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/gpg/ - Gunpla/Plamo General Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 05:27:17 No. 36

-=READ THE GUIDES=- Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General! For those new, please read our guides. We have many resources available to help you in many different aspects of the hobby. They're here for you! For the unclear, "plamo" is short for "plastic model". "Gunpla" is thus short for "Gundam plastic model". Many different kinds of models are built here, ranging from mecha to planes, cars, musume, you name it! If you're new, you're gonna screw up. Don't worry! If you're seasoned, don't make the newbies worry! >Why won't anyone answer my question? Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can. -=THE GUIDES=- >Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide: gunpla.buyfags.moe >Funaka's gunpla guides: Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdf Scratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf >Falldog's gunpla guide: otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide >A guide to other types of plamo: mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa >Master Kawaguchi's gunpla tips: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx-SoCOivVEHNDOl16VWLB3A >Saintism's gunpla photography guide: saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography -=OTHER RESOURCES=- >Gundam lineart (There's a lot!): pastebin.com/KgGJFkHa >Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation: dalong.net >Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews: schizophonic9-2.com >KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews: blog.kenbill.com >Past Groupbuilds: flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06 >Monthly Restock List: old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1jkfd9u Prior thread (archive): https://desuarchive.org/m/thread/23201832/

Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 05:30:31 No. 37 >>797 >>1323

Post your WIPs!

>>797 >>1323

Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 05:42:37 No. 39

Glad someone made this thread before I had to. Will this site have more snapfags or fewer?

Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 14:28:31 No. 140 >>146

>first trump puts in tarriffs on my chinkgod kinos >then he bumps said tarriffs so now getting certain born paints costs as much as gold >now the 'uck got taken down bros...

>>146

Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 14:44:43 No. 146

>>140 >born paints That's what you get for going against Questa Cosa Del Signor Hobby.

Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 18:20:43 No. 175 >>199 >>204

I need normal /gpg/ back man it's either that, reddit, or this GC where people only buy and snapfag

>>199 >>204

Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 22:04:20 No. 199

>>175 we will get through man... wish I could post something but my unfinished Woundwort is hours away. Will dedicate it to both the old /m/ and this new one if things keep going this way

Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 22:12:24 No. 201 >>1323

Are we finally back? I hope that the groupbuild is still a thing.

>>1323

Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 22:35:45 No. 204 >>205

>>175 a few days ago they said 15-21 days >pic is from yesterday 'next few days' <hold tight <this is NOT the worst place to be

>>205

Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 22:36:15 No. 205

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>>204 forgot pic

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 00:18:37 No. 218 >>282

Are flourescent paints a meme? I don't have a UV light.

>>282

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 03:07:56 No. 282

>>218 You can mix them into regular paints to make them look more saturated,

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 03:09:42 No. 283

We'll get RG Gundam X before 4chan go back up.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 05:59:04 No. 351 >>359

>Zark Getting close to "Baronz=Volonthe" again there, GSC.

>>359

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 06:26:23 No. 359 >>360 >>362

>>351 When did the Sargs from Argento Soma get model kits?

>>360 >>362

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 06:34:15 No. 360 >>372

Friends! >>359 There's a bunch of announcements tonight.

>>372

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 06:42:50 No. 362 >>372

>>359 Preorders went up today. Won't come out until December, thou.

>>372

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 07:10:04 No. 372

>>360 >>362 Moderoid, right? Speaking of which my Liber Legis shipped a little over 12 hours ago and being tracked, don't know if you anons pre ordered one.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 08:53:51 No. 398 >>400 >>409

>Phoenix Gundam getting a Robot Damashi figure instead of a kit LAME

>>400 >>409

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 09:05:05 No. 400

>>398 Still waiting on that Aquarius they teased...

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 11:04:42 No. 409

>>398 Once again the figure side of Bandai gets all the cool stuff.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 13:42:19 No. 430 >>469

Does 8/gpg/ like the five star kinos?

>>469

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 16:49:49 No. 469 >>483

>>430 I like them very much. Maybe with 4chan down I could start reading FSS..

>>483

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 17:42:24 No. 483 >>795 >>1343 >>2747

>>469 I'm still concerned about the translation's quality. The pictures I've seen of the TL have been working designs tier.

>>795 >>1343 >>2747

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 18:50:23 No. 511 >>529

Frens. Now I need /wsg/, /an/, /toy/ and /vm/ and it'll be great

>>529

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 18:56:12 No. 519

Still plodding along on my Kshatriya, a lot of work in the upper backpack skirt connection and extra arms. Here's some test fits for the storage racks. Not entirely satisfied.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 19:30:47 No. 529 >>535

>>511 I don't even like Sneed, but the MGEX Freedom Gundam looks so cool. I should try painting more inner frames gold.

