teetee580

My gf built the MG full armored and glossed like @thebanshee13 mentioned. And about the seams @teetee580 mentioned, use masking on the psycho frames.

IF you are planing to coat each part, make sure the joins are not coated as well as the sides between pieces also. Bandai are quite accurate at piece sizes. If you coated some joins, you will have…[Read more]

Hello there fellow Gunpla-er!
Question #1: Gloss coat, panel line, optional gloss coat to protect your panel lines, decals, and then finally your top coat (flat, gloss, or semi gloss).
Question #2: I would say to top coat parts individually like you were painting. Top coating a completed kit without separating parts can leave area’s without top…[Read more]

@teetee580 You’re right. In the past I’ve always gone too heavy with paint and primer because I always wanted to get the parts painted in one spray session. This always led to thick layers. Now that I am older and understand the importance of thin layers, I will hopefully do a couple of layers to get the best paint results. Good advice. happy building!

@teetee580 What you’re saying makes sense. I just have to be mindful of the soap and make sure to thoroughly rinse the part and dry. Thanks mate. Happy building!

@teetee580 What would a really mild soap be? I have the regular dish soap but is that too harsh?

@teetee580 Oh wow that’s really important! I was thinking it was just a marketing scheme ahah. I know what you mean though. A long time ago, I primed an old HG 1/144 Justice Gundam and I saw some of the details disappearing. I definitely intend to try out panel washing so fine surface primer it is. Thanks for the clarification as always. Happy building :D!

@teetee580 Thanks for the response! I’ve only seen the gold paint with clear yellow over it on videos so seeing it in person would probably look different. I’ll have to try both out and see which one I like. I’ll take a look at your Nu Ver Ka. Thanks man. Happy building!

@teetee580 Am I still able to wash the parts after I am done sanding putty and seams lines away? I ask because I want my parts to be clean from dust and other particles before I get to priming and painting.

@teetee580 Tamiya sells clear paints? I plan to (when I eventually get to painting) paint Natakus Dragon Fangs, V fin etc gold and then go over it with clear yellow. I’ve seen some nice results from that. The same clear paint that I was going to hand brush on actually also comes in a spray can?

@teetee580 Ahah maybe everyone in on vacation XD. As usual, you comments are substantial and full of useful information. Every painted and decaled Gunpla review I’ve watched almost always had waterslides applied to it. I always wondered why this was the case. I totally forgot about mark setter and softer (and applying decals on curved surfaces in…[Read more]

@teetee580 Dude you are THE MAN. These are seriously perfect and cheap! I also never intended to keep the jewels looking like jewels. I intended to sand them down but by the time I cut the jewels do to size that could maybe fit the piece, it was so tiny that I couldn’t hold them. So when I actually do put the tiny jewel on the sand paper it would…[Read more]

@teetee580 Thanks for the input! It does seem the most logical to test how the paint, topcoat, and thinner react to one another on an empty runner instead of the actual kit. Do I have to still be as cautious with lighter fluid as I would have been with paint thinner? I was watching vegeta8259s panel lining video and he said at the end when he was…[Read more]

@teetee580 when painting your kits with tamiya spray cans, do you paint the inner frame, the reason is, that i am looking to paint the inner frame of my MG Destiny and i just wanted to know if by priming and painting the inner frame does it rub or restrict any movement?