>"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.
>>11884797Could have announced (or even teased) a second MGEX at the same time if that was the case.
>>11884871I mean, MGEX is just a special "every now and then" line that's otherwise dead because not everything needs a MGEX. I don't even think that much about it because the vast majority of designs out there are perfectly fine with a regular MG.The Unicorn got one because the Ver. Ka was such a disappointment and even the fixes from the OVA version were minimal at best (outside of the shitty knees). Strike Freedom getting one was also fine since the original MG is from the pre-2006 era when most MG kits were utter dogshit, and again Seed always sells like hotcakes so it was a sound financial decision. They were going to eventually make a MG Mighty Strike Freedom anyway, and this method is probably preferable to designing a regular MG from the ground up. If it had been a regular MG, people would have bitched and whined that it was a downgrade from the MGEX Strike Freedom, and looked for ways to port the updated parts to the MGEX.Again, there really aren't many designs that have enough flashy gimmicks to merit a MGEX. Unicorn and Strike Freedom are among the flashiest of the flashiest while also being from hugely successful entries. The only other designs that possibly fit that bill are Wing Zero Custom and 00 Raiser, and the former got a Ver. Ka very recently that's already quite excellent. G-Self Perfect is very flashy but nobody outside of die-hard Tomino fans liked the show. Most other recent designs like Barbatos Lupus Rex, Calibarn and GQuuuuuuX are far too basic in terms of their chassis.
You what I love about unicorn kits? Very little clean up.Anyway, this is all the progress for me today, I have to go into work.
>>11884883>GQuuuuuuX>basicThat's how I know your entire post is bait
I need hg AOZ
Anyone got the Death Stranding Reverse Trike from Kotobukiya?I'm kinda tempted to get it but I'd like to hear some opinions.
>>11885268forgot pic
Finished the Amatsu Mina minus the decals. Fucking hell this model does the splits like nobody's business between the xboxhueg backpack and pincers and the size of its weapons.>POV: you are already dead
is there any difference between the gunpla general here and the gunpla general in /m/? are you guys the same posters in /m/ or are you guys completely different sets of 4chan users that independently made a gunpla thread on separate boards? ive been wondering about that
>>11885319There are shared users, but this one has an order of magnitude less shitposting at the cost of being far less active.
>>11885298>Fucking hell this model does the splits like nobody's businessThat's why you have to get something in there to strengthen the joint. Or a stand.
>Fun building experience.>Original design and engineering.>Very articulated.>Comes with all of its weapons twice so you can vary the loadout quite a lot if you have multiples.> is available in six (6) different colorways.So, why don't you own a Franz Alpha yet ?
I kind of hate it when I'm trying to come up with a cool pose but I can't quite figure it out so I spend hours acting out the pose like an idiot trying to figure out what would look good. I also sometimes wonder if I should make the pose more "realistic" or "actiony." I feel like a mega autist.
>>11885298Looking good anon!Did you have a problem with the knee armor? Mine had trouble fitting in. If your kit didn't have many issues then I'm gonna be salty wondering why mine did!
>>11882783You might wanna consider getting a bottle of Tamiya Extra-Thin Cement for future building.
>>11886839That's just part of the experience bro
Has anyone built picrel? How did it go for you?
>>11886841Yeah, the black plate that goes under the frontside of his knee is a cunt. It's like it just doesn't fit into the slots it's meant to. The model is super awkward to pose for a bunch of reasons too.>His head doesn't turn much because it catches on his backpack>The weight of his backpack/arms couple with the size of his guns means he does the splits really easily>Lots of parts pop off a little too easily (knee armour, armpit armour, shoulder pads)>His spear slides a little too easily so you can't always have it at the position you want>Could just be a me thing but I superglued his shoot-able spikes in place before finding out they're shoot-able because I just figured they were a little too lose, still kinda salty about itStill looks cool as fuck when you find something that works though.I need to somehow get hold of a constantly out of stock Destiny Gundam soon. Me and someone at work who also enjoys Gunpla are doing Secret Gundam instead of Secret Santa this Christmas. He likes more basic looking Gundams, and I think he'll like that it's the protagonist's mech in an anime series. He knows I like more complicated kits though so I'm worried he'll get me a Zeong or something and I'd feel bad about how pricey it is. I think I'll get him a stand for it too just in case he pushes the boat out.>>11886901I have some cheap superglue, it does the job on troublesome parts.
