-=READ THE GUIDES=-Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!For those new, please read our guides. We have many resources available to help you in many different aspects of the hobby. They're here for you!For the unclear, "plamo" is short for "plastic model". "Gunpla" is thus short for "Gundam plastic model". Many different kinds of models are built here, ranging from mecha to planes, cars, musume, you name it! If you're new, you're gonna screw up. Don't worry! If you're seasoned, don't make the newbies worry!And don't forget to report shitposting and spam. The mods don't browse /m/ too often, so it's up to YOU to help keep our general clean and civil!>Why won't anyone answer my question?Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can.>Why are my pictures sideways?4chan strips EXIF data when images are uploaded, including the orientation tag if it's from your phone. To fix it save out your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.One easy to use app that works well on Android:play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer-=THE GUIDES=->Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:gunpla.buyfags.moe>Funaka's gunpla guides:Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdfScratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf>Falldog's gunpla guide:otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide>A guide to other types of plamo:mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography-=OTHER RESOURCES=->Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):pastebin.com/4KBEnVaN>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:dalong.net>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:schizophonic9-2.com>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:blog.kenbill.com>Past Groupbuilds:https://flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06>Monthly Restock List (March):old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1rcm5w5Prior thread: >>23778664
-= ACE CUSTOM GROUPBUILD =-Build, customize, and paint a grunt mobile suit up for use by an ace pilot.>You are taking the role of the Ace Pilot here - You're making the design choices when it comes to loadout, paint scheme, and suit customizations.>Think about what your Ace specializes in, is he all in on offensive power, speed and maneuverability, or bulk and defense?>While your pilot is an ace, he's not so special that he's getting super secret prototypes like Gundams or Mobile Armors. Keep your grunt relatively grounded to whatever setting it's from.Send your entries to gunplaplamo@gmail.com with at least 5 photos of your finished build along with any WIP photos and a description of your entry.>START: 12/13/25>END: 3/31/26
Show me what you're working on!
>>23782048No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>23782048not when you post a good picture like that and im just a shitty snapfitter
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>23782068>Slifer*Osiris
>>23782081
>>23782081Jap nonsense. In this house we respect only Slifer and Burning Gundam
>>23782048Bandai could do this but will never.Only got as far as the heads yesterday. The orange and white runners tested fine for Tamiya panel liner so I hit them all with it, but then got a massive headache. Not sure if it was the liner fumes, the plastic off gassing, or just something else. Also had a weird thing where some of the plastic started getting paint before I even got within a few mm of it and I didn't see hairs... Probably should have cleaned them. The heads went together pretty nicely with only 1 set of parts that needed force so far. The metallic stickers are awful though. Standard Bandai HG stickers are higher quality and I've been spoiled by the plastic surfaced ones on the PGU RX-78 and the G-Self having them all covered by clear plastic parts. The stickers are super thin, which makes them too flexible, they barely stick to anything including the sheet they came on, and they scratch super easily.
>>23782157>Standard Bandai HG stickers are higher quality and I've been spoiled by the plastic surfaced ones on the PGU RX-78 and the G-Self having them all covered by clear plastic parts. Stickers are dogshit, there is no such thing as "High quality sticker".
>>23782068>Literally Egypt - The manga>Durrhurr Slifer
>>23782163I agree (mostly), but that doesn't mean they can't be worse than Bandai's. I did complain when I posted about the G-Self.The (mostly) is from the plastic coated stickers that I used on both the PGU and the MGEX Kshatriya. Both look pretty close to just parts on the suits due to both the clear plastic layer, and the designers slightly nesting them into spots in the parts they are put on.
>dub nameyikes
Zak and MGK know that the SMP line is so fucking bad that's why they don't build a single one of those overpriced trash.
>>23782173DUUUDE, I LOVE ECELEBS
Finished my Srungle. It's great.
>>23782170Bandai's sticker is what i call polishing the turd. I wish they normalize waterslide decals and stop it with the 3D sticker nonsense.
>>23782185The sticker plague only gets worse the moment you step into SHItkugan Modelling Project
>>23782181THAT'S FUCKING RIGHT WE LOVE Umi Shinonome and Zak
>>23782189The toku suits atleast can be painted. Anime mecha however, has alot of chalenging design that requires decals/stickers to make them right.
Am I going schizo or what but I somewhat remember that Bandai released a mg camouflage gelgoog cannon?
>>23782191Zak's best video was the one where he claims not to be a horny gooner for Umi
>>23782227Action figure
>>23782227>camouflageMeaning if it exists you can't see it, if it doesn't exist you ALSO can't see it so how can one tell?
>>23782232>>23782234What the fuck is this then?
>>23782047What to do if you absolutely can't think of some sort of description for your ace?
>>23782241why did you post a blank picture?
>>23782242If you can't give it a cheesy description about fighting on Mars, it's not an Ace.
>>23782242Ask A.I
>>23782243anon pls I don't want to go back to the asylum.
>>23782241It is a paint guide
>Huckebein Boxer landed in the countryGlad it made it despite being shipped via EMS and a lot of stores stopping Japan Post shipments.
Heavy groupbuild when?
>>23782196I don't get complaining about having to use decals for stuff like the SPACY logo and the like. That's just regular modeling.
would you drive this to work
>>23782046Kind of a dick move to make the Unicorn and Banshee look the best in green tbdesu
>>23782157What is this?
>>23782272Bing Xian Ching The Burning Star Destroyer
>>23782265I would ram it up your ass.
>>23782286
>>23782259after Mahou Shoujo
>>23782265Yes but only like pic related
>>23782262If you can't follow a conversation then don't try to jump in. I'm talking about the lack of waterslide decals in alot of Bandai kits.
White panty
>>23782048Waiting for the last parts to dry before painting.
>>23782272Chink Star Abyss/MGEX Harute kit that got released pretty recently. Comes in both canon orange and a decently tempting purple.
>>23782252It's hilarious to watch the snapbabies freak out because a kit doesn't come molded in the colors they want. Why not just collect action figures?
ball
>>23782378you have no idea what some anons would do for a slightly green nu
>>23782388>you have no idea what some anons would doApparently investing in the craft, buying paint and an airbrush and learning are out of the question.
>>23782388>slightly green nuWhat?
>>23782395I don't have space for an airbrush setup...
>>23782405You don't have space but the Japs do in their 1 tatami apartments?
>>23782432people that say they have no space are usually iq deficient and cannot engage their brain for 5 minutes to solve a problem and make do with what they have>>23782405you can get fold out tables and fold out spray booths. i don't believe for a second you don't have space to store a folded up table and booth or space to temporarily set them up somwhere
I am once again asking how to deal with gate marks on dark clear plastic
>>23782438There's nothing you can do, should've snapped further from the parts
>>23782440All I needed to know ty anon
>>237822592027. Next up is the silly groupbuild.
>>23782399it's in there somewhere >>23782265
>>23782324Paint a little damp spot.
>>23782448MP Nu is pretty fucking different from regular Nu
>>23782438stick some extra thin plastic glue on the gate marks and then file with a glass file
>>23782324Cute
>>23782457Moderoid isn't making a Combat Calibur yet and it's nothing like the Nu Gundam to begin with.
>>23782405I just rattlecan primed a few parts I forgot out of my front door, spraying into the night. Normally I go proper outside if I use rattlecans but there is always a way if you want to paint.
>>23782048Gogg has progressed! The arm armor sleeves have nothing to attach an alligator clip on, I guess I have to blue tack and faith it.
>>23782538need a bitch built like this
>>23782405Me neither but you don't actually need a lot of space. If you spray waterbased acrylics, you don't need to worry about fumes and P3 mask will take care of paint particles, which stays in the air only for couple of minutes anyway. Cardboard box will take care of overspray, too. Easy.
>>23782555when you come to clean in a year you will find that what you thought was dust is actually a thin layer of paint stuck to all your surfaces
>>23782554Do it! MG Gogg is a fun build and you get a cool model out of it.
