to US with no knowledge of English and trying to buy some american-only goods (some capeshit or w/e). How well do you think that would go?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 May 2025 20:32:27 No.11420093 Report

Quoted By:

>>11419956
It goes really well if an EOP has no shame, but you as the EOP need to put in effort too. I was looking for some doujins at a melonbook store and had to use a translate app to communicate that their store online states it was in stock at the location but I couldn't find it. The assistant was so kind and got them for me.
Although in America I feel like you wouldn't get the same CS as Japan.

I feel it would have been the same if Anon was prepared. And to be honest >>11419899 anon should have not even been able to go. Japanese are pretty rigid. If you missed your slot and you couldn't reserve a new slot due to computer glitches or whatever, that's on you. You shouldn't be able to go according to the rules.
Also this is just my opinion but if you're set on going to place X you should always prepare to be at that location 30-60 minutes beforehand. There's plenty of shit to try/do nearby in a new place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 May 2025 22:59:09 No.11420191 Report

Quoted By: >>11420230

>>11419956
>you go to any store you want
>just go in at any time
>look around
>find what you want
>grab it
>go to the counter
>pay go out

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 00:08:57 No.11420230 Report

Quoted By:

>>11420191
I don't mean groceries, I mean niche geek goods.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 03:00:14 No.11420339 Report

Quoted By:

Asking this here as well:

Given the recent lifting of tariffs in the US, I'm thinking of taking the opportunity to buy some waterslide decals, since I somehow didn't realize that MG kits stopped supplying waterslides and dry decals after a certain year unless they were P-Bandai or Ver. Ka kits. I've heard good things about Delpi Decals and G-Rework, but what about generic Chinese brands like DL? I've seen things like changing fonts and even slightly changing the spelling of words to avoid copyright bullshit.

Which brands are the best, and which should I avoid? I'm already having to buy from numerous brands since they don't all have decals available for all the kits I own. I'm not above scrounging Ali Express for what I want, but I do want to buy stuff that isn't completely shit in terms of quality.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 06:44:05 No.11420469 Report

Quoted By: >>11424174

>>11413355
And thus the access to body cavity post-assembly was achieved.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 07:42:06 No.11420499 Report

Quoted By: >>11423400

This 45th revival is a pretty cool kit, pretty faithful to the original just with color seperated parts.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 12:47:27 No.11420637 Report

Quoted By: >>11420840

Here's your plamo bro

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 18:01:04 No.11420840 Report

Quoted By:

>>11420637
That reminds me, I need to add the bug Eva 01 to my basket.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 18:56:57 No.11420863 Report

Quoted By:

Is the MG 1.5 Dom/Rick Dom really that problematic? I don’t mind sanding parts so they won’t break.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 20:10:59 No.11420911 Report

Quoted By: >>11420912

probably done?
I'm pretty sure done
just need to take some whitebox pictures with a better camera

>RGM-96X-V Jesta Vulture Custom
>some kind of super speshul feature to justify the warning decals? maybe a space magic nanomachine experimental self-repair system to facilitate long missions or something? surely i can justify that because turn a

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 20:12:15 No.11420912 Report

Quoted By:

>>11420911
ugh fuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 20:20:37 No.11420921 Report

Quoted By: >>11420924 >>11420929

Due to space constraints I can only airbrush on my small bedroom. It has one window but because my home was badly designed it doesn't get much ventilation, if at all. Is it safe to work with lacquer paints here? I got a proper respirator and a small spray booth with an extraction fan and hose. If the spray booth extractor is not enough I can just leave the room for a while after painting but is it ok after that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 20:29:09 No.11420924 Report

Quoted By: >>11420934

>>11420921
test it first to see if the boot extracts sufficiently
if not get a stronger fan for it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 20:37:27 No.11420929 Report

Quoted By: >>11420934

>>11420921
>If the spray booth extractor is not enough
Then get a fan with more CFMs until it is enough. It's not rocket science, the fan has to pull enough air out so you don't smell anything outside of the booth.

The easy test is to light a small piece of paper inside the booth while the fan is running, blow the fire out and make sure you don't smell any smoke in the room.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 20:51:59 No.11420934 Report

Quoted By:

>>11420924
>>11420929
Thanks I have used the spray booth for acrylics for my warhammer minis and it seems to work correctly but since acrylics don't really smell I'll try the paper thing. I was worried about any particles or smells remaining on the room since it is where I spend most of the time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 May 2025 22:39:01 No.11421031 Report

Quoted By:

seems they are making a PG Nu gundam

https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/2591686/

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 01:49:01 No.11421211 Report

Quoted By: >>11421237

PGU Nu, January 2026 release retailing at 66,000 yen (so probably around $660 USD).

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 01:50:02 No.11421217 Report

Quoted By:

HG Monkey Rodi (from Urdr Hunt), not sure if it's P-Bandai or not.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 01:51:05 No.11421219 Report

Quoted By:

HG Gundam Zilius from Gundam Eight, P-Bandai, priced at 2,970 yen.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 01:52:06 No.11421221 Report

Quoted By: >>11421526

Entry Grade Wing TV.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 01:53:22 No.11421224 Report

Quoted By:

GQuuuuuux HG Lightcannon (Sayla ver.)

