@kaiju-fan : here’s mine. recently acquired the taller one from a thrift store, perfect and reserved for my MGs and some other 1/100s. empty spots are for that pile of boxes…
@kaiju-fan hobbylink.tv is being silly and not letting me add photos to a comment so I’ll just put them here.
The long one is an old china cabinet that I found in a second hand shop. The cubes I found in a hardware store ages ago.
always check garage sales and thrift stores. i’m in the US and i was on craigslist daily when i was looking. don’t have an IKEA here so it was my best shot. missed some ads on curio cabinets but was worth it to find what i finally ended up getting.
Hey guys, so I’ve been wanting to paint my kits for a long time.It’s going to have to be by spraycans because I don’t own an airbrush but that isn’t the issue. After painting, I want to panel wash my kits. From research, I have learned that I must use enamel paint and thin it down with paint thinner. I understand how to panel wash panel lines on a…[Read more]
So if I thin the enamel paint with lighter fluid or tamiya enamel thinner, and use lighter fluid or tamiya enamel thinner to clean up any blotches from panel washing panel lines, the sprayed paint on the kit will me fine? I don’t have to worry about the paint being stripped?
so thin out the paint make it runny like water and then wait for it to dry for about 10min then clean it up with lighter just make sure u gloss coat the kit before doing any panel lining as gloss coat makes the lines run more smoothly plus its like an extra protector in case something were to happen but it shouldnt also when ur washing up the…[Read more]
And when did you learned this….. banshee…..? From whom…? LOL
Anyway, @iamMajesty, if you are not sure about the thinner dissolving the paint underneath you can use a empty runner, put a bit paint on it and spray it with your chosen gloss coat. Let it dry for a day, then use a cotton tip with the thinner you’d like to dilute your paint and…[Read more]
@teetee580 Thanks for the input! It does seem the most logical to test how the paint, topcoat, and thinner react to one another on an empty runner instead of the actual kit. Do I have to still be as cautious with lighter fluid as I would have been with paint thinner? I was watching vegeta8259s panel lining video and he said at the end when he was…[Read more]
You’re welcome.
Lighter fluid is indeed really safe, but it also depends on your topcoat. As I’ve come to understand the Vallejo one is really weak. If you are using any other then you should be fine. Though when in doubt, you can always try it out on a runner. It is not a really time consuming job. If you don’t want to use a spray can of paint to…[Read more]
You’re very welcome. Always happy to help.
It’s very nice to know you’ve picked up the hobby again. I did the same a year back after a hiatus of 10 years, and now I’m putting all the techniques learned from building cars (real ones and scale models) and planes into Gunpla.
All thanks to Syd, Ryan, Scott, Brian and all the other staff members of…[Read more]
Hi Guys, I’m looking to apply both Waterslide and dry transfer decals onto my painted MG Destiny build once I have finished painting it that is. I just wanted to know of there’s any specific way to get the best finishes or with out error… e.g. Applying clear coats? And is so gloss or flat first etc? If anyone can help it would be much appreciated
Yeah, you might get silvering (caused by air behind the water slide) of the water slides if you choose not to topcoat first. I made the mistake of not coating my RG RX-78-2 and some of the water slides slivered on me.
Take a peek at some of the pics ive posted. Those the result of gloss top coat -> decals -> gloss top coat. you can replace the…[Read more]
Since this year is the tenth anniversary of Seed Destiny (please tell me if I’m wrong), but because of that I wish that we could get a MG Legend or MG Akatsuki… I just feel that it’s only right as they did it with the seed kits. Anyone else agree?
@Nick, if it were up to me I would have all the see destiny kits in MG! It does make me wonder why bandai never made the blast impulse… It doesn’t make sense why only make to put of the three!?
dont worry about it im gunna bet itll come out as a premium release just to piss us all off like the destiny impulse kinda expected it could be premium but also upsetting becasue it comes out now
I don’t really mind the MSV kits that never showed up in the shows (Astray variants), straightup recolors (Rezin’s Geara Doga) or kit bashes (Destiny Impulse) being P-Bandai as it’s pretty easy to kit bash or paint yourself.
But then the are ones like the Banshee Norn, Neo Zeong Psycho Shard and Hi-Nu weapons pack which really should come out in…[Read more]
I wouldn´t mind a Freedom 2.0 and Destiny 2.0 (after seeing those RGs i just want 2.0 MGs) MG Legend,MG Akatsuki…so many cool looking MS in Seed and Seed Destiny lol
@Ryu Shiro i agree! i wouldn’t mind a 2.0 Freedom and Destiny as i think that those kits are a little plain now… thats why at the moment i am re painting and detailing my MG Destiny in the style of the the RG Destiny and i think it just looks so much better than being plain. Plus i really would like the Legend and Ataksuki, plus the Justice!…[Read more]
They sure blew it with the Destiny MG’s, all we’ve received so far is the Strike Rouge Ootori. Where are Legend, Akatsuki, Saviour and the 3 stolen suits?