It’s not working for me either I can post comments but not pictures I’m trying to put pics of my hi nu ver ka I just finished but its not working I can’t add picture in any group
An airbrush will be more professional but paint it whichever way you like! All that matters is that you have fun with it and get the results that please you. I paint all my kits by hand personally. May not be the Pro choice but it produces the look and feel I am going for with my kits.
I have to agree with wldeyoung on this one. Whether the model is hand painted, airbrushed or sprayed using a rattle can, as long as you are having fun doing it. There in only one wrong way making a model, and that is when you’re not having fun doing it.
And in my humble opinion, hand painting is far more difficult and time consuming than spraying…[Read more]
wide young and teetee580 tell it like it is. You can do whatever you want with Gunpla but be sure you enjoy whatever it is you choose to do. It is a hobby and the purpose of hobbies is to create enjoyment for yourself.
Just got My new 1/72 Blade Liger AB Leon Renewal from HLJ. I built one when I was young back in 2002ish so i had to get the new :). Going to start right after this post. (cant post photo as i lack a camera or phone)
I need to get a better camera to do the full photo shoot of the Z Tank.
After all that painting the tank some parts became rather brittle (managed to break the left shoulder guard peg and the back pack mount.
Ok. Zaku tanks needs just a flat coat to finish it (hopefully). Here is some sneak preview of one of the few decals on the kit (the kit uses 7….).
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Just after applying decals (well few hours after that). The decals look unnatural.
Next is “destroying” the decal to blend better with the rest of the shield.
Last is picture after next…[Read more]
I tried to do what i was using on the 3rd party decals from Samuel which was using the wooden tooth picks sharp end to gently scrap the decals portions of.
Well with those Bandai decals it was a bit harder to do it but with a bit more energy i managed to scratch the parts i wanted to be off.
Also i did a massive screw up on one decal. Used yours…[Read more]
weird reaction. there must be sodium or another ion in the decalfix that formed an acetate salt. using more vinegar was the best thing to dissolve it. Thanks for the tip on the decal damage and keep up the top notch work
Well im done with the unicorn for a little bit. im trying to decide on what to do with the V fin and ive been doing a little experimenting with sharpie but i still havent…
very nice. the clear parts seam to have a glittery effect in them. is it really like that or it only seems that way on your photos? good job on managing nubs, cant find a single nubmark on anyone of your photos. 🙂
Thanks for the kind words. There really is glitter embedded in the clear (white) runners in this kit. The nub marks on those i cleaned up with tooth paste and a cotton swab. The inner frame and the blue (feet) are done in a gloss injection style plastic so those gate marks are impossible to remove. The placement of some of the decals will hide…[Read more]
Go with waterslides. Just checked your vinegar method on waterslides from samuel (crest for X1) it worked great (used about 40-50% diluted vinegar).
Just keep in mind that most of 3rd party waterslides arent precut so you need to trim them a bit before you apply them.
1/100 MG QUIN MANTHA! is Bandai trying to tell us something in this episode… I would even take a HGUC of it. The SD battle was cute and was nice seeing the R35 in action again.