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 01:54:24 No.11421225 Report

Quoted By:

MG Barbatos Lupus, November 2025 release, MSRP 7,150 yen.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 01:55:24 No.11421226 Report

Quoted By:

Mechanical core plating Hyaku-Shiki.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 02:07:33 No.11421237 Report

Quoted By: >>11421242 >>11421253

>>11421211
>66k yen
will wait for the bootleg then
wonder how they will address the shield and the fin funnels when stored, the MG struggles so much with the weight of those

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 02:09:47 No.11421242 Report

Quoted By:

>>11421237
allegedly with clear plastic support pieces

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 02:14:52 No.11421249 Report

Quoted By: >>11421252

HG Gundam Zagan from Urdr-Hunt. (At this rate they might actually start churning out the Seven Stars Gundam Frames, I actually really want them to get to Haagenti)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 02:16:36 No.11421252 Report

Quoted By:

>>11421249
He’s a pretty big guy

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 02:17:46 No.11421253 Report

Quoted By: >>11421268

>>11421237
My experience with various Chinesium-built kits does not inspire confidence in their abilities.

As for the heavy parts, >>>/m/23244707 >>>/m/23244731

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 02:23:50 No.11421264 Report

Quoted By:

Gundam Base HG Med (the mobile worker thingie that Bright pilots near the end of CCA to blow up Axis from inside)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 02:26:10 No.11421268 Report

Quoted By:

>>11421253
the daban copy of the perfect grade RX-78-2 is supposedly pretty good so maybe they will do a decent job with the nu

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 02:56:48 No.11421309 Report

Quoted By: >>11421398

how long does hlj usually take to restock backordered items? I preordered the vidar, it still says open order but the kit has been backordered since release, I'm guessing I'll be waiting for quite a while.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 04:15:21 No.11421398 Report

Quoted By:

>>11421309
not to discourage you but HLJ takes a loooooong time now to fulfill any shitty kit your preorder

the RG Zeong and the HG Xi? I preordered that shit the minute it went up in their site, only got those orders ONE YEAR LATER after the original release in a blink and miss restock it had

I was gonna do the same with the MG Vidar but ended up biting the bullet, ordering the kit from a store in Aliexpress and here we are >>11413884

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 08:57:16 No.11421526 Report

Quoted By:

>>11421221
I'm happy the leak ended up being real.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 10:17:28 No.11421550 Report

Quoted By: >>11421560 >>11422257

Bought my first airbrush, is airbrush cleaner a meme or do I actually need it? Also is a airbrush cleaning pot necessary or just a waste of money?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 10:42:53 No.11421560 Report

Quoted By: >>11421698 >>11422257

>>11421550
For cleaning your airbrush, you generally just need the following:

Hardware store lacquer thinner
Loads of paper towels cut up into very tiny squares
Pipe cleaners (I use metal reusable ones)
A sewing needle and cheap thread (run some thread through the tip where the airbrush needle goes, drip some lacquer thinner to wet the thread, then "floss" the tip to clean it out)

This is the video I used to learn how to clean my airbrush:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYpUR6q48vM
I just replace the water and alcohol-based cleaner with lacquer thinner. Most airbrushes should be designed roughly the same way, just find a YT video specific to your model.

Also, you might want to get ahead of yourself and buy a bottle of Astroglide (or generic Walmart substitute). It's basically the same stuff as the needle lubricant that comes with the airbrush, but significantly cheaper.

A cleaning pot is very handy. Not only is it good for holding your airbrush when you're not using it, but it's excellent for running lacquer thinner through your airbrush to clean it. It holds all your used paint and cleaner until you need to dispose of it, which is convenient. Like, if you have a tin paint can that you want to spray your shit into, that's also fine, but I would still say that a cleaning pot is super useful.

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 13:00:06 No.11421620 Report

Quoted By: >>11421684

got a better camera for RGM-96X-V Jesta Vulture Custom
not gonna keep posting this guy i just wanted to share a better picture of him

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 14:53:06 No.11421684 Report

Quoted By: >>11421693

>>11421620
the rust/dirt weather looks good, but maybe a bit excessive
what is that quadruple grenade launcher over the shoulder?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 15:01:56 No.11421693 Report

Quoted By:

>>11421684
I did the weathering with a black realtouch marker and Tamiya Weathering Master C, I agree I went pretty heavy on it, got a bit carried away with "ooh this smear looks cool"

The shoulder weapon is a rack of sturmfausts that I took from two bootleg Kampfer kits
The rack itself is from the Sheik Mainland Zarov, it's a double rack in the kit but I cut down the pegs to fit two of the brackets, then I used some 30mm joint parts to connect it to the backpack slot plug (some cutting and gluing required)

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 15:07:46 No.11421698 Report

Quoted By: >>11422257 >>11422331

>>11421560
>A sewing needle and cheap thread
The needle/thread thing is really not needed, especially for nozzles smaller than 0.3mm (that's just asking for damage), spraying 2 cups of lacquer thinner blasts everything away. If you really need to clean the nozzle, a long thin nail art brush soaked in thinner is a much safer option.

