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Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Sat 09 Mar 2019 21:48:47 No.7441118 View View Reply Original Report

For those unfamiliar, "Plamo" is a shortened form of "plastic model." If it's made of plastic, someone can probably help you here.

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

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The guide:
http://gunpla.buyfags.moe/

Releases: http://bandai-hobby.net/site/schedule_images/nouhin.pdf

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:
http://seesaawiki.jp/nuriesozai/lite/d/MenuBar1
http://gundma.imgur.com/

Previous thread: >>7428724

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Anonymous Sat 09 Mar 2019 22:07:59 No.7441157 Report

Quoted By: >>7441158 >>7441283 >>7441288 >>7441313 >>7441537

Why arent you building F.A.G.s?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Mar 2019 22:08:36 No.7441158 Report

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>>7441157
Because GM is life

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Mar 2019 23:18:03 No.7441283 Report

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>>7441157
Why should I?
No seriously, I want someone to convince me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Mar 2019 23:20:32 No.7441288 Report

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>>7441157
because kotos engineering sucks and i dont like having kits with tolerances so shit you have to sand joints even if you don't pain't them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Mar 2019 23:26:09 No.7441294 Report

Quoted By: >>7444274

What are y'all expecting to see released this year for the 40th anniversary. I'm betting on a Rx-78-2 PG 2.0

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 09 Mar 2019 23:38:31 No.7441313 Report

Quoted By: >>7441325 >>7441417 >>7441420

>>7441157
FA:Gs are straight up unfun to build and play with. MDs are way better and even look better.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 09 Mar 2019 23:45:22 No.7441325 Report

Quoted By: >>7441437

>>7441313
>about to build my first FA:G kit
>see this

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 00:31:18 No.7441417 Report

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>>7441313
I disagree.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 00:32:20 No.7441420 Report

Quoted By: >>7441614

>>7441313
For a newfag what is md?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 00:42:33 No.7441437 Report

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>>7441325
Stop crying and go form your own opinion, you've already got the kit. I rather like building them, you could too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 01:51:43 No.7441537 Report

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>>7441157
Because I like their mechs better. That and I haven't completely given up on one day bringing a woman home.
Someday.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 02:04:23 No.7441555 Report

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Can anyone recommend a model painting service?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 02:10:13 No.7441558 Report

Quoted By: >>7441585 >>7441616 >>7441751

I know Koto goes on about how MSG, FA, FA:G, MD, Hexa Gear are all compatible, but exactly how compatible? Specifically are the Hexa Gear Governors able to hold weapons in the MSG kits without it looking goofy? I know the Governors are small and I've got my eye on a few of the MSG weapon sets to go spice up the Governor's armory but if they are out of scale to the point of looking retarded, I'll hold off.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 02:26:40 No.7441585 Report

Quoted By: >>7441742 >>7441751

>>7441558
You're confusing scale with compatibility. When they say compatible they mean that certain connectors and shit will play nice with each other, not necessarily that every single accessory will look and play right with every figure. Governors are fucking tiny, like 2.5" tall or something like that, and MSG weapons are generally made at LEAST for 6" and above kits, so no, they will probably look goofy as shit holding them. What might be a better idea is mounting MSG weapons onto Hexa Gear vehicles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 02:51:04 No.7441614 Report

Quoted By: >>7441647

>>7441420
Megami Device

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Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 02:54:06 No.7441616 Report

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>>7441558
MSG and Hexgear both look like they are made to fit on FA:G. As a matter of fact a lot of the kits are shown using FA:G models using the parts in kitbashes and just for scale/posing and they look sweet.

And FA is supercompatable with FA:G of course, even the bike can be armor as pic shows.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 03:17:38 No.7441647 Report

Quoted By: >>7441654 >>7441657 >>7448912

>>7441614
Isn't that just a knockoff of frame arms girls?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 03:23:33 No.7441654 Report

Quoted By: >>7448912

>>7441647
No, and they're not even competing brands, they're both made by Kotobukiya.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 03:26:46 No.7441657 Report

Quoted By: >>7444793 >>7448912

>>7441647
It's a completely separate line designed by one of the dudes who worked on Busou Shinki. Different IP, different lore, different engineering.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:28:22 No.7441742 Report

Quoted By: >>7441761 >>7441779

>>7441585
Aw crap thats what I figured. I was hoping when they said compatible they were meaning the weapons could work with the Governors instead of it just being the connection points on the Hexa Gear vehicles. Are there any weapon sets that go with the Governors or in that scale? Or would I just have to buy several different Governors to get weapons?

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Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:32:20 No.7441751 Report

Quoted By: >>7441759 >>7447527

>>7441558
>>7441585
>just getting into Frame Arms, order my first couple kits
>there's a white alternate frame
>decide a couple would look cool on a white frame
>crap now I have extra frames
>order a couple of the Extend Arms sets and the Kobold+Strauss armor set so they're not naked
>shit now they need weapons
>Vulture Kai would look pretty sweet with a pistol too
>now I'm looking at the MSG kits
>oh god there's extra arms and joints and shit
>fuck now I'm going to need to paint all this stuff to match
>already debating whether to get an airbrush and compressor
>I don't even know where I'd set up to paint
>considering ventilation options
I was not prepared for this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:38:10 No.7441759 Report

Quoted By: >>7441771

>>7441751
I'm in the same boat friend. It really surprised me how it was FAGs that got me into buying all the supplies I need to start airbrushing and serious building despite building gunpla for years.
Though most of this stuff is just sitting around until Spring comes around and my shipment from Sealmodel finally arrives.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:38:23 No.7441761 Report

Quoted By: >>7441764 >>7441773 >>7441829

>>7441742
There is pretty much nothing else in my collection that's in scale with the Governors (and I collect damn near everything). They're a weird size. You can maaaaybe force certain Mega Construx or smaller 3 3/4" (like 90s ARAH GI Joe) weapons to work, but for the most part, nah, they're just in a strange in-between size.

So sorry, yeah, you probably just need to buy several different Governors. Certain Hexa Gear vehicles also come with weapons/tools for the Governors though, like the Scarecrow comes with a chainsaw and data pad thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:40:29 No.7441764 Report

Quoted By: >>7441769

>>7441761
Zoids had 1/24 zoids

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:44:40 No.7441769 Report

Quoted By: >>7441783

>>7441764
Oh, you mean the old Tomy ones? Yeah, I don't own any of those, they're too old and expensive. It would be rad to get my hands on some someday though. The Deathpion and Golem are two of my grails actually.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:45:53 No.7441771 Report

Quoted By: >>7441791

>>7441759
>and my shipment from Sealmodel finally arrives.
Speaking of, it's been almost a week and I still don't have an invoice. I may need to bug them, but I'll give them an even 7 days, I guess. Buying a spray booth has been amazing for painting, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:47:05 No.7441773 Report

Quoted By: >>7441781

>>7441761

>robot
>robot
>girl in armor
>robot
>robot skellington
>girl
>some bitch with a bear on her head

I don't know why but that made me laugh.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:50:09 No.7441779 Report

Quoted By: >>7441794 >>7441829

>>7441742
>Are there any weapon sets that go with the Governors or in that scale?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/JOY-TOY-1-27-soldier-weapon-accessories-2-5-inch-soldier-weapon-model-doll-accessories-opp/32836089082.html

They fit Governors pretty well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:50:40 No.7441781 Report

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>>7441773
Hey, that's a big bitch with a bear on her head.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:51:16 No.7441783 Report

Quoted By:

>>7441769
you look into Exo-Squad?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 04:58:03 No.7441791 Report

Quoted By: >>7441798

>>7441771
It took me sending in a support request three days after for them to send me an invoice.
Then it took several more days for them to confirm that they received payment.
I'm a little worried though, it's been over a month and I haven't received any word that they shipped it or anything, just that the order is "PAID".

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Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 05:02:57 No.7441794 Report

Quoted By: >>7441829

>>7441779
Speaking of 1/24 accessories, apparently there is an architectural scale that's pretty close:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs-lot-1-25-scale-2018-new-Assemble-chair-architecture-furniture-models-for-train-layout/32934551525.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5pcs-lot-2018-new-architecture-miniature-plastic-model-material-1-25-scale-new-model-cabinet-indoor/32925990060.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5sets-lot-architecture-1-25-1-30-1-50-1-75-scale-model-washing-room-furniture/32921860003.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs-lot-1-20-1-25-1-30-architecture-plastic-scale-model-TV-for-ho-train/32960640297.html

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 05:04:00 No.7441798 Report

Quoted By: >>7441801

>>7441791
I sent them a request a week ago and then emailed them. They're ded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 05:07:54 No.7441801 Report

Quoted By: >>7441807 >>7441809

>>7441798
I emailed them about some product questions a bit over a week ago amd got responses. The company isn't dead, but their shipping and orders department seems to have a thumb up their ass.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 05:10:23 No.7441807 Report

Quoted By: >>7441820

>>7441801
>shipping and orders department
>department
It's literally one dude.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 05:12:09 No.7441809 Report

Quoted By: >>7441820

>>7441801
Are there any other decent places to get Gaianotes from?
Sealmodel's track record from what I've read outside of their long ass shipping seems reliable, but once I get my first shipment and know what paint to order next I'd like to have it a bit sooner.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 05:17:14 No.7441820 Report

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>>7441809
If you're in the US, Sprue Brothers is often recommended. We kind of need to know what fucking country you're in to answer questions like that, though.

>>7441807
Then he needs some stern words of encouragement.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 05:26:10 No.7441829 Report

Quoted By:

>>7441761
>>7441779
>>7441794
Cool. Thanks for all the suggestions and the quick answers! I'll definitely look around and see what I can find that will work.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 08:04:45 No.7441962 Report

Quoted By: >>7442043 >>7442209 >>7442363 >>7444953

OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 11:00:16 No.7442043 Report

Quoted By:

>>7441962
What?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 14:48:00 No.7442209 Report

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>>7441962
Wow FA:Gs are popular huh?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 15:43:03 No.7442262 Report

Quoted By: >>7442274

Whats a good brand of paint for hand painting? I've been trying very hard to get into it and having no luck. Thinning the paints correctly has been the bane of my existence to the point that I just use the paint from gundam markers and hand paint with that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 15:57:53 No.7442274 Report

Quoted By: >>7442592

>>7442262
If you're using acrylics, thin with majority water. This prevents the paint on your brush from dissolving the bottom layer. Since you can layer acrylic on acrylic once they are dry-to-touch, you can slap 3~5 thin layers of paint on a surface in a short time to obtain full opacity.