For airbrushing setups, how do you prevent fumes from being blown back into your house? Or does it not matter if you filter it going out?
>finished snapping the HG Psycho Zaku>freaking thrusters like to fly away and the slight movement>whenever the thrusters fly off there is a change that their peg will break>it is so bulky that it need the stand 24/7, and even then it will flop back>TONS OF GUNSThis was quite a frustrating experience... Holy shit.
>>23782558Now this is Reddit-tier level of paranoia.>clean in a yearLol.
>>23782582Glue the thrusters and get another one so you can stack even more bazooka's.
>>23782590This is actually true. They form a really annoying to clean dust if you don't do anything to filter them out of the air.
is there better vendors for US then gundamplanet? Its the only one im familiar with besides amazon but I feel like amazon has shit pricing and availability.
>>23782600USA Gundam StoreNewtype.us
>>23782600there are several that are just as good but not really better, not to say they're the best more like they're all pretty much just the same overall
>>23782600Burbank's House of Hobbies
>>23782615not that dude butI feel grateful that I can just drive there in less then 20 min and pick up what I want
>>23782594Anon, I can guarantee you that unless you pull the trigger all the way back with some 3+ bar pressure like some sort of retard, cardboard behind (or cardboard + wet baby wipes, since that's what some people use as makeshift particles trap) will be enough to catch whatever does not hit the model. Even that mask is overkill at that setup. H&S themselves advice to just keep window or door open and only use mask otherwise. Seriously, you are overthinking this. Good to care for your lungs but get real.
>>23782626I'm a different person telling you the dust is real and annoying. Get a cheap air filter machine and it'll work fine though. You just need to change the filter more often than you would if you weren't painting. The dust clogs the things up pretty fast.
>>23782157My fingers hurt from pressing parts together. The backpack frame is pretty sharp and very tight, I should really get some like thick foam or leather to use for these Chinese kits. Also yes, the backpack frame is larger than the base Gundam. I do still need to do the inner frame for the alternate leg boosters (labeled long-haul propeller lol).
>>23782578Don't have other windows open, don't exhaust near your AC/Furnace intake
>>23782650Can't get it to stand, but can sit on nothing.
>>23782578Do you think fumes from hobby levels of paint are some kind of supernatural force? It dissipates almost instantly when it hits the air outside. That guy was right about Reddit paranoia.
>>23782578get fucked gayboi
>>23782578do you not understand cross draft ventilation?
DONT MAKE ME SCOOT OVER THERE
>>23782578they dissipate fast enough after venting out of your window that this isn't an issue>>23782582just cement the thrusters in place?>>23782590it happened to me when i used to airbrush acrylics into a box before i invested in a booth
I paint in the backyard since we have outlets and yes I just a cardboard box for my airbrush booth lole
>>23782600Why Premium Bandai of course!
>>23782405>I don't have space for an airbrush setup...I like to use my airbrush outside when the weather is nice. With a sufficiently sized tank on the compressor or one of those new styles of airbrushes that use propellant cans, you don't even need electricity to paint.
>>23782405I airbrush in a room that's the size of a large closet.
>>23782721and it turned you into mr retarder max
Anyone here tried handbrushing the precoat gloss? The final topcoat is still by airbrush of course.
>>23782741no
>>23782730Perchance
>>23782719I thought about doing this. How does it work for you exactly? Do you still need a booth or a box to stop the particles from going everywhere and to not bother neighbors with the fumes?
>>23782749I set some newspapers out on a table to catch the overspray. Nobody has ever complained and it hasn't hurt my plants either. The only time I've noticed fumes was after a two hour painting session using some nasty paints that had bittering agents in them.
>>23782654And the leg boosters all done. All done with the inner frame now also. Probably going to skip ahead and get the stand together before I get to the armor this week.
>>23782654I mean, Harute can't stand either since it's a Zero-G suit even with particle magic bending the laws of physics
>>23782763Oh I wasn't complaining, I was just seeing if it could since it has lots of metal/POM joint parts. The POM parts are all labeled on the runner as such, the rest of the runners don't say anything, but took enamel thinner fine. I'm assuming that means there are no ABS parts? Some of the plastics feel different though so I could be wrong. The battery replacements are going to be kinda annoying, as the circuit boards kinda clip into place, a but spoiled by the Osiris's setup for easy changes (and also larger batteries, these are CR927s).
Kyokai Senki kits will remain until the heat death of the universe.
>>23782793Why did this show get retail kits anyway and Code Geass kits are Premium fucking Bandai
>>23782799It has a spin off novel and a web series, too.
>>23782799As I understand it, the show was outright created from zero for the model kit line. Note Bandai Spirits is credited a co-producer of the anime.
>>23782793The FM Mailes Kenbu I got for half price was pretty cool, anything else worth building?
>>23782438Can't make any promises but maybe sanding to a high grit and hitting it with some ak interactive gauzy agent will do the trick. Do some research. Watch some videos. Might be worth a shot.
>>23782702>>23782593I don't think I will get another of this kit. I tried to cement the thrusters and 5 of them just broke off. Oh well, it is what it is
>>23782816Mailes Brady Phantom
>>23782799they really wanted it to be a big thing>>23782816I hear three Kenbus put together is pretty solid...
>>23782816Amaim Ghost
>>23782793I don't understand this. Are the kits also getting major reprints in Japan, or is this just a stateside thing where they're trying to scam people who haven't watched the show into buying up unsold stock?
>>23782650is this actually 1/100 Harute size or are the Chinese overcompensating with their scales again?
>>23782816nyuren is pretty cool
>>23782830It is a meme and a truth that Kyokai Senki is such a colossal failure at both anime and scale model sales. Those are the original stock, they are still unsold after several years.
>>23782857are they even cheap? If they're not below $20 I ain't buying them
>>23782846Old HG Harute binder length: 7.25inChink Harute binder length: 12inSo it's running 1.5 inches bigger? Not sure how accurate the old HG is scale wize
>>23782860I think Kenbupede anon bought his for stupidly cheap (like $2-5 a pop) because of storefront error, but to my knowledge stores today are trying to sell them for like $30 a kit. I know for sure I saw HG Kenbu being sold at Hobby Lobby for $40 before the 40% markoff.Which does make me wonder, how good are the kits as actual kits?
>>23782869If we assume the HG is accurate 1/144, then the chink Harute should only be 10.44 in as a 1/100
Are the chinese mad that their more "original" designs dont sell as much as their gundam-like kits?
>>23782877Motor Nuclear always sell out on their manhua IP kits wdym
>>23782876Yeah, I'll compare the height of the Gundam to the wiki size after I get the armor on. Pretty sure that's the height they will end up listing.
>>23782877SNAA's knight guys seem to be doing well.
>>23782871as a kyokai senki (not) enjoyer, the kits are actually quite good, the main suits are interesting to build and they are rather large and kinda dense.i bought them to kitbash notWanzers and for that, they work rather well
We are very lucky that the chinese got into gunpla instead of warhammer
>>23782871Newtype has AMAIM HG's for 50% off until stock runs out, not bad
I've seen really accurate 1/12 posable figures of Gal Gadot. I'm sure they can do the same for JAV if they really wanted
I think I'm mentally ill. I live in Japan now and every time I'm thinking about buying something from a store in-person, I have to crosscheck with SRP and see how much it's currently going on mercari, yahoo auctions, etc. and it's almost almost always more expensive IRL. But when I get home and start the ordering process, I just, don't./blog
>>23782915If the price difference is negligible and/or the taxes/shipping cancels out what you would have otherwise saved, then just suck it up and buy the product in-person. Hell, it can be worth it to buy it from a store just to stop thinking so goddamn much about it.
>>23782878My only gripe is that their first two releases (Star Soul General Bai Qi and Cao Ren) look exactly the same. Anything past the one with the dragon (Ao Bing) look completely different from one another though, even the grunts.
>>23782405Just use rattle cans or use paint brush.
>>23782907who would you want a model of?
