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https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Tr8UyF2Xg5Ojqw0sxcO7oIG7IIsJPes3lMO5pHZKu5o
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For those of you just joining us, please read this guide. Please read it before asking questions as there is a chance it has already been answered there.
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:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Tr8UyF2Xg5Ojqw0sxcO7oIG7IIsJPes3lMO5pHZKu5o
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
Some lineart: http://seesaawiki.jp/nuriesozai/lite/d/MenuBar1
Paint Matcher: http://scalemodeldb.com/paint
Old thread: >>5281981
Gunpla/Plamo Secret Santa!
Sign ups run until December 4th. I'll try to have everyone paired up by December 6th.
Like last year, I'm going to have everyone fill out a Google form so I can collect the information easily.
Also, if you have some kits in your backlog that you are willing to part with feel free to email me a list and estimated values.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iduhozmHMzffAXj9FHLGXiOgY6cDLxjiC8yaZuV66-s/viewform?c=0&w=1
Articulation on this MG is amazing. Almost as good as MG 00 and 00Q (it only loses out in terms of torso flex).
I'm finally getting a Graze Kai sometime this week or early next
Post Grazes, all kinds, armored and not
>>5287583
those white finger, you painted it?
>>5287589
Handpainted, yes. Not perfect, but I'm happy enough with them as they are now.
>>5287591
nope, pretty good
>>5287588
i'm still waiting for malaysia to get them
>>5287583
I like the decals on this one, where did you get the ORB labels?
>>5287653
wow thats a good deal
>>5287653
It showing as ten bucks for me.
>>5287689
to get the extra $5 you need to confirm your e-mail, then have an order that's $30 or more
All the new tools I've ordered have arrived (Panel liners, weathering kits, real markers, spruce cutters, design knife), but still no sign of gundams. Life is suffering.
How long can I wait before I should get worried as an European person waiting on a SAL package? It's already been 3 weeks.
>>5287714
depends where in Europe, anon. You could expect it to arrive months after you order it if you used SAL. recent events probably won't help either
>>5287714
I don't have the gif with the perpetually rotating package so have something similar instead.
is dust a big problem when painting with an airbrush? I'm thinking of buying a spray booth since it's getting too cold to paint outside now. Problem is, the only place I'd have space for it is in the basement, which is dusty as fuck.
Thought you guys might get a chuckle out of the HG Strike Freedom I butchered 10 years ago. I just recently got some gunpla models again. One thing that bothers me is getting the models to look clean. The tiny marks left over from getting it off the sprue really bother me on my zaku. Sanding, filing, cutting and snipping all leave tiny of stress marks. I wouldn't mind so much if I was painting the model but how do you guys get them looking so clean?
>>5287728
Its a bigger problem with double action airbrushes. If you're using a single action just remove the tip and clean it if something gets stuck in it.
>>5287746
Best you can do is scratch at the discoloration. It'll generally make the stress less noticeable, and may even get rid of the stress mark if you're lucky.
Asked at the end of last thread, still hoping for some help. I'll try decanting it later too.
Anyways, I'm having some weird issues with Mr. Super Clear Flat UV Cut.
It keeps turning glossy for some reason. I've only been spraying in below 70% humidity and spraykng from at least 6-10 inches away. Previously I thought maybe it was causing a layer of gloss clear I had put down to reconstitute to the surface, but it just did it to a part I hadn't painted and only put weathering powder on.
I'm also wondering if using Super Clear on top of weeks old Mr Topcoat might be an issue, but other parts I've done that on haven't glossed up. These faces, for instance.
>>5287759
>It keeps turning glossy for some reason
How well did you shake it, anon? Flat coat is basically white carcinogenic powder mixed with gloss. If the powder stays at the bottom of your can all you're spraying is gloss.
>>5287764
Shook the thing for a full 2 minutes. I counted.
Tried warming it up, too. It came out worse somehow.
I'm wondering if I just got a bad can or something. Should probably pick up more anyways.
>>5287771
>I'll try decanting it later too.
If you can airbrush, why do you bother with cans anyway?
>>5287777
Convenience. I don't always have the time to spray and clean up my airbrush. Cans, I can spray and then leave for work.
>>5287777
Nice quads, but I recommended it as a way to check if he was actually spraying flat, or if he got some weird mix in his can.