>bottle of Astroglide
>significantly cheaper
A small tube of Iwata branded lubricant ($9) lasts me more than a year given how little you actually need, so I don't think the cost is an issue here. At least the airbrush lubricant is guaranteed by the manufacturer not to mess with your paint.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 20:15:30 No.11421953 Report

Quoted By: >>11421955 >>11422082 >>11422088

Friends,
What color should I use to panel line red parts? Tamiya black, brown, dark brown?

Thanks

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 20:18:08 No.11421955 Report

Quoted By:

>>11421953

honestly any of them works, just try one of each if you already have them on a part where it wouldn't be a big deal

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Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 21:12:47 No.11422020 Report

Quoted By: >>11422039

How are the Koto kits? Worth picking up? I've seen this one on sale at my local but I've never tried out a Koto kit before.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 21:23:44 No.11422039 Report

Quoted By:

>>11422020
Yeah they're good, but their plastic is pretty different if you're only used to Bandai. Their PS blend in particular is significantly harder.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 22:30:17 No.11422082 Report

Quoted By:

>>11421953
You don't actually need to buy panel liner. All it is is enamel paint thinned around 5:1 with mineral spirits. You can just make your own panel liner of any color by buying some enamel paint and hardware store mineral spirits (or even just a bottle of lighter fluid from behind the Walmart clerk next to the smokes).

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 22:43:16 No.11422088 Report

Quoted By:

>>11421953
Brown. Dark brown for darker red parts. Or do brown up top/outside and dark brown lower half/inside.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 May 2025 23:27:02 No.11422117 Report

Quoted By: >>11422144 >>11424347

Mandaraka has 2 Zeta Plus C1 MGs up in the same store. Before I pull the trigger, what do you guys think the chances of the Ver.Ka Zeta getting reworked into a Zplus like the FAZZ are? A few years ago the answer would be obvious but it took half a decade for the MG IBO gundam inner frame to get a second change of clothes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 May 2025 00:31:32 No.11422144 Report

Quoted By: >>11422149

>>11422117
Highly doubt they'll do it anyime soon so I'd say go for it.
I'm not seeing it in stock at any of the Mandarakes unless I'm blind, only the HG.

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Anonymous Thu 15 May 2025 00:40:04 No.11422149 Report

Quoted By: >>11422185

>>11422144
Thanks for enabling me, anon. You don't see 'em cuz I put the order in earlier today.

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Anonymous Thu 15 May 2025 02:02:19 No.11422185 Report

Quoted By: >>11422200

>>11422149
I'm gonna be in Japan in a few days and was looking for Sentinel kits
How dare you

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Anonymous Thu 15 May 2025 02:43:14 No.11422200 Report

Quoted By: >>11422204

>>11422185
You know what they say, you snooze you lose. And it seems you snost and you lost.
(I don't actually need two, I already have two of the HGUC anyway. I sent the store a message asking if they can take one out of the order, they've done it a couple of times for me before even if their policy says otherwise)

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Anonymous Thu 15 May 2025 02:49:36 No.11422204 Report

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>>11422200
Thank you anon

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Anonymous Thu 15 May 2025 03:33:00 No.11422257 Report

Quoted By: >>11422331

>>11421550
>>11421560
>>11421698
Note that you should NOT take apart and deep clean the airbrush every time like this, it actually increases wear on the brush to unscrew all these parts constantly and you may need to reapply thread sealer to keep it airtight.
Iwata themselves recommend
> spraying thinner/cleaner to flush the airbrush between colors
> removing and wiping down the needle with thinner/cleaner at the end of a painting session
That's it.
Disassembling and cleaning beyond that is only if something is wrong internally and you're having brush problems.
https://www.iwata-airbrush.com/airbrush-cleaning.html (there are also videos)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQVXRgKvfb8

As part of the paint flush step you can also "backflush" the air into the cup (look up a video) to help clean out the paint passage My procon brush even has an explicit feature where loosening the nozzle a half-turn or so causes it to backflush and advises doing this for cleaning in the manual. (I think some iwata nozzles do the same? Without that you need to block the airflow with a finger or paper towel)

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 May 2025 04:40:25 No.11422331 Report

Quoted By:

>>11422257
>it actually increases wear on the brush to unscrew all these parts constantly and you may need to reapply thread sealer to keep it airtight
All the parts being unscrewed in >>11421698 have rubber o-rings for sealing, so no danger of losing airtightness. As for the wear, you need to unscrew them a whole lot of times for any appreciable wear on the threads.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 May 2025 08:23:53 No.11423400 Report

Quoted By: >>11423730

>>11420499
Where?

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Anonymous Fri 16 May 2025 18:32:00 No.11423730 Report

Quoted By: >>11423756

>>11423400
What do you mean?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 May 2025 19:01:38 No.11423756 Report

Quoted By: >>11423843

>>11423730
Where did you buy it

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 May 2025 20:45:19 No.11423843 Report

Quoted By:

>>11423756
Local place, but its been on newtype and mechawarehouse and such for a couple months.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 May 2025 22:14:31 No.11423898 Report

Quoted By: >>11423970

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/291103?o=3 is this guy worth it? I mean its a transformable SD style figure and it seems reasonable in price for me

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 00:19:18 No.11423970 Report

Quoted By: >>11424125

>>11423898
I'd just get the RG at that price.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 02:59:34 No.11424083 Report

Quoted By: >>11424205

What are the “essential” hg/rg kits?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 04:11:18 No.11424125 Report

Quoted By:

>>11423970
Is there a hg/rg of genesic gaogaigar?