>>23782828>they really wanted it to be a big thingAnd yet they picked a writer who has done nothing but absolute garbage to do it.
>>23782968Ryou HarusakiAmi TokitaHanon Hinana (in her prime)
>>23782970>ryou harusakiman of absolute taste. make it two of us that want a model of her.
>>23782971odd how hard it is to find anyone with a similar physical profile to her in JAV
>>23782902M8 there was a cult to the chinaman on /tg/ a good while ago about the esoteric way to contact him to get bootleg forgeworld stuff
OVA or Ver Ka Banshee?
>>23783037I'm about 95% sure it's basically the same kit, except without the extra weapons and instead giving you the Beam Magnum and huge waterslide sheet (the Banshee OVA still includes all the parts to make the shield). Both should have fixed the issue with the shitty knees, but retain the problems with the shitty torso twist and lack of sculpted head vulcans that were addressed in the Unicorn OVA kit.
>>23783050>but retain the problems with the shitty torso twist and lack of sculpted head vulcans that were addressed in the Unicorn OVA kit.Unicorn ver Ka bases on the novel design, it didn't have those forehead vulcans until the anime version becomes the standard looks several years later.
>>23782891Honestly the joints of Kenbu kits are not very strong and some parts are quite half assed. Brady Hound/Aaron Rhino are better, but they could have had better designs.
At least Kyoukai Senki is based for making the US the bad guys like in Gundam SEED
it's huge
>>23783104>no effect parts>$100 lole
>>23783105wait it really is 100 bucks?what in the fuckit will be like 200 with shipping lmaodunno why chinks didn't made more bottlegs of yugioh they only did blue eyes i think
>>23783107Both Obelisk and Ra are quite recent. Give them time.
>>23783107It is 9900 yen ( 62 dollars ). 100 dollars in Burgerland after shipping.
So when is Bandai going to make their own Valimar kit? I don't care if it's an SMP of 4th Form Valimar just make something better than the Moderoid
>>23783114They are gonna make something 3 times worse than the Moderoid one and then charge you 400 dollars via SMP tax.
>>23783114Why don't you get some bare minimum modelling skills instead, snapbabby?
>>23783114>SMP>goodKek you get bootleg tier trash for $100+
>>23782627This ESL retard thinks this is the Nu Gundam HWS done right. Not even the 10 Dorvack fans think the Combat Calibur was a good upgrade. Besides, the only figure of it is an old Brave Gokin.
>>23783184That's a weird lookin Garland
>>23783184Why os ESL such an insult? Even if you never leave Murricah (there is a whole world existing outside of there you know) learning another language is not something a stupid person would be able to do.
>>23783206>stickersSheesh
>>23783189Most of the retards who use "ESL" as an insult don't even understand what it means. It is a means to throw shit at people when they can't argue.
>>23783189It is a pussified way to insult people because "nigger" and "faggot" are very bad words and his wife's boyfriend forbids him from using it.
>>23783111they didn't copy exodia
>>23783189There are a lot of schizos with botched english so people automatically equate ESL to mental retardation.Poor english is also a sign of a newfag, because anyone who's been in english speaking spaces long enough wouldn't be making any eye-catching mistakes usually
>XiWanShe 1/100 J-35 Qiong Sheng (Transformable) Model Kit with Diecast PartCHINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>23783250post chinkgod kinos
Is the Calibarn's v-fin supposed to be smoke clear in it's default state?
YOU'RE ENTRY?
>>23783316No I am not.
>>23783250We got Starscream at home
>>23783324And he tried to kill me!
>>23783250The backpack reminds me of Windam and/or Strike Rouge Ootori Pack
>>23783316I finally opened the box! I'm starting it!
>>23783316It's somewhere there, lemme have another look
>>23783114Never, however popular you think Falcom is, divide it by 4, thats how popular they actually are.The trails series does not have as much as half of the cultural pull as non gundam series that bandais has made HGs/RGs of.We are unfortunately never getting a bandai quality HG kit of anything from Trails, especially not with molded color trim like the Cal-re. A or Sinanju Stein ver ka.
just started my group build
>>23783335post group buildgod kinos
guess what came in the mail
>>23783342Godhands?
when will we start getting kits with the new bandai hobby logos
>>23783343Yeah, had to sacrifice my roommates to get this MG Hizack. Shoulda thrown in my parents for a hot night with the naked Medusa looking chick.
>>23783342This kit has some really interesting engineering. Be prepared to cement a lot of shit though.
>>23783342Wait, who the hell has the MG Hizack?>>23783351NOOOO. What needs to be cemented?
>>23783355The spiked shoulder mostly. It's not built like the MG zaku 2.0. It's built like the 1.0 or the kampfer where it's got a big ass line down the middle.
>>23783237>There are a lot of schizos with botched english so people automatically equate ESL to mental retardation.>Poor english is also a sign of a newfagIf you think "ESL", "Schizos" and "Newfag" are real English words then i got some bad news for you.
>>23783361Slang and jargon are parts of a language
Okay who let out the schizo esl newfag out?
>>23783351>Rubber tubes>PolycapsLol
Does top coating clear effect parts like beam sabers in high gloss make them 'pop' more, or does it do nothing in particular?
"Based Chad" is a real English word and i'm tired to pretend it isn't.
>>23783361"longsnap" cuts deeper than all that shit
>>23782846>harute head height: 19mlooks like it's ching chong 1/100
got me chink vidar, chink hands with movable fingers for chink barbatos and chink normal hands for chink nu
>>23783366Yeah the kit is old as fuck. The rubber tubes are the only thing that makes it able to rotate the bicep at all. It's pretty good for a 2004 master grade.
>>23783366polycaps are better than similar hardness plastic on plastic
>>23783392Yeah I don't really know why people bitch about them. I posted that HG Harute picture yesterday and the wings, legs, and arms ate all polycaps attached but haven't drooped over the many years I've had the kit built. Yeah they are worse with giant weapons, but that is an issue with a specific kits engineering and PS on PS joints don't always solve that.
>>23783383probably made by the same people who made the bootleg Jedah, for some reason they’re really proud their kits are taller than it should be while claiming to be 1/100
>>23783395I’ve heard polycaps can “dry out” and disintegrate over time but I personally haven’t seen it happen
>>23783396It's actually the same 1/87 scale as the mis-upscaled Fat at God Gundam. Is 87 some special number in China?
>>23782405Same, people talk about physical space but for me it's the whole ordeal about venting the fumes. I don't have a room where I can open a window that isn't also wallpapered, and it's only inevitable that overspray would eventually get on it and then it's a huge cost to fix when I move.Not to mention that in an apartment even if you vent it outside there's going to be people above you that complain about the fumes reaching them even if they actually don't.
thighs...
>patlabor RG up for preorder>estimated aug-sepguh
Sexy V fin!>Open the box to an awful chemical smell, noooo Chang, not like this!!!!It's just the photo paper they used for the 'manual' the resin parts are sharp and well casted, nice.
>>23783423Make a bucket filter, no excuses.
>>23783433cast is the past tense of castcasted isn't a word
>>23783433Your photos always feel like they come from a serial killer.
>>23783388Aliexpress?
>>23783445Shut up nerd
>>23783459I may have gotten a bit carried away Gyanko posting, but besides from that what makes you think that? I cannot claim I am all innocent but mostly harmless would fit the description.
>>23783469yeah
what's the next perfect grade kit going to be?I figure the sazabi right?
>>23783485g-3 saviour
>>23783485Zaku II Revive PG Unleashed
>>23783485Sorry chuddie, it's going to be a retail Proud Defender that includes parts to convert the PG Strike Freedom into Type II.
>>23783488>Some sort of gay seed kitYeah I can see this.
>>23783316unless the huckebein counts i got nothing
>finally got to pose the MG Zeta 2.0 and MG Zeta Ver. Ka together >2.0 Waverider mode>Ver Ka as MS ModeI know we say this a lot but damn... Zeta Gundam is such a great kit. I wish for a RG 2.0 so I can have it on all the sizes.