>>5287718
mfw my packet was probably blew up by some allah praising shitskin.
What is the name for those cylinder cameras sticking out the sides of the front? I know that they are based on a real thing. I need reference pics for an idea I had.
>>5287803
Uh, a periscope? Although it's not exactly the same thing.
>>5287714
>How long can I wait before I should get worried as an European person waiting on a SAL package? It's already been 3 weeks.
I remember ordering with SAL during the early 00s. Took months. I remember using SAL last year. Never recieved my package.
Don't use SAL.
>>5287803
That's supposed to be an optical rangefinder.
I sliced open my finger while i was snapping together my Jagd Doga last night. That was my first sacrifice to Plamor in over a year.
>>5287822
Thank you. It's been driving me nuts and any similar searches I did just kept coming up with cameras.
The top 3 entries for the GBWC have been announced for the US. Zhang won for the third year in a row.
Hey hi I kinda needs advice are this two and adequate gifts for or I will break the heart of my secret santa
>>5287878
The other one
>>5287878
Oh dear god... I have no excuses for that grammar could you just ignore it and see the pictures please, I just want to know if they will make someone who likes gunpla happy or if I will have better luck searching for something else
>>5287908
The second one is old. It will require glue, putty, and paint to look decent and the articulation will still be pretty poor compared to modern kits.
The dark matter is much newer but has a few little frustrating bits due to the base mold it uses, but it isn't too bad of a kit.
>>5287574
>estimated delivery date 14th November - 4 December
Can't take it lads
>>5287908
I think a modern grunt kit would go better with an oddity kit.
So they have something to build with the grunt kit and then depending on the person an odd kit to have around being cool or to build as well.
Speaking from a /m/ POV tho, we love our grunts, I've noticed that /toy/ goes for big flash kits a bit more, which means Gundams more or less.
hey guys don't know if you know this but were less than 10 master grades away from the 200th mg ever made. mg gundam origins ver & v2 are 190 and 191 respectively(not counting expansion packs ie. unicorn hd color , exia ignition etc).
so what do you guys think would become the 200th mg. i speculate another tomino ms or maybe a noval ms design that tomino likes.
or a jegan
>>5287990
>Jegan
Muh dick
>>5287924
>Bought a Graze for just under $6 thanks to the TOM code
>Expected to ship in February 2016
Just forget about the package so when it comes it's a surprise.
>>5287990
>Jegan
I doubt it. The Jegan was listed as under planning as a RE/100 release, so unless Bandai changes their mind, that's probably not going to be an MG.
>>5287990
I can quite honestly see it as G-selg, and I haven't even watched that series yet.
>>5288000
wait really sauce!
>>5288002
G-Self*
>>5288003
>>5288003
Keep in mind that under planning means that they're thinking about maybe making it, not that they're currently working on it.
Derringer posted the word "metal" in the gunpla expo thread after people kept asking for hints.
That could be anything really though.
This is the Genoace guy from the last thread. I was attempting to make a gatling gun of sorts and people suggested I redo it so it looks more convincing. Does any of this help?
The handle from the Age rifle means I can have it be underslung. I also have a circular part that can be an ammo drum. If nothing else, I can just stick the Age handle onto the already made Ground Gundam rifle and use that, but if I can have a gatling gun instead it would be nice.
>>5287924
>order gunpla markers to step my game up with some panel lining
>Shipped - Arriving Mon, Jan 4
They said gunpla is fun and freedom. They didn't say the shipping is hell.
>>5288074
We've all been there, just give it time, up to 2 months before you really worry.
Also if it is just markers it may come quicker than you think.
What do ya'll think of V2?
>>5288100
I like it, the red feet are nice.
>>5288049
>underslung
No.
>drum mag
No.
If you want a Gattling gun, I would recommend buying one. Unless you want it to look like something out of Borderlands. The last Gunpla Campaign had em, and I think there was an anon in the last thread or the BST or something selling some. If he doesn't wanna sell em individually I can try and find mine.
>>5288111
Ok then, guess I'll just use the rifle I've got already. Thanks.
>>5288111
I think he has drum mags confused with the motors used on miniguns. Also almost all the purchasable miniguns are under-slung anyway so that part's pretty pointless to mention.
>>5288100
>>5288136
>reese's peanut butter edition
>>5288012
Maybe IBO related?
