I know it’s been along time since I posted a WIP on My MG Destiny build, but slowly but surely it is coming along… I’ve been very busy going back to my last year in school so it’s a very important year for me! Anyway… I’ve started painting the Wings and the Backpack – Plus anti ship sword and long canon! Again I used tamiya spray paints.…[Read more]
Nope..HLJ only ship Vallejo paints because its water based..I use Tamiya spray can since I’m too busy to do airbrushing..maybe you can study using air brush with Vallejo Air colour since its meant to use with airbrush.
Hi everybody. I want to build my first Macross kit but i cant find much help on the description of the models. Do they come by different grades like gundam kits? Im looking at hasegawa kits instead of bandai since i want to have a dedicated non transformable jet for display. Do they all need paint? Would the nothung II from macross the ride be a…[Read more]
Hi Mauricokito, welcome to the group!
well I guess it all depends on what are you looking for and the Valkire that you like, all the hasegawa kits require some level of paint, but painting all the kit will boost the kit alot, mainly because you need to sand where the cement melts the plastic, but I guess you can get away with it if you sand…[Read more]
Thank you so much for this info Angelizer! Yeah, im looking into a messiah. Can you tell me a little bit more about these series? I was also looking into Luca’s messiah, the one with the dish in top. Sad to know these are complex builds. I thought they werent since i saw the plastic is molded in color but i’d be up for the challenge though. Could…[Read more]
Hi Mauricokito !
Good question on the VF-25
you’ve got 2 schools for this mecha :
– Hasegawa’s new kit :
need painting on every surface, the kit must be glued up so, as Angelizer said, you must sand where the plastics melt so the paint is absolutely needed.
– Bandai’s variable kit :
just need NO GLUE (snap kit) and a few painting work…[Read more]
the plastic cement is a compund made to fuse two pieces of plastic together, very handy even on snap fit models, o consider cement as on of the basic tools http://gunplahobbies.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/dsc_00341.jpg the thing is because cement malts the plastic a little to make a seamless fuse between the two parts you need to take away the…[Read more]
oh and forgot to mention, I really think you should try a hasegawa model, even if you have to paint it all, pick the one you like the most, once you finished your first, you’ll see how great they look, you’ll learn alot and by the end of the build you will be a better modler. that’s what happened to me (I think) 😛
I think for a good start you better off with a snap fit kit..I’ve been building a lot of gunpla and I’ve a hard time doing the hasegawa kit..it is really not for a beginner as you’re dealing with paint, glue and big waterslide..I’ve build the VF-11B Nothung II and I’ve been enjoying it apart of the cementing parts and the waterslide(prepare Mark…[Read more]
Oh wow! Gotta love this site with all the support I’m getting. Thank you all very much for the replies and awesome jobs on those builds from you guys. I’m definately getting encouraged to go with Hasegawa. I’m not an advance modeler but I’m no beginner either. I built some fighter jets from Revell a long time ago which I glued together and painted…[Read more]
You’re welcome Mauricokito !
If you had made some model kits (well, Revell ain’t so bad, though…), you should do a good job with hasegawa’s model kits.
I have assembled a FW-190D on 1/72 few hours ago, no problem at all.
As with Tamiya’s kits, modeling is pure entertainement !
For the paints, it depends on the stuff you will find in your…[Read more]
I allways use tamiya’s cemet I have both the normal cement, perfect for samall to medium parts and the extra thin cement , you can use that in case you hace a gap between parts after u used the normal cenet and big parts that need to be glued,, and abut the paints, I usually work with acrilics as a base and enamels for detailing, no specific…[Read more]
yes, despite I don’t come here everyday, you can also pass through my website and ask me somequestions on the “contact” page…
I’m working on an english version of my site, too
you’ve got the paint references (in mr hobby acrylics) on the instructions.
if you havn’t any mr hobby in stock or in shops near you, you can find the matching colors on some sites like IPMS STOCKHOLM, juste searching “tamiya colors humbrol gunze” for example
The clock is really ticking down on me to get this kit finished and i fear the funnels… Feet are finished and working im on the legs now. Hopefully i can finish the legs by mid week.
I have to say this kit is amazing, it looks wicked and it’s big, but I messed up at the end of the build, I forgot to gloss coat, and as a result de decals have alot of…
thanks, but I’ll redo this one, the silvering its just too much, I think I´ll “experiment a little with this kit, some new weathering teqniques that can be applyed over the flat coat, or maybe even practice some battle damage…
to avoid silvering, I put the decals with some Klir (future ?) and then, pass either setting solution or other coat on it
If I have silvering, i try to make tiny incisions with a new X-acto sword, and fill “the gap” with clear coat to get it in, and the, re-do the clear on the model
Curently painting some kits assembled about two years ago (I’m in painting days, now…) : M61A5 with some modifications
By now, it has to be finished (details) and weathered…
Workin on the Sazabi and Strike Freedom. Hand painting the Sazabi is eating the time so i might have to look into spray or airbrush for the next kit. Just got my comicon…
I’m in love with the GP01. I have the normal rg built and I love it. I now have the HG MG, and the rg fb. I haven’t built any of them yet because of college is taking most of my time. But here’s the thing, I am going to build the mg normal. The HG I want to paint it, I’m gonna do my “Ghost Custom” on it, change all the red to black, the blue in…[Read more]
currently building a super custom zaku f200 from build fighters. love the model but hate the colors so i decided to go for a dessert ops style. as this is my first ever paint…
This week-end I’ve done another Macross Custom, this time from Macross Frontier – and NOT a variable fighter but ARMOR stuff !
As I got way too much model kits and…