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Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 07:25:44 No.11424174 Report

Quoted By: >>11429729

>>11420469
Post WIPs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 08:51:53 No.11424205 Report

Quoted By: >>11424300

>>11424083
The ones you like, the modern HGs for Gundam, Guntank, Char's Zaku II (or the grunt) are good, the Guntank's old but you can't really improve it, I could recommend other old ones that aged well (Gelgoog Cannon or Char's, amphibious guys, etc) or rec beloved things like the Acguy, but it's really about what you like. The RGs made after the Unicorn are good, but should you really be spending that on something just because people consider something you don't like as "essential"

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 14:25:33 No.11424300 Report

Quoted By: >>11424312

>>11424205
Thank you my friend. I think I need to shift my thinking in this…

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 14:37:03 No.11424312 Report

Quoted By:

>>11424300
I was going to say that getting things because you're forced to isn't necessarily great, but here's a few more anecdotal points (all of them HGs), some of which might contradict each other:
>got the new RX because it's mandatory to own, didn't really care or stress out about building it, its sheer level of posability made me warm up to it
>the Guncannon looks slightly cooler, have to get it if I have the Gundam and Guntank, it's posable and great
>got the new Gyan because I like the Gyan and it looks great, it's great
>got the Bawoo because it looks really nice and I wanted it for a while, it's a bit aged and loose and the stickers aren't great
>got the somewhat-new Turn A because it looks nice, it's not super but still forgivable, not attached nor disappointed because I haven't seen the show
>haven't seen F91, watch the movie because the kit's cheap, the kit's fun albeit small
>get the Barzam because everyone praises and loves it, it's comparatively okay, a bit disappointing since it was so highly praised, and I thought it'd also transform for some reason
>got the Barbatos on a whim because it's cheap and looks nice, it handles well, same with the Leo (apparently it's often cheap at Hobby Lobby)
I think watching several reviews before buying anything helped, but the downside is that gaijin reviews can be hit or miss. If something you like has a very recent HG or RG, I think urine good hands, and contrary to the advice I just gave, sometimes you'll have a stress-free build building something recommended that you don't really care about, then being really blown away by it.
Also the Zeong's good too, imo. The only RG I have is God Gundam but it's nice. Albeit
>buy an expensive kit, treasure it, but don't handle it that often because of its price and fragility or parts-count
>comparatively a $10 kit of something I don't deeply care about ends up getting played with more often
Which kits do you even have so far, maybe get something cheap that compliments it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 15:40:46 No.11424347 Report

Quoted By:

>>11422117
The Zeta Ver Ka can't be retooled like the ZZ -> FAZZ as they don't share any parts. It's very improbable it will get a Ver Ka any time soon.

Still Bandai was on a Sentinel roll after they released the Deep Striker as the 200th MG. And the Zeta Plus is the only other noteworthy Sentinel design that hasn't gotten an update yet so.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 16:34:59 No.11424383 Report

Quoted By:

Whens gkwacks zaku?

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Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 17:29:06 No.11424418 Report

Quoted By: >>11424450

>wanted to finally build my Ver Ka. Sazabi
>get sick

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 May 2025 18:06:56 No.11424450 Report

Quoted By: >>11426543

>>11424418
I’m battling a cold too bro. Get well soon

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 May 2025 08:02:45 No.11425024 Report

Quoted By: >>11425028

Currently building RG Gaogaigar, do I suck or does this thing have an absurd amount of seam gaps for a Bandai kit?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 May 2025 08:05:39 No.11425028 Report

Quoted By: >>11425033

>>11425024
I don't remember mine having that many gaps, but maybe the transformation gimmick leaves parts a bit loose? Do you have any pictures?

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Anonymous Sun 18 May 2025 08:11:44 No.11425033 Report

Quoted By: >>11425058

>>11425028
I'm currently still building Gaigar, but looking at Dalong there's a bunch of the same problems like gaps at the legs, forearms and Gaigar's helmet.

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Anonymous Sun 18 May 2025 09:40:01 No.11425058 Report

Quoted By:

>>11425033
Something ain't right with the biceps in that image, they can definitely go in more than that

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 May 2025 23:58:52 No.11425565 Report

Quoted By: >>11426284 >>11426363

Figure-rise Obelisk The Tormentor
>102€
>needs eye stickers
Why is bandai cheaping out on their expensive kits? The Entry Grades don't need stickers and look great. At this point just raise the price by 20 Cents and give me color separated eyes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 May 2025 19:54:57 No.11426284 Report

Quoted By: >>11426295 >>11426363

>>11425565
Figure rise isn't their expensive line, it's their "everything that isn't Gundam" line so regardless of it being a normal one or Amped you're still going to get sticker eyes if they can like all of the Digimon ones.
Come to think of it I think the only yugioh ones that don't have sticker eyes are Blue eyes and Ra. Technically BLS because he doesn't have eyes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 May 2025 19:58:46 No.11426295 Report