>>23783488Calm down Adolf, we all know the conversion bits will be P-bandai locked dlc.
finished handsman the connector alone is superior to that bamco crap and they give you 8 other connectors to choose fromfingers are little too long, they kind of look like lupus rex clawscover is different too, it's not the same shape as bamco
>>23783500
>>23783494unfortunately the RG zeta currently is more or less the limit of what can be done at 1/144 with a full transformation. the sculpt could be cleaned up a bit, but it's basically the best you can get.
Recently snapped the BB Senshi GP03. The gimmick for slotting Stamen inside Orchis is very cool but the engineering is kinda bad because opening and closing the Orchis puts a lot of strain on like two super thin pegs holding the rotating parts together. It fucking broke after like 10-15 times of opening and closing it and now I glued it back with the Stamen stuck in there forever. A shame.
>>23783485No more regular PG's allowed. Only upcharged PGU's for 600+.
>>23783505>the limit of what can be done at 1/144 with a full transformationWhatabout Asshimar and Anksha? You can straight transform them without swapping parts.
>>23783516simpler transformation with larger parts
>>23783517Yet both of them look convincing as an UFO. Zeta's WD mode looks like a Gundam with a shield on its face after all of that complex changes.
>>23783500If bandais stuff is all crap how come you're putting those hands on a real barbatos instead of one of the hideous knockoffs?
>>23783534>real barbatosyeah...about that...
>>23783535Bandaibros...
soo.. where do you get your chinkpla anywayasking for a friend haha
>>23782048Testing doing energy weapons on an sd sazabi. Is the white too subtle? And do you think a bit of orange on the sides and tip would look good?
Which one do I build today?>>23783582Aliexpress
>>23783616It comes with shitty waterslides and stickers. It's really easy to paint the gold on though.
>>23783619Just use a Gundam market.
>>23783619You can use a marker or a brush easily. The trim pattern is molded into the parts so it's really easy to do.
>>23783516those aren't the zetathe zeta's transformation requires a completely hollow torso that's entirely held together by the back plate and a hip joint that completely comes apart.
>>23783485PGU perfect g-self with wing binders held in place by electromagnets. 250,000 yen
>>23783316I'm making a lightly customized ace grunt MG right now because I thought it was a fun idea and I had an old half-built GM sniper custom in the closet with terrible nub marks that needs a paintjob, but I'm not entering the group build because I don't like deadlines and also the weather around here never cooperates, It's not going to be dry enough for any spraying this month.
>>23783627It is still a lame shield on robot's face => plane.
How do you guys organize your shitThis hobby involves a LOT of tools and some are only used rarely and I'm trying to figure out a pragmatic way to organize them. I want a clean workspace and a schema I can use so if I buy something I immediately know where to put it and to be able to find it within a couple of minutes if I need it.
>>23783632I just put them in a pencil cup
>>23783516literally nobody likes this thing
>>23783500>check 'em
>>23783632A tacklebox with folding layers my grandpa gave me when I was a kid.
>>23783632my most used tools i just leave out on my desk, everything else i shove in a cantilever toolbox
>>23783632organize?
>>23783645clean the dust off those damn headstocksand clip the excess string what the fuck it's not like you don't have nippers
Grim.
>>23783670I still value her opinion more than of you snapshitters
Ah...I want an MG Mk-II...
ARE YOU READY FOR ANOTHER SEEDSHIT RG? DEACTIVATE EDITION THIS TIME!
>>23783679
>>23783670Cute
>>23783680
>>23783679please tell me it's just some pbandai shit I can ignore
>>23783686yeah it's locked behind pbandai.
>more custom color seed slop for normalfag snapbabies
>They're making products that don't appeal to me and only me again
>>23783679>>23783680>>23783683Truly lame, as expected of p-bandai. Does it even come with anything special at all?
Who buys this seed trash? Half of every lineup is this basic bitch garbage. Enough already. At some point these people have to age out of the fandom don't they? They're not die hards like the 0079 fans.
Is Bandai ever going to reprint or make a new version this or am I going to have to go to the Chinesium route? The kit is almost older than me.
>>23783717China wins
>>23783676It's not very difficult to find.
>>23783719Pretty that the Perfect Strike is a replacement in Bandai's head.
>>23783719Just buy the PG Perfect Strike, it's the same but better detailed armor parts on the main body.
>>23783717lots of die hard current UC fans are SEA monkeys who grew up with SEED, same with how a lot of them are whiteys who grew up with Wing
>>23783724For the 2.0 at its double MSRP, sure.
Bandai fell off
>>23783679At least add something more like Destiny Impulse or whatever. Hate recolors
>>23783753have you heard of a thing called inflation? the kit isn't marked up, your money is just worthless.
>>23783717Me. I don't care for Seed's stories but I like CE designs. Strike, Rouge, Strike Freedom, Justice, Impulse, Destiny, the various grunts all look good.I don't care for re-colors though.
>>23783769Is this a bit? Are you just pretending to be retarded? The MSRP, the base price of the kit, hasn't gone up. It's been nearly two years since it was last reprinted so the price has doubled due to relative rarity.
>>23783769>inflationkinky
>>23783679>>23783680>>23783683This is not what I meant when I said I wanted the Seed fatigue to set in...
>>23783770If it's relatively new to you I can understand. But if you've been around for a while almost all the ce stuff is just derivative.
I want MGEX Bucue or Lagowe or Gaia
MGEX 00 Raiser
>>23783772The Musha MKII is in stock pretty much everywhere.
>>23783783Gaia Gear, impossibru.
>>23783772You can preorder one right now. It's due to hit the US next month.
>>23783778>all the ce stuff is just derivative.That applies to the entire franchise, not just SEED. Doesn't stop people from liking whatever entry that comes.
>>23783717Seed designs are flashy, colorful, and cool-looking, which makes them very easy attractors. It pays Bandai's bills, which is why they keep making it. Similar for Aerial, it's easily the sexiest main Gundam since Exia and Unicorn so people buy it despite how absolutely trash the show was.And honestly, it's not Okawara's fault that Fukuda and Morosawa are/were incompetents. Sure, there are legitimate reasons to criticize the man, but in this case he did a pretty good job.
>>23783316I got too comfy and sat around too much. probably won't make it in time. maybe next time......
>combiner>each individual components can transform tooYeah, can't wait to see how much partsforming this will have. Still looking forward for it though.
How's the RG/MG Astrea type F?
>>23783843You already got your answer in the other thread, retard. Pretty much everything about the Exia kits applies.
>>23783717I buy Akatsukis for sentimental reasons.>>23783616The gold trim is stickers. This is as cancerous as it sounds. Just buy a marker or some gold metallic paint or something and paint them on.
>>23783851and that is what?
>make gold trim on the mg sinanju stickers >people complain>make gold trim on the rg sinanju separate parts>people complainlmao
>>23783855Welcome to 4chan.
>>23783597Anfang
>>23783316Just submited mine!I hope I can get at least 2 votes.
>>23783587Not full on orange, but some orange mixed into the yellow you used might be nice; and the white looks great if you ask me.
HG Barbatos Lupus Rex. Some painting done. Yellow parts done in 'metallic yellow', which is explicitly not gold, apparently. Energy pipes in red, pistons in silver. Flaming Snow decals. What a floppy bastard he is, even if he turned out decent. Wary of even touching it with how loose the 'frame' is, much less posing. Good thing he's getting top coated soon, if only to firm up the joints, but I'm torn between matte and semi-gloss.
>>23783877No idea why the image flipped. It doesn't preview like that.
>>23783878Read the bit about EXIF data in the OP.
finished the huck
I'm bringin' sexy back (yeah)
I've been out of the loop. Has bandai announced any new MG kits for this year?
>>23783971MG ASTRAY VER 69.0 LOLMGSD KSHATRIYA LOL
>>23783971Bandai fell off so no
fucking FINALLY
>m*deroidI hope you paint
>>23784016>these boxesit must have been a fortune just to ship it
>>23783905really clean highlights man, looks really fucking good
should I pre-order?