Initially fucked up with the image size. Finally finished the MG God Gundam.
>>5288211
>>5288212
>>5288214
>>5288215
Nice job, I like the weathering.
>>5288211
I've tried airbrushing 3 different acrylic white paints and 3 different primers and I still can't get a fucking smooth coat that doesn't have the texture of gravel and even after 6-7 coats still have the colour of the plastic showing through.
I've never had this problem with any other colour. Just white.
>>5288351
It's white dude, it sucks. What brands?
>>5288351
This will cure all your ills.
>>5288446
A Funko pop.
>>5288446
>handle with care
kek
>>5288461
Well just fuck anyone who asks people to guess what they got, or multi image box openings. Skip to what was received or fuck off.
>>5288470
Excuse me? I said nothing about the fact that it was a box image. I said he was someone who has been noted to post this exact box image multiple times over when it wasn't even his order. Learn to read.
>>5288485
>implying posting your purchases has anything to do with modelling
there is /a/ buyfag thread for that, this is not Hoarders General
>>5288485
He means fuck box images in general, not just the spammer.
>>5288510
>people actually liked this design
>liked it enough to have a third party kit mass produced
I really want to make a TMNT inspired piece, maybe with a Zaku as the base, given the green color & tree-trunk feet. Any ideas of what other kits I could use that might fit the look or color scheme? & what about its head, should I paint one to look turtle-esque, or use the head of a previously released TMNT figure, perhaps a mech variant? Or go the Shredder route? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Pic barely related.
>>5288515
Gusion or grimore
>>5288514
>people have differing tastes
More news at 11.
time to prime gouf sky blue parts
thinking of doing a fallout 4 power armour colour scheme
what do you guys reckon
>>5288622
Depends on which material you're thinking of basing it off of if you're using 4, otherwise it'll just be stock gray with a shit ton of wear and tear.
Unfortunately this is about all I can manage in a single sitting these days. I really do like older kits though. It's fun to see the engineering involved. And depending on how well the feet hold up the rest of the Zaku at that pose, I might try to give Char some tank treads or rocket skates or something.
Let's see your current WIPs, anon. What are you building?
>>5288633
no idea yet
still gotta wait for the parts to dry I just washed them to get rid of dust and shit before priming
>>5288651
Does weaponry count? This will be placed onto a custom I'll be doing soon-ish. A Tieren Ground HG worker type. I also two tiny robots, which will accompany it. Pardon the nubs, cleanup will have to be tomorrow.
>>5288651
>8 dragoons of RG SF
At least the nubs are easy to sand.
>>5288709
Forgot to mention, I'll likely sand down the back portion of the drills so the drills slot into the holes instead of jutting out.
>>5288651
HMM berserk Fuhrer soon. I haven't built anything in a long-ass time so I'm a bit worried I'll fuck up pretty badly.
Also, between black and grey, which color would you guys choose to panel line this dude with? I feel like black would be better.
Narrowed it down to these three, and I'll finally stop posting.
>>5288878
Option C has the right amount of color separation in my opinion.
A has too little red and B has too much red.
>>5288894
This
>>5288894
Exactly as anon said. A has too little red/green to break up the large mass of brown, and while B doesn't have that problem the amount of red on the chest draws a lot attention to it.
>>5288894
>>5288899
>>5288913
Cool, thanks anons. I guess third time's a charm.
So, how much do you guys participate in the gunpla community? Just light chat and sharing like this? Do you actually go to events? Are you part of a group?
>>5288937
>community
>group
I just build model kits, post them here, and talk about them.
>>5288937
I come here to see some awesome shit that you guys put together.
I recently got to talking about gundam - models and the anime(s) - with my local anime shop owner.
Cool dude and I like to help him out, plus sick ass models to put together.
>>5288937
I'm new and these threads are all I have
>>5288963
Jesus man that sounds depressing.
Go hang with /tg/ for a bit, they are cool dudes if you are into nerd stuff.
>>5288975
I used to do that, but I don't have any friends in real life to play games with,
I have a lot of unused boardgames.
>>5288937
No real gunpla community around here that I'm aware of, although people are definately building as kits are being bought regularly. That may be people from out of area coming to buy kits though, my local hobbyshop has some of the biggest selection within like 50-100 miles and someone posted such on thr google map review. Also, there's a couple guys who apparently come in and dump like $500 on kits once a month each, although I've never met them.