>>535

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 19:46:17 No. 535

>>529 It's a nice kit, very detailed. But I was also disappointed with it on some levels given its high price. The hands for exemple are only ball pegs, no extended wrist articulation like MG barbatos or vidar. Four plated shoulder parts have an ugly mold line that you have to sand which is a shame for plated parts. Some fits are also very tight which is unusual for bandai kits. I broke the arm/chest pegs like a retard because I didn't check before painting, but also didn't mask the pegs so that one is on me

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 21:01:05 No. 556 >>564

This wouldn't have happened if we just put shitpost in the groupbuild poll

>>564

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 21:52:10 No. 564 >>581 >>582 >>586 >>602

>>556 That's definitely off, right? Inaugural 8chud groupbuild ideas? "8" build (anything involving the number 8. Suit model #, Ez-8, spiders, octopods, suits from 0080 or 83, two balls stacked on top of each other to look like an 8. Sky's the limit)

>>581 >>582 >>586 >>602

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 22:21:56 No. 581 >>582

>>564 00 (Its an 8 sideways) custom groupbuild. I have 3 solid ideas

>>582

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 22:22:28 No. 582 >>588

>>564 >>581 8 sideways looks like boobs, girlpla it is then.

>>588

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 22:38:18 No. 586

>>564 Eight legs. Seven vaginas. Imagine.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 22:40:57 No. 588

>>582 Get a Krakendress. Double the 8 connection.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 23:46:02 No. 602 >>604

>>564 Why would it be off? I'm still gonna work on mine. I assume groupbuild dude will eventually show up here. I don't know how to contact him though.

>>604

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 23:48:58 No. 604 >>795

>>602 Linking him this thread via his groupbuild mail should do the trick

>>795

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 01:19:36 No. 624 >>2179

Reminder that Panda hobby build day is tomorrow

>>2179

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 01:23:04 No. 626

Seeing how the groupbuilds requirements are to have a shoulder mounted canon, I think il finally go ahead and work on my PGU and submit it as my entry

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 01:56:52 No. 636 >>645

>HLJ is only shipping to the US via EMS >no more DHL, I have to roll the dice with the local post office from now on Fuck tariffs.

>>645

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 02:36:46 No. 645 >>650

>>636 I have pre-orders on items that are closed on every other site now so I think at this point I'm stick with those, but after that I'm probably not using it anymore. Also debating whether or not to ship my private warehouse items right now or just wait until May when the HG Red Gundam releases.

>>650

Anonymous

04/19/2025 (Sat) 02:49:40 No. 650 >>654

>>645 imagine being excited for THIS

>>654

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 03:02:06 No. 654

>>650 I really don't get the hate. The new series made me warm up to it.

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 03:25:36 No. 659 >>1058

saw i had this gem in my gunpla folder, seems like a good time to post it

>>1058

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 07:52:05 No. 735 >>740

Dont worry guys, the best builder in /gpg/ (me) is here

>>740

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 08:04:11 No. 740 >>743

>>735 You will never escape me anon. . .

>>743

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 08:11:46 No. 743

>>740 GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 10:33:30 No. 768

Man, I couldn't find a mg vidar during my stay in japan. Gundam base fucking sucks. I even managed to get in the gundam base pop up in osaka but it was full of gundam expo and ecopla shit

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 12:44:54 No. 795

>>483 I am the pastanon of a few threads back. AFAIK FSS got a real translation in Italian a few years ago by the biggeest comic publisher, so it's jut a matter to find the scans >>604 I can try later to write something, let's hope he finds us... that said I see that some regulars have returned, so this warms my heart. Maybe we are not going to die

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 12:52:50 No. 797

I'm glad I found this place. Last time I checked here this board was ded. With nowhere to lurk all day I decided to paint instead >>37 this here gold came out pretty nicely (camera doesn't do it justice)

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 16:32:22 No. 905

chinky cthulhu

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 18:31:18 No. 974 >>982

I want to try my hand at painting an RG kit, cheap Char Zaku II from Hobby Lobby so no total loss if I fuck it up, and I'm staring at the inner frame. Do I just treat it like I would an HG kit or is it better to just prime/paint the parts that will be visible? Does painting the inner frame make it less poseable?

>>982

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 18:48:17 No. 982 >>993 >>996

>>974 I didn't have issues with painting the inner frame. The MS frames are made out of polypropolene and need metal/multi primer if you want your paint to stick.