Using this method, you don't need to worry that much about over-thinning, just slap on more coats. Be sure not to overload your brush with paint. You should leave behind an even film of paint on the surface. If it runs, then you've loaded too much paint. If it beads up, then you need to roughen the surface or use a primer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 16:22:52 No.7442298 Report

Quoted By: >>7442300 >>7443004

Huh, so Bandai makes their own nippers now? At this price point it's probably about the same quality as the thing in the Tamiya basic tool set.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 16:24:00 No.7442300 Report

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>>7442298
forgot my shitty pic

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 17:12:55 No.7442363 Report

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>>7441962
The NT-1 is at 3rd place now, pushing Stylet down. And Narrative is 5th, pushing Eva unit 02 down. Also, it's literally 2.5x the price of Gourai. For it's price bracket Alex is kicking ass

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 10 Mar 2019 19:50:27 No.7442592 Report

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>>7442274
I'll give that a shot. Thanks.

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 00:45:02 No.7442986 Report

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 01:00:10 No.7443000 Report

Quoted By: >>7443152

I paint everything with acrylics which is mostly fine, but I want to try a couple of lacquers just to see if there's a noticeable increase in durability for certain areas.

If I just want to get a basic black/grey primer and black/sky grey/white paints, what lacquer brand would you recommend?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 01:05:51 No.7443004 Report

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>>7442298
I have a feeling it's related to that whole FUNPORTER initiative they're trying to push, to get more newcomers into plamo. Tools can be a pain to find outside of dedicated hobby stores, so they probably figure that if they're going to try to get more of their kits into big-box stores, it makes sense to offer some simple tools so that stores that don't really "get" plamo will just toss those onto their orders of Bandai kits rather than having to go out of their way to stock Mr. Hobby or Tamiya stuff.

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 01:30:12 No.7443050 Report

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Do you airbrush acrylic? Just use Mr Hobby Leveling Thinner (lacquer based) to thin your acrylics.

If you're gonna use a spraycan, then I've only used Tamiya's cans, so can't really say anything about other brands.

Tamiya acrylic + Mr Hobby thinner is much less prone to scratching or peeling off from experience compared using all acrylic paint + thinner mix (obviously). But like always, ymmv.

That's what I used to paint this guy.

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Mon 11 Mar 2019 02:53:58 No.7443152 Report

Quoted By: >>7443214

>>7443000
Mr. Color or Gaia Notes for the most part. If you need gloss black get the Alclad II gloss base black.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 03:40:35 No.7443209 Report

Quoted By: >>7443222 >>7443354

Hey guys, I have some resin related questions for you.

I picked up this B-Club F.A.G. a few months ago, thinking I would flip it since it’s pretty rare. Turns out, I like it too much. I already have an eBay listing up, but I’ve been thinking of making recasts of this kit and selling them instead, since it’s a pretty great conversion kit. Since this is a B-Club kit, the resin quality is great, but what makes a BAD recast? What do people look for when they’re picking up something like this? Is there even a market for PG conversion kits?

In regards to the resin casting process, where are some missteps that I should avoid? Are there any brands that I should avoid?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 03:42:09 No.7443214 Report

Quoted By: >>7443218

>>7443152
>If you need gloss black get the Alclad II gloss base black.
That's enamel though.

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Mon 11 Mar 2019 03:44:29 No.7443218 Report

Quoted By: >>7443227

>>7443214
Yeah but it's really nice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 03:46:18 No.7443222 Report

Quoted By: >>7443997

>>7443209
>for Janap only
jej

are you sure yours is not a recast?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 03:48:03 No.7443227 Report

Quoted By: >>7443310

>>7443218
It's nice until you spray some metallic on top of it and then decide to panel line with enamel wash. I pretty much stopped using it because of that.

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Mon 11 Mar 2019 04:44:54 No.7443310 Report

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>>7443227
Give the Vallejo washes a shot, I've been having pretty good luck with them so far.

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 04:49:04 No.7443313 Report

Quoted By: >>7443316 >>7443468

Working on the MG Zeta 2.0 right now. Still getting the legs put together, but detailing as I go. This guy has been a blast to work on so far!

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 04:52:33 No.7443316 Report

Quoted By: >>7443461 >>7443468 >>7443548

>>7443313
Also did this Starscream kit, which came out sick

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 05:18:32 No.7443354 Report

Quoted By: >>7443997

>>7443209
Uhh, please, please do. I'd definitely buy one, I didn't even fuckin know this existed but the thought of having a PG FA Gundam is fucking amazing.

Bad recasts have shitloads of flash, bubbles, missing chunks, warping, etc. I recall Smooth-on and Silmar resins treating me well back when I used to cast stuff. The thing is, getting reliably bubble-free casts is pretty hard unless you have a vacuum chamber/pressure pot. You can DIY one, but it's gonna take some money and effort regardless.

Maybe it might be best to get in touch with someone who is experienced with casting and offer them a cut in exchange for some help with this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 06:30:51 No.7443461 Report

Quoted By:

>>7443316
This is definitely not sick

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 06:35:51 No.7443466 Report

Quoted By: >>7443480

Post WIP

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 06:36:26 No.7443468 Report

Quoted By:

>>7443313
>>7443316
Your weathering is pretty heavy-handed and clearly unlearned, it would benefit a lot from watching some tutorials and learning about where and why things get worn. But hey, if you're having fun, that's what's important.

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 06:53:00 No.7443480 Report

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>>7443466
This probably isn't going to end well, but this is a designated experimentation kit so my feelings aren't hurt.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 08:19:52 No.7443548 Report

Quoted By: >>7443574

>>7443316
Your weathering makes me sick

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 08:55:48 No.7443574 Report

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>>7443548
Think we found the guy they were targeting with the siege line.

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 10:47:32 No.7443624 Report

Quoted By: >>7443662 >>7445615

So far Bandai's put out a couple of HGs, RGs, and a PG under their GEP label. What do you the potential RE/100 and/or MG GEP release might look like, especially considering that this is apparently commemorating the 40th anniversary of Gunpla in 2020?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 12:11:40 No.7443662 Report

Quoted By: >>7443898

>>7443624
GEP isn't really a label. It's for showcasing new techniques/gimmicks. The next kit to be shown could be in any of the gunpla lines. Good chance of a new PG this winter. Possibly a new RX 78-2?

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 12:41:17 No.7443680 Report

Quoted By: >>7444208

Is it worth having a blog or a gallery these days?

https://imgur.com/99xNAI7 more can be found here. Fuck the single image limit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 16:30:53 No.7443898 Report

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>>7443662
>Good chance of a new PG this winter
We already got a "new" PG last year. I think this is too soon. The December release for this year will be the Xi ver Ka, I bet.

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 17:31:40 No.7443997 Report

Quoted By: >>7444213

>>7443222
Yeah, it’s legit. The Holographic Gundam sticker matches other official ones from the same timeframe. The manual and box also have the same item number. Either way, I wouldn’t be selling this one, just using it as a base.

>>7443354
I see, putting cash into a vacuum chamber is actually not too big of a deal. I’ve got a few kits that are rare enough to where I would want to recast them just to keep them “alive” in the mind of the community. In regards to looking for people who would be able to help if I just wanted to make batches of these, any ideas as to where I would look?

Here’s a pic of the parts in bags if anyone wanted a quick look at them. The instructions are pretty simple, most of this stuff just clips onto the kit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 17:56:20 No.7444042 Report

Quoted By: >>7444092 >>7444104 >>7444171 >>7444526

Gunpla evolution project is mediocre

ZZ: absolute failure. Needed a p bandai release to fix wings. Wasn't that exciting

Leo: all good, except they decided to put the waist joint on a loose socket and a poly cap. If you grab it from the top it will explode

Exia: i never built it. Sorry. Too cash strapped for a pg.

Unicorn: the exception to the rule

All things considered, GEP is ok, but definately not a huge evolutionary leap. Its just average to good kits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 18:20:08 No.7444087 Report

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On my drive home from work i thought of a list of kits that should've been Gunpla Evolution Project instead.

Moon gundam: the only flaw in this kit is the moon can sometimes be too heavy, but the moon isn't neccesary and includes a stand anyway.

The inner frame, armor seperation, and poseability on this kit is amazing. No polycaps either, which is unheard of in a real grade.

Rg tallgeese or sazabi: both of these rg kits were bangers. 8-10/10

Diver nami: first good female kit

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 18:22:07 No.7444092 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444042
>ZZ was a failure
No it wasn't, it actually made the transformation easy to do. You probably fucked up the wings on yours
>didnt buy the pg
Opinion discarded, you only got a few of the kits and didnt see the changes made across scales.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 18:29:13 No.7444101 Report

Quoted By: >>7444110

Not really. I bought 75% of the line. I think the line has average kits with odd quirks.

By no means does it hold up to the marketting though. Evolution and Project are very strong words in english. I expect more, if they market it like that.

Also the ZZ is sticker hell. They could've easily charged me an extra dollar to just pre paint the backpack or included 2 extra parts.

As for the transformation, its cool

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 18:32:23 No.7444104 Report

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>>7444042
Shut the fuck up faggot no one cares what you think

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 18:34:33 No.7444110 Report

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>>7444101
>I would pay extra to have some chink kid paint my model for me
And you want people to take you seriously? I'd pay for a chink kid not to paint things.

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 19:21:29 No.7444171 Report

Quoted By: >>7444218 >>7444261 >>7447132

>>7444042
The GEP kits each showcase a different point of Gunpla engineering, but I agree that they often don't stand out much when viewed with their contemporary releases.