Quoted By: >>11426363

>>11426284
Actually that would be most of the yugioh ones wouldn't it since there's only those, exodia and obelisk.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 May 2025 21:00:30 No.11426363 Report

Quoted By: >>11426385

>>11425565
>>11426284
>>11426295
I'm not sure about their entire DBZ line, but the Goku and Vegeta I've got have separate parts for the eyes. Don't know how you'd do it for the SS versions cause of the green eyes, so they might be stickers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 May 2025 21:29:13 No.11426385 Report

Quoted By:

>>11426363
Come to think of it I don't think any of B the dragonball ones do I have Frieza, Cell 18, SS2 Gohan, Goku, Vegeta and Gogeta and they don't have sticker eyes but I know some build divers do like Sarah and Ayame.
The kamen riders tend to have silver stickers behind their bug eyes too Ex-aid still having stikers but not silver ones.

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Anonymous Mon 19 May 2025 23:09:57 No.11426475 Report

Quoted By:

after the MG Vidar I may as well begin to tackle the other MGs I have in the backlog starting with this one

most likely will be a clean build this time because I can't do weathering for shit in white, but I saw that some stores in Aliexpress sell a pack with the psychoframe parts in clear blue, clear green and completely clear (for you to customize in any other color), which I will be using instead of the pink shit you get

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Anonymous Mon 19 May 2025 23:36:09 No.11426502 Report

Quoted By:

Recent buyee gets. Once I get my new place I wanna really dig into those Dougram and L-Gaim kits

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Anonymous Tue 20 May 2025 00:04:47 No.11426522 Report

Quoted By: >>11426597

Any tipps for posing upside down? I just build my heavy arms and posed him like pic related but it doesn't feel very stable and the peg hole seems to widen because it's made of two different parts fitting together. I'm using an action base 6 for it.

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Anonymous Tue 20 May 2025 00:30:17 No.11426543 Report

Quoted By:

>>11424450
Thanks bro, started feeling better on the Sunday and I made a start.
Hope you're feeling better too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 May 2025 01:59:40 No.11426597 Report

Quoted By:

>>11426522
Use a waist grabber attachment for your base.

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Anonymous Tue 20 May 2025 22:02:53 No.11427416 Report

Quoted By:

Legs complete.
Tomorrow, the backpack.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 01:20:14 No.11427653 Report

Quoted By: >>11427669

Kind of silly question, but say I wanted an HG to have an inner frame. I want to give the kit flexibility. Would I be able to take another model kit and use the frame from it (rg or hg, since it's 1/144) and then attach the parts the the frame after editing it a bit? I could use recommendations for this too. I haven't built kits in a while.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 01:34:09 No.11427669 Report

Quoted By: >>11427794

>>11427653
I'm pretty sure that at that point you may as well just scratchbuild the kit instead.

If the kit that you want doesn't have an inner frame, then the "armor" parts will just snap directly onto each other and the joint parts. If you want to attach the "armor" onto an inner frame, you would have to hollow out the inside of the pieces, build your own pegs and holes, line them up precisely with the pegs and holes on the frame, and all that jazz. Basically, do a shitload of engineering and modifying and probably still fuck up somewhere if you've never done it before.

If you just care about flexibility, then it might be better to just scratchbuild new joint area parts. Again, you would have to know your engineering and what the joints should look like after the fact, and have either the specialized skills and tools to scratchbuild those parts or 3D modeling skills and a 3D printer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 03:28:54 No.11427794 Report

Quoted By: >>11428012

>>11427669
I was willing to do the first thing, I don't have a 3d printer. I'm kind of remembering there was a bonus pack with joints and such from a while back that might work and lessen the effort, I suppose?

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Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 09:16:28 No.11428012 Report

Quoted By: >>11428020 >>11428098

>>11427794
Wave and Koto sell different joints, you might want to look at those.
Also in some cases you can replace pegs/holes with strong enough magnets.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 09:42:01 No.11428020 Report

Quoted By: >>11428098

>>11428012
Magnets would be for parts I think, but I'd like something for the elbow and shoulder joints. They have 1/144 hands as well right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 13:11:16 No.11428098 Report

Quoted By:

>>11428020
>>11428012 pic related is 1/144 and it uses the optional Bandai hands that are sold separately. It also has an elbow joint done with magnets.

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Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 14:03:09 No.11428124 Report

Quoted By: >>11428134 >>11428254

This was my first time painting. I used lacquers, but I'm not sure where I've gone wrong cause I'm not really sold on what they look like afterwards. Making me regret the painting look. Any feedback?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 14:18:05 No.11428134 Report

Quoted By: >>11428367

>>11428124
Paintjob looks pretty damn clean though.
Maybe try a flat coat? Or a wash?
Would make it look less plasticy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 17:55:44 No.11428254 Report

Quoted By: >>11428367

>>11428124
Paint might be a tiny bit too thick.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 20:59:36 No.11428367 Report

Quoted By: >>11428499 >>11428679

>>11428254
I used SMS branded paints which are meant to be pre-thinned, but now I'm doubting that. It's my first time working with lacquers too so I'm not sure if that's what they normally look like, Ive mostly used acrylics in the past.