>>11887486Yeah, I've got it. Because it famously uses the MG Freedom 2.0 frame, I replaced the J4 parts with some aftermarket metal ones from ebay straight away. It's a very cool kit other than that.
I want stands for my Gundams. Is there a generic stand that works for all of them? Action base 1 seems like it comes with a bunch of attachments so surely one of them will work, it's not like I have any crazy shit like the Zeong.
>>11887834I like the 2 pack generic black ones from hobby lobby. They are the gripping type but the bendy metal stand holds everything with no give, including flying poses mounted horizontally on my wall.
>>11883868Ignore both and get a Yolopark or Flames Toys kit instead.
Amatsu Mina covered in decals and thus finished!
>>11887746>It's like it just doesn't fit into the slots it's meant to.Yeah, somebody had to have fucked up the design, right? I had to sand the inside like crazy and then glue it on permanently and it works fine like it's supposed to.I guess it's an older kit after all, but it was rather frustrating.>>11888325>>11888326Looking good!
>>11887751I heard about it so I put lube on it for good measure... we'll see about metal replacements when I inevitably break it.
>>11887751The metal parts I got for my MG Providence were extremely tight in the upper hip joint, which caused the peg going into the thigh to shear off.Thankfully I was able to just cement it back on, but test fit and sand.
Should I buy the RG God Gundam or RG Sazabi? I want to build my first RG soon. I got a gift card recently and these two got my attention
>>11888967Both.They're both solid RGs. That said, if it's a choice between the two I'd say Sazabi, not just because it's my favorite mobile suit but because you get more accessories with it. God basically has the god fingers and beam sabers and that's it, the kit is all about articulation instead. With Sazabi you get the Beam Tomahawk, two beam sabers, a shield, the beam shotgun and the funnels. I've seen people also use the runner for the beam sabers to make funnel effect parts too if you're into the crafting side.Whichever you get though get the waterslides for them too.
Anons here helped me decide on some stuff a few months ago, so here's a photo as payment.A salute to Earth.Also, how would I go about hiding or restoring any horrendous white marks on the truck that may or may not be concealed by the side skirting?(Colours are a bit washed out, my camera just does that it seems)
>>11889171You can generally improve the look of any stress mark by rubbing it hard with your fingernail. I'm told agate 'knives' work even better.Ultimately, the best way of hiding them is to paint.
>>11889085Thanks for the detailed response anon! I’ll be getting RG Sazabi then. Maybe sometime down the line I’ll get The RG God Gundam. You have me sold on the Sazabi. I do want to get more creative with gunpla
>>11888967I've built the God (see: Burning) Gundam and it was a great build. I like how condescending he looks when posed. Once my stands arrive I'll be putting him into picrel pose except floating and with his big energy rings on. I've heard great things about the Sazabi though so if you like the look of it go with that.If you're curious and I know you are, in the anime the God Gundam is the Gundam that followed the Shining Gundam, with the same pilot and lack of weapons. I have the Shining sat on a shelf waiting to be built, I've heard it's about as good of a build as the God. I haven't watched the anime, I just thumbed through the Wiki.There's a random R*ddit post I found a while back where someone claimed to have built all RGs and ranked the kits, feel free to ignore it or not.https://www.reddit.com/r/freedomisgunpla/comments/1tqe65g/after_building_every_real_grade_gundam_this_is_a/#lightbox
What do you guys use for sprues holders/rack/organizer? Bough one similar as pic related from Amazon, but it was a total scam, the runners barely fit in there, and where they do its all loose.