>Zeta's "Action"
Articulation, mostly evident in the shoulder design. Pretty neat since that was more of an MG/RG thing prior to the AE Zeta, but otherwise not really outstanding since they were also putting out Revives with updated articulation. Wish the Barzam came out first and got the GEP tag since it's cheaper and shares the same shoulder design, but even with Japanese Barzam memes aside the Zeta's the more high-profile suit.
Now to wait for the Baund Doc.
>Unicorn's "Transformation"
Self-explanatory. Truly amazing considering every previous transforming Unicorn release had been a clusterfuck, and to pull that shit off in RG form was really cool.
I'm actually surprised at the restraint Bandai's had in releasing RG Unicorn variants.
>Exia's "Lights Emitting"
Definitely a step up from Bandai's previous PG and MG LEDs, although it lost some articulation thanks to the cables.
00 fans still got shafted on anniversary releases.
>Leo's "Fine Build"
In my humble opinion I think this is the biggest stand-out among the GEP releases, Unicorn's wizardry notwithstanding. Bandai showed off a new, elegant joint construction; displayed great use of their multi-injection techniques to get perfect color separation without stickers; kept everything to only three runners + the generic beam saber and polycap trees; and did so for a grunt suit of all things. All at a price point of 1080 yen or less.
I envy Wingfags since they're currently getting a bunch of kits they've been clamoring for.
>Crossbone's "Extreme Detail"
Looks like they're trying to faithfully cram as many of the Crossbone's gimmicks as possible into a 1/144 RG scale? Hopefully it won't be floppy, since the Sazabi was super sturdy and literally everyone, even the Japs, was expecting the Unicorn to be a handgrenade.
HG Flint fucking when, Bandai.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 19:45:17 No.7444208 Report

Quoted By:

>>7443680
>Is it worth having a blog or a gallery these days?
I think the days of standalone blogs you visit specifically are pretty dead, and tumblr is floundering. Instagram is probably the best place to get attention for your builds nowadays.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 19:47:28 No.7444213 Report

Quoted By:

>>7443997
Try asking around in the resincasting subreddit maybe. They're knowledgeable and should be able to help with any questions you have. Also, godspeed, your ambition of keeping rare kits alive and circulating is noble and I wish you the best. I will also be a customer of yours if you get this off the ground, please post updates in the Gunpla general if you do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 19:51:53 No.7444218 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444171
You forgot to mention that the Leo was the first kit to group parts on the sprues according to limb, for instance the upper left all corresponded to the left arm, etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 20:17:15 No.7444255 Report

Quoted By:

Did Bandai finally release a weapon set for the HG Leo?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 20:20:35 No.7444261 Report

Quoted By: >>7444285 >>7444526 >>7447143

>>7444171
Yeah I see where you're coming from on the leo thing. I actually am considering getting a small squad of them.

Its just the stupid poly cap in the middle is god awful. Any time i pick it up, it explodes. (Is there any 3rd party polycaps btw?)

I can definately see how the leo pretty much set up the 30 minute mission line. And will probably become the new standard for new series grunt suits in the future.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 20:28:47 No.7444274 Report

Quoted By:

>>7441294
Barbatos

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 20:35:09 No.7444285 Report

Quoted By: >>7444300 >>7444753 >>7447158

>>7444261
Is the Leo like your only HG kit? That polycap waist style has been in use since like 00. Which came out over 10 years ago.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 20:40:15 No.7444300 Report

Quoted By: >>7444314 >>7444526 >>7446350

>>7444285
I just picked up the 5 other Hg's on my desk to make sure I wasn't going crazy. The only one that fell apart was the leo. They all used polycap waist joints. Clearly theres a problem with the leo waist socket.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 20:52:07 No.7444314 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444300
Might just be yours. Mine holds together just fine. Is it the actual polycap ball or the peg? If it's the peg it's an easy fix. Maybe try another polycap ball if you have an extra.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 21:02:29 No.7444330 Report

Quoted By: >>7444403

It has to be the socket, i've changed the ball like 4 or so times. Those balls work fine on both the leo (except the waist), and other kits.

Maybe its just a problem with the build divers version tho.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 22:00:23 No.7444403 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444330
Have you tried tightening the socket with some superglue/Pledge/etc.? I've had ball sockets getting loose with age and that helps a bit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 22:25:16 No.7444460 Report

Quoted By: >>7444498

Just got a pre-owned Strike Freedom RG from Amiami and doesn't seem that it was even opened.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 22:46:18 No.7444498 Report

Quoted By: >>7444590

>>7444460
They wouldn't have sold it if it was opened

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 23:09:23 No.7444526 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444042
>>7444261
>>7444300
I'm with the other anon, I think you just got unlucky. Out of curiosity I just picked up my Leo by the head/chest area and shook it around a little. Nothing. Solid as a rock.

Tighten up your balljoint connection with some Pledge or a scrap of kleenex maybe.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 11 Mar 2019 23:49:10 No.7444574 Report

Quoted By:

How you decide which kit to get next? I have 200+ of them in wishlist and dont know which one should be next.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 00:00:31 No.7444590 Report

Quoted By: >>7444619

>>7444498
They have some stuff for opened products like.
>B: Item has been opened and minor dirt or damage is visible. All bundled items are included.
I just wasn't expecting to get a brand new product.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 00:28:57 No.7444619 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444590
Yeah, Jap hobbyists are anal about pre-owned items like that. I rarely buy Bandai kits brand new any more, since most of the time the only "damage" is just an invisible scratch/dent in the box or something.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 00:30:07 No.7444624 Report

Quoted By: >>7444638

Can anyone id where the legs come from? Google translate gives me gibberish and I don't know too much about the gundam series but the lower torso looks like something I wanna use. Source: https://gumpla.jp/hg/102050

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 00:36:56 No.7444638 Report

Quoted By: >>7444640

>>7444624
http://dalong.net/review/ib/ibh06/ibh06_p.htm

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 00:39:03 No.7444640 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444638
Thanks!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 02:15:55 No.7444753 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444285
>00
>Which came out over 10 years ago
ARGH!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 02:16:59 No.7444757 Report

Quoted By: >>7445034 >>7445040 >>7445129

How do I approach scratchbuilding a jet exhaust nozzle or two in 1/72 scale? Just adding stuff to a custom build here, but most third party exhaust nozzles (military kits) are too expensive for what I'm doing, and Wave/Koto's add-on nozzle parts are all bell-shaped rocket thruster types.

Pic related is my reference, but I'm not gonna make it too autistically accurate.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 02:36:54 No.7444793 Report

Quoted By: >>7444936 >>7448912

>>7441657
>It's a completely separate line designed by one of the dudes who worked on Busou Shinki

It's literally made by the same company as FAGs and by many of the same people who worked on FAGs and they have a good degree of cross compatibility. It's just their non-frame arms based line that lets them get a little more creative with the designs and engineering.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 02:39:04 No.7444797 Report

Quoted By: >>7445830 >>7445833

Should I get the Moon Gundam? Looks nice but idk if I should get it or a HGUC RX-0 Unicorn.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 02:58:41 No.7444820 Report

Quoted By: >>7444844 >>7445970

First time doing custom building using MSG kits, trying to make some gear for when my Innocentia FAG gets here. How does this look for a back unit? I dont know where I would put any thrusters right now since it has 4 in it and yeah it has no weapons but I kinda like it. Thoughts? Tips? Suggestions?

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:08:53 No.7444844 Report

Quoted By: >>7444848 >>7444854

>>7444820
Color scheme?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:10:02 No.7444848 Report

Quoted By: >>7444854 >>7444855

>>7444844
None yet, my last attempt at paint was a horror show, I need more practice before doing it to something I like. Eventually I want to do a blue/white or blue/black color scheme.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:11:52 No.7444854 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444848
>>7444844
Damn pic didnt stick, I want it to match my Innocentia eventually. Once I get decent at painting that is.

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:12:21 No.7444855 Report

Quoted By: >>7444895

>>7444848
Eh, buy a can of The Army Painter primer, Tamiya, or Mr Surfacer, and then some Tamiya cans if you want an airbrushed look. Otherwise go for Vallejo and thin the paint out slowly until you hit sort of a...chocolate milkish consistency.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:26:54 No.7444895 Report

Quoted By: >>7444921 >>7444929

>>7444855
I got a bunch of cans of tamiya, spraycans are expensive but they do a nice job. Problem is they run out so damn fast.

Also Im not sure if I should do a flat dark blue or a metallic blue, Im leaning towards flat blue for this.

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:46:49 No.7444921 Report

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>>7444895
I dunno how the parts separation on Innocentia is but you could do both.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:52:03 No.7444929 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444895
>they run out so damn fast
It all depends on how you cook them.

I used to hate cans, now I love them because it's 50ml of nicely pre-thinned paint per can and it lasts forever if you airbrush it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 03:59:14 No.7444936 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444793
You're missing the point entirely. That post was simply clarifying that no, Megami Device is not a FA-G knockoff.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 04:13:15 No.7444953 Report

Quoted By: >>7444957

>>7441962
How is that Unit 02? Last Eva kit I bought was real-feel Sachiel.

It looks really good but I wouldn't call it exactly show accurate. The waist was thinner and the head slightly larger, at least how I see it.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 04:18:40 No.7444957 Report

Quoted By: >>7444972 >>7445491 >>7446432

>>7444953
All the grouchy old Eva fans will grouse about the Koto kits because they're retooled Rebuild kits so the proportions aren't exactly the same as the old days, they look a little more modern. I personally think it's a great looking balance though, and there is almost nobody else making TV Eva merch, so I say go for it.

I don't own Eva 02 but I do own 01 and it's generally fantastic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 04:32:33 No.7444972 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444957
I had no idea they were retooled rebuilds, but I have to say I kinda agree with you. I can't stand rebuild designs at all just because of the unnecessary design elements, but now that they're stripped away the overall proportionality is quite pleasing.

That purple is really sexy looking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 04:40:51 No.7444986 Report

Quoted By:

Apparently there's some DM Akatsuki back in stock. Get it while it's hot
http://www.gundammodelcenter.com/gundam-central-dragon-momoko/dragon-momoko-orb-01-gundam-central-mg

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 05:20:09 No.7445034 Report

Quoted By: >>7445040

>>7444757
Whoops, here's my ref pic for the nozzle.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 05:27:47 No.7445040 Report

Quoted By: >>7445343

>>7444757
>>7445034
Wait a month for the vectored thruster MSG?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 06:19:49 No.7445129 Report

Quoted By:

>>7444757
Some shittier 1/72 plane kits can be had for under 1K yen, if you only want the nozzle and thereabouts, get 2 kits? Should be cheaper than resin nozzles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 11:32:48 No.7445343 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445040
I think I need a few of these.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 15:09:34 No.7445491 Report

Quoted By: >>7445562

>>7444957
Grouchy TV fan here, I think the Koto kits look fantastic and I don't particularly care about the proportions being off because the show was quite loose with model sheet accuracy anyway. Not in a bad way, but the Evas never looked quite the same from scene to scene. If you want hyper lineart accuracy there is the Bandai kits which nail the shape, but they're old and colour breakup is a bit shit so be prepared to paint them.

