It’s basically a rubbing compound, like those you would use on an actual car. Think of it as like a liquid sandpaper. It’s purpose is to remove marks on a surface, and leave it looking better then it previously was. This video should help you out.
Does it matter on what type of enamel brand I use for an airbrush? I have Testors right now but I’m not sure if that the recommend brand to air brushe gunpla?
i srsly dont recomend testor as it is the crappiest paint ive ever used in my life time of gundams it killed my panel lining it takes forever to dry and its not that cheap its a pretty small bottle and its a pretty small bottle of thinner too id recomend tamiya enamels or modelmaster but if u want u could use other different painted like laquer…[Read more]
i think almost everyhobby shop out there sells tamiya paint mr color however im not too sure buecause mine does not becasse certain hobby shops dont sell em becasue they cant make money off it it really depends on location and wht they sell too but for the most part modelmaster tamiya humbrol vallejo aclad theyre usually well known in hobby shops
If you’re going to use testors paints, Model master for your air brush, as its a bit of a different composition, and the standard testors for brushing. Testors paints aren’t bad at all, everyone just has their own preferences. However, don’t stick to one brand of paint, because all of them do…[Read more]
The more and more I look at the Blue Frame D, the less and less I like it and it’s concept. I may be a bit of an MG snob but I’m not really enthused by a blue frame with an aile pack on it and a whole bunch of blades, even those blades are what first caught my attention. Does it seem like Bandai kind of cheaped out on this guy buy just throwing…[Read more]
I’m not the biggest fan of the blades all over its body but when you combine them all I think it looks pretty awesome. Most of the Astray designs are based off of pre existing suits in the Manga (hence reusing Striker packs) so I can’t really blame Bandai for making it true to the manga.
Honestly, the bigger issue is that Bandai releases to many SEED MG kits to begin with. I understand wy they do it, considering that pretty much every Gundam in SEED is interchangeable with the exception of a few, thus they can keep production costs down, while releasing “new” kits.
They need to break away from SEED for a LONG time, and give some…[Read more]
FINALLY I DIND SOMEONE WITH SOME SENSE! Everyone praises SEED Sooooooo much *cough* Jesus Yamato thumpers *cough* I was having a discussion the other day about the Age-3 and FX. They were announced and mock-ups displayed, but then they died off. Even some of the Vagan suits deserved the MG treatment. I mean, yeah, Age was pretty bad serieswise,…[Read more]
I’d welcome a MG Grimore among others. However, since he seems to be so popular, we’ll probably end up with a Klim Nick version of the Space Jahannam. I’d also love some 00 love as well but the end of Unicorns and beginning of The Origin probably mean more UC suits, not that I’d turn down a MG Rozen Zulu.
I’m not a big fan of the Aile Pack on Blue Frame D. I feel like Bandai just want to come up with some new products without putting much effort into it. If they, at least, come up with a brand new backpack for Blue Frame D, then I might be interested.
I have to agree with all of you on this subject. I was a bit disappointed that after the MG Hi-Nu Ver.Ka. they’ve announced a variation on a suit that we have some others of as a “Big MG Release”. And to be honest, after building a PG Red Frame, a MG Red, Blue, Green, Gold or a Pink one for that matter doesn’t get me that want to build one.
As for…[Read more]
this isn’t exaclty a gundam related question. but i was wondering if anyone knows if Gundam Markers will work on any LBX kits, or other kits in general.
Hey guys..last year we saw an unpainted model of MG 1/100 Gundam AGE-FX..but to this date we still haven’t see it coming out..among all Age kits I like that the most(as I m not very fond on the anime tho).
I think there was an AGE-3 Normal on display as well but I doubt they’ll see the light of day for a long time. The other MG AGE kits all sold pretty poorly to my memory.
not that unusual they also had a nightingale prototype thats been sitting there for eons so my guess is theyre prob gunna put it up as an re release maybe
So ive built about 13 mgs and one hg now ive decided its time for me to step up my modeling game and start spray painting my models starting from now so the next model i am buying is the hi nu gundam ver ka i have all the paint necessary but im now i have a few questions.
how many coats of paint do i need?
should i paint the parts whilst there…[Read more]
The amount of coats depends on the paints you use and the colour of the plastic. For example, white paint will only need about 2 coats on white plastic but if it were to be painted on blue it may need 3 to stop the blue coming through the white. As a rule of thumb keep applying thin coats until you’ve got a solid colour.
I always spray the parts individually, when spraying on the runners, you’ll be left with gate marks, these can be touched up by using a brush, but will never the less leave indications on where the part was on the runner. Or you have to be willing to sand those area’s down, taking a lot of time, and if not careful sanding of paint on certain…[Read more]