>>11889391I use the box they come in and just lie them on top of each other, going through them constantly for each step.
>>11889391I had one from PlamoKoujo I think. but I only used it once or twice. It takes up space on the desk and removing parts from the runners is such a tiny part of the build, it's just not worth it.
>>11889396That's what I do now too, I bought a rack by it was more effort than it was worth so now I just have it in the box beside me and take out the parts as needed.
>>11889171The technique I've used recently is to take an agate knife and push in on the stress mark using its point. It works tremendously well on clear parts since it can make them significantly less visible, though it's also recommended to leave a bit of nub before you do it, then sand the remainder down.
>>11889085NTA but>love the RG's articulation>but the HG's proportions more>don't care about all the panels and gaps compared to just having an older red fatass>but the articulation
>>11889313Oh, I’m definitely curious. Thank you for the response and the reddit thread link. This is very helpful. I haven’t bought anything yet. It looks like the God is a good kit for my first real grade. I might lean more towards the God because of that, plus my gift card(its 45 usd) covers the God more than the Sazabi
>>11890332My stands arrived so here's my God Gundam in a fittingly Godly pose.
>>11878392If there were even toku ones I definitely do want to find those somehow... an absolute travesty that stuff like this is so rare though.>>>/m/24000311I did find out what this one obscure thing I had was though, I have no idea what it was from or how one would have gotten it though, since I got it as a gift.>>11890790I forgot about what our reply chain was if you were the anon with the RG Astray, but uh>admire my own RG God at some point>realize that one eye is slightly too far away and a bit too far up or other>try to gently fix the eye sticker>it's in the right position now (probably?) but the green is a bit frayed around the edges, as I feared might happen>not sure if I have spare stickers left>pretty sure it was either "put stickers on a sticker to put on the head for it to look the nicest" or "put this alternative on except these are also tiny">not sure if that second pair still exists or if I botched that one and resorted to the remaining set of eyesI still have yet to build the RG Shining, and I do hope to get the RG Sazabi at some point, but if the RG experience is like this every single fucking time, I'm probably going to switch to MGs. Cutting out and fitting together microscopic pieces is alright since you can at least eventually physically fit them together, but stickers? Where a piece is like 3mm tall and a sticker is 2mm? Get me out get me out
>>11890804These threads move so slowly that I don't recall being part of any real reply chain, though I do have the RG Red Astray and God Amatsu Mina built. Getting the Red Astray into a cool pose is harder than it sounds, even with infinite stands.MGs just sound like too much effort honestly.
>>11890805>God Amatsu Mina*GoldI have Gods on the brain.
>>11890805Uhhh did we talk about stands, I'm not sure>Getting the Red Astray into a cool pose is harder than it soundsI think it was you yeah>MGs just sound like too much effort honestly.But aren't RGs just scaled down and more modern MGst. clueless, 0 MGs
>>11890807I assumed MGs were crazy difficult/tedious because of >>11887751's pic. That waist unit looks like utter nonsense.
>>11890811From spending like an hour building what turned out to be the God Gundam's feet, I think it's just a billion pieces that turn out into something okay, and since the MGs are inner-framed but larger than HGs and RGs, it's probably(?) going to be parts bigger than ones for the RG. So it'd be just as much of an intricate work but easier to handle and put together. Hopefully.
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>>11890807>>11890811For me, RGs are like slightly less complicated MGs except the smaller parts raise the difficulty a bit, unless we're talking about the older ones with a pre-built inner frame.Anyone here built the RG Gramps 2.0? I feel like that one is probably more complicated than some MGs lol.
>>11890975COAST TO COAST
What do I do with the leftover parts from the Eclipse?
>>11891059If this were /ck/ I'd tell you to cram them up your ass but this is /toy/ where I don't know the established canned response sorry.
>>11890977RG Grandaddy 2.0 is piss easy I think the only MG in my collection that was an easier build was Dom. If you don't have it I recommend it.I actually have a second G-base one that I need to build.