>>23784016SATISFACTION.
>>23783717>basic bitch garbageGundam IP is basic bitch garbage. Don't pretend it is good.
30MM Locksmith looks absolutely dogshit
I said this several threads ago. Bandai cockslurpers in these thread are willing to pick fights whenever someone complaint about Bandai's terrible business practices but they will also lose their minds whenever new SEED kits get made. The hypocrisy is amusing to witness.
is the terrible business practices here in the room with us right now?
Did somebody say terrible business practices!?
>>23784075Wow, it's almost as if you're arbitrarily mixing different people
I've never seen SEED. I feel like I have already seen 0079 so what is the point. I really don't like any AUs I tried except for G, and I wish I did.I started my Titans Mk II. I lost the left sticker so I had to make one out of extra sticker and an exacto knife. It looks like shit, but at least it isn't blank. I would go buy some paint, but buying some metallic green paint just for these little parts seems wasteful.What is a good kit for a first time painter, like something cheap with big parts to experiment on?
>>23784092get something like this.
>>23784092GM. Zgok
>>23784092Buy the bootleg HG Qubeley. Lots of big empty space.
>>23784092>I really don't like any AUs I tried except for G, and I wish I did.Why do you want to like bad shounen crap that's just ripping off 0079 which is a much better show even with the terrible 70s animation?
>>23784092>Gshityikes
>>23784096I might actually do this, and I would never object to spending money on a Qubeley lol.Funnily enough I have one of these lying around and I thought this would be a good first time painting kit.I am at the stage where I am not sure how seriously I want to take this hobby. I need something to preoccupy my time, but I don't have the budget for anything crazy like an airbrush kit and just want to experiment with acrylics, paint thinner, and drybrushing for now.
>>23784092spoons. you can make a spoonpla and paint it.
>>23784104Awww hell yeah.
>>23784098>shounen crapEnough about Gundamshit already
Gundam's demographic are 8 years old children.
>>23783485A zeon kit in pgu?No, no, stupid gaijin. The new pgu will be strike freedom or unicorn bandais most reprinted kits.
Point at three kids who actually liked Bitch from Mercury
>>23784107Yeah, that's about where your literacy level is.
>>23784110Cope and seethe
At least this thread was cool and helpful for like five minutes until it became ESL shitposting for attention again. Oh well.
>>23784108What's worse, the new school "grandpa nu strike freedom and unicorn ONRY" or the old school "grandpa, grandpa:clear parts, grandpa: gold plated, grandpa: red and char's zaku (normal zaku p-bandai)"?
>>23784109Anon, Gwitch fanbase is full of children. Remember how they soipogged at the Aerial murder scene?
>>23784112Faggot
>>23784107yes, this general is for 8 year olds only. Why are you here gramps?
>>23784116Young at heart.
>>23784117more like pedo at heart.
Zak not reviewing a single SMP kit should tell you how bad they actually are
>>23784119Relax pal.
>>23784121I aint relaxin with a pedo like you around.
>>23783864Maybe too much orange?
>>23784125cheeto
To be fair, you need to be Initiated to appreciate G Gundam.
>>23784123You're legitimately going to be arrested some day in an undercover sting.
Can't decide if I wanna weather my Nu Gundam or not. I don't have much experience with weathering and I don't know if my existing tools will suffice.
>>23784125I would have used hot pink, but I am crazy.
>>23784120Not even MGK glazes SMP lmao, or rather, not a single soul actually makes a honest review of one kit in the line that is not a bullshit ASMR build and "review".
>>23784132>Nu GundamWhat grade?
>>23784138HGUC
>>23784132There's no point in weathering if you're not even making a diorama. It looks like shit on a shelf.
>>23784141Maybe they want to try something new, experiment, and have fun? Why be so discouraging?
>>23784141Not really. I've seen a couple of weathered kits during last year's nationals that were not on a diorama.
And then suddenly they multiplied.
>>23784143this is /gpg/ not reddit.
>>23784155Humiliation ritual
>>23784157Don't cut yourself on all that edge kiddo.
>>23783905Clean. Good stuff
>>23784132You can do chipping with just a brush and a bit of sponge.
>>23784159Thanks boomer i like to keep the edge sharp
>>23784125Nah I think it's fine. If you are going for flames remember about how fast the color shifts from the hottest color to the cooler colors. The cooler colors are always a lot larger.
>>23783905This rapes anon
>>23784106Are you really suggesting au Gundam is shounen? That would be a compliment at this point. It's so far down the shoujo path it's not even funny anymore.
>>23784231I'm not going to argue with you when Witch is a ripoff of Utena, but also I mean Char and Garma and Char and Amuro are the ultimate OG fujo shit. Charmuro is the most popular pairing in the franchise. It is like Kirk and Spock for Japanese people.
>>23784232Well that's just thirsty girls (og fanfic stuff). I'm taking about directly marketing and scripting to girls. It's been nothing but downhill ever since wing. But seed especially is over the top in that regard.
>>23784239I thought a lot of SEED fans were mostly SEA men?
>>237842426 of one, half a dozen of the other
Where is the best place to buy decals in america
>>23784272fucking alcoholic, use google
>>23784272Newtype
>>23784272Ebay or Aliexpress
>>23784303>in america
>>23784239>>23784232Didn't Tomino said Char and Amuro are closeted homosexuals? Only delusional retards believe Gundam is somehow a Le Deep Mecha Show for Adults.
>>23784308No he didn't say that
>>23784231>Gundam is shoujoAlways has been.
>>23784308What is a good show for adults instead? Can you recommend one? I need to expand my horizons, I have kinda been in a show rut just rewatching the same Kitchen Nightmares episodes on YouTube again.
Why did the HG 1/144 ZAKU ⅡFZ TYPE-B sell out so fast on P-Bandai? Is the nazi helmet really that popular?
>>23784304america doesnt make waterslide decals you butch ass dyke
Guys, what would Gordon Ramsay pilot?
>>23784330But they sell them here you doofus. That's what he was asking for.
>>23784341Zudah
>>23784344>he
>>23784272In bulk? Delpi Decal's website. Otherwise, Ali Express.>in americaYes, the answer is still the same. You're not going to find a brick and mortar store that stocks waterslides for anything but RC cars and planes, so your only choice is to order online. The US-based webstores will charge you markup plus shipping plus taxes, which is why you order from those two places instead. Bulk ordering from Delpi gives you free shipping, and Ali also has options for free shipping if you order from "Choice" vendors.
>>23784355Choice is a scam. They just bake the shipping cost into the price of the products to fool people into thinking they're getting a deal.
>>23784329People are unconciously rooting for the good guys
>>23784356>Choice is a scam.it was ALWAYS like this you fucking retardyou can reduce price with many things on ali, but you CANNOT reduce shipping cost and it doesn't add to discount
>>23784356Delphi anon is either an LLM bot or a paid shill. I used all kinds of waterslides but for my PG Wing Zero I ordered ones from Delphi for the first time, we'll see if they are as good as is advertised.
>>23784356>They just bake the shipping cost into the price of the products to fool people into thinking they're getting a deal.literally every store does that
>>23784361They're good decals.
Has anyone tried making their own waterslides with those printable waterslide sheets?
>>23784387https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTjN2xYoGF8TLDR, the kind that doesn't ask you to spray a bonder coat on top will probably suck, and you'll need to find a web service to print them for you if you need to do white or gray or anything involving mixing white in.
>>23784341he'd pilot the gayest drama queen suit imaginablehe sold his soul for television marco > gordon
Here's your upscale 1/96 RG Sazabi kit
>>23784403seems an odd choice of RGs to upscale when the Ver.Ka exists already
>>23784125I like it.
>>23784404Well, the Ver. Ka takes a decent amount of liberties, especially with the head and shoulder sculpts. Also, I'm guessing they went with 1/96 simply so that the head would be less cramped for the cockpit.