That said I also love the EvaEvo Revoltechs due to their tweaked proportions and ridiculous fun factor despite being a bit "eh" on Rebuild, so YMMV.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 15:40:36 No.7445514 Report

Quoted By: >>7445640 >>7450811

Just finished snapping together GP01Fb. Really enjoyed making the legs and arms of it, the extra side plates and the sort of floating wrist cover were nice to see. I evcen really like the Core Fighter on it. the giant thrusters are very cool both on just the ship and the suit itself. The rifle is nice, and I absolutely adore the beam jitte The shoulders, with he worlds most adorable verniers very much remind me of like, a football player's pads and I really like that look to it. Throw on a bit of asymmetry with the extra antenna and some giant back mounted thrusters and it's easily my favorite Gundam design.

But that shoulder connection to the core fighter is just terrible. I'm very on the fence as to if I want to glue it because I love the Core Fighter, but I also cannot touch the arms or move it's torso without the shoulders popping off. As one of those people that likes to repose my stuff every few weeks or so this would probably get maddening pretty fast.

The fact that I actually lack an action base for him it also something of a problem, space suits should be floating god dammit, but he stands really well, a lot better than I was expecting.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 16:11:38 No.7445544 Report

Quoted By: >>7445658

Finished snapping and panel lining, only details and topcoat left
Not sure how I should do the eyes, just leave it as is, paint it black, use gloss topcoat or use one of the stickers

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 16:29:44 No.7445562 Report

Quoted By: >>7445590

>>7445491
I have nothing but the old bandai kits and I loved them. Their one flaw, apart from the color breakups, are the rubber arms and internal joints. Very few of mine survived to today intact/complete. Revolutionary idea though. I'd love to see them try something like that again.

Feeling a bit nostalgic, so I might have to get the koto kits. Where could I find them for the best price?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 16:50:18 No.7445590 Report

Quoted By: >>7445603

>>7445562
No clue unfortunately, I'm a Britbong so my input probably wouldn't be much good though.

And yeah the rubber coated joints in hindsight was a bit of a bad idea. 90s Bandai had some kind of rubber fetish though, so many of their kits used it.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:01:02 No.7445603 Report

Quoted By: >>7445606

>>7445590
I think they were trying to crack the code on how to make kits for biological characters, but decidedly gave up somewhere along the line.

This one right here really blew my mind back then. I've perfectly preserved my Sachiel's skin suit, despite the internal scaffolding cracking at the joints (probably should have stored it with tight screws). Incidentally that was how my Eva arms all went too; destroyed at the hinges.

Damn would I love a modern day Sachiel kit. I'd even take a figure at this point.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:02:39 No.7445606 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445603
should not have stored it with tight screws*

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:08:02 No.7445615 Report

Quoted By: >>7446350 >>7448652

>>7443624
Pic Related is my best guess when it comes to MG GEP.

As for RE/100 GEP, expect something like "Evolution Point - Obscurity", this could be Bandai's opportunity to make a Gaia Gear kit.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:24:35 No.7445640 Report

Quoted By: >>7445643 >>7445653 >>7450811

>>7445514
I finished a RG FB ensambling two months ago, same problem with moving arms without poping out the corefighter conector. On the RG GP01 this problem is not present.

If in your country you have access to super glue, I recommend you to experiment on a brand that doesnt burn or melt the plastic, so you can use a little on the two conectors on the back of the torso part to create a very fine layer that fits better the hole (of course let it dry before), you'll see that it wont pop off so easy. (BTW use some glue also on the base of the connector so the tension of the piece doesnt break at the base)

I have use a brand of super glue that's meant for fibers and clothes, it's very durable, even when I was building my RG Sinanju I applied a layer of super glue on the joints to avoid fissures and floopyness and now it's almost an action figure.

It would be a shame if you glue your core fighter all together anon, best of luck!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:25:47 No.7445643 Report

Quoted By: >>7445657 >>7450817

>>7445640

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:36:27 No.7445653 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445640
>On the RG GP01 this problem is not present.
It didn't happen then because the normal version connects slightly differently. The normal GP01 has a back flap to it's shoulder area, meaning that it is connected on the top, the front canopy cover, and on the back. The back flap is removed in the Fb for the backpack and thrusters, meaning the back end has no actual connection behond the top plugs. I'll try putting a little layer of glue on the tabs and see how it goes.

Really other than the core fighter connection, I cannot say a abad thing about the kit. I think I'll have to eventually set up my Zephyranthes and the Tallgeese to duke it out to see who is the better Oversized-back-mounted-adjustable-angle-vernier suit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:41:21 No.7445657 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445643
For some reason I thought this gundam was getting upskirted

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:44:21 No.7445658 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445544
Its adorable!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 19:04:12 No.7445721 Report

Quoted By: >>7446350

So model painting services exist?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 19:14:07 No.7445739 Report

Quoted By: >>7445787

Fank you mall cashier lady

Helps me skip an rg in my collection, I was too scared to build. I might get the rg if i hear its not as bad as i've been told

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 19:39:27 No.7445787 Report

Quoted By: >>7445827

>>7445739
The RG is like the second one they ever made, so it has a few parts that like to explode. The "Real Grenade" meme is pretty overblown in my experience though, just don't hamhand the fuck out of them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 20:05:26 No.7445827 Report

Quoted By: >>7445840

>>7445787
It didn't used to be overblown. The first several rg (And the first fully transforming rg) had legitimate issues and were prone to lose and fragile parts. The line has definitely found its footing though and is "solid" in multiple meanings of the word now.

Although how they're going to handle the gimmicks on rg crossbone worry me. They'll probably just simplify the folding of the corefighter though since by its own mission statement the rg line doesn't have to be 100% accurate.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 20:07:41 No.7445830 Report

Quoted By: >>7446104

>>7444797
The Moon. I have the HGUC Unicorn and it's a flimsy, shitty mess of a kit. Pieces fall off constantly and the finger for the trigger hand that kept it together ended up snapping. The Moon (from what I've seen) has superior articulation and engineering.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 20:10:31 No.7445833 Report

Quoted By: >>7446104

>>7444797
HG Unicorn molds are shit. The only Unicorn worth it is the RG. Get Moon Gundam. If you have some extra RG decals you can slap them on there and it will basically just look like another RG.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 20:13:41 No.7445840 Report

Quoted By: >>7445848

>>7445827
After the engineering miracle that is the RG Unicorn, I'm not worried about the Crossbone whatsoever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 20:17:39 No.7445848 Report

Quoted By: >>7445874

>>7445840
My one issue is that thinking is that the unicorn is one of the biggest lead gundams and unicorn is one of the smallest.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 20:28:21 No.7445874 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445848
Sure the Crossbone is small, but it's also nowhere near as complex as the Unicorn. Plus we've gotten RGs of similarly sized suits before (Wing/Wing Zero).

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 20:47:22 No.7445908 Report

Quoted By: >>7445932 >>7445938 >>7445941

I don't understand why it'd be hard to make the crossbone. The backback will just peg in, like the sd.

Is there some kinda manga only function i wouldn't know about?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 20:54:34 No.7445921 Report

Quoted By:

picked up the new Sinanju Stein at the hobby store. probably about 20% complete, has anyone completed it yet?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 21:01:32 No.7445932 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445908
It depends on how many gimmicks they want to replicate in full without parts swapping.
>Drop down eye patch
>Opening mouth
>Front waist plates turn into anchors
>Anchors' chain(manga) or wire(katoki) are stored in the back waist plate
>Heat daggers stored in the calves which can be pulled out from the back or ejected from the base of the feet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 21:05:36 No.7445938 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445908
I think people just have bad memories of the GP01 FB being kinda fragile due to the core fighter being able to separate

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 21:09:32 No.7445941 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445908
It won't just peg in like the hg. Promo images show the full core fighter plugging in through the back.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 21:39:08 No.7445970 Report

Quoted By: >>7446191

>>7444820
Other than another pair of barrels for thrusters for the middle wings, nothin, already looks like a complete unit. Love it, did you make it with a pair of the Exceed Binder kits?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Mar 2019 23:34:17 No.7446104 Report

Quoted By: >>7446341

>>7445830
>>7445833
Thanks!
I really like Unicorn but the RG would be hard for me to get now. I just started building so I don't know much about the difference between RG and HG (just finished my first one that was a RG Wing Zero). Moon looks nice and it comes with an action base so I guess it will be the best choice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 00:00:22 No.7446136 Report

Quoted By:

Is there any integrity difference between the MG MS-06J and the MG MS-06F, seeing as the space version was produced much later on?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 00:18:00 No.7446166 Report

Quoted By:

Why is it so hard to find pieces with 2 female ends!? I just want to attach my backpack to the new thrusters why must everything be difficult!?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 00:30:28 No.7446191 Report

Quoted By: >>7446201

>>7445970
Yep a pair of exceed boosters, Im trying to find another pair of barrels, Im thinking of buying another exceed binder to use to make some armor for the front of the kit. Then again I may see if the busted saber tiger zoids kit I got can be used for missing parts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 00:39:25 No.7446201 Report

Quoted By:

>>7446191
Oops exceed binders

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 01:39:24 No.7446280 Report

Quoted By:

Anyone got the HGUC Gustav Karl? Is it good?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 01:47:25 No.7446293 Report

Quoted By: >>7446296 >>7446370 >>7446587

>be me
>think the rg z'gok is a hidden gem
>buy it
>realize that it has dark red plastic
>god awful nub placement
>nearly no undergating

Wtf

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 01:48:42 No.7446296 Report

Quoted By:

>>7446293
just paint it anon, problem solved.

i mean, you were going to paint it, right?..... :^)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 01:52:29 No.7446302 Report

Quoted By:

Dad won't let me paint. Even if he did i only failed 2 classes in my life: art and german.

The teacher literally stole my final to put up at an "art exhibition" because it was horrifying

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 01:58:14 No.7446308 Report

Quoted By: >>7446314 >>7446319

Has anyone here put (pic related) together? I'm assembling the feet now and I've realized that the kit doesn't include enough of the wheel parts to put together 8 wheels like it has in all the pictures, just 4. I'm looking at the instructions now and it shows that it only includes 2 of the sprues with wheel parts, each making 2 wheels each, but then later in the assembly instructions shows 4 wheels for each foot. Is this a known issue? Can I contact Kotobukiya for more wheels?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 01:59:18 No.7446312 Report

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So can anyone recommend a particular ventilation fan for building a spray booth?

