Some experimenting with sharpie and chrome paint got me the effect that i was looking for. This is turning out do be an interesting build with lots of super tiny parts.
After a lot of setbacks on the MG Destiny, I decided to take some time off on it and started working on the MG Hi-Nu. The frame is done in Alclad Gun Metal. The white and…
Hi @Nick, yes, it’s the Ver.Ka. On other kits you’ve seen, I think the waterslides don’t show that good is because they aren’t painted. The purple doesn’t deviate much from the purple that’s on the kit, but as you may have seen on some photo’s, that turns out really blue, maybe that’s the reason the waterslides don’t show that well on an unpainted kit.
Well, I haven’t posted any updates for a good 5 months now so I’ll just make a mega update of what I’ve been doing up until now :D.
In total I made 8 kits, the HG G-Self, RG…
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
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.
Well since there are no decals for the chassis of the tank (at least for the version im doing). I tried doing the weathering of it. I think it still needs some improvements….
The decals look like they’re cut pretty close to the graphic which often hints towards waterslides. If you try bending the decal sheet you can see if the decals peel off a bit or not to see if it’s peel-off or waterslide.
Yes it requires glue. I had to use tape to hold some pieces when i was deciding on how to modify them for easier painting. Also i managed to glue in the left manipulator wrist while i was doing the forearm.
There were also some problems with some parts not fitting correctly. In my case that was the head. Had to fill some seams on the bottom of…[Read more]
Well. End of work till monday. Run out of clear coat while doing x-1 (and it led to some disaster) so ill get it next week and fix it. Back to Zaku Tank. Had some trouble with…