>>23784329It's because only gundams and hero units sell dontcha know
>>23783670Do jav already
>>23784403Welp, I guess I need to buy some changpla.
>>23784361I've ordered from Delphi multiple times and also bought their decals through Newtype before and was happy with them. You are really oddly aggressive about this issue when Delphi is a "name brand" 3rd party decal maker like G-rework.Also they seem to shove overstock in envelopes if you order a few. Got MG Sazabi decals I didn't order in my last batch (along with everything that I did).
new slop just dropped
>>23784404RX78-2 has more than 1 MG kits and that didn't stop Fatcat from upscaling the recent RG.
>>23782046Holy FAUK mrBEAST gundam collab
>>23784429>Gunpla is slopDon't be so harsh, anon
>>23784431>That colorschemeWhat are her pronouns?
>>23784431>>23784429>that will be 50 dollars + tax + tip for a shitty recolor with an apex label slapped on it sir
Why doesn't bandai undergate everything like the chinks?
>>23784437Because under gate fucking sucks.
>>23784437They aim for a quick snapfit experience. Undergate is time consuming and looks like shit in a different way.
>>23784437run into more QC issues long term something chinkshit is rarely concerned about
>5000 yen base priceI hate japan so much
>>23784437Unless you don't want anything to fit and airtight then sure, go ahead with the undergates.
>>23784445Undergated parts are easier to cleanup than normal gates. Snip off the runner, snip as much of the gate as possible, then either sand or just hobby knife the rest. You don't have to care about how the edge looks.
>>23784465I care about how the edge looks.
>>23784472Sorry I forgot the level of autism in these threads. I forgot there are people who paint the whole inner frames of kits here.
>>23784404Just means they haven't stolen the files for the MG yet.
>>237844652 cuts from a nipper and a hobby knife is all you need. If you're not painting it, you can skip sanding the kit.
>>23784483I only sand normal gates as it's too easy to nick the plastic. Which looks bad if you are just clear coating, and involves needing to add putty if you are painting. Much simpler to just glass file (except on curves).
>>23784481>I forgot there are people who paint the whole inner frames of kits here.Just to be clear, you mean sand, prime, airbrush paint, and then drybrush weathering the inner frame? Right? I would never just 'paint' the inner frame.
BANDAIRELEASE THE BLANK 30MM BASHO AND THERE WILL BE AN END TO THE HORROR
Based on what I saw so far, I wish Sheik Mainland's Fenrir weren't so short.
>>23784593It's the same size as those old G.I. Joe o-ring figures. Maybe that's what they were going for?
MG Hi-Zack!
MG Hi-mechagaikotsu!
RG Jun Toy Craft
>>23784625is he a tranny that doesn't even bother with the voice or just still trying to force youtuber man-nails like 3 years after everyone else stopped?
>>237846314 years
>>23782272Iron toys star abyss
>>23784631i know at least a couple of other youtubers who still do it
>>23784643custom OP's use mobile suit
want to let that one autistic anon know i never did end up touching my reben wolf for the groupbuild. I havent really bothered building gunpla is abit
Why can't we have a RX-78-2 kit that looks this good?RD gets all the good stuff
>>23784669We already got perfection, It was the MG 2.0
>>23784672The MG 2.0 is very overrated and far from “perfect”
>>23784674what's wrong with it then?
>>23784678Not enough curvature, it looks too blocky and Katoki-like and doesn't capture the hand drawn quality of the original design like the RD doesSome questionable proportionsLegs and feet look terrible, the curves of the shins and feet and the ankle guard should form near unbroken lines for example and the MG completely fails thereVery obvious skirt armor gaps while the RD manages to have mostly solid diaper style skirts Very obvious dark colored joints while the original design had basically no visible joints, a faithful RX-78-2 kit should disguise its joints as much as possible like the white joints on the RD or the best mecha collection revival kitI could go on
>tamiya liner on bare plasticwhat
Why does everyone use tamiya enamel panel liner over water based?isn't water-based safer since there's no risk of plastic cracking?I use Stedi water-based.
>>23784689All you did was list a bunch of visual upgrades
>>23784709I don't know why people think the flowing panel liner is any more convenient than just using a pen in the first place.
>>23784718hand = shaking
>>23784435The Acerby Type-X went live in my local P-Bandai, and now these Apex Legends collab Gunpla are showing up too... I'm so cooked...
>>23784437They don't always chrome everything, that's why.
>>23784709I believe enamel thinner flows better. But you can add some dish soap and reduce water tension.
>>23784720I've got shaky hands and nerve damaged fingertips and panel lining with a pen type gundam marker or fine liner is never a problem. What kind of ten thumbed cripple can't keep a pen in a panel line?
someone shilled Ash & Machine a while ago, so let's try.I wanna try using Black primer too.
>>23784780I didn't notice this fella
>>23784781Spray him
>>23784785what color?
>>23784794Ash and machine gray tone 3
>>23784781Too much fumes...
>>23784709It flows better and can be easy removed with their thinner. Same reson why so many people in miniatures/scale models tend to use oil based washes or make their own with oil paints and white spirit.
>>23784709The water based coat will protect the plastic and it's easy to clean up since the enamels solvent won't damage the acrylic base coat. It's about solvent incompatibility. If you use water based panel liner too you can damage the paint when you clean it up. Lighter fluid won't damage acrylic paint and the acrylic paint will make a barrier between the plastic and the enamel thinner which would damage it. They just play really nice together.
How are we feeling ZZbros? Did you finally get your FA ZZ?
>>23784304You telling me you cant buy from those sites if your in America? Because you can
>>23785023Honestly, I should. But I still have buyer's remorse from pre-ordering the FAZZ before the Full Armor ZZ announcement, because I had the crazy stupid idea of trying to kitbash myself a Full Armor ZZ.
>>23785027He probably just doesn't feel like waiting a month to get them
>>23785131All of my Delpi and Ali orders usually arrive in about a week, sometimes plus 2-3 days depending on the holidays.
>PG unicorn $210>PG Strike freedom $270why is the freedom so expensive, it looks like a giant high grade
mkiisisters...
>>23785163MkII is not the main gundam
>>23785154I have never gotten an ali order in less than 3 weeks.
big fucking Gorilla https://motohina11.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-2536.html
>>23785023I specifically bought a regular ZZ last week because I hate the FA ZZ in classic gundam colors. If I want that design, I would much prefer the FAZZ.
>>23785163I didn't even see Xi Gundam in there at first.
>>23785131shipping from chyna hasn't taken that long for years now
>>23785191i have never gotten a package from china in less than 2 weeks. Ali is even slower. The last time I ordered a decal sheet it took over a month.
>>23785176>>23785197i've never had an ali order take longer than 2 weeks to the uk, usually it's less than that, and i'm further away than you. what is happening here
>>23785197Do you live in the middle of nowhere? I'm not exactly close to LA but I'm in southern California and all my aliexpress orders have gotten here in a week, sometimes less. The bootleg Kehaar rifle I ordered got here in 3 days.
>>23785201Ohio, near a major shipping hub.
>last bits I need for my groupbuild will be delivered tomorrowIt'll be nice to finally get it finished, I've been umm-ing and arr-ingn the last bit of her for ages now.
I haven't touched my groupbuild for weeks now.
>>23785233It's over dude.
>>23782048Still working on this terror mirage. It looks like the waist should be made of teeth or something.Everything about it makes me wish there was model kits of gunmen.