My local hobbyshop guy has been try to get me to go to the monthly general plamo meeting though where people supposedly build a little of everything. I just haven't gone yet because of my schedule.
>>5288981
>plamo meeting
I could see how having two or three friends to talk to about plamo would be fun, but a whole group would be a little overwhelming for me.
>>5288937
Cant even buy gunpla it in my country
>>5288937
Just light chats at a hobby shop that has a very friendly community.
Events is stuff like expo and gbwc.
But mostly it's all of you anons.
Anyone have any experience with Mr Dissolved Putty?
>>5289031
Stir it. Shaking will leave terrible air bubbles when you use it.
Is good putty.
gouf ideas pls
>>5288651
No kit WIP right now, but experimenting with neopixel RGB leds and an arduino pro mini microcontroller
episode 7 has me hyped for graze kai dammit!
i wanna build him now
I'm putting together plans on making a 1/144 Perfect Gundam III ver Ka.
I've never bought the 1/144 HD vernier packs before though. I'm looking to replace those thrusters inside the shoulder with ones that look better. Should I be able to stuff three HD verniers into there? If not, what are some good alternatives?
guys im in a pinch cant decide weather to get a mg gundam origins ver or mg turn x.
on one hand the origins gundam has the new 3.0 frame that i wanna check out and a few gimmicks and on the other the turn-x could be displayed next to turn a and i love syd meads designaaaaaaaaahhhhhh.
>>5289173
You can never have too many RX-78-2's, never.
>>5289134
If the official vernier packs aren't enough, the company Kotobukiya has many different types of Verniers for cheaper. Sorry, but I don't have experience with either company's Verniers to say if they will for.
So I completely fucked up a piece of one of this guy's wrist guards. Like, it's ruined. Is there a way to order new parts, or am I entirely fucked?
>>5289247
How fucked up is it? You could order parts, but you're better off buying a built kit off someone or recasting.
![IMG_5744[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/u68yLiH.jpg "IMG_5744[1].jpg")
Todays delivery, selling the 2 kits, keeping the artbooks.
>>5289257
I melted it in acetone.
>>5289260
Have you done any gundam builds besides the xi and banshee bust? Like actual gundams not zeon suits
>>5289265
yup, I just prefer zeon suits.
>>5289267
>>5289269
Does anybody have pictures of Tamashii Base 5 (for mecha) connector? I'd like to know if it's better for posing than the Tamashii base 4 (human figures) bandai bases are fine, but I like the Tamashii ones more.
I'm still not entirely sure if I like the Barbatos. Looks like the Bayformers version of an RX-78.
>>5289317
Still, Looks neat under a blacklight.
>>5289320
does anyone know where i can buy gunpla in europe?
>>5289334
Internet.
>>5289334
Hey, >>5289247 here again.
I don't suppose anyone ITT has spare parts for an AMS-129 GEARA ZULU, do they? I'd give you like a couple bucks for a spare A19.
>>5289407
Maybe I can't remember if I sold the kit or not
>>5289320
Nice, just don't forget to paint the gray bits.
Yeah when the design was first revealed I liked it a lot. Then when I saw it animated, I stopped liking it. But having the kit in hand now, I'm loving it again.
>>5289407
What part is it?
>>5289421
A19
>>5289407
Post a picture of it, we might be able to help repair the poor thing.
>>5289436
Nah man
That shit soaked in 100% acetone because I'm retarded
She's fucked
>>5289420
It's a bit hard to see, but I did some dry brushing on the gray bits.
>Ez-SR is nowhere to be found on Amazon
>>5289484
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NAM9N7Q
It's labelled wrong but came up instantly so
>>5289484
>http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-Fighters-Action-Figure/dp/B00NAM9N7Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1447871909&sr=8-3&keywords=HGBF
Here you go, newfriendo.
>>5289447
I'm talking about the side skirts, leg armor, and face plate.
Newb here. Assuming even coverage, how many HG kits can a can of Mr. Hobby Topcoat reasonably cover? Also, what about polycaps? Should I remove them before spraying? Won't the coat on them get fucked up if I fiddle to much with the model's articulation?
