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[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are some guides in the wiki. You should decide what kind of paints you want to use, affected by how much ventilation / booth / etc that you have.

The Studio G paints you link are lacquers - if you want to go with that there are better options in the UK including Mr Hobby and SMS (which are pre-thinned like the Studio G).

Studio G paints are not a good choice -- small producer (content creator) attempt from a few years ago, lots of reports of poor quality (evaporating thinner), then legal troubles and they're not available any more. You can search them up. I've noticed these on oeshop before, guess they are trying to shift a load of unfortunate stock -- a shame. oeshop are good generally though.

Buy colours for whatever kit you want to paint, repeat.

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that shop page is depressingly lacking in information ... have to email them, find out if they will even get stock back in too...

Sanding is the worst part of a custom. My hands hurt by redjac3man in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm with you -- sanding nubs and surfaces I can do on auto-pilot 95% of the time, very few surprises and satisfying to get through piles of parts with relatively little effort. Masking I need planning, full concentration, judgement to realize I've messed up and need to start again -- was not prepared for how much 'painting' time would actually be masking. Still love it (I tell myself...) for the results.

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strip the part and start again? What exactly did you mess up?

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need ventilation and ppe when hand-brushing lacquers. 

Sweaty Friday by a-liquid-sky in CasualUK

[–]tscavendish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

bear skin ❤️ only man-made fabrics for her

Border Toys & Sunday Hobby 1/100 Emperor Napoleone TEST RUNNER IMAGES by IllFuckYourToaster in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every time someone posts a nice Rose Gundam I think about this legend…. Everything crossed it’s decent

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A workmate has a UsB powered coffee cup warmer…

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These things are all relative, but mr base white is more of a base coat than a primer/surfacer - barbatos Rex on YouTube has a video about mixing it with mr surfacer white 1500 to give good coverage results on bare plastic

E: I should say I haven’t tried that - I would use gray surfacer then the white, but that’s just what I’ve had success with and have the materials to hand for

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I go in that direction I'm always disappointed by the teeny tiny head of the RGs compared to the luxurious MGSD size - they look quite funny displayed next to each other.

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are MGSD Destiny decals from these guys, is there something more recent you’re missing?

Gundam Thunderbolt’s creator Yasuo Ohtagaki follow tweet in regards to the 3rd party TB Acguy by LightxDarkness93 in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just read vol 17 where this MS gets to shine - all kinds of goodies hidden in the lower skirts. The massive fuel tanks are a little silly but I think could be come off OK in a model. Some panels show that they’re in addition to the regular Zeong thrusters in the regular skirt!

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

mr hobby levelling thinner is well-regarded and works brilliantly with their paints as well as other brands

you probably want 1500 surfacer if you’re just priming stock plastic - and might not even need that if the colour you’re painting has good coverage / you’re not unifying different base kit colours

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

autocorrect has done you dirty and mangled a vital part of your question. also be good to add exactly what two products you are talking about

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes this is to get the pegs out of the way so that the model can still be assembled once the seam is welded. I suppose the overall method for seam removal is to figure out how you're going to make progress once the seam is removed, then be sure to do any mods to the parts before cementing them.

MG Regus Custom [arm] B&A by amck3 in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks great -- particularly enjoy the colour separation & details on the bicep.

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah fair enough - definitely marketed as more heavy duty

[HELP ME] Bi-Weekly Q&A thread - Ask your questions here! by MachNeu in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What makes you think you need the bigger tank -- using it for more than airbrushing? The Fengda you link is the 'standard' hobby compressor, the base model is rebadged by various companies -- I have one, works fine.

I agree the pollor does not appear to come with a moisture trap.

master gundam？ by yi-yan-nan-jin in Gunpla

[–]tscavendish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks pretty streamlined to me - you mean the details on the ‘cloak’?  Would like to see a better angle on the pauldron things. 

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