Gundam Modeling Official thread - Part 5

[mer2623]

instruction manual

any kind bros here can share instruction manual for HY2m Rick Dom? the one in the internet too blurred and difficult to understand especially the colors for the wirings. TIA

 

[doomseeker]

I'm a noob here but I'll share my experience with you.
Started out with hand painting and markers, works well with small parts, but for big parts it's quite difficult unless you can hand paint really well.

Now I've moved on to using spray cans and for larger parts, it really makes alot of difference. Small parts I'll use hand paint or markers still if I find the area hard to spray. (require too much masking)

Next step if possible will be to move on to airbrush, but that's for another day. So, there might be different opinions, but for me it's easier to hand paint small parts and details, but for bigger surface area, spray paint is definitely easier.

Both ways of painting have their pros and cons.
For handpainting, people usually do it for small details because handpainting large areas need alot of skill to do and achieve less brush marks.
Spray painting gives you a more neat and even paintjob, but is more expensive as the cost of spraycans build up over time.

If you are serious into this hobby, i do recomend you to go airbrushing, because it gives the most versatality in terms of the colours available and also u can mix your own custom colors. which is not possible with spraycans. Airbrushing also gives you more control of the paint.

For people who wishes to learn airbrush but cannot afford the mainstream setups that cost over $200, I have airbrush+ mini compressor kits available at <$80 per set. Send me a pm for more details.

Thanks for your tips! I tried hand painting my god gundam. Painted all the white parts gold and the blue parts red to create a partial hyper mode effect (can't upload images yet ) But yea it was extremely tedious, had to sand down some parts and repaint again to minimize the ugly brush marks. Should have consulted you guys earlier haha And yea I'm thinking of getting a proper airbrush after I've saved up enough. But for now gonna experiment with spray paint first, still have a few kits to experiment with.

And one more question apart from the vibrancy of colour, are there any other differences between enamel paint and acrylic paint? I went to HAG and the shop owner recommended enamel paint. But the smell of the thinner kills me all the time and it's really a pain in the as* to watch the paint off the brush >.<

 

[imnottat]

Newbie!!

Hello guys! Please check out my gunpla blog and comment! Its my first custom HG kit. Tell me how i can improve n how to prevent cracking of spraypaint! Tyty

Url: imnottat.blogspot.sg

 

[AikiBoy]

anyone went gundam front tokyo? I going tokyo soon so i wonder if it worth visit.

 

[tuner]

anyone went gundam front tokyo? I going tokyo soon so i wonder if it worth visit.

I went before but didn't visit the paid exhibition though. Nothing really unless you want to take picture with the life size Gundam, there's the usual exhibit of gundam kits. Basically doesn't give me the "wow" factor. If u got spare time, why not or if u want to visit shopping malls.

 

[evilerniex]

anyone went gundam front tokyo? I going tokyo soon so i wonder if it worth visit.

i didnt got for the paid exhibit area also... just take photo with the life-size gundam. can just drop by, and odaiba got so much other things to see as well

 

[tissuepaper]

there is gundam sales at taka now is it ?

 

[mer2623]

Yes, but nothing interesting...

 

[acestoro]

Thanks for your tips! I tried hand painting my god gundam. Painted all the white parts gold and the blue parts red to create a partial hyper mode effect (can't upload images yet ) But yea it was extremely tedious, had to sand down some parts and repaint again to minimize the ugly brush marks. Should have consulted you guys earlier haha And yea I'm thinking of getting a proper airbrush after I've saved up enough. But for now gonna experiment with spray paint first, still have a few kits to experiment with.

And one more question apart from the vibrancy of colour, are there any other differences between enamel paint and acrylic paint? I went to HAG and the shop owner recommended enamel paint. But the smell of the thinner kills me all the time and it's really a pain in the as* to watch the paint off the brush >.<

it's workable.. just thin down the paint more so it will not have brush mark.. if U wann paint get a proper respirator.. likewise ur kill urself without u knowing it.. I personally finished a handpaint kit faster than spray paint as I do free hand without masking.. but honesty speaking the big surface the best is use airbrush.. handpainting can near beat airbrushing surface finishing for large surface.

 

[AikiBoy]

I went before but didn't visit the paid exhibition though. Nothing really unless you want to take picture with the life size Gundam, there's the usual exhibit of gundam kits. Basically doesn't give me the "wow" factor. If u got spare time, why not or if u want to visit shopping malls.

is the hall big?

i didnt got for the paid exhibit area also... just take photo with the life-size gundam. can just drop by, and odaiba got so much other things to see as well

what else to see there? I noob and going solo trip there for 3days.

 

[tuner]

is the hall big?

what else to see there? I noob and going solo trip there for 3days.

The public display quite a huge collection of Gunpla over the years, some award winnning kits too. Then the merchandise which is open to public walk in too. The rest paid entrance which u can refer to their website.

Basically Daiba area are shopping malls. There's a Nissan or Honda (which I can't recall) exhibit showing you their technology and cars in the other mall Zepp Tokyo (where the ferris wheel is). It was closed for major reno during my last trip there mid this yr I think.

 

[HumongousLips]

anybody went to sheng tai toys warehouse sales? 28 nov - 8 dec got sales, same location, dont know if any bros went this time round.

 

[alfseeto]

anybody went to sheng tai toys warehouse sales? 28 nov - 8 dec got sales, same location, dont know if any bros went this time round.

I went today. Only 2 MG sets - Gundam Wing EW $35, Dark Hound $40. A lot of HG Gundam Age sets at $10, worth buying are Age FX, Full Glansa, Full Orbital, Fortress, Age 3 Normal, etc. Last time the sale didn't have these sets.

 

[simwb90]

I went today. Only 2 MG sets - Gundam Wing EW $35, Dark Hound $40. A lot of HG Gundam Age sets at $10, worth buying are Age FX, Full Glansa, Full Orbital, Fortress, Age 3 Normal, etc. Last time the sale didn't have these sets.

Any Beargguy from Gunpla Builders??

 

[tissuepaper]

I went today. Only 2 MG sets - Gundam Wing EW $35, Dark Hound $40. A lot of HG Gundam Age sets at $10, worth buying are Age FX, Full Glansa, Full Orbital, Fortress, Age 3 Normal, etc. Last time the sale didn't have these sets.

any sd kits?
and did you saw hg dark hound? or any of the pirates like shadoll/ xiphos/jackedge? tia

 

[longlivezeon2004]

Same old stuff every time. Yes, there is HG Age kits on sales. Lots of them. Dark Hound, Shadoll, Xiphos ... Major don't have is Zeydra.

Any others can forget about it except the 2 MG stated earlier.

Bearguy from Gunpla Builder is no no.

 

[RedEyesFan]

any sd kits?
and did you saw hg dark hound? or any of the pirates like shadoll/ xiphos/jackedge? tia

got dark hound, xiphos and shadoll

 

[tissuepaper]

Same old stuff every time. Yes, there is HG Age kits on sales. Lots of them. Dark Hound, Shadoll, Xiphos ... Major don't have is Zeydra.

Any others can forget about it except the 2 MG stated earlier.

Bearguy from Gunpla Builder is no no.

got dark hound, xiphos and shadoll

tks ..

know the opening hours?

 

[Jhyun]

11am till 7pm

 

[alfseeto]

I asked the Shengtai guy on Friday and he said there would be new gundams from Monday onwards.