I’m gonna be using lacquers and after some light research I’ve heard that using a cheap bathroom vent fan won’t cut it for that type of paint. I intend to research some more, but figured I’d see if anyone could give a recommendation first.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 02:01:49 No.7446314 Report

Quoted By: >>7446328

>>7446308
Maybe you're doing something wrong? I dunno man.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 02:05:01 No.7446319 Report

Quoted By: >>7446328

>>7446308
I have the kit. It has enough wheels and looks like you are short one runner. Usually they have that order runner section in the manual, but then I dunno if you can with KotoUS, maybe try there? I personally dunno Japanese and it just seems like a hassle while Kotous at least knows English and easier to contact it seems. I ask them stupid questions like if Cybaster Premium will make it in US store and they got back to me pretty quickly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 02:17:36 No.7446328 Report

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>>7446314
>>7446319
Turns out I'm just retarded and misplaced one of the sprues. Thanks though, looking forward to kitbashing with it so got concerned when it looked like it wasn't all there. Ordered a second box of the kit and some joint parts to try and put together a quadruped leg setup like you see in Armored Core.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 02:32:39 No.7446341 Report

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>>7446104
>I don't know much about the difference between RG and HG
The biggest difference is just that Real Grade will have more and smaller parts. If you can put together a High Grade you can do a Real Grade.

Verfor99 !dW6ztBRlKA

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Verfor99 !dW6ztBRlKA Wed 13 Mar 2019 02:38:58 No.7446350 Report

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>>7444300
Actually, same-ing it here. In the standard release Leo,and to a leser extent on the NPD Leo, the lower ball socket of the torso is quite loose.
But spreading around a little bit of CA glue (superglue) will solve the problem no hassle.
Incidently that particular problem is fixed (on my copy at least) on the Space Leo.
What -is- a problem that -is not- being talked about and -has not- been fixed, is the hardpoint cap on the left.
The stick-out tab on the front-half piece of the thigh is a little too long, preventing the two halves of the thigh from coming together completely if you have the hardpoint cap (or likely anything else) plugged in there.
You'll need to shave just a little bit off that tab, especially if you decide to glue it together and don't want it to ruin itself.

>>7445615
This provides me with slight hope.

>>7445721
Nnnoooo???
You'd have to search on your own to find individuals who work on commission and are willing to work on something non-traditional.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 02:49:06 No.7446370 Report

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>>7446293
Sand or paint your shit, it's a really fun little kit otherwise.

t. building one right now

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 03:28:31 No.7446432 Report

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>>7444957
i was about to get this after buying the eva01 rebuild kit then i realized that mafex is probably going to get to it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 05:43:26 No.7446587 Report

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>>7446293
Shoulda got the mass produced version

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 06:26:04 No.7446629 Report

Quoted By: >>7446630

Commemorated me moving to Tokyo by getting back into gunpla, pls no bully about sticker

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 06:27:45 No.7446630 Report

Quoted By: >>7446633

>>7446629
Thanks, phone san

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 06:32:48 No.7446633 Report

Quoted By: >>7446676 >>7446694 >>7449577

>>7446630
Also: hobby shops have so much gunpla on display that is better than anything I will ever make
Dont look at me

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 07:53:01 No.7446676 Report

Quoted By: >>7446686

>>7446633
>That is better than anything I will ever make
definitely, with an attitude like that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 08:07:08 No.7446686 Report

Quoted By: >>7446696 >>7446818

>>7446676
>u cud do it but u don't beleev
Don't be that faggot

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 08:19:58 No.7446694 Report

Quoted By: >>7451332

>>7446633
>Hobby shops
>gunpla
I'm lucky enough to have one fairly accessible, but gunpla is not on the menu for displays. Their military kits put me to shame, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 08:22:07 No.7446696 Report

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>>7446686
I'm not saying he can if he believes, I'm saying he can't if he doesn't. You'll never know if you don't try.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 10:22:40 No.7446782 Report

Quoted By: >>7446806

Aright peeps I did some diggin:

>came in a while ago with questions about that bangin' M.S.G. paintjob
>M.S.G. kits don't come with paint manuals
>Most FA/Hexa Gear kits with equally colored parts note pic related as paints used in their manual
>Sold out nearly everywhere

Sooo any of you guys know whether I could mix these colors with GSI Creos paints?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 11:15:00 No.7446806 Report

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>>7446782
Mate, I seriously don't know why you're being so autistic about this. Dark Grey and Light Grey are not some super magical colours you can't just eyeball.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 11:44:04 No.7446818 Report

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>>7446686
There's literally no reason that any random person couldn't be able to do that if they practice and work at the craft

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 13:35:20 No.7446873 Report

Quoted By: >>7446906 >>7447001

Does anyone else think tamiyas flat gray primer looks really good on its own? This stuff is pretty nice and really easy to get an even coat.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 14:23:45 No.7446906 Report

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>>7446873
A man of fine taste, I see.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 16:02:08 No.7447001 Report

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>>7446873
Yes, its so nice to look at

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 16:58:12 No.7447072 Report

Quoted By: >>7447579

Both amuro and char piloted a dijeh. This isn't counting the rick dijeh or any other dijeh variations I don't know of. I'm hoping we get more dijeh realeases soon, cause the hguc kit is so good.

Yes i know of the narrative version. I already preordered 2.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 17:35:55 No.7447132 Report

Quoted By: >>7447579

>>7444171
Could an RG Flint even share parts?

I expect PB Full Cloth parts, X2/Kai retail and PB X3.

We still need RG Phenex and Stein and hopefully an MG Narrative.

I don't think RG Narrative is possible unless it is in 10 years time. It doesn't seem to require the RG treatment. Maybe reuse the potential RG Nu frame.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 17:42:20 No.7447143 Report

Quoted By: >>7447159

>>7444261
Leo did set a new stabdard for grunt fans and it should work well for the rest of Wing grunts due to their minimal colour palette.

I am strongly looking forward to 30mm and as you said, future Gundam series would have grunts catered to fine build as well.

It is as though Fine Build is a separate Gunpla line for minimalists. It is the opposite to RG. Efficiency is great.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 17:51:10 No.7447158 Report

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>>7444285
Damn, you are so right.

HG 00 Gundam was very efficient and was a response to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, hence they dropped the ABS joints but I didn't realise that it was a precursor to Fine Build.

http://dalong.net/review/00/0h22/0h22_p.htm

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 17:51:26 No.7447159 Report

Quoted By: >>7447202

>>7447143
Genoace is back baby!

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 18:15:15 No.7447202 Report

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>>7447159
The beauty of the 30mm line is that they could adopt the one size fits all grunt doctrine since they aren't pressured to sell multiple designs. Obviously, if 30mm does well, I expect up to 6 body types before it ends.

00 and IBO had multiple factions to facilitate the one grunt per faction approach while maintaining product variety.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 19:34:44 No.7447371 Report

Quoted By: >>7447375 >>7447536

I expect 30 MM to be a huge failure. The kits are great but theres no name recognition.

Its like bandai is trying to brand itself like lego (as in a brand thats known for model kits), but not enough of the gemeral public knows of model kits to do that.

The only way i can see it succeeding is if they introduce the general public to it, and put it in walmarts and targets. Spam advertisements too teens aswell.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 19:37:09 No.7447375 Report

Quoted By: >>7447433

>>7447371
>walmarts and targets

Oh I forget Americans think everything Japan makes ends up on their store shelves when SEA would be enough for them

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 19:49:57 No.7447404 Report

Quoted By: >>7447422 >>7447424 >>7447467

Has anyone here picked up (pic related)? I'm just wondering if it's ambidextrous. Looking at the pics it looks like it probably could be set up to be used in either hand, but would like to know for sure before pulling the trigger and ordering two.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 20:06:58 No.7447422 Report

Quoted By: >>7447430 >>7447461

>>7447404
ive got the mega slash edge and the gigantic hand manipulator(two actually) and those can be made to fit/be either hand,so i think it can be configured for either hand

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 20:07:08 No.7447424 Report

Quoted By: >>7447461

>>7447404
I was thinking of getting that myself but decided to go for a couple of those buster sword looking fuckers with knives sticking out of it.

Heres a review of it I found.

https://youtu.be/sP6a16XLio4

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 20:09:26 No.7447430 Report

Quoted By: >>7447678

>>7447422
How large is the mega slash edge? The pictures I have seen make it hard to determine the size in relation to like a FAG

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 20:11:53 No.7447433 Report

Quoted By: >>7447450

>>7447375
Lmfao. Try looking at an american toy aisle. You won't find many japanese products. Ironically the few you will find are by bandai of america.

Here its all about marvel legends, and transformers. Other than that you always will find an entire aisle of lego. Americans love lego. Suprisingly americans also love wwe figures.

Other than those theres very small sections dedicated to the latest line of some cartoon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 20:20:57 No.7447450 Report

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>>7447433
No one cares. The point is that 30MM isn't targeted at the American market despite what you think. It doesn't even have an English PV unlike that Gundam Universe line that features DURABLE CONSTRUCTION bricks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 20:32:20 No.7447461 Report

Quoted By: >>7447465

>>7447422
I should have been more clear, by ambidextrous I meant could it be set up with the chain on either side of the motor.
>>7447424
Well that review answered my question, looks like I can't put the chainsaw on either side of the motor like I had hoped. Had wanted to mount one one each forearm and have it look symmetrical, like (pic related), but it looks like you can't do that and would have to flip one upside down. Thanks for posting that, looks like I'll have to do something more asymmetrical.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 20:34:03 No.7447465 Report

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>>7447461
>like (pic related)
>didn't include image
It's hard being retarded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 20:35:28 No.7447467 Report

Quoted By: >>7447527

>>7447404
lol I was just about to order that

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 21:23:13 No.7447527 Report

Quoted By: >>7447547 >>7448765 >>7449204

>>7447467
Hivemind.
>>7441751
>find the Hexa Gear Scarecrow and sweet head in Hexa Gear Booster Pack
>need to make chain saw monster now with one of the frames(pic related)
>forearm chainsaws aren't going to work, looking at other stuff now
>so many options
>now I'm thinking it needs a tail too
Guys my wallet. I can't stop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 21:30:43 No.7447536 Report

Quoted By: >>7447571

>>7447371
The brand name won't last. Kids won't find the designs as appealing. It will have temporary success for 6 moulds in total lasting 3 years max which will appeal to army builders. I think it ends when a new Gundam AU is announced and the fine build concept will become a standard for a given number of grunts for each new Gundam AU.

