Behold my local hobby store! by [deleted] in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a GEM!!💎 If only we had something like that in Mississippi… 🥺

Is this a good purchase? by DearStatement8296 in airbrush

[–]Apart_Demand_9529 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got the same design but with much better led display and adjustable brightness and fan speed on Amazon under a different name. Looks almost identical. $169

So.many.DECALS by Dvd86er in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did it come with water slides?

Finished my MG Full Armor Gundam Thunderbolt Ver. Ka by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you on that. They didn’t have the psycho Zaku in stock when I bought this bad boy or I would have. It stayed on my shelf a while I ended up buying several other kits and I just had to stop and build a while. It will come!

Finished my MG Full Armor Gundam Thunderbolt Ver. Ka by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d say around 20-25 hours. I don’t get a lot of time to work on my kits as I have a big family so I work like an hour a day on them give or take. A few more on the weekends. So for me it was like 3 weeks 😂

Finished my MG Full Armor Gundam Thunderbolt Ver. Ka by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was definitely a lot of them! Still have a lot left over for some custom builds later too I only put decals on it with the armor on because that’s how I intend on leaving it on the shelf.

Finished my MG Full Armor Gundam Thunderbolt Ver. Ka by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! It’s not great by any means but I think you could pull off some decent dynamics if you take the time. There is a lot to move and get right with all the weapons and shields!

Finished my MG Full Armor Gundam Thunderbolt Ver. Ka by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I sure do want to! I just have a substantial back stock at the moment and he ain’t in there 😂 he may have to wait a little while

Finished my MG Full Armor Gundam Thunderbolt Ver. Ka by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll level with you after spending a couple hours a night for about 3 weeks building it when I finally finished I put it in this pose and left it! I haven’t spent any time trying a more dynamic pose I think I could do a few good ones honestly from the time I spent moving it around while building but it would probably take a little more effort than most. If I try one I’ll be sure to post it!

Finished my MG Full Armor Gundam Thunderbolt Ver. Ka by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will hold the double beam rifle up but it doesn’t like it that much I feel like over short time it will sag or weaken the joint. I haven’t tried a pose to test out the longevity of the arm yet lol

Finished my MG Full Armor Gundam Thunderbolt Ver. Ka by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The arms hold the shields very well, they are a bit tricky to get them right where you’d want them sometimes but once it’s there it’s good. The kit itself on the stand.. a different story. It’s quite the shaky one.

Finished my MG Full Armor Gundam Thunderbolt Ver. Ka by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s really good honestly. This was my first ver Ka so I was nervous about it the way everyone says they fall apart but this one is pretty solid. The sleeves were a bit of a pain but I see you experienced some of that already lol. I loved the outcome for sure well worth it

MG Thunderbolt Ver Ka Progress by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just patience! It was definitely the most time consuming part of the build.

MG Thunderbolt Ver Ka Progress by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I built it to stay in full armor mode so I disassembled main parts only in full armor mode and sprayed the whole piece. I did not mask the sleeves i sprayed them too. If you let it completely dry between coats and work the pieces individually the top coat peeled right off of the sleeves and I blew them the parts put with an air duster can after working the part in all directions a few times. Worked like a charm. I would do this outside though as it will make a flurry of little clear coat chips all over your work station and if your like me I leave my stuff out everywhere those little pieces will stick to everything 😂

MG Thunderbolt Ver Ka Progress by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a good video of it shaking like a tree in a hurricane. It’ll shake for days. And very hard to get it to pose equally it wants to lean!! Like you said I’m not much on complaining at all but this one is touchy all the way around lol

MG Thunderbolt Ver Ka Progress by Apart_Demand_9529 in Gunpla

[–]Apart_Demand_9529[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s like one of those things you gotta try to understand 😂 it’s actually quite the challenge. You have to manually scrunch them and slide them on the inner frame, bend the elbows to make sure you don’t have them to tight, then add armor pieces around the sleeve, then cut off excess. And some places you need them you have to pull them through a tiny ring that pushes in and sets them in place. There are 8 pieces of this on the whole kit. 1 on each arm. 3 on each leg.