>>23785202Contact the CEO of Ohio regarding your shipping delays
Okay, maybe someone here will have any idea because I'm completely out of them at this point. It's about problem of paint drying inside the airbrush - not at the tip, but inside the nozzle. Bizarre, I know. Tested various setups - Vallejo and AK waterbased acrylics, Tamiya alcohol acrylics (these basically cannot jam the airbrush - similar shit to lacquers, their thinner doubles as dissolver and this melt the paint, self cleaning itself and leaving leftovers to be blasted outside, even better with lacquer thinner that can be used instead), 1:1 and 1:2 ratios of dedicated thinner to paint, added flow improver, added retarder, tested pressure in range between 1.2 to 2.2 bar (roughly 17 to 32 PSI so typical range - wouldn't really get over that since at 2.2 it was blasting paint so fucking fast that it would drown everything even with slight trigger movement and overspray was clearly visible). Still the same - even after flushing with cleaner or IPA and water few times, there would be visible layer of paint formed around the needle exactly where nozzle is, which itself has dried paint inside as well.First people I consulted the problem with blamed my Chinese (Polish/Chinese actually, FA-190X model) airbrush for that, okay, I started to believe this might really be the case - after all, air goes around the nozzle, it shouldn't go inside unless something is broken, misaligned, needle is not perfectly polished, etc, etc. Got huge tax return so why not I said and got H&S Evolution model. But problem was still present, for reasons now completely unknown to me. I'm out of ideas, honestly. If anyone can have slightest clue at what could be the reason behind that, please let me know. Thanks in advance.
>>23785249What's your cleaning routine?
>>23785250First empty the cup with water (in case of Tamiya acrylics test it was thinner instead), using that squeeze bottle and holding airbrush over some cup, until only pure water flows out. Then I would pour cleaner (or IPA) and flush into cleaning cup (you know, these with rubber hole and filter to prevent particles from flowing everywhere during cleaning), moving trigger back and forth. Then I would check if there is still paint visible inside airbrush cup - if so, add cleaner again, repeat, do bubble back cleaning with cleaner (blocking air from the front, pushing the trigger), then add water and flush at full force, repeat. Only then I would, at the end of session/test, take needle out (from the front), clean it and nozzle with IPA, put together again, flush with water, finish.
woke up at 2 in the morning telling myself im gonna go clean the parts for the re-haize to paint, ended up spending the last 4 hours fiddling with my audio gear and just jamming to some tunes.i'll never fucking finish this thing.
>>23785158The plates parts in Bandai's head give it that value
>>23785249stop using shitcrylics
>>23785272Read the post again, in particular the part about thinners.
>>23785255Every now and then take the nozzle off and hit the hole with a brush. I had the same problem when I used water based paints.
>>23785249>1:1 and 1:2 ratios of dedicated thinner to paintYou should be reversing that. More thinner than paint, unless you misspoke there.
>>23785283Thats how I would clean it after taking apart, I know that some people use dedicated needles for that but Im afraid I would easily damage it that way so I prefer brush instead. >>23785290Yeah, sorry, 1:2 of paint to thinner. Or thinner + flow improver solution (80% thinner, 20% flow improver since on bottle there is a warning not to add more than 2 drops per 10 of paint).
>>23785294It also helps to spray some pure IPA through it to clean the nozzle itself.
>>23785174i know, zeta is still brutal
Reminder that Gunpla is dead because Bandai invested billions of dollars in Metaverse.
>>23785314it was their own verison, not meta's.but the japanese suck at software so it likely will be DoA just as well
>>23785314elevens always get memed into burger memetechcan't wait for their ai
>>23784631just a goth fag
>>23784718Lines look cleaner with the flowing panel liner than anything I can manage with a .15mm micron pen. Is there a better pen to use?
>>23782048just quickly snapped this together but i'll get it painted over the next week. idk if counts for the groupbuild but ill do it regardless.
Nyan is top and Amate is bottom
What is a good replacement option for the MG advance manipulators? They suck big time (the ones used on the MG RX-78-2 3.0)?
>>23785349The what?
>>23785352the hands
>>23785349china
>>23785356There are Moderoid and Bandai optional hands.
It is pretty sad that they are poorly received in Japan. I kinda like them.
>>23785370They're nice kitbash fodder at least
>>23785370Cute
>>23785370I won't feel bad until I see piles of unsold boxes in a landfill
I've never done panel lines or water slides before and I am nervous I am going to fuck everything up.
>>23785382They're both borderline unfuckupable unless you're using that tamiya flowing panel liner on bare plastic parts that are already assembled. You can erase your mistakes, and you can keep messing with a waterslide decal for as long as it's wet.
>>23785382You'll never get good unless you practice. Fucking up is inevitable and comes with the territory, you just have to live with it and learn from your mistakes.
>>23785388>>23785390Thank you for the vote of confidence. You're right that I will never learn anything if I don't at least try. I would rather fuck up and make a mistake than be frozen by fear and never improve or learn anything.
I am watching the 1979 series for the first time while building the PGU RX-78-2
>>23785396based
>>23785396>huge gundam fan excited to watch the anime for the first time
>>23785396How are you liking it so far? What episode are you on? Any favorite characters?
>>23785395That's what cheap kits are for. $20 is a small price to learn from your mistakes.
>>23782048finished the calvary temple
>>23785402I like it so far, I just think maybe it has a bit too much filler. Maybe I should've gone with the movies. I'm at the episode where they reach that neutral colony, my favorite characters are Char and Bright
Anons who paint, what are things that you still keep fucking up despite having plenty of experience when it comes to scale modeling?I still forget to mask off joints which 50% of the time causes my joints to lock up once built
>>23785406the g-armour combination sequence sure gets old in the seriesthe movies trim a little too much I think but overall they're generally better paced and keep most of what matters with some very good changes here and there.
>>23785409They would be a lot better if they didn't cut the guntank from the second half.
I like how Anno made a character from a single filler episode of the series into his homosexual self insert in GQuuuuuuX
>>23785408I can't into ratio and mixing so I just dump all the paint in its original container into a separate plastic container and then fill the old container with thinner twice to make it around 1:2 ratio.the plastic container looks really bad though after being left alone for a while since the thinner and paint got separated again and I have to reshake shake shake shake again. How long can it last without ruining the paint anyway?
>>23785412Challia Bull got more exposure in the novels
>>23785413>How long can it last without ruining the paint anyway?I've seen lacquers last for years provided the container is durable. Honestly at that point, just buy a weighing scale man, and do your measurements there.
>>23785412And he did a pretty good job.
CHINA = _____
>>23785418Sometimes less is more.
>>23785418dogshit like every single chink in existence
>>23785418>Lu BuCan these guys come up with one singular original name?
>>23785418Hideous
>>23785420I feel like Sheik Mainland is an act of defiance toward every other Chang robot designs.
>>23785424Lubu belongs to Chinese literature.
>>23785424I thought it was a line inspired by Three Kingdoms.
>>23785424Ryofu Housen
>>23785427My brother in Christ most of us have played Dynasty Warriors. We know.
>>23785429He probably thinks Lubu is a videogame character
>>23785426left would be cool if not for the ridiculous skirt
>>23785434Kondo skirt is cool
>>23785427>>23785429I know where it comes from, it's still tired. It's like if someone here kept naming things Washington or FranklinYes I know the japs do it too with shit like Musashi
>>23785418Star Soul General LU BU!>>23785425it's the mass-production variant. The MC's Lu Bu is way better.
>>23785436You are complaining about a mecha Lubu to have Lubu as his name
>>23785437They are both overdesigned like what a child would think looks cool.
>>23785437Also hideous
another chinese kinohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4aHQC5spSw
I love him so much. Panel lining his tiny little head is going to drive me insane I just know it.
>>23785455Seriously, I am always amazed at how small these parts are. Some of you guys must have the dexterity of surgeons.
>>23785452I was about to pre-order that until I found out>height: 25.8 cmtoo big.
>>23785440>>23785446KINO is not for everyone
>>23785440Overdesigned is a compliment. Alot of these Chang mecha designs belong to their own category called Vomit-core
>>23785461>>23785463Jesus Christ. Were Michael Bay's Transformers really that popular in China or something?
I bought this and now I have no desire to build it...I think it's the realization that the leg/knee look so fucking bad.
>>23785466Sadly it is just a natural devolution of mecha designing.
>>23785468The whole thing looks like an AI generated hallucination and the knees are what bother you?
>>23785466Incredibly popular
>>23785469I really miss when mecha designers had a theme going like Big O and art deco.