Basically, it is here because we haven't got any new grunts outside of HGUC. The last new grunt we got were the Graze and maybe the GM/GM

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 21:37:46 No.7447547 Report

Quoted By: >>7447577 >>7447667

>>7447527
Anon I feel your pain. I started getting zoid kits and decided to buy 1 frame arts girl, bought one what comes with no gear, so I got a couple msg sets, started putting them together in neat ways and decided she needed a flight unit, 2 sets down, then I decided she needed armor so I bought 2 msg armor sets, then decided she needed a weapon so thats 3 msg weapon sets. Well if ahe has a sword she needs a sheild, thats another msg set.

I might have a problem.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 21:59:20 No.7447571 Report

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>>7447536
To be completely honest, if that were the truth, it'd probably just be more efficient to convert existing hguc grunts. And file them under the gunpla evolution project for exposure.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 22:04:04 No.7447577 Report

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>>7447547
That's pretty much where I'm at as well. Had started after getting a bonus, thought I'd splurge on the FA kits I had been eyeballing for awhile. Then one purchase kept leading to another and now I'm well beyond the bonus budget I had started with.
Send help.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 22:04:20 No.7447579 Report

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>>7447072
I want a Chaika. It's definitely a longshot and would certainly be a P-Bandai release, but I can dream.

>>7447132
An RG Flint might be possible depending on the inner frame/how they fill in the corefighter's hole. There hasn't been a grunt RG since the Zaku though, so I'm not holding my breath. I'm just waiting for the HGUC Flint based off of the HGUC Crossbone.

Still surprised that an RG Phenex isn't out yet. Honestly, I just want the blue psycoframe. I'm dreading the Stein because I don't trust Bandai to redo the fucked-up Sinanju frame, so it's probably going to be a floppy mess.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 22:18:57 No.7447595 Report

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Should I do it?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 22:47:12 No.7447636 Report

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What we have here? Seems like fun kit for spending evening with!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 22:48:44 No.7447637 Report

Quoted By: >>7447645 >>7448347

And it was really nice evening! Soviet 76mm gun ver.1933, resin kit from my friends.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 22:49:56 No.7447642 Report

Quoted By: >>7447645

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Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 22:51:47 No.7447645 Report

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>>7447637
>>7447642
Classy. Looks sharp, anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 23:07:46 No.7447667 Report

Quoted By: >>7447832

>>7447547
>I bought one, and thought she needed more stuff
That's how they get you. The price point is cheap enough that you can write it ff as just a little big more, and then you've spent a hundred with no signs of slowing down.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 13 Mar 2019 23:14:13 No.7447678 Report

Quoted By: >>7447832

>>7447430
It's roughly 16cm tall, or, in other words, too god damn big.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 00:49:02 No.7447803 Report

Quoted By: >>7447868

How hard is it to tint clear plastic while keeping it mostly clear?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 01:07:38 No.7447832 Report

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>>7447678
Thats almost the same size as the girl then. That may be a tad big but I think I can make it work. Thanks.

>>7447667
Its certainly what raped my checking account this month anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 01:10:44 No.7447842 Report

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Initial D kits are BASED

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 01:28:28 No.7447868 Report

Quoted By: >>7447882

>>7447803
If the plastic is not colored then it's easy, if it's pale yellow/pink it can sorta work depending on what color you want to change it to, anything else can't be done really

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 01:34:24 No.7447882 Report

Quoted By: >>7447947

>>7447868
Ok, yes, but what kind of tools would I need to do so?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 02:12:56 No.7447947 Report

Quoted By: >>7448020

>>7447882
Do you mean tint as in car window tinting or like you just want it a different color? Clear paint exists but obviously it's going to depend on what you're starting with. If you're thinking of something like dyeing that's not really going to work too well and will most likely mess up the plastic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 03:00:52 No.7448020 Report

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>>7447947
I just want it a different color. If clear paints exist, then that's probably what I'd be wanting. Thanks!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 03:42:15 No.7448088 Report

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I decided it was time to finally try a Volks kit. I have pic related on the way right now, what am I in for?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 07:23:23 No.7448347 Report

Quoted By:

>>7447637
>it was really nice evening
you cleaned the resin, primed, painted and washed all in one evening? imma call BS on this one.

handsome looking gun tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 07:28:43 No.7448356 Report

Quoted By: >>7448412

How are the Bandai FMP kits? If I'll be getting only one, what would you recommend?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 07:43:47 No.7448370 Report

Quoted By: >>7448418

>Local P-bandai has HGUC HAZEL CUSTOM (with the extension add on part) and HRUDUDU

Should I get them?

I already have the HGUC Hazel II. Did not get the white Hazel custom as it has no left holding hand. I do have the woundwort and its titan color version on order so I guess the add on parts are handy for mix and match but I don't want another Hazel II again.

Hrududu looks nice, but puting it on Hazel II looks like a cluster fuck, but my OCD is hard to fight against.

>Be putting down my order for Azieru soon...

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 08:38:00 No.7448412 Report

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>>7448356
They're modern HG, they're fine. Just get your favorite AS. None of the kits are better/worse than the others.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 08:55:46 No.7448418 Report

Quoted By: >>7448427

>>7448370
Im gonna be straight here with you anon. That looks derpy as fuck.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 09:14:47 No.7448427 Report

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>>7448418
>Azieru

Not as if the Original design is any better.
This is meant to go with the up coming next of the Forte capsule toy Sazabi and Nu

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 09:15:44 No.7448429 Report

Quoted By: >>7448430 >>7450210

How does one get this Tonka truck kind of yellow?
I imagined it'd be a specific undercoating color.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 09:18:48 No.7448430 Report

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>>7448429
I got it by painting clear orange over yellow.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 10:39:29 No.7448477 Report

Quoted By: >>7448480 >>7448542 >>7448650

Anyone else seen these? Cavico models are doing some nice tiny mecha kits. 700 yen each.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 10:40:59 No.7448480 Report

Quoted By: >>7448542 >>7448752

>>7448477

They look like they would make some good weathering practice or army builders. Released in April.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 13:08:20 No.7448542 Report

Quoted By:

>>7448477
>>7448480
I dont know why but I both love and hate this design.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 15:06:19 No.7448650 Report

Quoted By: >>7451862

>>7448477
>literal Twitter meme
>someone decides to make an actual kit out of it
>???
>PROFITS
ain't capitalism great

also https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E9%99%B8%E4%B8%8A%E8%87%AA%E8%A1%9B%E9%9A%8A07%E5%BC%8F%E6%88%A6%E8%BB%8A%E3%81%AA%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A1%E3%82%93

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 15:08:56 No.7448652 Report

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>>7445615
this image is deceiving. it removed the line about Bandai discarding the results because of bots in that poll.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 16:54:27 No.7448752 Report

Quoted By:

>>7448480
Are these about the size of a Mechatro? Super interested if so

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 17:08:23 No.7448765 Report

Quoted By: >>7449478

>>7447527
Are you familiar with the convert body?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 17:46:28 No.7448831 Report

Quoted By:

So I'm confused, are these in line with 1/35 mechatros? Or are they smaller?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 18:08:18 No.7448863 Report

Quoted By: >>7448874

Just coming in to talk about something I found out recently.

I've been doing panel lining with the panel lining fluid and literally every gundam tutorial I've seen on it says to clean over spill with a q-tip. And that is BULLSHIT. It works, kind of, but its so blunt and shitty, wiping away thin lines and just generally wasting too much thinner. Instead, and I found this tip through a model train video, use a small tip paint brush dipped in thinner. Far easier to control, less messy, can be reused infinitely instead of having to constantly toss out q-tips. Its just better in basically all ways.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 18:14:04 No.7448874 Report

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>>7448863
Brush is great when you want streaks, but if you want to clean completely swab is still the choice. Not a q-tip of course.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 18:42:09 No.7448912 Report

Quoted By:

>>7441657
>>7441647
>>7441654
>>7444793
Megami Device was made to serve essentially as the primary form of the Machineca body was made by Masaki Aspy to be a spiritual Successor to his Multi Moveable System, MMS, which was the body system the SHinkis utilized. Just like how MDs are pretty much the main form the Machineca body gets used for, Shinkis were the main line that utilized the MMS bodies with some non shinki properties utilizing it. Yoko from Gurren Lagann is probably the most well known of the characters that got a MMS figure.

Masaki Aspy created the Machineca because there are a number of key engineering elements to the joints of the MMS that Konami own the patents to. Since he couldn't just improve upon his old designs he had to make new setups entirely but still tried to retain the inherent ability to customize them with others that use the Machineca base body regardless of the line.

And this time he turned Machineca into a sort of 'open source' body which Kotobukiya to my knowledge has backed him up on. Good Smile Company is using the body to make their Chitocerium line, and Alphamax also are using the body to make the Dark Advent line. Both of these lines just opened preorders on the first figure of each line.

FAGs meanwhile serve as a Mecha Musume variant of Frame Arms, kinda like how Gundam had the MS Girls images made on the side for decades. Unlike MDs there is no inherent engineering body base to them, each girl could have very different engineering in the joints. So far the pattern is there is usually a handful of girls that use the same basic setup then they come up with a different way of doing it.

Ironic considering FAGs are based on FAs which are known for having a universal interior frame that is (almost) always the same.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 20:23:01 No.7449032 Report

Quoted By: >>7449042 >>7449199 >>7449259

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 20:27:18 No.7449042 Report

Quoted By: >>7449163

>>7449032
>Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Gundam

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 22:03:43 No.7449163 Report

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>>7449042
I have a filename with that exact joke

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 22:28:22 No.7449199 Report

Quoted By: >>7449214 >>7449222

>>7449032
Damn I wonder what that costed to build

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 22:33:50 No.7449204 Report

Quoted By: >>7449209 >>7449478

>>7447527
I bet you could use the folding arm msg kit and make everything look like it was symmetrical without busting anything. Hell you could attach 4 of them. Or 6.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 22:36:41 No.7449209 Report

Quoted By: >>7449220

>>7449204
I'd personally suggest the Grave Arms MSG over the folding arms. The arms on that are a bit more robust, if a bit thicker.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 22:40:16 No.7449214 Report

Quoted By:

>>7449199
69 1/60 funnels
Someone probably work that out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 22:46:13 No.7449220 Report

Quoted By: >>7449478

>>7449209
Arent they much shorter though?

