Hi all. new here and to this layout of “forum”. have recently started getting into some Gundam etc figures but still to start my first build.
Regular customer of HLJ.
Check out my previous builds, WIP etc here http://webbynz.blogspot.co.nz/View
No problem. Sorry I’m so late, but I think your WIP is taking shape. Wood glue gives you time to fiddle with the seatbelts & if you screw up like touching the glue on the seat, you can wipe it off with a damp cloth or q-tip. Easy. CA on PE. Don’t bother with plastic cement except for interior to underside bonding. Also, wood glue on clear parts.…[Read more]
Completed my second kit this week: the RG MK-II A.E.U.G.. Used a weathering master kit by Tamiya, washed the lines, added decals and top coated it with a matte spray. Pretty happy with the results 🙂 https://www.instagram.com/p/BE_jgZgn6GY/?taken-by=gundamblog
* Found this improperly built & painted kit in my stash
* Disassembled it & removed paints
* Lot of sanding, polishing & puttying even the clear parts
* New 3rd-party decals
* New color scheme
* DIY PE hood grill & side vents
* PE wheel pins, brake discs & windshield wiper
* Baremetal
I picked this from my friend’s house. He accidently set his room on fire by candles (cuz in Indonesia, when heavy rain strikes they will shut down the electricity :)). He fell asleep on the living room. thank god he’s alive. he gave all of his kits to me including this one and i don’t know why all the manuals and the decal sheets are ripped apart.…[Read more]
I picked this from my friend’s house. He accidently set his room on fire by candles (cuz in Indonesia, when heavy rain strikes they will shut down the electricity :)). He fell asleep on the living room. thank god he’s alive. he gave all of his kits to me including this one and i don’t know why all the manuals and the decal sheets are ripped apart…[Read more]
Built myself a Mecha chocobo ride for my Frame arms girls :D, I bought the Frame arms second Jive kit but never liked the kits transformation and its final look so I reused the kit and made this instead.
Since domokun asked for it.
A look inside the LED knights box. It comes with alot of runners with sizable parts, all molded in a light grey, three decalsheets and a hose out…
Never seen one of these before but that looks awesome. Def something I would love to explore in building. Post pics when you complete or work on it. Looks like an amazing kit.
Hello again, and it’s me with another question~! (^___^)/
Does anyone know which companies selling all those conversion kits and extra add-ons to existing BANDAI kits are actually licensed by BANDAI? I even see some outrageous huge and/or detailed kits that I think are straight up new builds, but I can’t seem to find any BANDAI endorsement for…[Read more]
They nearly always aren’t officially licensed. With that said, official Bandai ones will be from the company “B-Club”, who do resin conversion kits for older models.
Seeing as these were all in limited print I can’t imagine finding one is easy let alone cheap, so the closest thing you can probably get would be a 3rd party recast of a B-Club.
Yeah, I know about B-Club but I was really hoping at least G-System would be licensed; they follow a similar-ish naming convention after all! 😛
I know Bandai went after TT Hongli for making copies of existing Bandai kits (which they are somehow still making… no idea how…), but does the fact they are not doing anything to G-System mean…[Read more]
I think it’s that Bandai doesn’t really mind add on sets. They don’t sell a copy of Bandais work, rather they get people to buy from Bandai more.
Companies like TT Hongli just steal the models from Bandai and print them for cheaper so there’s definitely a reason for Bandai to stop them.
Hmmm, then I guess that’s why Bandai also ignores the unconventional size releases like 1/72, 1/35, etc. If they feel there is nothing wrong with them then it’s fine, I guess, though I wish they would just come out and say so. 😛
Can anyone tell me what scale the Bandai Tamashii Kshatriya is? I wanted the kit in 1/144th and that seems to be the most complete with all the working gimmicks and effect parts, unlike the HGUC version. Hoping it is 1/144th! 😀
The “Robot Damashii (Side MS) Kshatriya” is 1/144? Sure? The links you gave me are for the HGUC normal and repaired versions. I was wondering about this one: http://hlj.com/product/BAN984442/Gun
Yeah, noticed that too, but I hesitated to take that for granted as I see a lot of places measure height after mounting a model on an action stand if the model in question comes with one, and the ‘Robot Damashii (Side MS) Kshatriya’ does come with a stand. Q__Q
Mostly I want a more advanced Kshatriya because the shield/binders don’t split down in the standard HGUC kit like they do on the Repaired and the Bandai Tamashii ones. There is an option from B-Club… but it’s B-club so… Q______Q
I tried to compare sizes when Syd had the kits in his hand, and they seem close enough. Probably some difference in scale, but hey, we see that even in some renewed/redesigned releases (e.g. gerbera tetra) so should be just fine. 🙂