>>5289526
1-2
No
>>5289509
I just finished painting and am moving on to panel wash on mine. This kit had a metric ton of color apps that need painting for an hg. Backskirts, symbol, backpack, shoulders, toes, heels, thigh armor, face, and shins all needed painting touch ups, and that was just the bare minimum.
The kit essentially kept the cost down despite adding a full inner frame by sacrificing a lot of part seperation on the armor.
>>5289531
Yeah, but at least it's fun.
Planning a HWS RX-78-2
Here's a Frankenstein's monster concept art.
>RX-78-2 Revive + Leopard da Vinci
>Replace shoulders
>Replace legs
>Not pictured: all the dakka
I just finished building a PG astray red frame. Wish I'd gotten a unicorn instead but holy god if i see another dry transfer i'm going to die
>>5289542
I like it.
Well, that F71 I posted in the last thread is fucking ruined. Oil wash for the panel lines and ate right through 3 coats of future straight through to primer in multiple places when removing the excess.
In the bin it goes.
>>5289926
That sucks, dude. Sounds like you probably used too much thinner when you went to clean up though. Less is more is always the golden rule.
>>5289926
post pics
>>5289944
Possibly. I was using cotton buds and they were just barely damp with thinner.
I think the real issue was the fact that no matter what I did I couldn't get the coats of future to actually form a gloss coat. there was always an orange peel effect. That was three coats airbrushed AND two brush coated.
I'm fucking off future for anything but dipping canopies now as this is not the first time I've had this problem.
>>5289945
Pic related. It's on raised spots there but I've also gone down to primer on one of the legs and the other side of the head.
I'm not super happy. But shit happens and I have no one to blame but myself.
On to the next one I guess.
Has anybody ever had experience with knockoff model kits? I often see a lot of kits on eBay and Amazon that are coming from China or Hong Kong. Are these legit, or do bootlegs exist?
>>5289926
What'd you use for the wash?
>>5289986
>Are these legit, or do bootlegs exist?
The 2 parts of this question are not mutually exclusive.
No idea if those are legit or not, but the first time I saw bootleg gunpla was in '00.
>>5287781
Everyone knows terrorists hate gunpla.
>>5287781
>tfw if you make a thread in /mlp/ with this as the pic you'll get banned.
how are krylon dullcote compared to mr hobby topcoats?
>>5290117
Pretty shit.
>>5290144
ah got it, thanks
>>5290166
No worries anon.
>>5290117
If you need dullcoat, testors isn't too bad
so is this line dead?
i fell in love with zakuto and i was hoping they'll make more
Sorry for shitty phone camera quality, but do you guys know what the chest piece is from? And, does it have an HG?
>>5290235
Did you just take a picture of your monitor
>>5290235
Den'an Zon. And no it doesn't. It has some old ass 1/100 kit from the 90s that's perpetually out of print and grossly overpriced as a result.
>>5290241
Yea
>>5290229
The Versal Knight only came out a few months back
I really hope it isn't dead, it's my second favorite line behind Real Grades
>>5290264
Thanks. Now I'm not buttmad
Anybody have the Kotobukiya Spiral Crusher to compare it to HG suits? I'd like to see how just this end bit that connects the claw looks next to HG arms/hands. Please and thanks.
Can someone explain this to me?
I'd like to replicate it when I get her.
>>5290348
It looks like a makeup tutorial.
Look up one of those and you'll get the same idea.
Generally you apply heavily and then wipe it off so it will blur and smudge into place.
>>5290348
>Step one- Get Faceplate
>Step two- Whore faceplate up with Real Tough Marker (GM405 Orange 1)
>Step three- Wipe off step two with a tissue or cotton swab to leave a bit. Apply Real Touch GM410 Pink to cheeks
>Step four- Wipe off step three gently to leave a bit
>Step five- Draw in the black bits with (???)
>Step six- good to go
steps seven and eight are basic kit stuff. real touch for nicer look.
![IMG_5261[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/slp09Og.jpg "IMG_5261[1].jpg")
>>5288651
GenoAGE getting there, I took some advice and used the AGE-1's arm which was a pain in the ass to fit in there and retain articulation.
>>5290368
What nippers are those?
>>5290413
Dollar Tree Nippers. They only cost a dollar.
>>5290422
Huh, never would have thought I could get nippers at the dollar store. Might need to go to my local Dollar Tree until my new real nippers come in.