>>11428134
A wash could work to give it some definition, although I'm not sure how I could disassemble it without chipping the paint. Didn't use a flat coat given it was already a lacquer and I've been told not to in the past.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 May 2025 23:16:52 No.11428499 Report

Quoted By:

>>11428367
>Didn't use a flat coat given it was already a lacquer and I've been told not to in the past.
Of course you can put a flat coat or whatever other kind of coat you like over lacquer paints, that's completely normal. It's literally just a clear paint, what would you expect to happen?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 03:26:32 No.11428679 Report

Quoted By:

>>11428367
Hobby lacquers are acrylics, it's just a different thinner

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Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 17:50:44 No.11429173 Report

Quoted By: >>11429190 >>11429286

Entry grade rx-78-2

First pre shade
Rate

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Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 17:52:05 No.11429175 Report

Quoted By: >>11429286

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Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 18:00:09 No.11429190 Report

Quoted By:

>>11429173
The first picture looks alot better. Please ignore the second

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Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 18:58:20 No.11429241 Report

Quoted By: >>11429296 >>11429713

Give it to me straight boys.
Are God hands worth it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 20:00:51 No.11429286 Report

Quoted By: >>11429393 >>11429458

>>11429173
>>11429175
Not bad. The shading is too covered up by the color layers though. Could have sanded the mold lines on the shins. Paint looks ok, pretty clean but again, a little too heavy if pre shading was your goal. Should have left way more of the shading showing in the corners and inner edges. Not trying to be mean, but being straight with you.

Gelgoog Guy !!qznFQjkRiks

Gelgoog Guy !!qznFQjkRiks Thu 22 May 2025 20:09:24 No.11429296 Report

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>>11429241
SPN120s should run you $50-$60 and are totally worth it. I've been using my set for a decade now. Just make sure to oil them occasionally.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 22:24:04 No.11429393 Report

Quoted By: >>11429478

>>11429286
Cool

Is there a way to make the paint more transparent?

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Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 22:32:51 No.11429399 Report

Quoted By: >>11429408 >>11429422

Built my first gundam today. Pretty fun experience, I enjoyed clipping everything out and having it all come together seamlessly (barring user error). I only have a dollar store knife and a snipper that came with my 3D printer so the finish isn't great, will probably pick up better tools before I start another one.
What do you guys do with the leftover sprues and boxes? Toss em or keep them for display?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 22:39:40 No.11429408 Report

Quoted By: >>11429440

>>11429399
Welcome to the plamo club anyway,
Box has artwork: cut and keep
Box just has model: toss
Sprue: keep common colors + flesh tones/thick sprue for sprue goo or repairs just in case, everything else is tossed

I had an idea to paint my own space backdrop with a big box too but I haven't gotten around to that yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 22:57:37 No.11429422 Report

Quoted By: >>11429440

>>11429399
Pretty good for your first time. I would recommend getting some sandpaper (varying from 800 to 2,000 grit) to help with reducing the nubs, a kit will look significantly better if there aren't pieces of plastic from the gates just sticking up all over the thing. Also, look into buying a micropen to panel line your Gunpla, it looks a whole lot better when those lines are filled in. Most people say to never use pure black to panel line white pieces and to use gray instead, but it's all up to you.

For your first time, the runners should just get tossed away, and the box either recycled or cut out the top cover of it as a keepsake. There are ways to reuse them, but that involves scratchbuilding and/or melting them down with chemicals. If you have space to just put the box and runners, no shame in just keeping them, but if you do get more into the hobby and buy more kits, they'll start to stack up pretty fast.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 23:28:25 No.11429440 Report

Quoted By: >>11429462 >>11429465

>>11429408
>>11429422
Thanks for the tips guys. Might cut out the cover since it's my first one but I'll toss the rest. I actually did use sandpaper on one part but it was too low grit and I fucked it up, I'll look into using finer grit. Will get the line pen, looks sweet.
Also, are extra pieces/alternate forms common in gunpla kits? The variety is cool, but I don't see myself changing pieces at all, so they'll just sit in a bag or something.

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Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 23:38:29 No.11429458 Report

Quoted By: >>11429725

>>11429286
Ok i gave it a try, how does this look?

Kit: hg zgok

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 23:40:51 No.11429462 Report

Quoted By: >>11429464 >>11429486

>>11429440
Depends on the kit, but in general the more expensive the kit the more extra goodies it comes from. HG kits usually will come with the bare basics since they're considered entry level, but if it's a hero kit then there's a good chance it comes with all sorts of extras even as an HG (for example, the HGCE Destiny Gundam from 2019 is purportedly better than the RG Destiny Gundam from 2016). Do your own research though, most of us use dalong.net since it's straight to the point with all the important info.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 23:41:56 No.11429464 Report

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>>11429462
My mistake, the RG Destiny is from 2013. I was looking up the info and made a typo because I was also thinking of the HGCE Force Impulse Gundam from 2016.

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Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 23:43:27 No.11429465 Report

Quoted By: >>11429470 >>11429486

>>11429440
>Also, are extra pieces/alternate forms common in gunpla kits?
Depends on the kit, a lot of times it's just some beam sabers, weapons they don't have storage for and alt hands. Some that reuse molds might also have some spare parts that the kit doesn't use and if that's the case they'll slap an X over the part in the manual.

