>"If you're new, you're gonna fuck up. Don't worry! If you're experienced, don't make the new people worry!"***READ THE GUIDE***Discordhttps://discord.gg/W973BmwERBThe guide:Part 1 (Quick Start)https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSBDfE8Iz-a86DZJCR5MHRW6tjkQX-y4-ZpUc_vHjRfx_i2FB0zR1usdrgUJ4wNTs1iDFZmTQHF66X_/pubPart 2 (Deeper Dive)https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQJG2SZo1O1PjExPrdU_-GnkrYTGiGLCgBcKaL4peEWxOGB4CNbpGaJBV1oF61eNE1lEhbQHYEAXLrw/pubAnd a handy guide to other types of plamo: http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20(Scale%20Modelling%20Step-By-Step).pdfhttp://www.scalemodelguide.comSome line art:https://imgur.com/user/Gundaml1neart/postsPrevious thread: >>11843947
reposting latest haulone woudwort is the mars black variant with the crazy giant statue looking v finthe hizack is molded in the dark blue titans colors
>today I will show the world how powerful my autism has gotten>I have 5 more I’m working on>and another 6 ko sd kits coming in a week
>>11876999are those ak models good?I like AOZ stuff but the whole line being pbandai is a complete kick in the balls so seeing 3rd parties tackle it for a cheaper price seems like the better option
>>11877032well that is what I'm going to find outI have never build one of these but plenty of reviews state they are pretty good, especially the woundwort, much better than the previous XFS one which was a well documented floppy messsome reviews even state this one is even better than bandai's regarding being able to hold the giant gun once put together
After enjoying building that God Gundam at the end of the last thread I may have just gone on a rampage and bought four RGs turning up on Wednesday. I got:>Shining>Force Impulse>Astray Gold Frame Amatsu Mina>Full Armor UnicornAnd they all look dope.
I finally got into this after wanting to buy these for years(work had me moving around for years so I was very minimalist during that time). I got 3 HGs to start off. It’s pretty fun. I will get more in the near future
>>11877158>>Astray Gold Frame Amatsu MinaMina has kind of loose legs so you might want to reinforce it.
>>>/m/23985113>>>/m/23985148Groupbuild theme has been decided, it's Stolen!
How many duplicates do you guys have? Do you have any multiple of one you really like in a hg, rg, mg
Are there any Gundam base Gqux kits?
>>11877563I usually only buy duplicates for army builds (Leo, GM, Jegan, Jesta, etc.), but I do have a leftover HG Wing Zero TV because I bought it before the RG was announced. I also have two RG Zetas and RG Destinies, the former for kitbashing purposes and the latter because I spotted one at Hobby Lobby for cheap and jumped at the chance for some extra kitbashing fodder.
>>11877563I have 4 different RG Impulse gundams because the kit is good and I like the design
>>11877563I may grab another woundwort >>11876999 as next month or so some 3rd party will release the add on to make the Advanced Kehaar
>>11877021You should find a Great and then give it to me
>>11877696Do you mean the banpresto great mazinkaiser or the sdcs mazinkaiser? Either or I’d likely keep them to myself, picrel is the banpresto release
>>11877725I don't know but you should share anyway- wait why are they all black
>>11877729Cost cutting, like the little Combattler came all in a red semi waxy plastic and the mazinger z was in the same semi waxy black as those guys above. Bandai’s plastic quality was all over the place for small kits, the chrome zeta gundam had his back crack open when I cut him from the runners
>>11877752>tfw love super robots, love my SD Cross Silhouettes (Mazingers, Getter, Gao)>hardly any good and available super kits (I have Infinitism, it's a bit overdetailed imo)>learn of (or get reminded rather, I think I've seen your lovely bots before) super SD kits>they're already probably hard to find, but completely black as wellI JUST want an army of cheap and decent supers, getting more shit in the SDCS line would be a dream>the chrome zeta gundam had his back crack open when I cut him from the runnersPoor guy... I hope you managed to fix him up!
