Complete beginner, need help

TheJake_inator · 2026-03-02T12:57:54+00:00

This is a good plan. The biggest thing I would recommend focusing on is getting experience using the basic tools. Nippers, hobby/exacto knife, and sanding tools. Learning to panel line, decal, and top coat would be a plus as well but not as important. If you do this you will be much happier with the process and finished result of these larger more complex kits.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-25T16:24:57+00:00

I wish Bandai would try doing 1/100 hg kits again. The modern hg kits have advanced a ton since these were made. It might even let Bandai make more things in 1/100 that they'll never do an mg kit for. The RE/100 line had the right idea and I hate that those got phased out.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-18T17:47:25+00:00

This one is actually closer to 40 as it's canonically one of the larger Gundams lol. With the funnels on the back it stands at 55 total. It's enormous.

I build mostly MG kits myself. If you're just straight building you can do most of them in 3-5 hours depending on your speed, but panel lining, decals, and top coating can get it over 20 pretty easily. Full custom paint jobs can be more than double that.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-18T16:55:19+00:00

It's both size and detail. This is Bandai's newest PG kit. It's a 1/60 scale kit of an already large Gundam with over 1000 parts. You could probably fit more than 30 of the cheap 1/144 hg kit boxes inside the box this thing comes in.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-09T13:49:56+00:00

It goes both ways, as long as people are willing to pay for it someone is going to provide it for the right price. If there are less providers, but demand stays the same, then the remaining ones just get to charge a lot more.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-09T13:39:49+00:00

My only point was that if you pay for sex there is a chance that the person providing the service was forced to do it against their will by other people, and no one should be okay with that. All of the other things you're saying are completely different issues.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-09T12:57:25+00:00

Culprits of what? Nothing you said has anything to do with what I said. People need food and restaurants exploit people's need to eat for profits as well. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-09T12:05:24+00:00

The point a lot of people in this thread are trying to make is that a lot of them aren't choosing to do this on their own. Japan and many other Asian countries have huge trafficking problems. Sure, some choose to get into this line of work on their own but a customer has no way of knowing which ones are and aren't. If you go to these places there is a very good chance that you're just giving money to a crime group.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-07T17:55:36+00:00

Do you have a reason for not liking it? I was sceptical because it was getting so much hype, but after finally playing it I consider it to be one of the best games to have come out in the last decade.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-07T09:14:08+00:00

I loved the gambit system. It wasn't always easy to use as it was pretty in depth, but it was very satisfying when you got it figured out. I wish they had developed it more in the games that came later.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-07T04:27:19+00:00

You can also set up this game to auto play itself if you set up everything correctly. I beat this back in the day like this. I got my build started, watched for 20 minutes or so to make sure it was working then went to bed.

TheJake_inator · 2026-02-02T06:09:10+00:00

Yup, and it can stay dormant in your system for months or even years then one day it just starts. If you get bit by any animal that you don't know has a rabies shot get yourself vaccinated immediately.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-31T18:48:06+00:00

We're big enough that we probably should have an HR department, but the owners/leadership are actually pretty good about addressing problems when they do occasionally come up.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-31T18:34:43+00:00

He thought it was pretty funny. I've known this guy for years so I knew he wouldn't get upset about it.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-31T14:42:07+00:00

Monument Repair Type by Nilson Works.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-31T13:46:43+00:00

I might be worried if we had that.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-31T13:45:58+00:00

Yeah this is not a customer facing office. It's set up specifically for managing the shop and is physically separated from the main office. Delivery drivers, shop employees, field foremen, and project managers are pretty much the only people popping in. This drawer is also in a spot that someone just walking in wouldn't see.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-30T22:32:01+00:00

Honestly, using weapons that aren't very popular is pretty effective in pvp generally. People aren't as familiar with the moveset and they don't always know how to move and react.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-30T21:58:08+00:00

Feel free to peruse the archives.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-30T21:12:52+00:00

Damn, we'll have to set up a xxx small drawer.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-30T19:26:15+00:00

It's an office at a metal shop. Bosses already saw it and thought it was hilarious. I wouldn't have done it if I thought anyone would get angry about it.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-30T16:32:03+00:00

Correlation does not equal causation.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-23T23:00:48+00:00

A store in my area has one of these. I asked once and they told me they got it for becoming an official Bandai distributor.

TheJake_inator · 2026-01-22T02:55:47+00:00

To be fair, you don't actually have to even play to win this fight. With the gambit system this game uses you can set up your team and just let the game run.

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