I have a question about something that is bugging me. On other Gunpla sites whenever a new kit is announced with pictures or someone posts a picture of a custom kit, there is usually discussion of the proportions of the kit and if the proportions are good or not. What are these proportions based on? What is considered correct. Should a suit be…[Read more]
I am one of those people who has “spirited” discussions about the proportions of new kits…
Basically, the choice of proportions can have a huge influence on the overall character of the design. Like you can make a figure look brutish by emphasizing the size of the arms and upper body, you can make it look more heroic by making it taller, etc.
At…[Read more]
As tetsujin said before, people argue about these things because some are more hard-core fans of the anime. More or less this is done on various forums and, apart from tetsujin who, like he said, likes his kits to look as close as to what the original designer wanted it to look like, there are quite a few (if not a lot more than a few) that just…[Read more]
as has been said people mostly want their kit to look cool, personally I would love if everything was the right size, not necessarily to human proportions, we should keep in mind these are supposed to be machines not actual suits of armor so they wouldn’t necessarily be built to human proportions, but rather sizes matching the original design,…[Read more]
I think your approach looks just fine, you’re just dealing with a kit that has some irregular seams.
It was kind of a common problem with these mid-to-late 1990s 1:144 kits. Seams would flare out a bit or the surface would be warped slightly from the molding process, resulting in an irregular surface across the seams.
Actually, alignment on the…[Read more]
Thanks for your help. I really thought it was my fault! I think I’ll renamed the video to a work in progress.
I was mostly using a sanding stick but I have no idea what grit it was. I just waited 2 weeks for some Tamiya 400 grit sandpaper to come from Korea, but it has a strange green glow and i’m afraid to use it. Just kidding lol. Seriously I…[Read more]
Are you sure that was 100 grit? That’s really harsh stuff – though in sanding stick form it could be different I guess… I almost never go stronger than 220…
320 is a pretty comfortable starting point – strong enough to be effective but not quite as harsh as 220.
What I use (and recommend) is wet/dry sandpaper from the hardware store. An…[Read more]
Yeah, it says P100 on the back. I’ve had pretty much the same experience. Tamiya sandpaper is great but it’s expensive and it doesn’t last long. I went into Poundland and bought a huge pack of sandpaper, so much I didn’t bother counting it. It’s P60, P150 and P100. I also have P400, P1000 and P1200. I went throught of phase of buying sandpaper…[Read more]
Well P100 should be coarse enough for just about any job – really, it’s coarser than I would use on a styrene kit… So I’m not sure why it wasn’t more effective. Could be the gap’s deep enough that it just takes a while to sand down the rest of the surface to match (in which case using putty is probably the way to go) or it could be the…[Read more]
I am getting through a lot of sandpaper, but who cares, it was cheap enough. I just nee to get rid of the stubborn bit with my knife and I can get to painting.The Tamiya TS-84 paint i got is amazing!!!
Are you still having the same problem? What browser and operating system are you using? Can you also email support@hobbylink.tv, explaining the problem and what system specs you have.
@ryan. Seems it was a one day deal, as now it seems to be working, well the photo bit. must of been a server hicup or something. but for the record, Win XP, Firefox latest, and on a 5 maybe 6 year old acer netbook.
hello guys i am curently doing research for a secret project and i need to make a custom proton back for a mg kit. and i dont now what degree of thick pla plastic to buy so any tips on that also .
Does anyone have any tips/tricks for cleaning up the nipper nubs on thrusters please? I have been working on the thruster pack on the Sinanju Stein all day, and it’s driving me potty!!
depending where your from, hit your local dollar store, a cheap nail clip kit will easily last 5-10 kits (based on using the clippers solely to clip out parts)
I am one of those people who has “spirited” discussions about the proportions of new kits…
Basically, the choice of proportions can have a huge influence on the overall character of the design. Like you can make a figure look brutish by emphasizing the size of the arms and upper body, you can make it look more heroic by making it taller, etc.
At…[Read more]
As tetsujin said before, people argue about these things because some are more hard-core fans of the anime. More or less this is done on various forums and, apart from tetsujin who, like he said, likes his kits to look as close as to what the original designer wanted it to look like, there are quite a few (if not a lot more than a few) that just…[Read more]
as has been said people mostly want their kit to look cool, personally I would love if everything was the right size, not necessarily to human proportions, we should keep in mind these are supposed to be machines not actual suits of armor so they wouldn’t necessarily be built to human proportions, but rather sizes matching the original design,…[Read more]