>>5290423
So long as you know you're buying quantity and not quality, they're perfectly fine.
>>5290413
Don't listen to the faggot here >>5290422
they're Tamiya sharp pointed cutters
>>5290443
Oh, thanks.
>>5290422
Fuck you.
Finished up Gelgoog. Now I just gotta get another Revive Rx-78-2 to pose him with.
What is the cheapest PG?
>tfw I have no idea what to do with the genoace's waist
it's fucking way too unique and I'm to creative to do anything with it. All I wanted was to give him skirt armor
>>5290558
rx-78
zaku / both variants
realistic answer: pg skygrasper
>>5288981
>Also, there's a couple guys who apparently come in and dump like $500 on kits once a month each, although I've never met them.
Hey, what's wrong in spending all that money on your favorite hobby?
Anyway, another horrible crap made from resin. I've payed for that, as always
This is how that ugly bastard suppose to look alike. IL-20 Super Stormovik from 1948.
And this is how my model looks now, a lot of job was made, and even more will come.
>>5290570
I wouldn't even go through $500 worth of model kits in a year. Probably not even two years.
One wing was shorten that the other one, it was upgraded with plastic. I've got a lot of Tamigawa kits, but they just stays in boxes, and I sanding this resin. What am I doing with my life...
Zaku F2000 up at amiami right now, nab 'em while the nabbing is good.
>>5288651
>first ever Gunpla
>bought a RG Exia
>done with legs torso and arms
>tfw shaky hands when working with delicate stuff
I am really happy with how painting the yellow bits gold came out though, haven't touched the rest because my little black marker I bought with my Gundam paint pens appears to be almost completely dried out/shitty and almost clear. Is that normal, or should the little one be black?
>>5290560
In time, you will see that skirt armor is pointless and come to accept the inevitable peak of design that is the Genoace "leg day" custom.
>>5290570
It's apparently %400 on just kits, mostly MG and if they happen to have a PG, no matter how overpriced they are. And they do this every month.
>>5290570
Why do you do this to yourself man? Half this looks like it would have been easier to have just scratch built. I would burn out for a month after doing the amount of work you put into these things to finish them.
>>5290616
>And they do this every month
I get it. Well, I'm spending ~250-350$ every month, because I'm ordering some old and rare resin kits, which are very expensive, from 30 up to 80$ per one kit.
Still a snapfag but still want to share. Also testing multi file upload.
>>5290625
Never mind can just get multiple files ready to post. Neat.
>>5290570
How much and why?
>>5290631
>>5290625
is that the mg or the hg
>>5290609
I'm proud of you, anon. My arthritis doesn't really allow me to work much with RGs or MGs but I'm happy none the less to hear your first is an RG. Much better then me and my HG.
I can't comment on the marker as I'm a snapfag, but still, I'd like to see what you built. More and more I find myself envious of you young people.
>>5290616
>%400
Sorry, got those keys reversed.
>$500*
>>5290635
It's the MG. opted out of the stickers but sort of regretting it looks kind of bare and already put on flat coat
>>5290622
Well, on first side scratchbuilding will burn me out even faster, I know, I tried. On the other hand, I have some surreal pleasure when those "parts" become a finished model like picrelated. She also was in same condition, because it's also Unicraft kit.
>>5289134
Is it just me or is almost every piece really, really off? The shoulders are different. The cockpit is different. The legs are different, The codpiece is different. The torso vents are different. Even the V-fin is different.
>>5290641
Literally a coaster cut in half with a highlighter through the middle and a canopy up top.
>>5290645
It's called Avro-606A, or Avro WS-606. Canadian project VTOL intercepter for US airforce.
>>5289317
I like it better with the Graze (at least I assume that's what they are) shoulderpads, it's definitely different but I get more of a samura vibe from it than anything Michael Bay, it's kind of a skeleton but still very clean and not...fucked up like Bayformers.
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>>5290637
>>5290609
There's a guy who does all manner of model kits in my area with horribly shaky hands due to a medical condition. And he still turns out some amazing shit. Won awards in a bunch of the categories at a local modeling competition last year, including best sci-fi for his G-System Kshatriya.
>>5290652
What a disgusting shade of green.
>>5290633
IIRC, 50$. Because I want that plane in my collection, and there are no any other alternatives, only Unicraft or scratchbuild by myself. I'm too lazy for second option, honesly.