Force Impulse's torso and leg flying modes look really stupid, I shan't be partaking in them and will just make a cool robot instead.
>>11891744I have 4 variants of the RG impulse gundam and I'll never display them outside of normal MS mode
>>11891059If you get yourself an MG Freedom 2.0 at some point, you can use the extra parts to make an adaptor for Freedom's backpack- which won't quite fit on the Eclipse by default. Too wide, but only by a little bit.
This is gonna sound like a shitpost but I promise you it isn't: is it safe to put gunpla in boiling water or will that melt the plastic?I had a bunch of my stuff in storage but the place holding them caught on fire. None of them were in the fire but the place got flooded with water unsurprisingly, and the insurance guys took so long to let me go in and get stuff that a lot of my collection is covered in mold. I've got nearly a hundred of the suckers so I wanted to just batch sterilize them rather than individually disinfect every single kit, but wasn't sure if it'd be safe
>>11891918You can even put gunpla in boiling alchohol, it still won't melt, as long as you don't set it on fire.
I recently got into gunpla. I used to hate having small girl hands as a guy but my dainty girl hands have made building these kits very enjoyable
>>11891968Look into topcoat for when you finish up your builds, you will be glad you did
>>11891918PS/ABS don't melt at 100C but they will get soft enough to be deformed
>>11891918Why do you care? You were never going to build them anyway.
>Over an hour to make a pair of fucking armsaaaahhhhhHHHHHHHHHH
>>11891918Douse it in room temp alcohol, if that doesn't kill it then you have bigger problems.
>>11892086What kit are you even making?
>>11892110RG Force Impulse. Expect me to be randomly posting bits of it for the next week or so.
>>11892110>not recognizing Force Impluse just from the shoulders alone
>>11892157I mean, it's Seed. It's an era of Gundam that I'm not too familiar with.
>>11892078These were already assembled and painted kits, actually
>>11892086Enjoy the process anon, its all part of it
>>11889181>>11889691Interesting, thank you anons. I need to improve my clipping technique and fine sanding approach to not scuff the surface. It's been quite a while since I've built models and with these I dont have the option (unless I want to do something drastic) of basing or paint to cover up sins.
>when a UV lamp isn't enough for your resin curing needs so you get yourself a UV laserNow the problem is that it burns holes in the cutting mat. I guess 200mW was an overkill.
>>11893087>200mWBuddy, that's 40x the legal limit for a laser pointer in the US. That thing's a Class 3B laser, a serious eye hazard.
>>11882155base body is complete at last
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>>11893134quite a chunky fella
>>11893131>>11893135Boy has some legs on him
>>11893141yeah, the MG sinanju already has long legs but this thing uses even a larger pin to connect the thighs with the waist armor, as for some reason, the armor section is even longer than the normal MG and there is even an extra piece in the waist to further increase the height
>Take my hand, anon!As a 4th RG this Force Impulse is so weird. Its arms are a completely new build to me which feels flimsy but also insanely easy to pose.
Can someone explain to me what I've done wrong here because I'm not seeing it. I'm up to 10-3 but the top part of his knee joint bends upwards when it should go backwards as per the picture. I've taken the leg apart and double checked everything and I'm just not seeing what I've done wrong.
hahaha i wasnt doing anything wrong i just hadn't pushed the joint hard enough to bend it hahaha :-DDD
>>11894149>>11894151Yeah, FYI the knee is supposed to be able to do that because it does a Wing-style "transformation" for the Flyer parts mode.
>>11894156But those poses just look stupid senpai.
FUCKI wasn't keeping watch and missed the preorder for her goddammit. Does HLJ reopen orders somewhat regularly or am I just screwed?
>>11894367You dodged a bullet, you'll pay way less in shipping from Gundamit than HLJhttps://gundamit.com/hemoxian-1-12-rust-rose-rand-kosikini-model-kit_p10340.html
>my Solomon GP02 + MLRS finally hit stateside yesterday, probably going to be another week before I get them>HG GP02 MLRS started hitting Hobby Lobby in volume last weekWhat interesting timing.