>>11877021That's rad anon
>>11877756He’s fine now, completely worth the price (I think double zeta is still on eBay in complete chrome for like $40-45usd but they’re not the bb senshi or G-Gen versions they’re SD gundam world which is its own mess lol). If you’re interested in SRW ones I’d check AliExpress. Price is standard between 25-45 on SDCS kits but they’re have them which is more than most places :/ and with cheaper shipping
>>11877563I have multiple different grades of the rx-78-2 mostly due to the fact that they’re usually on sale at shops where I’m at. So i just use them to experiment when I want to try something new on a kit but I’m not entirely sure it will be as cool as I think it will be with the kit i want to do it on so I try it on those first
>>11877970Glad he's okay!>SDCSAnd yeah, SD World is uhhh... I'm not the biggest fan of the modern kits. Too many stickers and unpainted parts compared to the OG Three Kingdoms stuff, and the most horrible gold plastic I've seen in my lifeNo no no anon I already have all five of the supers, I just want different ones
>>11878085So there’s SD Gundam World from the early 90s, which is what the chrome zeta gundam is from, its also the only traditional SD line which has nicegundam or the rick dias, its closer to wave 1 of BB Senshi where they’re really bloated and more proportional. But they have ones like Pat Labor and Dunbine. Not to be confused with SD gundam world heroes, which I’m not a fan of for raisins
>>11877563Are we counting alternate colors too? Because I haveTwo HG ZakuTechnically 3 RG Sazabi but two are third party recolorsTwo 2.0 RG rx-78-2, one is the base colorFour MG wing zero Ver Ka the original, two recirculation color and I just bought a clearI had two RG tall geese because I broke an arm and couldn't get a replacementTwo RG Wings to keep one in bird modeTwo RG God Gundams, one I was going to do a custom hyper modeAnd for non gundam kits, I have two Figure Rise Imperialdramon one to keep in dragon modeAnd two Metagross, one I did in a custom shiny color
>>11878200Wait, the amplified Wargreymon and black Wargreymon would count too, and I have two RG GaoGaiGar. Oh and if we're talking about different grades I have HG Sazabi and MG Ver Ka too.HG RX-78-2, the original RG, the Fatcat upscale.The Fatcat GodRG Unicorn, RG Perfectability, MG, MGEX, MG FA.MG Epyon, RG EpyonI guess the Crossframe Girl GaoGaiGar counts as a third?And I think that's it?
>>11878143I like a bit more articulation, but these are still super cutePatlabor my beloved...>for raisinsEverything is too sharp!!! And too many Gundams!!! Give the other weirdos a chance!!!!!!
>>11878207 yeah the articulation situation pre2000 on sd kits is kinda grim ngl but i do like the early intro kits during zeta gundam from lines like>ka world - cutie pie zeta gundam who transform to wear sunglasses and turn into vehicles for sd style pilots to ride in>parochenman (パロチェンマン) - ultraman, fist of the North Star, Godzilla, etc with gimmicks you build into them>robochenman (ロボチェンマン)- every mid 80s mecha that Bandai could make kits for>gachapon series (pic rel) They really need to step their game up more on making cooler little guys, and aoshima needs to as well their tetsujin line that has magnets and interchangeable accessories was amazingThese are the gachapon series there’s about a dozen more missing not picture here mostly the dragonar and macross kits since they’re in my Gacha machine
Does someone with 30MS arms/legs option parts also have a 30MS Rei they could part swap with? not sure if the arms/legs will be out of scale on the plug suit body. my thought is if the limbs look off, will Rei's head also look off/out of scale?
My Amatsu Mina and Force Impulse RGs arrived. Still waiting on my Shining and Full Armour Unicorn. Dunno when I want to start them either since I'd rather not blitz through them considering how much I spent.
Oh Jesus fuck I've got my work cut out for me, that Unicorn is fucking huge lmao inside the box is terrifying, the decal sheet is three times the size of a normal size model.
>>11880041Wait until you get to MGs and PGs.