And honestly Im shooping around for parts and ideas cause I want to make a set of doc oc style tentacles / mechadendrites for one of my kits. Not sure what its going to take to make that happen though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 22:46:55 No.7449222 Report

Quoted By: >>7449234

>>7449199
price of a pint of silicone and a pint of resin?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 22:56:54 No.7449234 Report

Quoted By: >>7449258

>>7449222
Speaking of how hard is it to bootleg your own parts? These msg kits are getting expensive.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 23:09:15 No.7449258 Report

Quoted By: >>7449736

>>7449234
If you're a novice at it and don't intend to do a ton of recasting in the future, it's probably going to be more pain in the ass and expense than just buying the original parts. You need to learn how to make molds, which isn't super hard but it is a pain, silicone and resin are both pretty pricey themselves, silicone molds wear out relatively quickly, and you will waste a lot of resin on bad/failed casts in the beginning. Bubbles in the cast are also a big problem with casting at home, you can mitigate this to some degree with certain techniques but really you need a pressure pot/vacuum chamber to get all the bubbles out of your resin.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 14 Mar 2019 23:10:41 No.7449259 Report

Quoted By:

>>7449032

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 01:06:33 No.7449478 Report

Quoted By: >>7450234

>>7448765
Yus. Considering picking up whenever I get another batch.
>>7449204
Ehhh, it would trigger the shit out of my autism having one upside down so I just ordered a pair of (pic related)s instead.
>>7449220
Have you seen the Hidestorm HG kit?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 01:14:26 No.7449502 Report

Quoted By: >>7449530 >>7453475

Has anyone here ever built the Perfect Grade Zeta Gundam?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 01:27:20 No.7449530 Report

Quoted By: >>7449534 >>7449816 >>7449824 >>7452007

>>7449502

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 01:28:19 No.7449534 Report

Quoted By:

>>7449530
I like that Starscream.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 01:52:42 No.7449577 Report

Quoted By:

>>7446633
Not everything is made by store staff, they exhibit known modelers and competition-participants too. So it's not like Tony Stark built it in a cave

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 04:03:05 No.7449736 Report

Quoted By: >>7449756

>>7449258
>silicone molds wear out relatively quickly
Only if you buy shit silicone (looking at you OOMOO).

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 04:19:13 No.7449756 Report

Quoted By: >>7449826

>>7449736
Even with quality silicone, I find complex molds degrade relatively quickly, like you probably won't get too much more than 50 pulls. Sometimes far less depending on a number of factors, like how hot your resin gets during curing, how many fine/thin details and undercuts and shit you have, etc.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 05:04:52 No.7449816 Report

Quoted By: >>7449824 >>7449851 >>7450135

>>7449530
hello brother.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 05:11:09 No.7449824 Report

Quoted By: >>7449984

>>7449530
No HG Revive?

>>7449816
Now this is a collection. Could use a little filling out in the super-small category, like some gasha or shokugan Mk.IIs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 05:13:18 No.7449826 Report

Quoted By: >>7449882

>>7449756
>Even with quality silicone, I find complex molds degrade relatively quickly
I don't know about that. MoldMax silicone I am using now is pretty damn indestructible.

I only managed to destroy 1 mold so far and it's only because I poured bad resin in it and then used iso alcohol to try to clean the mess.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 05:16:16 No.7449832 Report

Quoted By:

>chuuni weapons

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 05:31:07 No.7449851 Report

Quoted By:

>>7449816
I'd do this if they made a PG Goose

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 06:07:42 No.7449882 Report

Quoted By: >>7449899

>>7449826
Hmm, admittedly I've never tried that brand. Maybe I'll give it a shot next time. I kinda hate the hassle of moldmaking so the longer they survive the better.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 06:23:32 No.7449899 Report

Quoted By: >>7449914

>>7449882
One little note: degassing is not optional, it's waay too thick for the bubbles to come out on their own.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 06:42:18 No.7449914 Report

Quoted By: >>7449919 >>7449946

>>7449899
I don't have access to my college's pressure pots anymore so I need to either fork over the dough for one or figure out how to rig one up myself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 06:49:53 No.7449919 Report

Quoted By:

>>7449914
You can make one out of pvc pipe, there's diy guides on youtube for it. But for safety's sake, I'd suggest coughing up the cash for a real one.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 07:35:29 No.7449946 Report

Quoted By:

>>7449914
>pressure pots
Degassing needs a vacuum pump though. I don't think you can even use pressure pots on silicone?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 07:58:12 No.7449965 Report

Quoted By:

How much do you love your favorite Gundam?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 08:36:37 No.7449984 Report

Quoted By:

>>7449824
I haven't built the GEP Zeta when I took that picture.

https://www.instagram.com/i_am_raph/

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 13:34:35 No.7450135 Report

Quoted By: >>7450148

>>7449816
How's the PG Mk II?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 13:48:12 No.7450148 Report

Quoted By: >>7450185 >>7451444

>>7450135
Fantastic. Only thing that kinda sucks is the led for the eyes kinda sucks and the on/off switch dosn't work well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 14:37:25 No.7450185 Report

Quoted By:

>>7450148
LEDs aren't a huge deal to rig up yourself anyway, especially if the kit's built for them already. I'm gonna use some custom LEDs in my F91 2.0 as well because I can't be bothered tracking down and paying for one of those Bandai LED units.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 14:43:38 No.7450192 Report

Quoted By: >>7450289 >>7450582 >>7451446 >>7451592

What RE/100 are worth getting? I have just the MkIII. Been thinking of the Vigna Ghana.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 14:57:04 No.7450210 Report

Quoted By:

>>7448429
those lego saws look so disjointed from the rest of this display

as a side note: has anyone here utilised lego in any builds?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 15:22:14 No.7450234 Report

Quoted By:

>>7449478
>Have you seen the Hidestorm HG kit?
Yeah but those things are more of a weird arch, Im looking for something a bit more poseable. I may end up making something with small metal cable covers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 16:14:22 No.7450289 Report

Quoted By:

>>7450192
Vigna Ghina and Gun EZ are good, Bawoo is great. The Hamma Hamma isnt that bad if you like the design, only the ankles need to be tightened up

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 16:24:48 No.7450299 Report

Quoted By: >>7450302 >>7451863

Just got my hexa gear governor and bulkarm, fin build but wish they chose better spots to connect the spruce to the parts, have nub/stress marks right in the middle of some of them

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 16:27:08 No.7450302 Report

Quoted By: >>7451863

>>7450299
Gonna paint it up when I'm back home, debating if I want to change the colors up or not

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 19:36:15 No.7450582 Report

Quoted By:

>>7450192
Dijeh and Gun-EZ.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 20:43:17 No.7450664 Report

Quoted By:

Can anyone reccomend a spray-can acrylic topcoat other than Mr. Hobby? I've read the guide, but it only covers spray-can lacquer and airbrush options. Does anyone have experience with Vallejo matte varnish?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 21:38:20 No.7450760 Report

Quoted By: >>7450764 >>7450920

Just got these in the mail, these have to be the most gorgeous boxes I have seen on models.

Granted I havent seen too aweful many but damn sooo nice.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 21:41:35 No.7450764 Report

Quoted By: >>7450788

>>7450760
Should've waited for Styko XF-3

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 22:07:19 No.7450788 Report

Quoted By: >>7450799

>>7450764
I plan on getting a couple more later anyway, but she does look nice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 22:17:30 No.7450799 Report

Quoted By: >>7450820

>>7450788
Stylet is currently the worst FAG mold, along with the original Architect, since Gourai Kai V2 made the original Gourai obsolete. She's got some of the line's worst color separation and her engineering is pretty dated, especially compared to the newer molds.
Still plenty fun, but build her before that Gourai Kai V2 so you can see just how far the line has come. Much like Gourai Kai V2, Stylet XF-3 will make the original pretty much obsolete.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 22:27:15 No.7450811 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445514
>>7445640
I have the same problem with mine. Thank you so much for the tip about the super glue, that's a really great solution.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 22:28:17 No.7450817 Report

Quoted By:

>>7445643
This is genius, thank you!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 22:31:27 No.7450820 Report

Quoted By: >>7450832

>>7450799
Im having fun right now, some super tiny ass pieces in this stlyet kit. I have a bunch of custom stuff ready for innocentia blue when she gets here. The arm sockets ate super fucking tight on this stylett.

I am basically using blue girl here as my test run for the FAG line, shes the test model Im using to decide if I like how the gear all looks till innocentia geta here.

Pic related, its the current gear I got built.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Mar 2019 22:37:02 No.7450832 Report

Quoted By:

>>7450820
Stylet was my first FAG too, since she's one of the oldest molds you may have to sand a couple of joints down if they're too tight. On mine the bicep swivels were scary tight, for example.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 00:05:00 No.7450920 Report

Quoted By: >>7450982

>>7450760
>Styko 1.0
I'm so sorry.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 00:59:28 No.7450982 Report

Quoted By: >>7451005

>>7450920
She seems sturdy enough, I havent got the weapons built yet but she seems ok right now.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 01:00:36 No.7450985 Report

Quoted By:

Went out today and bought my first GunPla models (I've done a FiguRise and an LBX model before). Ended up with:
>HG Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex
>MG Qan(T) Full Saber
>HG Gundam Astray Red Frame
The Astray Red Frame is for my girlfriend, she was showing interest in trying it so I grabbed it for her.

Just cleared off a work space, gonna dig into the Phenex.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 01:27:25 No.7451005 Report

Quoted By:

>>7450982
Sadly her arms are nkt strong enough to hold the full sword I had built, and I dont want to glue the hands. Still I really like stylet, she works good as a test model for my parts.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 02:31:45 No.7451084 Report

Quoted By: >>7451101 >>7451123 >>7451192 >>7451575

I cannot for the life of me, mix this orange. It's always too bright or too peach. Any suggestions?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 02:44:16 No.7451101 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451084
- Look at the manual and see what percentages it suggests

- Use a strong cold white light to ensure you can compare the two colours correctly

- Research which colour you should add if it's too bright or too peach to bring it closer to your desired tone.

- Just use your own slight variation instead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 02:55:43 No.7451123 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451084
Try priming/painting it in a darker grey first.

