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  • Christian posted an update in the group Group logo of The RG GroupThe RG Group 8 years, 5 months ago

    Hi guys! I am new here and am so excited to be a part of such a wonderful community! First off, I just bought the 1/144 RG Strike Freedom Gundam and it is fantastic! Now I know that this is a common issue with anyone who has ever bought a Strike Freedom Gunpla kit in any of it’s grades and I have done some research on it but, I still have to ask. How do you paint the inner frame to make it look as shiny as it’s electo plated dragoons?

    I have read up on chrome painting the parts and then a layer of a mix of 90% clear yellow and 10% clear orange. I have talked with other people about the topic and they say that too many layers on small kits isn’t good. It could stiffen the joints and parts won’t attach well once assembled. Others say use a gold metallic color but, apparently that gold color won’t look like the dragoons.

    I am trying to find a proper painting guide for this. I am also confused on the types of paint. I know of a supplier in my area who sells Mr. Hobby lacquer based paint and i am not sure if lacquer paint could damage my kit in some way. Should i use the said paint or should i go with acrylic? Also would using the standard Mr. Hobby top coats be effective on top of the lacquer paint? i have read that it is acrylic based and the acrylic based top coats are the only types available in my area as well.

    Wow that was a lot of info to drop on you guys. I am sorry if it is annoying and i a pretty sure you guys have talked about this time and time again. I would greatly appreciate your help though.Any input on the topic would be great. Heck, link me to info if you can.

    Thank you and more power to Gunpla and model kits! 😀

    • I used Tamiya TS21. Good enough for me. Check below or my profile for how it looks. Good luck finding the perfect paint. 🙂

    • It’ll be tough to get it to look like the dragoons. Yeah, and you want to be careful not laying it on too thick for smaller kits.

    • I just finished building my RG Strike Freedom yesterday and I reckon that you could paint the frame gold BUT you should limit it to only the parts you can see. There are so many tiny tight joints that would snap with too much resistance so try keep it to just external parts. It may help I’d you sanded down that parts that you paint so that you don’t thicken the piece too much.
      I haven’t done this myself so I can’t really help too much but hopefully you can find a solution.
      Happy building 🙂

    • It does look pretty good. Thanks for the input. I’ll consider it. 🙂

    • Thanks for the input! 🙂

    • I know right! XP

    • Are u airbrushing. There’s a paint for airbrush called aclad. You do a coat of black gloss then gold chrome look it up. I bought the paint but haven’t try yet. They r a bit expensive though