A group for the unfortunate among us who live on a set of islands where the sun rarely shines, but have excellent fish n chips. There isn’t a big presence of Gundam in the UK, so let’s share what we know and try to drum up some interest. Post pictures of what you’re working on, share news of suppliers that you use, and post information of related events and happenings in the UK.
Chaps from the UK, how would you feel about having the opportunity to join the GBWC next year? Do you think we’re good enough to compete with the worlds best yet?
I like the idea in general,amd agree with CrazyMajor. I just could not commit to entering ( my lack of ability in certain areas, and In general actually finishing builds lol)
Would to attend though.
Bizarro find of the week for me, box-o-Gunpla I had completely forgotten about!’
The Wing kits are dated 1995, and apparently official UK releases, no ideas at all on the larger kit.
I had thought that my current foray into Gunpla was my 1st.
Hi guys , has anybody from the uk ordered from hlj before ? Id like to know what i can expect customs fees wise as i have just checked the status of my delivery and it says retained by local post office which sounds ominous.
Yup you are spot on , although they seem to have charged me import duty on the value of the kits and the postage not just the value of the kits 🙁 starting to see why gundam kits are so expensive over here. I havent done the maths yet but i think ordering from HLJ is still cheaper than any supplier ive found over here , but not by alot, never…[Read more]
Don’t forget that because we get 20% discount on most Gunpla, it’s basically taking of the VAT that you end up paying. So that part is fine by me, it’s the handling charges from the delivery company which is a pain. I have personally decides to go the “big haul” route, get it shippied by Fed-Ex, so it spreads the £10.50 fee over alot of items.…[Read more]
Thanks to Big Richs’ heads up last week , i got this little beauty in the post today £9.99 delivered , what a bargain. Was a nice involving build today that took me about 4-5 hours. The kit has an amazing level of detail for the scale , makes me wonder why the gundam kits have less details despite the fact they are bigger. Quite fiddly in some…[Read more]
That would be great idea. May help to boost the hobby and quality out there. Also that will give something to aim for.
I like the idea in general,amd agree with CrazyMajor. I just could not commit to entering ( my lack of ability in certain areas, and In general actually finishing builds lol)
Would to attend though.