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The following links are from dalong.net, which is what I check for compatibility between kits, from the looks of it AND as I heard from reviewers the thunderbolt zaku’s are new molds, gonna need some serious modification, if yo want something…[Read more]

It’s possible, but it will probably gonna be a December release.
Imagin the size of that thing, Sazabi is 25 meters and Xi is 28 meters.

Why not one pic of it in your intended pose on the diorama, and 2 more from different angles while on the diorama?

For some builds ive seen the diorama IS part of the build.

That said I always thought for early stages you’d rock up with the build and get judged…

what do u mean by expression manipulater?

1. No it’s not really necessary. I don’t sand my kits, I just apply a coat of primer of the pieces for the paint to stick onto the piece.

2. I would say airbrush for all of them because unless you’ve been practicing for a long time or are willing to do many hours of sitting and painting light coats of paints with a hand brush, airbrush will yield…[Read more]

1. Sand where necessary, say to remove a nub mark or a moulding line. Otherwise undercoat as necessary. Some paints can go on straight, some benefit from undercoat and some require undercoat.

2. Airbrush.

3. Future Finish

4. Yes, Alclad metallics need just a single (often light) coat on top of their gloss black primer to work wonderfully. They…[Read more]

1. Okay, I’m going to be brief. Yes & no. No you dont need to, you can just wash your parts, to remove residue left over from manufacturing, but, it is a good habit to at least light buff every surface to increase bondingwith your paintprimer.

Far as priming, its dependent. If your changing colors, light over dark, its a must. If its same or…[Read more]

1.no but it’s a good idea, but do keep in mind that paint, including the primer on joints will increase the friction and too much friction will make parts hard to move and can cause them to break. in other words mask the joints before spraying.

2. I’d say airbrush if you want to paint an entire piece. For details it can really depend. Raised…[Read more]

Some use putty, some use resin (i think) and some use “ploplate”, not sure what that is, and ther emay be many more materials…

Here is an example of what a real hardcore custom is like, from vegeta8259 on youtube, watch his work in progress vids, they could give you good references…or scare you away…[Read more]

Depends on where you are, I hate to suggest it but google your country and the gundam builders world cup, while at it google the rules for best results.

I know in australia it’s usually…um…somewhere in sydney, which sucks for me since I’m in the wrong state, the rules for competition are usually general so one set would apply for other…[Read more]

There only 1 rules are all the same. ‘Never be a smart ass doing a model bigger than the rule said.’ I saw many good build get disqualify because the size is too big.

well I know the theory behind it but don’t really have too much experience myself. basically what you do is trace out a shape you want and cut it out, and if it’s not thick enough then double up on the plate and glue it together, and so on till you have the thickness you need, then when all the glue is dry you sand and file to the final…[Read more]

From looking at some of dioramas from the GBWC’s none of them seem to have any visible wires so I assume that they are all hidden and as a result, so is the power source. I think they all wire the LED’s to a hidden battery underneath the diorama so as to not detract from the presentation. Hope that helps and best of luck on your diorama.