Changsu

  • Changsu wrote a new post 9 years, 11 months ago

    1/100 MG Hi-Nu Gundam by Bandai is available at HobbyLink Japan Hlj.com.
    Paint — though it’s seldom necessary to complete a gundam model, many of us consider it a necessity to some degree. Even my […]

    • I found using enamel paint or tamiya accent colour for panel lining is much easier and more realistic looks but apparently bandai new Polystyrene cannot withstand the enamel thinner or the Tamiya Accent(already thinned down) itself as it would produce hairline crack and some of the time my parts started to brittle and broke. One thing to avoid this I usually spray gloss coat first and decalling/panel line and then flat coat it.

    • surely it would dull them especially the parts of the dragoon that is mechiplated. One choice is by using masking tape to cover them. I usualy do this method when top coating my aeroplane model that the cockpit hatch that is clear would be blurred if I topcoat it.

    • No NEVER apply the decals before panel lining! Because when you go to clean any excess ink from around area where you panel lined. The ink that you will wipe away may just catch on the edge of whatever decal that you happened to place nearby.