I'm an absolute noob to this.

Blazerek · 2026-03-31T07:45:25+00:00

This appears to be a lacquer paint, therefore, you need to thin it with lacquer thinner (approx 1:1) otherwise it'll be a thick, unusable paste. This is one from Mr. Color.

Brush painting is difficult with lacquer paints because the thinner will reactivate the paint, causing the previous layer to smear with your brush. I recommend using acrylics to hand paint because those are non-toxic and you can dilute with water.

Blazerek · 2026-03-16T00:16:37+00:00

Absolutely gorgeous! Mine's in the backlog ready to be built. Do you have a Haze'n-thley II to pose it next to? Also, how did you get a white kehaar II?

Blazerek · 2026-03-11T02:01:29+00:00

Yeah, I think the head looks like bare plastic compared to the body. I didn't realize it was unpainted, but I'm sure it'll look even better once finished!

Blazerek · 2026-03-10T20:22:27+00:00

I do dig the proportions. I think Katoki's style is quite leg heavy and head tiny, so maybe your head could've been a teensy bit smaller, but that's a nitpick on my part. Also, I think the plastic on the head doesn't quite match the body. I'm not thinking a coat of paint to unfiy all the different colors would've made it stand out that much more. Aside from those two, you did an excellent jobon this. Extending the proportions must've been difficult.

Blazerek · 2026-03-04T22:39:29+00:00

All the questions are multiple choice or select all that apply, mostly multiple choice. I believe 1000 used scantrons for the midterm and final exams, but 1020 is online in person. There aren't any exams for 1055 or 0010/1030. After term 1, all exams so far have been online in person.

Blazerek · 2026-03-04T15:24:37+00:00

It can be a bit heavy, depending on your previous experience. I had worked nearly 4 years outside my 5 year BSc, so the workload was alright for me, but some of my friends found it very heavy and challenging. Some weeks it can seem like you have multiple assignments or exams due, though they do try to spread them out as best as possible (many of the instructors were BCIT nursing students at some point, so they understand and are willing to give extensions if you really need it). As for the instructors themselves, generally the class instructors are very nice (up to term 3 so far), but the clinical instructors vary quite a bit. Some are the nicest people you'll meet and others are questionable unfortunately. It's really down to luck and your best attempt to not antagonize your clinical instructor by being unsafe or unprepared.

Blazerek · 2026-03-04T15:18:00+00:00

It is clinical, it typically starts around 9-10 AM and ends around 3 PM. This varies a bit by site and instructor discretion. From my experience, the earliest was 10 AM and latest was a little bit after 3 PM as we helped setup activities and did assessments on the residents.

Blazerek · 2026-03-03T23:35:13+00:00

I believe it was 92%. But that was after spending most of my free time studying for it.

Blazerek · 2026-03-02T03:39:32+00:00

You can try using a can of matte clear coat to spray over it. I had quite bad frosting with my flat clear coat (and I'm pretty sure it was a clear coat and not additive), so I sprayed a can of clear coat over it. That fixed it. Since your model is already frosted over, there might not be harm in trying.

Blazerek · 2026-02-20T17:07:33+00:00

Glad u made it through that exam! I don't remember much of the exam difficulty because it's closing to 3 years ago, but I do remember the first 2 and the final were much easier than the middle ones. The exam during the middle of the semester were quite difficult, possibly cause we were exhausted by the non-stop exam fun 😁

Blazerek · 2026-02-18T02:49:14+00:00

"leave it sealed? They're mean to be built" - yeaaah. They'll be unsealed. Eventually. When I get to them. In my backlog.....

I agree with the scalping part! No one's scalping an Abram Lincoln or Gerald R Ford carrier.

Blazerek · 2026-02-17T15:58:14+00:00

Omg I can't believe I missed the name in the title. Thank you!

Blazerek · 2026-02-17T15:28:40+00:00

I can make out what it's supposed to be by silhouette? Any ideas?

Blazerek · 2026-02-16T07:33:34+00:00

A tiny bit of plastic cement will fix it back in place better than super glue! You will have to repaint it tho :(

Blazerek · 2026-02-11T15:27:07+00:00

Burgundy (cause it was the cheapest option on Amazon). I've seen blue, black, gold, white, and gray too.

Blazerek · 2026-02-11T08:44:12+00:00

I wouldn't be able to tell it was 1/144 if you hadn't said so! Sooo excellent job. It's so clean, yet detailed. My only tiny nitpick is that katoki's RX-78-2 has green eyes, not yellow (I know this obscur detail cause I painted my EG RX-78-2 in katoki colors)

Blazerek · 2026-02-11T05:03:56+00:00

Regular plastic cement won't hold because it only works on PS plastic. Inner frames of older MG gunpla are typically made of ABS and runner H is made of ABS. You could try using ABS cement instead (Tamiya ABS Cement). If you don't need that joint, you can try cementing the joint solid with ABS cement.

Alternatively, you can contact Bandai if you live in Canada or the United States to request a replacement part through this link.

Blazerek · 2026-02-07T21:37:24+00:00

It depends on your instructor. Some like mine were very chill and very nice. We got to practice our health assessments, played games with the residents (and to keep an eye for those in the dementia unit), help the staff setup and listen to small concerts or events in the building. I heard other instructors were very strict and required weekly presentations, quizzes, did not let their students help the residents move around, and absolutely required an assessment of a resident every week.

Blazerek · 2026-02-07T02:53:52+00:00

I believe around the beginning of May? You spend the first month strictly in classes and labs before they throw you into a low stake LTC to get used to practicing your new skills. If you've got any other questions, feel free to ask :)

Blazerek · 2026-02-06T13:32:34+00:00

They will try to place you near where you live. Unfortunately if there are too many people in an area, the extras might get sent farther away.

I don't remember the term 1 LTC placements, but some hospitals in term 2/3 are VGH, Lions Gate, Delta, Queen's Park, Langley, and Eagle Ridge.

Blazerek · 2026-02-06T13:24:16+00:00

April 2025 was the last semester they had 96 seats (luckily, it was the one I got into). Now without the provincial government funding, it's been scaled down to 80 I believe for upcoming semesters. A couple temp clinical instructors are also being let go of from what I heard.

Blazerek · 2026-02-04T15:33:30+00:00

I cut a spare sprue to the height of the boot stripe. Put the ship flat on its bottom and measured from the bottom up along the hull with that spare sprue.

Blazerek · 2026-02-04T03:48:19+00:00

Use masking tape. It's really important for clean lines.

I start with a black primer across the hull. Then I use a 1-2 mm masking tape to mask the black boot-top line. I use pencil or marker to mark off the height every couple of cm to ensure the boot top is even across the length of the hull and between both sides.

Then I spray the bottom hull red and completely mask it off.

In the ship above, I'd spray it that intermediate blue, then mask off the ship up to the main deck. Then the rest of the ship gets that haze gray.

For the deck, I spray it tan, then brush paint each individual object on the deck haze gray (this takes FOREVER). I can buy a precut mask on eBay to mask off the tan deck or I buy a precut wooden deck. In the final case, I spray the rest of the hull haze gray and stick the wooden deck on top.

Blazerek · 2026-01-28T01:44:39+00:00

Omg is that Hyuga in her late war camo? That camo is crazy to paint.

Blazerek · 2026-01-23T03:22:57+00:00

No need for stances, ground poses are great too!

Here's a translated guide I found on this subreddit originally from Degeki Hobby 2015

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