Author: HLJ : Luke
Gunpla TV – Episode 6 – Viewer Chosen MG – Full Armor Gundam
Thanks to everyone who posted a comment stating what Master Grade kit they would like to see us build on Gunpla TV. There was a wide range of suggestions but in the end the newer Master Grade, the Full Armor Gundam, won out overall.  Those of you who expressed interest in seeing the 1/100 MG Wing Gundam built can follow along with a work in progress that is being prepared for HobbyLink TV in the f...
WonderFest 2010: The Rush
Wonderfest is an biannual event which caters to “garage kit” aficionados, allowing them to sell and display their creations to the public.Â
WonderFest 2010: Figures Part 1
Many of the figure kits sold at WonderFest are based on popular female anime characters, often posed in very exposed or erotic positions
Trees & Spur Nubs
A tutorial on opening a kit for the first time. We look at following a step in the instruction sheet, removing a part off the tree and removing spur nubs and other imperfections from the molding process. I will also explain some of these terms as we go along.
Gunpla TV – Episode 5 – Building an MG – Inner Frames
Before jumping into a viewer suggested MG, Syd explains a little about what makes the Master Grade line so masterful. In this episode: – 1/100 MG RX-77-2 Guncannon
Pullip Dolls: Eos Unboxing
By: Corky When I first heard about the steampunk Pullip dolls, I just about lost my mind—I love Pullips (I’ve collected them since about 2004), and dressing Pullip and her friends in the the elaborate pseudo-Victorian stylings of steampunk seemed like a natural. It was an exciting day for me when my Eos arrived.  I decided that she looked too awesome to leave her in the box, so I unboxed her...
HPI’s Pro-D Build Up
Submitted By: Daniel Tam OK – so here we are with HPI’s Pro-D Chassis. I must admit that personally, the shape of the thing isn’t all the appealing to me – I actually find it kinda ugly but I should first note, that all (or most) of the shots were taken at the end of each step in the manual. I do like the layout though, it’s different – it’s easy enough to...
Doi’s Corner #3: El Alamein Sherman
I’ve always had a deep fascination with the German Afrika Korps, and had a tendency to build nothing but German tanks and vehicles based in North Africa. But the one tank I’ve really wanted to build for a very long time now is the Sherman Mark II (the British version of the US M4A1 Sherman medium tank), as deployed during the Battle of El Alamein in 1942. Although there hadn’t be...
Gunpla TV – Episode 4 – Gundam Marker – Panel lines
With the last video of our Gunpla introduction, Syd finishes up the Double-Zeta by bringing out some details and then making a mess of it. In this episode: – Copic Modeler – Gundam Marker – Gundam Marker – Weathering Set – Design Knife On the left the standard version and on the right the detailed version. Detailed Version. Standard Version. Detailed Version. Standard...
Snowman Limited
Submitted By: Syd As a child I would sit at my living room window on winter evenings watching the falling snow illuminated by the streetlights and hoping that it would continue to fall,accumulating enough that I would be able to wake up the next morning, run outside, and build myself a snowman. It would often snow, but having enough to build a real, proper snowman was a rare occurrence. Now I am o...
Seam Lines
Submitted By : mokanaman / Alan Britten A tutorial on filling seams lines with a basic two part piece of a Vintage SD kit. We will look at using Tamiya basic type putty and super glue mixed with baking soda.
Gunpla TV – Episode 3 – Cleaning up your kit
Cleaning up, we all hate it but it’s got to be done! In this episode Syd takes you through the steps of how to clean up your Gundam. Viewing the image below will immediately reveal the differences between a clean model and an uncleaned model. Items used in this video are listed below, if you don’t already have these items at home i suggest you invest in them! In this episode: – 1/144 M...