>>11880041Yeah, I don’t take into account just how beefy Sazabi is, it’s gonna be tricky making a spot for him
I went to a local con and got myself the HG Exia and my friend the HG GTO 025 MS-06C-6/R6 Zaku II Type C-6/R6 because they were less than $20 each and I've been considering getting into gunpla. Planning to build them together very casually while watching tv the next time we hang out, we've got tools for assembly and for the panel lining I got the black & grey gundam fine tip markers.Will just black & grey fine tips be enough or do we really need more colors like the GSI Creos gundam maker pouring inking pen set / [MS105] Gundam Marker Basic Set? I didn't get an eraser with the pens but I'm guessing if I get a bigger set it'll come with one or I've seen I can just use a regular white rubber eraser if I don't get another set.
>>11880440I wonder what it's like to build with other people. It seems like a lot of fun. Maybe I should join my local Gunpla group.Me personally I think you can just start with black/grey, heck use a pencil if you're desperate enough.
You know, I kind of don't like the MG RX-78-2 3.0. It feels a bit loose in some places
>>11881222You can thicken pieces with topcoat or some nail polish from the pharmacy.
>>11880158So far this is a pretty chill build, 1 or 2 things confused me slightly and the joints on the skirt are a bit rough to turn but the reds look real nice and everything has fit quite nicely.
>>11880551Thanks, I was wondering if just black/grey wouldn't look good since the zaku is all shades of green and exia has a so much blue.
>>11881296Oh, did the shoulders give you grief? Lots of reports of that part breaking.I hate the way the feet are put together, it keeps coming off once in a while.
>>11881371For Exia, on the white parts I think it would actually look weirder if you used blue, so keep some black on hand. Black would work with everything, in my opinion. Maybe go a bit lighter with the panel lining on lighter parts. Maybe with the Zaku you could use some green.
>>11881378I meant blue panel lining on the blue parts.I saw recommendations in youtube videos like "use the olive marker for panel lining green, use orange & brown for panel lining red & yellow", so I assumed the blue markers would come off as a darker shade of blue than the plain blue plastic.
>>11881408Yeah that would be perfectly fine me thinks.
>>11881375Which part breaks? No issues so with them so far, just the c clips for the side skirts on the advanced inner frame. It does also seem like the pegs to the small movable shoulder armour pieces are ever so slightly too long, I got some small stress marks unfortunately.
>>11881451Found a shitty copy of the manual on the internet. Where H24 (x2) attaches to G26, those highlighted red pegs have a risk of breaking from twisting because they are too tight. Maybe it wasn't that tight for you. Me personally, I tried jamming it in but it was too tight so I had to pull out, and overcompensated by cutting the peg and lubing it so it's too loose now. Are you able to swing the shoulder out to the side and forward?
>>11881451Sorry I just felt like nerding out about this kit a bit more. I luckily didn't have trouble with the C clips for the side skirts, but I was a little paranoid because I heard about them breaking too. I'm paranoid of all C clips now, they break so easily and are impossible to repair (at least for me). I didn't really have trouble with the shoulder armor pieces you mentioned.I feel like part B3 is just a lot of trouble. I had the issue where the side parts you fold in just don't stay in and the skirt spreads out. Had to put a rubber band there and it was only a temporary fix. The part where you plug the peg into G8 was also too tight, it entirely stretched out the hole and I am now constantly worried it will fail somehow, I should've shaved it down first.
>>11881460Shoulder joints are smooth, not too tight. My only problem now is the god damn trigger hand or any hand with a moving wrist joint will absolutely not insert and has left a stress mark on the palm of the hand. The B3 parts were a cunt to move, otherwise great kit
>>11881457Its fine if you push the shoulder joint assembly all the way onto the G26 peg but mine required a lot of force to get it seated flush
>>11881245I mean, yeah I have one of those joint strengthening pens and I used it on it.
Sinaju progress
>>11882152man it really is such a good kit, the thuster bells are chromed and even comes with actual metal pipes for the power cables at the waist and torsolet's not even mention the double layer solution of black parts over gold plated parts for the ornament sections so you don't have to use godawful stickers or be forced to paint reliefsif anything, the water slide decals are kinda bad because they are a mix of white with red, which will be invisible due to the red armorinstead I bought a spare sheet of the sinanju ver ka but I'm not insane enough to apply every single one of those, I'll settle with just the larger ones
Let's say the hands of your giant robot are prone to detaching from the body (especially when they are holding something like a heavy sword).>hands are made of 2 parts, part that goes into the arm is a polycap>CA glue won't bond to said polycap even after PE/PP primer treatmentTime for easy solutions is over.
