Hello! I have question about lining with enamel/enamel thinner over semi-gloss top coat (especially TS79). Is it good and everything will be fine, or should I get GLOSS coat instead? I heard that matte coats not very good for that kind of work, but not really sure it’s true.
So quick question here, I have an MG cherudim gundam designers colour version, and I want to fit the LED that comes with it into the nu gundam ver ka and it won’t fit. Is there anyway I can modify it or do I have to buy a new one?
The Cherudim Gundam Designer’s Color Verrsion is a no grade. Thus, its LED isn’t meant to fit in MGs. I would just buy the two-pack green ones from HLJ to save yourself the trouble of modification (especially if you want it to fit properly in Cherudim, should you decide that).
the LED units are pretty simple devices no circuit boards or anything just a couple of wires and contacts so yes you could modify them to fit just about anything or build one entirely from scratch but as said the simpler option would be to just buy the led that fits. those led’s are something Bandai seems to want to push they’ve been used in a…[Read more]
Hey quick question about plastic cement. I’m trying to fill seam lines with plastruct brand cement and it’s not working. I put it on the edges of the part and go to snap them together but it like drying or evaporating or something so fast that I don’t have time to even get the 2 pieces together. Am I crazy or is something wrong?
Im not familiar with plastruct but the technique is to put the parts together first but dont snap the together- leave a fine gap. Then using thin cement (again, not sure if the plastruct is thick or thin), you use gravity to run the glue between the two parts and then push them together. As you say its evaporating, Id say you are using a thin…[Read more]
Thanks! I was applying the cement to the parts while they were separated, but I’m gonna try it the way described in the video. And yes the plastruct cement is very liquidy, same consistency as water, so I’d assume it was thin cement. Thanks again.
Ok, so I have been trying to figure out what was done to this Serpent Custom model to increase the bulk of the suit. I have gotten so far as to determine the use of a 1/100 Gundam Virtue, possible resin casting, and scratch building with pla plate. My japanese is not early sophisticated enough to actually comprehend what the text says. Can anyone…[Read more]
from the images I can see that atleast 3 kits are used in this build, Tallgeese III, Virtue, and the Serpent itself. the waist and shield is Tallgeese, and the legs are Virtue. It’s clear however that the front of the chin is from the serpent itself since the virtue doesn’t have that little knee part. that’s as much as I can tell. No idea how…[Read more]
Thank you so much! I love the serpent custom and I want to do something like this since the 90’s 1/100 HG kit is…. well…. 90’s quality. The Bazooka comes with the 1/100 kit btw.
PLUS the extra bulk makes this MS look like formidable juggernaut.
its pretty hard to know exactly what might have been done in any specific mod, but the second image you posted showed a pic of the model put together but unpainted and in that you could see some of the Tamiya masking tape, that tape’s presence would suggest that a modification happened in that area, though in this case I see some tape on the gun…[Read more]
Does Mr. Mark Setter dissolve Tamiya Acrylic and Future Varnish? I used it today and it completely messed up the paint on that part. Can I used Tamiya’s Enamel clear then?
Also, I hear I can mix flat base with clear in order to get a flat varnish is there a ratio I should be aware of?
Ok guys, I’m building my first MG kit at the moment. I notice I got some decal, the green one looks like some stick, so I know I can just apply them to my kit easy. The clear one is the one I have question about, how can I apply it? I know the instruction tell me to use a blade to cut it to really close to the logo, then i’m lost. Am I suppose…[Read more]
From memory @Syd created a tutorial video on the dry transfer decals early in the GunplaTV series. Search through the early episodes and you should be able to find it.