>>11895651>GP02 and MLRS came in stock and went out of stock but managed to get one of the latter>built my MLRS (and its head exploded but it should be fine, hopefully)>an ugly fat bastard that almost no one likes>but will go out of stock due to the few people who do>another anon's GP02 is incomingAlso interesting timing
>>11895655I love big ugly fuckers with big heavy equipment. Particularly with the GP02, I'm disappointed that its shield didn't play a bigger role in the OVA, you never see huge physical shields actually being used in Gundam with the sole exception of Aegis/Justice Knight in Build Divers Re:Rise.Truth be told, half the reason I bought one was because the MLRS equipment could be really good kitbashing fodder, but I also got the RG GP01 on sale from USAGS a year or so back, and now the two of them can be posed together. Hell, I'm even tempted to give the GP02 a more heroic EFSF paint job so that they match up better.
>>11895779Moreso be prepared that the hand for the shield might break, and you'd have to drill a pin where the peg is, so far mine's ok but I've yet to actually store the bazooper. Maybe a tiny stand for it would have been nice.>OVAI remember it being very beautiful but I don't know if I can sit through the whole thing knowing what the last bit will be like, but there's thankfully a movie even though I generally hate summary movies.I was going to mention the HG Astray Blue Second L but realized it's a sword/gun and not a shield, the triangle shape in my memory threw me off and I haven't built it yet. I do love the shield but agree that its use is rather limited after it finishes hurling and getting away from its war crime, and for the MLRS/beam bazooka version, there's no nuclear blast radius and so the shield is just a carrier for half the bazooka? Which gets fucked if the shield gets shot through? It's a very grand shield that really should be more useful than it is. I guess we can headcanon that it has a shitton of anti-beam coating, the same way I'm going to headcanon that the bazooka can still be armed with a tactical (or strategic) nuke if required.>kitbashing fodderYeah, I wonder what kits you can just pluck the MLRS pods on, although I assume you'd have to mod most kits for that.>RG GP01Do let me know how it is, I don't know whether any GP01s or GP03 would be worth it for me, considering what I said about the OVA. But there was nothing wrong while the 01 and 02 were fighting, and it'd be nice if the GP02 could have its siblings.>two HGUC kits for the GP01, another for the RG>the GP03 doesn't have the fuck-huge thing that it's known for, unless I straight up get the SD to match the SD Neue ZielI'll pick up at least the SD some day, and a shitton of 0083 GMs when they're in stock>more heroicHeh, that's interesting, I picked it up because I wanted a war criminal, and the grey was a nice differentiation, interested in seeing how yours turns out!
>tfw just grabbed all of the last MrColor Gundam Color paints from the only shop in the area that had them>restock never>it's not even a gundam I'm painting
I want to finnaly build the MG RX-78-2 v3.0 that's been gathering dust in my closet for years but want more practice to get back in the groove. I got these two Olympic RX-78-2s, but what else should I practice on?
>>11896101HG Gyan
Is this really the best kneel the PG Perfect strike can get? I've always wanted a PG Strike since getting into the hobby, really wanted to recreate this sort of kneeling pose I first saw on Dalong.
RG Force Impulse done! Decals might happen on a later date, but I'm very happy with how good it looks on a stand. The kit feels very flimsy compared to the others I've built, with the shoulders especially being rather floppy although it makes positioning them much easier. Also the head literally does not clip on, it's just sat loosely on the neck. Oh and the top and bottom halves of the Gundam don't snap together either, the top is just sat loosely on top of the bottom half. Doesn't matter once it's on a stand and posed but still.
>>11889509>removing parts from the runners is such a tiny part of the build, it's just not worth it.how so? you have to do it on every single step.
