Gundam Modeling Official thread - Part 5

[evilerniex]

First coat of paint...
Looks like screwed up.
Really should have primed with white paint...

Update: not too bad lah. No evidence of pooling YET. colours are uneven though. need to increase spray distance and change direction of spraying.

it will be better to use satay sticks to hold up each part and spray individually. placing on cardboard to spray is ok for those parts where only one side needs to be sprayed.

 

[tanyieern]

it will be better to use satay sticks to hold up each part and spray individually. placing on cardboard to spray is ok for those parts where only one side needs to be sprayed.

yea, havent gotten around to buying satay sticks yet. Now that i think i if, i really shld have used the satay sticks, but was too lazy and didnt want to mess up the lift landing( where i was painting everything, dry next to windows). Paint is giving me a headache now...

Im experimenting with 2 different ways i spraying. 1 is press and hold directly at the parts. This gives a better colour, but i see some parts pooling alr... the second way is burst paint. its thinner, but it dosent cover everything. the orange still resembles green...

How many coats do i need for the second way? i have done 2 coats alr...

 

[gentoro]

I used wooden chopsticks. Thicker and reusable. More stable with blue tack. 1 pack of chopsticks a dollar niah.

 

[tarui04]

it will be better to use satay sticks to hold up each part and spray individually. placing on cardboard to spray is ok for those parts where only one side needs to be sprayed.

somemore when the paint sticks between the cardboard and the piece

 

[tanyieern]

somemore when the paint sticks between the cardboard and the piece

yea. i just found out the hard way. finished 3rd coat of paint. its looks really good now. wonder what would happen after it dries. and i hope HBD dun fine me for vandalizing the lift landing.(even though i used newspapers, the whole place is orange...)

Sooo, chopsticks or satay sticks? How to reuse chopsticks?

Anyone knows how to remove paint? my whole hand is orange too...

 

[HeeroYuy]

yea. i just found out the hard way. finished 3rd coat of paint. its looks really good now. wonder what would happen after it dries. and i hope HBD dun fine me for vandalizing the lift landing.(even though i used newspapers, the whole place is orange...)

Sooo, chopsticks or satay sticks? How to reuse chopsticks?

Anyone knows how to remove paint? my whole hand is orange too...

Ehh, satay sticks cheaper, and for some sticks use crocodile clip attach part to it makes it easy to handle.
I too use spray paint but i use satay stick hold up in one hand hand spray in short burst.
Liddat the paint wont be too thick. And the area will not be covered in paint . U got those free plactic spoons from foodcourt ir hawker center? Pratice on that first, else your expensive kits all wasted.
Once you got the hang of the pressure, distance and angle it will be safer to do on your kits.

 

[gentoro]

Always clean the nozzle with wet tissue. Blockage will cause droplets for spray can.

 

[Blusttoy]

I used to be like you, morally abiding citizen who covered the floor with newspaper to spray in HDB corridor but now, I realize, if I hold up the parts in the air [At above waist level] or hold it over the balcony, the air will carry the fine mist. Now, there's no residue on the floor nor on the walls.

But it also means doing 1 part by 1 part, but I find that gives the best result, even though you find yourself using more paint. Also, if you can, you can get those mini metal paper clips like:

And run a stick through the back hole and secure it with a combination of tape and blue tack, to give you better hold of the bigger parts.

Just came back from HAW and damn, the GSS sales makes me wanna snap up alot of the AGE kits but end up only snag the RG MK-II AEUG and Sinanju. Lucky there's no Titans version or that one also come home with me...

 

[tanyieern]

I used to be like you, morally abiding citizen who covered the floor with newspaper to spray in HDB corridor but now, I realize, if I hold up the parts in the air [At above waist level] or hold it over the balcony, the air will carry the fine mist. Now, there's no residue on the floor nor on the walls.

But it also means doing 1 part by 1 part, but I find that gives the best result, even though you find yourself using more paint. Also, if you can, you can get those mini metal paper clips like:

And run a stick through the back hole and secure it with a combination of tape and blue tack, to give you better hold of the bigger parts.

Just came back from HAW and damn, the GSS sales makes me wanna snap up alot of the AGE kits but end up only snag the RG MK-II AEUG and Sinanju. Lucky there's no Titans version or that one also come home with me...

Where can i find those metal clips? Popular got sell? doing a repaint of everything using that method... some of the parts paint chipped off and others have uneven colours( orange looks like green-.-).

Im gonna buy the AGE-2 Normal. Gonna repaint it pure white, Woolf style. But after i finish my Rapheal and Enact... Shld finish by second week of June.

 

[Cleaver]

Sooo, chopsticks or satay sticks? How to reuse chopsticks?

Anyone knows how to remove paint? my whole hand is orange too...

For your hand? Use industrial thinner to wash.

The clip i buy from daiso, depends on size , big 1 comes in 3 per pack iirc...

and also use to hold the parts when doing seamlines

 

[Cleaver]

Im experimenting with 2 different ways i spraying. 1 is press and hold directly at the parts. This gives a better colour, but i see some parts pooling alr... the second way is burst paint. its thinner, but it dosent cover everything. the orange still resembles green...

How many coats do i need for the second way? i have done 2 coats alr...

spray from left to right

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7NH5iZX7Lk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1HdmTH_tkE&feature=related

or you can pm Sliver, he's very good with spray cans...

 

[xfiles_wolvie]

my lousy test kit...too long no do.

Yuan Shu

Yuan Shao

 

[xfiles_wolvie]

COMBINED

 

[aucheukyan]

Where can i find those metal clips? Popular got sell? doing a repaint of everything using that method... some of the parts paint chipped off and others have uneven colours( orange looks like green-.-).

Im gonna buy the AGE-2 Normal. Gonna repaint it pure white, Woolf style. But after i finish my Rapheal and Enact... Shld finish by second week of June.

any book stall, popular will do, but i recommend here cause there are really alot of stuff

Handy-man Centre (Far East) Pte Ltd @ Shaw Centre

 

[tanyieern]

Bleh, 400ml of spray paint ran out after 3 coats of approx. 60 parts. Thats really fast. No wonder people say spray paint is expensive...

 

[HeeroYuy]

Wah lan eh wolvie! Getting better n better!
Will be calling u master soon liao.

 

[sliver0503]

Bleh, 400ml of spray paint ran out after 3 coats of approx. 60 parts. Thats really fast. No wonder people say spray paint is expensive...

Well, for one, airbrush will save u more money in e long run.

 

[wilfredgod]

HLJ

anyone purchased from HLJ.com before anot? my order was shipped 14days ago using SAL and have not arrive lei.. normal ma? very scared lost package

 

[tanyieern]

Well, for one, airbrush will save u more money in e long run.

Yea. Really long run. it would take me 50 bottles of spray paint to break even my investment in airbrushing.

 

[tarui04]

Well, for one, airbrush will save u more money in e long run.

i think i better watercool or add additional fins for my compressor.

everytime i airbrush, the airtank's pressure drop to 3bar and triggers the compressor, making it run almost constantly.