>>11882152>>11882155Is this red comet?
>>11882671Yes
There's a couple red pieces on the RG Amatsu Mina's head that are OBNOXIOUSLY small and don't like staying on so needed a dab of superglue. Besides that this kit is nice so far, though I hate how any white marks from cutting off plastic on the black pieces looks horrible, and one of the sprues is hard shiny black plastic. Here's the Mina's body done, next comes the fuckhueg scorpion tail shit on his back and then his million spears.
>>11882783I just pulled this kit out of my storage after a few years and all the parts keep separating and falling off, I think I need to tighten up the parts with glue or just permanently glue them together. Parts came loose on the legs and front skirt, actually even the entire head popped in half. Does this happen to all kits in general? I'm assuming the plastic shrunk over time or something. At least I didn't break anything.
>>11882882The RG Red Astray is a shithouse for the shoulder armour popping off but beyond that idk.
>>11882783I think the head of this kit was one of the most frustrating things I've ever built.I see you skipped the ridiculously tiny camera sensor sticker...
>>11882887Actually no I didn't, I just put it too far back so it's under the hat and you can't see it, and fucked if I'm fixing that.
https://x.com/HobbySite/status/2091843001383600302New MGEX announcement in about a day
>>11883569I originally interpreted that as MGSD and immediately tuned out, glad I decided to stop and look a second time.Judging by the previous two MGEX kits, it's going to have to have some serious special effects to be worthy of the title. And for that to be possible would limit the possibilities for the announcement, so no basic bitch Gundams like Turn A or Exia or The Gundam. So something with a huge backpack, or a bunch of funnels, that kind of thing.The pessimist in me assumes the worst and it'll just be Mighty Strike Freedom that reuses 90% of the existing MGEX. Maybe a Perfect Strike, or the Akatsuki, gods know that any Seed kit would work perfectly. Wing Zero Custom or God would also work since we're still in the middle of the GWX anniversary celebration, though maybe not Wing Zero since it got an MG Ver. Ka not that long ago. My dream announcement would be G-Self Perfect, kill two birds with one stone, but that's extremely unlikely.
>>11883569>>11883612I'm hoping for MGEX Exia but I don't know what they can do to the kit to make it EX worthy
>>11883618The best they could do is an integrated LED system that can shift between green and red. Maybe Repair II parts. But otherwise I don't see it happening.
almost broke both weapon gripping hands on RG Sazabi, the pegs are incredibly tight, now I'm just disassembling hands to swap. gonna try cement/sprue to see if I can strengthen the stressed parts of the hands.
>>11883675I believe in you anon. He's my in progress Amatsu Mina. Those scorpion arms look fucking rad, when folded up they almost look like demon wings.
Do I need a specific stand for specific Gundams or are they universal?
>>11883569Lame, RX-78-2 or Zaku deserves an EX more.
>>11883711there have been a few generations. a few older kits do not have a regular peg hole for a stand and need an adapter part that's only included in the older action bases. for kits from the past decade or so you should be fine with anything
>>11883711As the other anon said, kits older than a certain year didn't include the crotch peg holes where you could insert the Action Base into, so they had to use adapters and such to work. But in the modern day, they all have standardized holes that allows even knockoff display stands to be inserted into them. Though sometimes the fit might be tight, so if you don't buy an official Action Base you may need to take some sandpaper to the peg.
Anyone here build a blokee or Trumpeter Transformer kit? Which would you say is better?
>>11883716Zaku is a possibility, I don't think it will be an RX-78 because that already has the PGU and got an RG 2.0 not that long ago
>>>/m/23994743HG Hamma HammaRG RX-79[G]MGEX Mighty Strike FreedomMGSD 00 Raiser
>>11884364>HG Hamma Hamma>RG RX-79[G]neat
>>11884364FUCK BANDAI
>>11884693I mean, it does make very good financial sense to make a MGEX Mighty Strike Freedom. They get to save on development costs by reusing most of the engineering of the existing Strike Freedom, and capitalize on the movie before it fades into obscurity. Lords know that Seed fans will gobble up anything.