Verfor99 !dW6ztBRlKA

Verfor99 !dW6ztBRlKA Sat 16 Mar 2019 03:29:14 No.7451192 Report

Quoted By: >>7451575

>>7451084
Hate all oranges (and purples, and most yellows) for life, as I do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 04:14:11 No.7451282 Report

Quoted By: >>7451808

God, all the bullshit with different Unicorn variants and plastic colors is infuriating. I just want to build a 1/144 Banshee with clear parts for LED shenanigans, is that too much to ask?
>the vanilla not-Norn HG Banshee's psychoframe is cast in gold plastic for some godforsaken reason
>the Armed Armor VN/BS parts are on their own separate runner rather than with the rest of the psychoframe parts
>the HG Norn's psychoframe is molded in clear plastic
>it does not include clear versions of the Armed Armor VN/BS parts
>the RG Norn uses clear plastic
>the RG vanilla Banshee only exists in the form of a P-Bandai add-on set
>both MG Banshees use clear plastic but they're 1/100 scale
I guess this is the price of autism, huh. I'm a little surprised that no third parties have thought to recast the Unicorn psychoframes in different colors.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 04:46:50 No.7451332 Report

Quoted By:

>>7446694
Tokyo model shops are either gunpla or trains so far, leaning heavily towards gunpla but i've been hit with the train mixup too many times

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 06:14:18 No.7451444 Report

Quoted By: >>7451498 >>7451675

>>7450148
Do you think there would be adequate space/engineering to somehow wedge an LED unit into the head or chest? I'm down to hollow stuff out as long as everything still holds together.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 06:16:21 No.7451446 Report

Quoted By:

>>7450192
I personally love the GP04, it has a good amount of chunk to its look. Efreet was also really good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 07:09:46 No.7451498 Report

Quoted By: >>7451509

>>7451444
smd leds are really fucking tiny these days, I doubt you'll have much problems

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 07:14:39 No.7451506 Report

Quoted By: >>7451517

>have time
>no money
>have money
>no time

pic unrelated

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 07:17:46 No.7451509 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451498
Well the reason I'm asking about LED units specifically is cause

A) I bought this really cool one that's exactly the size of a Bandai LED unit and turns on and off with magnets so you don't need to install switches or disassemble your kit, and

B) I have very shaky hands so working with small electronics is pretty much a no-go for me. Hell, I struggle even with some kits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 07:33:11 No.7451517 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451506
>had motivation
>no kits
>have kits
>no motivation
Such is the cycle.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 08:52:50 No.7451575 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451084
looks like orange + light gray to me

general rule: if you want faded colors add white or gray

>>7451192
or you can learn2mix

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 09:30:31 No.7451592 Report

Quoted By:

>>7450192
Gun EZ

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 09:46:56 No.7451600 Report

Quoted By: >>7451607 >>7454594

Gundams are cool and all, but when I build model mecha, I need multi colored combining bots piloted by no less than 5 young adults. In Space minipla is in transit as I type and I an so pumped! I hope they do Thunderzords/Dairanger models next!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 09:51:51 No.7451607 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451600
I can't wait for this bad boy to get one of these.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 10:02:11 No.7451616 Report

Quoted By:

How do I use the "hey buy extra runners" slip that koto puts in every box without being in japan? Can I get a proxy to fill it out?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 12:28:22 No.7451675 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451444
You might have some trouble trying to fit one of Bandai’s LED units in there just because you’d effectively have to fit the whole battery enclosure in there, but if you’re willing to get adventurous with the wiring, you can pull off some pretty crazy stuff. Put the battery housing and switch in the backpack or chest and you can just wire out SMDs to where you need them. I’ve seen people illuminate HGs and RGs without issue (I still need to finish the HG G-Self I wired up), so a PG will be a walk in the park in terms of giving you space to work with.

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 13:45:38 No.7451729 Report

Quoted By:

Hey, does anybody here have experience with Mr. Color's CL 02 and CL05 paints? Any advice?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 15:13:24 No.7451808 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451282
>the Armed Armor VN/BS parts are on their own separate runner rather than with the rest of the psychoframe parts

Because those parts were made later.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 16:01:58 No.7451862 Report

Quoted By:

>>7448650
Huh. Same company is making these. I hope Hades gets a release.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 16:02:07 No.7451863 Report

Quoted By: >>7452267 >>7452798

>>7450299
>>7450302
I read a bunch of translated reviews on hexa gear awhile ago and they kept complaining about joint strength. How does the big guy hold up?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 16:14:32 No.7451875 Report

Quoted By: >>7451876 >>7452001 >>7452362

Why is there a little packet of what appears to be a chiclet gum in my gundam converge boxes?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 16:15:47 No.7451876 Report

Quoted By: >>7452362

>>7451875
So it can be sold at 7/11

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 17:51:25 No.7452001 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451875
In case they get hungry while sat in the box

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 17:52:49 No.7452007 Report

Quoted By: >>7452034

>>7449530
Which zeta is that behind starscream?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 18:00:28 No.7452028 Report

Quoted By: >>7452083 >>7452120

I am hoping to order/build my first Gunpla! What is the best RX-78-2 for a beginner? Thank you!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 18:01:27 No.7452034 Report

Quoted By:

>>7452007
Daban’s

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 18:29:41 No.7452083 Report

Quoted By:

>>7452028
HG Revive

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 18:46:45 No.7452110 Report

Quoted By: >>7452383 >>7452971

I dream if gundam having printed parts like lego instead of cheesing out every high grade with stickers.

Like whats even the point of opening a high grade kit to find 15 or so stickers. Its not bad on hguc, but everything else is horrifying.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 18:53:39 No.7452120 Report

Quoted By: >>7452129

>>7452028
The most basic kits are the hg aka High Grade.

Every hg kit is beginner friendly. If you're buying locally, just ask someone there whats their favorite hg.

As for my favorite newer kit, i'd go with the dijeh.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 19:01:13 No.7452129 Report

Quoted By: >>7452662

>>7452120
>Every hg kit is beginner friendly
yep, personally I'd recommend the HG dendrobium or neo zeong, simple shapes and big surfaces to work with

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 19:15:02 No.7452138 Report

Quoted By:

Obviously he wasn't going to buy a 300$ kit for his first kit. It was so unlikely he'd even find those irl that i never mentioned them

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 21:32:42 No.7452267 Report

Quoted By: >>7452798

>>7451863
Seems to be doing fine right now, I noticed the shoulder joint tended to kind of bow out where it connected 2 points to make it one piece, I'll take a picture of it when I get home but I have a feeling glue will fix it. Joint was though it seems good

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 22:27:30 No.7452337 Report

Quoted By: >>7452346 >>7452416

Is there any reason why basically all gunpla are discounted on amiami atm, or is it like that all the time?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 22:33:35 No.7452346 Report

Quoted By:

>>7452337
I think it's always like that in Amiami and HobbySearch, don't know about others.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 22:43:54 No.7452362 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451875
This >>7451876 and to dodge taxes. It's like cracker jack where the toy was just a bonus to the food, but then Japanese companies started making bigger and cooler bonus toys and eventually just started selling toys with bonus food to get around the 8% sales tax on toys.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 23:00:48 No.7452383 Report

Quoted By:

>>7452110
That's what ruins Qubeley Papillon for me, the damned stickers. I really love the suit, but I can only wish that it had been a MG.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 16 Mar 2019 23:17:19 No.7452416 Report

Quoted By:

>>7452337
Everything is discounted on amiami

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 00:15:51 No.7452541 Report

Quoted By: >>7452611

What the fuck is this thing?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 00:45:42 No.7452611 Report

Quoted By:

>>7452541
A tray meant for transferring large quantities of waterslides at once, and keeping them wet. Comes with resin tweezers and small curves scissors, and a subtray for storing used waterslide backings.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 01:17:43 No.7452662 Report

Quoted By: >>7452671 >>7452673 >>7452686 >>7452972

>>7452129
>HG dendrobium
>look this up
>it's a spaceship with a Gundam hood ornament
For what reason?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 01:25:41 No.7452671 Report

Quoted By:

>>7452662
What reason? You telling me you don't want a bitchin' space ship with a goddamn Gundam for a hood ornament?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 01:32:00 No.7452673 Report

Quoted By:

>>7452662
It's a mech that pilots a bigger mech

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 01:45:53 No.7452680 Report

Quoted By:

>>7441118
I am trying to track down some old kits, specifically b-club 1/35 scale Patlabor kits like the Phantom. I've tried ebay and yahoo auctions, but is there a better place I should be looking for b-club rarities?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 01:55:58 No.7452686 Report

Quoted By:

>>7452662
Part of a development project of multiple super high end ms a manufacturer was making to impress the government with towards future military contracts. That one specifically was supposed to be a one man army for colony defense iirc with the gundam acting as an escape craft if the thing gets shot down.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 03:48:26 No.7452798 Report

Quoted By:

>>7451863
>>7452267
This is where the parts showing some separation partly due to me grabbing it in the wrong places to move the shoulder socket forward and backwards but as I said glue should hold it well

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 05:41:31 No.7452921 Report

Quoted By: >>7452933

How do you get good and painting with enamels? It seems like masking off the tiniest details with an airbrush is the best I could do instead of handpainting it.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 06:00:42 No.7452933 Report

Quoted By: >>7453223

>>7452921
>masking off the tiniest details with an airbrush is the best I could do
The order in which you paint can make a lot of difference as far as masking goes. Tiniest details are still best handpainted imo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 06:28:54 No.7452971 Report

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>>7452110
It's probably never gonna happen because hobbyists who paint, etc. would consider it a waste of money, and also there would be no way for them to regain those printed graphics after they paint the kit. The most we might ever get is some prepainted parts like Koto does.

What I'd REALLY like is if all kits started making shit like waterslides and dry transfers standard. Even then though, it wouldn't solve the problem completely--certain things just need to be stickers (cause they wouldn't work as water/dry transfers) if they can't be molded in proper colors in the first place.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 06:30:49 No.7452972 Report

Quoted By: >>7453225

>>7452662
I mean the NZ isn't much better in that regard with it's tiny shinanju head

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny

Gelgoog Guy !!XOac6frt+Ny Sun 17 Mar 2019 06:34:17 No.7452975 Report

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New thread: >>7452974

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 13:41:24 No.7453223 Report

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>>7452933
Is that a city on a boat?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 13:42:23 No.7453224 Report

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Why has there never been a Gundam chogokin?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 13:42:27 No.7453225 Report

Quoted By:

>>7452972
Yeah but he makes up for it by dual weilding rocket launchers

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 17 Mar 2019 17:44:25 No.7453475 Report

Quoted By:

>>7449502
I have. Its a thick, ugly, clunky thing. The smaller MG and HGUC kits are much better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 18 Mar 2019 08:24:02 No.7454594 Report

Quoted By: >>7455804

>>7451600
>no white tigerzord
Does one even exist? Looks cool anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 19 Mar 2019 08:35:32 No.7455804 Report

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>>7454594
It doesn't exist, but who knows in the future? They've been going hard on Sentai robo lately.

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