Hi Guys, i’m new here so please be patience with me
After straight-building some gundam kits and clean-paint it, i’d like to do some shading on it
My question is, wha to do first, apply decals then shading it or the otherwise around
For RG decals (or stickers) specially
Thanx
This has probably been asked/answered before and forgive my laziness for not searching 😛 but, I want to start painting my Gunpla. I am not a novice when it comes to model building or painting in general, I just have not done it in a VERY long time. Like 7 years or so.
Anyways, what brand/type of paints do most people go with or recommend? I…[Read more]
Personally, I am an advocate of Vallejo paints (sold by HLJ).
Since you have experience with acrylic paints, I would suggest Vallejo, Tamiya acrylics, or even Citadel. They key is thinning your paints. What paints you use all depends on what you have available locally. I will say that one advantage Tamiya has is that you can paint in matching…[Read more]
Well, most people use acrylics, Tamiya or Mr.Hobby. And then there are some that use enamels, for either painting the entire kit or for detailing and panel washes.
I use acrylics, lacquers and enamels (mostly for panel washes and detailing), it depends on the job at hand.
You could use a combination of all of them, just know what to put on top of…[Read more]
It’s not the easiest process. Basically you need to modify HG parts so that they fit into the RG frame, though that requires a lot of cutting and Gluing. The main tricky part is making sure that they move in the same ways as the RG did so that they don’t hit each other, which is hard because HGs are usually more chunky than RGs.
Hello everyone, I have a quick question that I’m hoping can be answered. I’ve just purchased some tamiya enamel paints and was wondering what a good cheap thinner would be. The tamiya branded enamel thinner is sorta expensive for the size of the containers so can I use anything else for my airbrush?
tamiya enamel paints are generally not used for airbrushing theyre usually used for panel line wash u can use him but enamels take FOREVER to dry (some brands may take even up to 2 weeks to dry) if u really wanna do it with enamels use lighter fluid or something of that content it should work
Thanks for the reply! I live in a zero humidity high heat area so drying time shouldn’t be that bad. I’ve used Testors enamel before but i don’t really like the colors. I’ve heard I might be able to use alchohol or mineral spirits too but I’m not positive
Hello Merc.
You shouldn’t use alcohol for enamels. This works great for the Tamiya acrylics though.
Lighter fluid or mineral spirits will work fine for thinning enamels.
The more thin the paint is, the quicker it actually dries. So for enamels to dry rather quick, use multiple thin coats.
Even though you live in a zero humidity high heat area…[Read more]
My worst case of enamel paint curing took around 40 days (at least after those days it wasnt tacky anymore). And it was all because i was to lazy to go to store and get red acrylic paint, and noticed i had the right red in enamel….
A pearl paint and mixing pearl powder into the paint works best for me. The lather depends on which pearl powder you use.
The method of mixing pearl powder to a gloss clear coat is more or less a last resort option.
I hope this answers your question.
Good luck and happy building
Great! A new member to the hobby! Hope you have lots of fun and good luck building that awesome kit.
Should you need any advice or help, please feel free to write us in the Q/A&Help section on this blog.
Good luck and happy building!
As far as I know there isn’t any way to get notified if something comes back in stock you just have to check it every once in a while. at least that’s what I’ve been doing for the last couple of years xd
1; Learn your ABC’s and maybe a translator or dictionary…? 😛
2; If there is anything that has caught your fancy on HLJ, don’t wait for it to come in stock, just order it. You’ll only be charged when the product comes in stock. There is a possibility that more people have placed an order on a product and when it comes in stock, it’ll be…[Read more]
Oh i wasn’t talking about how anyone writes.. I mean the way the boards are structured is confusing to me. Groups instead of ‘posts’ .. I’m still getting used to the SOFTWARE used here.
Wasn’t my intention to be mean to you, just felt like being a smart @ss.
And to be honest, it took me a while to get used to writing of some people.
About the site, once you get the hang of it, it will become more and more clear how it works. It was designed to be a bit like Facebook.
But seriously, if you are interested in a product which is in…[Read more]
On the internet no one can hear your tone. (mine either!)
I am having issues with getting the hang of the message board structure here. I’m much more used to the ‘phpbb’ , or bulletin board’ system. this seems harder to navigate. I’ll probably get used to it.
I’m trying to figure out a way to get a notice when an item that is NOT up for sale…[Read more]
Yeah, that’s a tough one… Can’t think of a way either. Maybe a mail to HLJ. I think that in about one and a half hour the workday begins in Japan, as it’s almost midnight over here and there is a time difference of seven hours between here and Japan, so I’m sure you get a answer very soon.
Ps, I know, that’s why I put a emoticon at the end of…[Read more]
The boards are set up so that you can share and view content specifically relayed to one subject, like “What are you building” for WIPs.
If you don’t want to go searching through groups you can use the “activity” feed to see every post around Hobbylink.tv.
Hope that helps a bit.
It depends on what type of acrylic paint you have used. If it’s by Vallejo, then I would strongly recommend not doing it with an enamel wash, as Vallejo paint is water based and really really weak.
However, if you have used an alcohol based acrylic paint, like Tamiya or Mr.Hobby, it will be no problem whatsoever to do an enamel panel wash and use…[Read more]
Panel washes on top of acrylic paint is tricky. I’d first coat the paint with a gloss varnish (Future Finish works well for this) and what I’ve found to be the safest wash is artists oil paint diluted with mineral spirits.
future gloss coat
then afterwards use humbrol paints trust me when i say this because ive had problems doing panel line wash for a while and humbrol works great even if the glosscoat isnt completely cured if its like 70% cured it still works i only know because ive been using tamiya acrylics and there paints are really weak and easily chipped
This is a tricky one.. I have been doing this:
1. Tamiya Acrylics base color,
2. future (pledge) floor polish coat.
3. Sludge wash (distilled water, ground up black charcoal or other powdered color, a few drops of dish soap)
4. After sludge wash dries i wipe most of it off with paper towel and q-tips, just wet the tiniest bit with water..
5.…[Read more]
Oh yea. If this all goes horribly wrong, spray the whole part with Easy Off oven cleaner, and scrub with a toothbrush, then restart, the plastic will be in good shape but all the paint will be GONE.
Got it last Saturday 04/25 did not got a chance to open them till today. I started to get interested with Frame Arms so I bought bunch of them and some MSG.