Well taking a break from the Crossbone – technically its finished but i want to do the wash on it (i suck at panel lines) so i still need to do some gloss coats for it. So in…
well before i was using aditional layer of gloss acrylic varnish and used the humbrol enamel thinned with petroleum ether. It somehow did work but the thinner was evaporating super fast so it was hard to get the right mix. Now i want to check a store bought wash (which strangely enough is acrylic based) . The preliminary test i did on the…[Read more]
Its been a couple of months since i put a kit together , so as its miserable outside today im making a start on this 1/100 NG Cherudim gundam designers colour version which comes with some nice markings , clear polycaps and an led for the head, a great value kit.
@corn-wizard thnx for the compliment though i did not place, but the kits that did win were really top notch @frankon when i dropped my kit off on friday there were a few kits that looked good but goin back on saturday i was amazed at the kits that showed up. There was some VERY good builders showing off their amazing skills. yeah and being…[Read more]
I use Vallejo air for most of my projects and I find they generally don’t need thinning. If they do, I stick with the Vallejo thinner. I’ve tried isopropyl and the Tamiya thinner, but they turn the Vallejo into a clumpy mess. Something about the chemistry just does not mix.
With that said, I’ve never seen this ‘Metal Medium’ before. How’s it…[Read more]
Hi, I use Vallejo Model Air because I’m a beginner and you can use them without thinning (well.. almost all of them but not all).
When I have to thin i always use Vallejo Airbrush thinner (i tend to follow the rule: same brand for combinations).
The metal medium is used to give metal shine to a given color. Instructions says 50% color and 50%…[Read more]
Last month, after attending the All Japan Model Hobby Show in Tokyo, the event venue was Tokyo Big Sight, which is in the area near Diver City, home to Gundam Front Tokyo. This is where the life-size Gundam is! It used to be located at Higashi Shizuoka Station, but was moved to Odaiba just before I moved to Shizuoka Prefecture nearly three years…[Read more]
Oh and I got the feet and shoulders done so ill finish the wings and wait on the correct batteries and my decals from samuel decal to get here so it’ll probably be a 3 week build from start to finish
Just finished the chest,waist,and head of my PG wing zero but when I went to put in the batteries and finish screwing in the back ,I had the wrong size batteries ,I have lr41…
And the part that’s under the chest light and above the waist is rubber and when you assemble it you have to fold it down to screw in some pieces so its not very good on painted parts especially painted rubber
I’ve been doing my second PG for week ,it was smooth sailing until I got to the chest and the lights ,some of the pieces wasn’t lining up like they should so the screws were…
MG Destiny Gundam Ver. OB, Custom Repaint Build in RG colour scheme. I have now finished this build completely… i am very very pleased about the outcome of this build as it is my first ever completely fully custom, fully painted build. I have repainted the whole gundam in the original colour scheme, but in the two tone RG style. I panel scribed…[Read more]
P.P.S – i painted it completely using tamiya spray cans, and mixed my own blue and blended them together with different layers of spraying ( as it was the only way i could get the blue i wanted for the kit, and i didn’t know how else to do it with spray cans). For the armour I used tamiya brilliant blue and tamiys blue violet to make the final…[Read more]
That looks really great! Excellent job! Love the colors, the extra panel lining and the detail painting. Sorry to hear (actually read.. LOL) you’vr had some issues with the build. But rest assure, I’m having tons of issues with it. Paint cracking, gloss coat frosting out, chrome turn silver…. So I didn’t got as far with it as I hoped… Seems…[Read more]
Looks pretty good I really like the extra panel lines and the gray you added to break up the color very nice job especially since its your first custom I’ve got the extreme blast destiny sitting in the box on my self waiting on me to build it ,I’m waiting on my waterslides I ordered for it and to finish my wing kit and then I going for it I’m…[Read more]
i wanted to ask u since ur also using tamiya paint how are u doing panel line wash
well before i was using aditional layer of gloss acrylic varnish and used the humbrol enamel thinned with petroleum ether. It somehow did work but the thinner was evaporating super fast so it was hard to get the right mix. Now i want to check a store bought wash (which strangely enough is acrylic based) . The preliminary test i did on the…[Read more]
i see but wht if i use humbrol and its thinner would it work or would it strip down my paint underneath i really hate it when it does that