>>11897368The Perfect Strike uses the same internal frame as the regular Strike, the only real changes Bandai made were to improve the detailing to the armor so that it looks nicer. I think some of the internal parts were also colored silver as well, but that's about it.The unfortunate truth is that the PG Perfect Strike is just a 2004 kit that they made a weapons pack for and sold as a single package. It's just that they had barely enough of a conscience to marginally improve the Strike itself so that it isn't the exact same as the old PG kit. Incidentally, the upcoming MGEX Mighty Strike Freedom at least attempts to make changes to the internal frame somewhat so that you're not just re-buying the old MGEX Strike Freedom, but there's only a few pictures of it so we don't know the complete extent of it.
>>11897766>how soTaking parts off the runner is maybe a half an hour in total if you add it up, the whole build takes weeks.
>>11897774I know what it is and that's what bugs me. I like the added surface detail to the Perfect kit and that is even has the extra parts for the old head (old looks better imo). I've gone through at least 5 picture reviews and none of them have been able to do a proper kneel like the original, not even Dalong himself could get the kneel down on the Perfect kit as per my photo. if I could find the original PG in stock for none rape prices, i'd get it.
>Solomon GP02 MLRS + Clear Parts arrived today>the box has been completely crushed on both sides, causing damage to runners>several pieces have been broken off the runners and are floating around inside the bags>but it seems that there's no damage to the actual parts, and some glass filing and agate knifing should fix the broken-off piecesBy far the most dicey Ali package I've received, even more than the Seven Deadly Sins Greed that arrived in a bubble wrap cocoon and one of the pieces clearly bent on the runner (thankfully the only one). Now I'm starting to think that that $10 shipping I pay for purchases from P-Bandai and USAGS isn't such a bad idea after all. I'm just praying that the main GP02 itself is going to be in better shape.
>>11897764With this guy done I've started work on the Shining Gundam. Just from building its legs I already know I want to pose him doing a massive kick, these legs have great posability. I also bought another RG today because me and someone at work are doing Secret Gundam for Christmas. He likes gun and shield Gundams so I've got him the Destiny because it being an anime protagonist's Gundam means he can watch the anime with it in.
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>>11898792>SHAININGU FINGARUIt looks okay on a stand I guess, but it's rather plain compared to my other Gundams.
This one is from a different vendor, so I'm praying that they protected the box properly. Either way, if they hand over the package in the next 1-2 days, I'll probably receive it by Monday or so.
Any idea where I can buy this sirbine? I came when I saw these images on pinterest and I want no other new model kits besides a sirbine that I can do like this. The sculpting and weathering is immaculate and I love the ivory look. I see that there is an HG available but the molding looks less detailed, do you think I can paint it to look like this?
>>11900148It's probably an old resin kit. There's a plamax sirbine kit available that you can paint.
>>11900198would it be retarded to recast the plamax or hg kit in resin?
>>11900242for what possible purpose? aside from opening a store on ebay and selling them as originals
>>11900148That looks like Wave Sirbine kit.>Price: ¥76,780 (tax included)>Released in March 2024>Limited order production>Resin cast assembly kit>1/48 scale (total height: approx. 24cm)Joooolly good luck finding it at non-astronomical price, anon.
>>11900148>the molding looks less detailed, do you think I can paint it to look like thisYou can't add missing surface detail with paint.If you want "the ivory look" you can paint an HG ivory color and dunk it in brown wash, but it will never look like your pic related. You can do the same with plamax kit and it will look more like your pic related, but it will be almost half the size, the wings will look different etc etc.
>>11900391i was just talking about the ivory look. i'm aware adding surface detail would not work. I want the HG for the poseability, but the detail on the collar and the shield is so lacking.
>>11900381I don't think it's the same as pic related. Other photos of the ivory one have less shoulder pad detail. I want to make resin castings to recreate the semi transluscent look of the ivory one i posted.
>>11900458Plamax kit is still your best bet in terms of surface detail and quality, and it has some translucent parts.
>>11900478eh, next year is the 50th anniversary. maybe it is best for me to hold my breath and see what they do in celebration for it. The Wave kit in beige does not seem to be available anywhere since it came out in 2017.
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