I remember seeing something like 7 years ago that if you wanted to paint a koto mecha girl kit you had to sand the joints, is that still true?
>>23785466Way better than BanFLOP lol
I want more ancient Egyptian themed mecha like something with a giant hawk head that shoots a laser from its solar disc.
>>23785476Yugioh monster is right up your alley
>>23785476okay
>>23785476
Any mecha out there considered art nouveau besides the Qubeley and other FFS Nagano designs?
>>23785481Anything from Rune Masquer
>>23785480MS General mecha look really cool, but the price is so expensive because I also have to buy the whorepla.
>>23785480sorry, but they missed the egyptian theme by a mile with this one
>>23785474>no surface details>didn't even bother to make it MG-size>78 bucksWhat was Bandai thinking?
>art history lesson in my gunpla threadYou guys are alright sometimes.
>>23785345What is that cool spacecop
>less is morenot when it's priced for more lol
>>23785480>>23785476>>23785485the one with the horse cock then
>>23785495thematically an improvementstill too generic in terms of iconography
>>23785455>>23785458The pour-type markers (that will get between parts and leave cracks permanently stained in ink if you panel-line without re-taking it apart, do NOT be lazy and just panel-line a fully-assembled thing) fill holes comfily, you can just wipe the excess with alcohol. Take the head crest for example, you just smudge the marker over the middle bit and then wipe the surface with a rubbing alcohol-soaked thumb or a q-tip, then all that remains is the ink that snugly went inside the hole. Same thing with the mouth and etc.t. only panel-lines with marker and that's about it
>>23785499>actual good advice and not just calling me a snapfaggotThank you so much. I mean it. I am obviously new to this shit, so it really means a lot.
>>23785470too much greeble but pic related
If the Aerial is the yuri gundam, which one is the yaoi gundam?
>>23785503>>23785499I'm gonna add to his post. A q tip and alcohol will fuck up acrylic paints if you're panel lining over them.>>23785511nu gundam
>>23785511Which ever one is your favorite.
>>23785511the whole Wing lineup
>>23785511Flauros. Flauros's original pilot rolling on their grave rn
>>23785492It's the GM Night Seeker II, a spruced up GM Light Armor
>>23785517Funny enough, none of them are gay
>>23785536Wufei and Quatre are fags.
>>23785538Wufei's entire character is "my wife is dead and now i'm depressed". He is super straight.
>>23785541
>>23785549>Wufei killed this guy, therefore they are gay
>MGSD Strike is badchina bros...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQgOiiHYezg
>>23785517>>23785536>>23785538>>23785549What in the world leads you to believe any of the pilots in wing are gay? There is seriously no indication of this anywhere in the series or the movie. Like, at all. It didn't exist. Stop being a hater, it's really tiresome. Only people that think wing is actually good are gay.
>>23785571Shit's a third-party kit, of course it won't work as well as Bandai's.Speaking of Bandai, it seems people might be getting the MG X-Type Mission Pack early, now I wonder if anyone will combine that with the N-Type Pack's HULL Fighter, see if we get an NX-Armor out of it.
>>23785568Remember that time wufei literally threw himself into the ocean because of Treize? Pepperidge farm remembers.
>>23785574*laughs in Quatre and Trowa playing music together screenshot*
>>Bandai>>goodSMP exists you know
>>23785511I will say it right now, its Exia.
>>23782650Finally had a chance to make some more progress. Overall not too bad for the chest and waist, but there were two super long pegs for some of the chest armor I had to circumcize to get them to go in.
>>23785649Also went and built the stand. It has a cool ratchet mechanism for controlling the length that is a fun gimmick. I think it is reused from their last kit as it had two unused parts. Also the stand runners were labeled with ABS, which I think means all the unlabeled runners are PS/plated PS.
HG Zi-Apollo box art
I've seen clear kits with the underside painted silver, but has anyone ever seen it tired with the underside panellined before the silver coat?
Does anyone know if EG Strike is compatible with HG backpacks?
Woah whats this from?
>>23785691https://www.goodsmile.com/en/product/1138376/MODEROID+SIDE+GR+Vector+-+Order+of+Knights+Specifications
>>23785691>>23785695>m*deroid
Going back and diagnosing my first ever RG that I fucked up. I used too much tamiya linger and cracked small circular joints in the wing petals of an RG Wing TV. I've let it sit around for close to a year because it bummed me out. If I joined the joints back together with Mr. Cement S, would it create a strong enough new plastic bond where even small, thin joints would survive movement? Or do I just need to try and source replacement parts?
>>23785754if you disassemble everything and cement it back together it should be as strong or stronger than new, you'll probably need to sand stuff down to get it to fit perfectly again if the actual pegs and holes are what cracked, though.
>>23785681It has one peg hole for the Striker Packs, so you need an adapter or mods if you want to use double peg backpacks.
>>23785761These are the pieces that had damage. It was the top loops on the red parts, and the outer top loops on the white parts. I fully broke off the loops that had damage, brushed the broken ends with Mr. Cement S, and then squeezed them back on until a little bit of plastic seeped out the sides. I'll let it cure for a day or so and reassemble, hoping the bond is strong enough for movement. But those are REALLY thin loops. I definitely don't want to just cement all the 'feathers' together. The selling point of this RG is how the wing binders spread open in a cool, admittedly non-canon way.
>>23785681>>23785765Just get the EG Fin Funnel Option set. It comes with an adapter that is form fitted for the Strike Gundam (both HG and EG) and allows it to mount HG backpacks.
>>23785767uhh do you mean you still have the broken off loops of plastic? Because the way plastic cement works, it'll be just as strong if not stronger than it was out of the box, but it will probably be pretty hard to get it all back lined up perfectly. If you're just going to plastic cement stuff and then stick it together then there won't be any movement, it's not glue, it's a solvent that's melting the plastic and fusing it together.
>>23785777I circled the areas that were broke. The picture I posted was post cementing. Essentially, the loops were cracked and barely hanging on, so I fully removed the broken loops, brushed the ends with Cement S, and smushed them back in place. Hopefully, I did it well enough that the bond is strong enough to hold during movement.
>>23785781Oh you already did it and they're supposed to be like that. I'm not familiar with the RG wing, I thought all the broken loops might have had raised pieces like the inner ones on the white wing parts. The strength of the bond should be fine and not what you need to worry about, it's the fit that might not be right. Stuff might need to be sanded down, or it could be too loose and need to be beefed up. I always use an old bottle of my sister's nail polish when joints are loose.
How big is the actual box that the HG Neo Zeong comes in? The actual model is a bit short of a meter, so does that mean that the box is about the size of a large suitcase?
Metal Build Migu
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>>23785503I remember you messed up the camera sticker (which isn't visually evident, I only remember you posted about it), and I also really do love the Mk-II, so you got lucky. I want to see you and the Mk-II do well, even though I now like the AEUG version a lot more.I personally use my fingers to wipe, for better control, but you'll end up with really dirty looking fingers. Also, panel-liner really really loves getting into nub marks, so consider wiping far away from nub marks, or just doing all of it before you cut the nubs off. Glass files are apparently magic at sanding away nubs (whereas I just use the nipper to cut one last time, then use my fingernails to sand) but I don't know if that would fix the problem. On the other hand, nub marks on black plastic can just be filled up with black panel-liner and get rid of the dark grey bits.>>23785534I see, that's so cool!
>>23785503>>23786082Also I never bothered, but there's different colours that work better for panel-lining different colours, something about either popping out more or blending in more? I just use black...>grey being fine for lighter colours>black for darker>brown on red for reasons I can't rememberA bit of a moot point as the Mk-II is pretty dark anyway. Also, panel-liner melts or can melt ABS plastic, the manual and/or runner should tell you if it's ABS plastic or not. I did so anyway and very carefully on the HGUC Balls and bootleg kits (made entirely out of ABS plastic) and it might just be a "needs space and time to evaporate" issue, but others said that it straight-up turns ABS brittle.
