I went to my stack of unfinished kits and finally completed the Apparition. It was the first kit after rediscovering the hobby, two years ago, so seamlines all over the place. But I had fun with the paintjob.
Haven’t posted or built gunpla in a year and a half so decided to get back into it with something special. Always wanted to build the ZGMF-X10AFF Freedom Gundam Flame Feder….
The built was great. The kit was fantastic. Until i put the stickers on. This is the second kit that i destroyed because of the stupid stickers that won’t stay. The first one is RG Sinanju. Goddamn! Real Grade is great but the sticker quality… f**k! I just hope Bandai fire the guy who design the stickers.
But the decals equivalent for the foil stickers are just plain grey or yellow and that is really disappointing from Bandai. So u’l still have to use the foil stickers if u want ur kit to look good. Btw u kud use tweezers to make things easier.
hehe…. good luck!
a little tip if your going to paint the yellow belt pieces is to put them on a skewer with blu tack on the ends and u can paint them all at once.
update on the old kit – having a win with the restoration but cutting the windows is very sloppy. I’ve tried dremel drills, scalpels, and sharpened screw drivers with no luck….
not so much a build but more an attempt at a restoration/resurrection of a kit made back in 1987. gunna ditch the fibre optics and the awful silver paint
yup its an old AMT kit. I’ve ripped out all the optics and having a go at making some replacement decals. the old halogen bulbs are definitely going in the bin, i have no idea how they didnt melt the kit or burn a house down. trying to drill out the windows but they are tiny, narrow and im only getting about 10 window to a snapped drill bit at…[Read more]
its not bandai or even japan related but i have come across some old 90’s star trek and star wars kits, but the decals are munted. anyone got any ideas or sites i could try to get/make new ones?
cheers