Just finished my first Diorama! Master Grade RB 79 Ver Ka as Construction Pod. I wanted to portray it in a sort of repair situation with the beautiful inner frame exposed….
Very nicely done! Love the weathering on the ball. Even the thrusters are beautifully weathered. If I may ask, how did you perform the paint chipping? Is it done using the hairspray technique or using a sponge? It looks really realistic. Again, great build!
Thanks! The chipping is grey painted on top of the base yellow with a torn section of dish sponge; the yellow portion of those ubiquitous yellow/green scrub ones. I then in-painted on some of the chips with a metallic color to give them a bit of depth.
I wanted to use the hairspray method, but my testing did not go well, so I went with my…[Read more]
I use Vallejo air for most of my projects and I find they generally don’t need thinning. If they do, I stick with the Vallejo thinner. I’ve tried isopropyl and the Tamiya thinner, but they turn the Vallejo into a clumpy mess. Something about the chemistry just does not mix.
With that said, I’ve never seen this ‘Metal Medium’ before. How’s it…[Read more]
Hi, I use Vallejo Model Air because I’m a beginner and you can use them without thinning (well.. almost all of them but not all).
When I have to thin i always use Vallejo Airbrush thinner (i tend to follow the rule: same brand for combinations).
The metal medium is used to give metal shine to a given color. Instructions says 50% color and 50%…[Read more]
There was a RG wing on display at comic con and it seemed tiny. Not just a little bit smaller but very tiny in comparison to the other RGs. Not going to stop me from getting it though since it looks amazing.
probably the worst panel line job I’ve done, and I should have used a darker color. need to fix the little gap on the chest. but still, RG Z’Gok is a pretty awesome kit.
nice! I love RG kits, and it’s pretty cool that they decided to throw something so different in the line. really fun build and like most RG’s it looks great right out of the box. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it
Hi guys. I am currently building the 1/144 RG Strike Freedom and I have come across a big problem. I am cutting the black and blue parts and the nippers are leaving stress…
make sure that your nipper is sharp. its hard to avoid stress marks if you are only using nippers to cut parts from runners and clean the excess sprue. use a hobby knife to cut away excess sprue to get best result. just watch out not to overcut it.
how was your build? i was also working on this kit last week. messed up the decals beam shields. just a heads up (if you haven’t done it yet) you are supposed to put the decals on the backside of the beam shield. 😀
what they said^ and you can also use a black Gundam Marker (used for panel lining) and just put some of that on the white stress mark, give it a few seconds to sink in, then while it off by rubbing with your thumb. Should get rid of the white ^^
BB Senshi Neo Zeong: Where to start other then I love this guy! Fully painted for the exception for a few stickers: Mono eye, Neo Zeon symbol, Sinanju markings, white on the…
Took a crazy amount of time to build. For an HG kit. It would have been about 16 hours. The 1/144 Dendrobium is complete. A very fun kit to build. I used blue to break up all…
Turned out really nice! Love the blue breaking up what else would be a huge white piece of hardware. Awesome job sir! Thanks for sharing this build with us 😀
very nice!