Hey fellow builders, question time again.
So i might have painted myself into a corner with this one. Im working on the FA Unicorn Ver Ka and since it is a clear kit im looking to do water slides. I think my RG Strike Freedom came out fairly well and i really like the contrast of water slides on clear plastic. The issue is that Bandai (to the best…[Read more]
i no samuel decals do a pretty good jobs replicating water slides for u u an try them or you can buy two sets of unicorn gundam ver ka decals water slides and prob combine it with decals from sinanju to get the fuel tank decals
Hi guys! It’s me again. Thanks for helping out with painting last time 🙂
I have been spending more time painting the details on inner frames. I have been using Gundam marker to draw on it but it is impossible to get into tiny spots/corners.
What kind of paint should I use? There are so many kinds out there and I’m not sure which is the best…[Read more]
While it may seem odd, a common use with gundam markers is to press the pen tip into a tray to extrude paint, and then use a brush to apply the paint. I say it seems odd cause normally you’d just think “it’s a marker filled with paint, so why use a brush?”, but if you want to get into those tight spaces, or not mess up painting small parts, you…[Read more]
Acrylics and enamels are the most common sorts of paint to hand brush on plastic models. Though acrylic is the most common these days, it has some flaws to it. The biggest is that it is not as durable and strong, but safer in use.
Enamels are really strong and almost scratch resistance. The drawback is that they take a much longer time to dry.…[Read more]
Good question. Bandai usually only gives restock schedules a couple months ahead of time. If we know the month it’s coming back we put that in the item status on the webpage. If you see something listed as Backordered on the site without any date it means Bandai hasn’t given us a date on that item yet.
Put it through google translate. Some translations are way off but you can figure out what kit it is. Also its grouped by genre (in one place all HGUC, other HGBF, RG, MG, PG and other bandai kits from diffrent series) so its easy to look at.