>>5290641
I know what you mean, fixing up an unappealing crap kit and getting a decent to good looking final product out of it is great.
>>5290650
>it's definitely different but I get more of a samura vibe from it
According to some documentary interview thing on the making of IBO, the MS designs are supposed to have a sort of Knight armor feel to them, not samurai.
>>5290654
C'mon anon. Don't be this way. It works for a Kshatriya.
>>5290652
Wow. I hope I can get that good. I hope it's nothing medical and more of a nerves/delicate work thing, it mostly shows up when soldering, but if painting or small assembly is involved, I'm not very steady either. The flexible little translucent blue flexible pieces that need to be bent into holding spots are my worst enemy besides stickers.
>>5290656
I think it's just those white shoulderpads and a bit of the giant V-fin.
>>5290664
>and a bit of the giant V-fin.
I think the V-fins are supposed to resemble horns a bit more than normal, as the gundams are named after demons in the series.
>>5290654
I think it's just the gloss that makes it look yuck.
Is AmiAmi's shipping cheap? Or is it HLJ-tier?
>>5290692
Is Ami "Tree Genocide" Ami shipping cheap?
>>5290652
He likely has a resting tremor, possibly Parkison's. A resting tremor would mean he would be shaky while not moving, but when moving the tremor would greatly reduce in severity.
>>5290701
That's basically what this guy has IIRC. The whole time I was talking to him his arms were visibly trembling and he needed a cane to walk as well. It's amazing he can build the stuff he does. Some of his tanks he entered were scratchbuilt too.
When do Enamels become harmful to the plastic? Going to try painting with Tamiya enamels and my kit is primed. Would it be better if I thinned using lighter fluid instead of the official thinner?
>>5290723
Enamels don't damage PS (polystryene). They can damage ABS (another type of stryene) and PE (polyethylene) used for the joints. It's the shame the polycaps aren't made from PP.
>>5290730
Is it because of the type of paint specifically or the thinner? I can test on runners but asking would save me the time and money.
>>5290723
Use the proprietary thinner. Much like the Mr. Color line and their thinner, Tamiya paints play much more nicely with that expensive shit.
>>5290734
It's mainly due to the solvents already in the paint. Changing what you use to thin the enamel paint won't matter.
>>5290609
I have really sweaty hands when working with this stuff. Gottta clean off the kits really well before I can apply the topcoat.
>>5290740
Not him, but it's a good kit. The only part I don't like is that the missile hatches on the skirt are a little loose and like to slide down easily.
>>5290740
It was pretty good like >>5290748 said although my missile hatches on the front are fine but the side skirt hatches on one side is very loose and if you look at my third picture. the inner frame on the back side of the knee likes to split apart because of the way the pegs are designed to give the legs joints some rigidity. I didn't bother using plastic cement to fix that.
>>5290740
Also thank you! Forgot sorry ha.
>>5290730
Not exactly.
Anything that contains white spirits can damage PS/ABS/etc when it is _STRESSED_.
Meaning: don't use enamel thinner or wash or gundam markers on sub-assemblies or shit WILL crack. Always disassemble first.
Warning on Tamiya enamel wash literally says this.
>>5290604
how is that kit btw?
>>5290770
It doesn't matter if the plastic is stressed or not; mineral spirits can damage PS and ABS.
>>5290779
The reason for the "Plastic parts may become brittle. Avoid using on movable parts and take care when applying to load-bearing areas." label is because the plastic can become brittle and brittle plastic is bad for any moving parts or parts that are load bearing as it can easily break It has nothing to do with if the plastic is "stressed."
>>5290723
It's advisable that you just do a lacquer topcoat over your kit first.
YEEEEEEEEEEEES!
>tfw it went in stock right when I'm broke as fuck
I can live off of instant noodles for a week.
>>5290806
fuck, amiami closed it's PO
>We'll never get a kit of this, and I'll never be able to scratch build this
Why bother living?
>>5290812
The head is the only difficult part. The body is like 90% the same as seraphims with only a couple details simplified or changed, which don't look too hard to do.
>>5290816
Not him but the seraphim kit is garbage. It doesn't follow the lineart proportions in the slightest, not even close.
Good lord, why is there like, no space between the parts and the runners on SD kits? I can barely get my nippers in to cut.