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Anonymous Thu 22 May 2025 23:53:31 No.11429470 Report

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>>11429465
>Some that reuse molds might also have some spare parts that the kit doesn't use
The most hilarious recent example of this being the MG Sinanju Stein (Narrative Ver.) Ver. Ka, because it's literally the fifth version of the kit they've done.

1. The Sinanju Ver. Ka from the novels in 2008
2. The Sinanju Stein Ver. Ka and
3. Sinanju OVA version in 2013
4. The Sinanju Stein (Narrative Ver.) in 2019, and finally
5. The Sinanju Stein (Narrative Ver.) Ver. Ka in 2024

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Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 00:03:39 No.11429478 Report

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>>11429393
>Is there a way to make the paint more transparent?
Way #1: Thinner coats, achieved by higher thinning ratio and smaller needle.
Way #2: Adding clear gloss to your paint mix.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 00:21:40 No.11429486 Report

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>>11429462
>>11429465
Alright cool, I'll check the kits before I get them. Thanks for that link, looks very helpful. Time to do a PG.

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Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 01:25:31 No.11429547 Report

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I fineshid this shit kit
The Iron Man Mark VI by Fond Joy
It was a kit under 13 bucks, and I ended up buying it just to practice before messing with an expensive one.
The kit’s got a bunch of issues — the worst part is the hand pegs/pins, which broke and I had to glue back. The right shoulder is a mess too, since it doesn’t use polycaps but this super hard plastic, and the glue stripped off the paint.
The chin is broken 'cause the box was all smashed up and some parts had already come off the runners.
It comes with effect parts for the hands and feet, plus this terrible stand.
Still some uses as for diorama.
Also the Chest inner frame is very detailed for a chink kit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 06:26:52 No.11429713 Report

Quoted By: >>11429726

>>11429241
Speaking of God hands, anyone know if there's been any more information about those $100 new Godhands that got announced a while back?

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Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 07:38:10 No.11429725 Report

Quoted By: >>11430175

>>11429458
A little better. Try to thin the paijt a little more and if your airbrush has a trigger stop screw, set it to spray less paint with that. Try to avoid going over the panel lines and edges. Should have the panel line and a little of it outside it show the primer/shading. It takes some practice, but you can get it.

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Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 07:42:38 No.11429726 Report

Quoted By: >>11429739 >>11430328

>>11429713
You mean Lightning Nipper?

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Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 08:08:29 No.11429729 Report

Quoted By: >>11429741

>>11424174
Sometimes it's worth going back to basics.

So if gundam + plastic is "gunpla" then gundam + metal is what, "gunmet"?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 08:45:55 No.11429739 Report

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>>11429726
Double bladed?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 08:47:24 No.11429741 Report

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>>11429729
The "pla" is short for plamo which is also a portmanteau plastic and model

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Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 11:23:11 No.11429806 Report

Quoted By: >>11433531

I probably won't finish panel lining this until next week sometime but it's getting there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 18:39:33 No.11430175 Report

Quoted By: >>11430346 >>11430760

>>11429725
I think i need a new airbrush. Using the cheap master airbrush from amazon, but i just can't get accurate lines no matter how close i get.

Some lady on youtube told me to get the gsi creos one, so i think its time for me to move on.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 21:28:17 No.11430328 Report

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>>11429726
I think that's the one, yeah.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 21:47:46 No.11430346 Report

Quoted By: >>11430395

>>11430175
The creos brush is so so. The best bufgtet airbrushes have been madworks. For about 60 its equivalent to about a 100 iwata. 0.3mm is probably the best bet though regardless of your choice, but look for one that has a trigger stop screw on the rear. Very handy in controlling paint flow.

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Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 22:21:31 No.11430395 Report

Quoted By: >>11430820 >>11431154 >>11431220

>>11430346
>The creos brush is so so
Pic related is literally the best brush on this side of $500.

>The best bufgtet airbrushes
I think anon already has a "budget" brush and wants to move on from that.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 23 May 2025 22:27:40 No.11430400 Report

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Asking here as well:

USAGS is having a Memorial Day weekend sale, and the Full Saber add-on for RG 00 Qan[T] caught my eye since the two of them added together with the discount is actually cheaper than buying the official kit from P-Bandai (where it hasn't been sold for two years). But it looks like the third party add-on doesn't include a number of parts that would better integrate the Full Saber with the original kit, whereas the official product does.

Anyone have any experience with this that could convince me to go one way or the other? I know that Effect Wings has a good reputation as a third party parts maker, but I'm willing to wait for the official product to come in stock on P-Bandai if needed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 00:50:41 No.11430581 Report

Quoted By: >>11430585 >>11430619 >>11430620

You guys keep your boxes? I rip that shit to fucking pieces. I keep the instructions though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 00:53:48 No.11430585 Report

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>>11430581
I flattened my boxes, then I realised half my closet was empty boxes and threw them out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 01:18:13 No.11430619 Report

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>>11430581
If it has some good art then I'll keep it and turn it into a poster like the Plamatea miku box, otherwise it goes out in the trash

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Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 01:19:16 No.11430620 Report

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>>11430581
Forgot my pic

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Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 03:54:00 No.11430760 Report

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>>11430175
That's probably a 0.5 needle, any airbrush with a 0.3 or lower should get you pretty thin lines

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 05:28:38 No.11430820 Report

Quoted By: >>11430974

>>11430395
>Pic related is literally the best brush on this side of $500.
>.18mm
won't that be a pain in the ass for doing even base coats on larger areas

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Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 10:52:47 No.11430974 Report

Quoted By: >>11431293

>>11430820
I've painted every model with it since 2021, never noticed any discomfort. Thin your lacquer 1:3, open up to "3", get the nozzle away from the model a couple of inches and it's just as good as Eclipse.

Obviously, if I spray a primer coat I still use my Eclipse, because the primer needs to be thinned 1:1 to work properly and 0.18 is too small for a mixture like that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 15:30:42 No.11431147 Report

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I have a uestion to those of you anons, who own 00 Command Quan[t]. Can you make the buster sword out of the leftover sword bit parts or do you need the parts they attach to?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 15:37:17 No.11431154 Report

Quoted By: >>11433264

>>11430395
168 on amazon. You could get a 0.5mm and 0.3mm madworks for less from newtype. About 60 each, plus 10 shipping. They may be budget friendly but they are high quality, can do everythingthe creos brush does. Madworks makes great tools. Hate to sound like a shill, but it is true, just get a better value for the money. Ive been using their 0.3mm for battletech minis and theyre about 1-2 inches tall. Used it on hg kits for primer and everything else. Obviously masking is required on alot of things, but for a preshading job, the 0.3 will do perfectly fine, did good on the preshaded battletech tanks I did a while back. Just trying to give them some options that arent overpriced or junky.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 16:37:11 No.11431220 Report

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>>11430395
That's not a grex tritium though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 May 2025 17:33:44 No.11431293 Report

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>>11430974
I stand corrected, looks like you've had great range with it with everything from tiny 3d prints to big 1/100 robots.

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Anonymous Sun 25 May 2025 02:19:43 No.11431758 Report

Quoted By: >>11431787 >>11431830 >>11431968 >>11434442

Bought this Macross Plus kit at an anime convention last week on a whim. I'm usually more of a scale military aircraft and cars model builder but I enjoyed this a lot. Never even watched Macross, I just thought it looked cool

What do you guys think?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 May 2025 02:56:38 No.11431787 Report

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>>11431758
Pretty nice kits despite parts swap transforming. Macross plus is a good watch, so maybe give it a viewing.

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Anonymous Sun 25 May 2025 03:38:45 No.11431830 Report

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>>11431758
Aoshima make static models of the macross planes

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Anonymous Sun 25 May 2025 08:27:17 No.11431968 Report

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>>11431758
I like the YF-19 but the knees on mine were super fucking brittle for some reason and started to crack. I did patch it up and paint over it but I keep it in plane mode just so I don't have to see it.
I should probably redo the paint sometime. You can't see it in this but I didn't thin it enough.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 May 2025 11:38:52 No.11432041 Report

Quoted By: >>11432516

>painted my RG tallgeese years ago and the waist broke while I was doing it so I had to sort of glue it in place
>thought this was just my fuckup since I hadn't done a RG before
>now find out years later that RG tallgeese's waist breaking is actually well documented problem
I don't know whether to feel better or be annoyed

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 May 2025 22:23:19 No.11432516 Report

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>>11432041
When I first learned about it I just decided to leave my tallgeese alone. I already bought a second to fix a broken arm, I don't need a third.

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Anonymous Mon 26 May 2025 15:45:27 No.11433139 Report

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Has anyone here considered making a Delta Gundam conversion kit for the MG Delta Plus?

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Anonymous Mon 26 May 2025 18:49:50 No.11433264 Report

Quoted By: >>11433939

>>11431154
>Hate to sound like a shill
You do sound like one though. The simple fact is, chinese can't into precise machining and that is something very important for an airbrush.

>168 on amazon
More like $165, but let's say it's $168.
Fun fact: Creon Custom uses the same needle and nozzle assembly as Iwata Custom Micron ($557 on amazon) and if you were to buy just the needle ($31) and the nozzle assembly ($137) separately you would spend exactly $168, so when you buy Creos Custom you are buying top of the line needle and nozzle assembly and the rest of the airbrush you get for free. I don't know if you can get a better value for your money than that.

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Anonymous Tue 27 May 2025 00:32:22 No.11433531 Report

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>>11429806
Gave up on lining the shoulders, I just couldn't get it right no matter what.
I don't know why I'm going so hard on Sazabi, I usually put all of this work off until later but it's like this thing is inspiring me to do all of it as soon as possible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 May 2025 09:54:55 No.11433939 Report

Quoted By: >>11434100

>>11433264
All those airbrushes are made in china too you idiot

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Anonymous Tue 27 May 2025 15:03:29 No.11434100 Report

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>>11433939
No they are not. Only Iwata Neo is made in China.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 May 2025 20:50:46 No.11434442 Report

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>>11431758
forward swept wing sexo

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Gelgoog Guy !!qznFQjkRiks Tue 27 May 2025 21:08:26 No.11434453 Report

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