>>993 >>996

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:02:36 No. 993

>>982 >The MS frames are made out of polypropolene and need metal/multi primer if you want your paint to stick. Now that I didn't know. I was just going to spray some Mr. Hobby Gray primer and call it a day. Going to have to put that kit on the back burner till I can get my hands on some metal primer, appreciate it anon.

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:07:44 No. 995

Debating if I should get a MG 1.5 Rick Dom since I’ll probably stick with things already in stock thus I won’t have to worry about tariffs. I’m worried about something about the joints being too tight and I’ll have to sand them I read.

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:10:41 No. 996 >>1014

>>982 Wouldn't the primers that stick to resin also work on PP ? Like tamiya primer

>>1014

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:14:11 No. 997

Another question. Whats a good God Gundam? I’m not a fan of RG line (too many little pieces that are finicky), so it either the MG which is 25 years old at this point or the HG which is nice if simple and I’ll have to paint the black lines because goddamn I’m not using those stickers.

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:23:05 No. 1000 >>1066

about halfway done on this bailu chink kit. also first time using lacquer paint

>>1066

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:26:11 No. 1001 >>1005

Powered GM got here from suruga-ya and the box is in perfect condition. Why mark anything used, it's all pristine.

>>1005

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:43:33 No. 1005

>>1001 Japs are autistic with the second-hand market.

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:44:52 No. 1006

Are there any model kits that apply the principles of tsugite?

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:58:29 No. 1014 >>1018

>>996 Maybe. I've found Tamiya Primer to be kind of thick, but you should be fine. It's Mr. Hobby Surfacer which didn't stick at all for me.

>>1018

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 20:05:06 No. 1018

>>1014 I'm not the anon who asked. Mr surfacer 1500 generally has bad adhesion to anything that isn't PS and ABS. Mr primer works on metal, I used the 1000 recently, works well enough. I was wondering if the same would work on PP since RG god is on my to do list this year and it has a couple PP parts. Otherwise I'll just use metal primer, I have both mr hobby and tamiya ones. The latter is really handy with its little brush for polycaps

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 21:44:25 No. 1045 >>1049

>Went to local hobby store to se what they had >Picked up RGM 79FC Striker >Orbiter-2000 from AC6 too >Asked if they had Jegan models >They put in an order for me and will let me know when it's available >Realize I should have asked them to order me a Heavygun model too because it's my favorite GM model and really hard to find Guys I fucked up

>>1049

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 21:51:35 No. 1049 >>1054

>>1045 Why don't you call them? Tell them you're the guy who was there earlier and that you forgot about the Heavygun.

>>1054

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 22:00:25 No. 1054

>>1049 They've already closed.

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 22:10:11 No. 1058

>>659 lol at "gunpla threads will wane after GBF ends".

Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 22:17:42 No. 1066 >>1386

>>1000 How is it? I keep flipflopping between thinking it looks badass and thinking it's just another Chink slop.

>>1386

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 02:55:04 No. 1291 >>1292

>be new to gunpla and accidentally clip off the ball joints in Zaku's front skirt flaps >after finishing it and an RG RX-78, try fixing them but only one works >in the end, nipped off the back half of the soft skirt to have a mixed material set up so I'll have the hard flaps that can hold the axe holster and the second rifle magazine on the back Also, is it normal for models to be sold out everywhere for a while before more get put back out or is something more serious going on with the Mk. II RG kits

>>1292

Anonymous

04/20/2025 (Sun) 02:59:15 No. 1292 >>1294

>>1291 >clip off the ball joints in Zaku's front skirt flaps this is actually encouraged.

>>1294

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 03:00:39 No. 1294 >>1297

>>1292 is it, because when i say that, i mean the bit that actually attaches the hard flap to the waist

>>1297

Anonymous

04/20/2025 (Sun) 03:04:32 No. 1297 >>1302

>>1294 Oh, I thought you meant you split the skirt in two pieces. No, no that's no good actually.

>>1302

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 03:14:47 No. 1302

>>1297 well, both are actually true. It started with me fucking up the bit that connects the flap to the waist but in the end, I snipped the back half of the soft skirt and just layered that underneath the hard skirt option which, once I got everything reassembled and connected to the torso, actually seems to work out fine

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 04:00:09 No. 1323

>>37 >>201 Still working on my Artillery Arbalest custom. I'm redoing the knees. No solid idea on the shapes but for those kneeling poses I need larger and angular armor parts with some armor plates or studs to dig into the ground and give traction For the feet I need to make the from bigger and redesign the side and rear foot part. The ankle need to be modified to move sideways, the ball joints sucks.

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 04:50:54 No. 1340

Started a real grade Epyon and found out the wire for the beam sword wasn't there. Not accidentally lost it or threw it away, it actually was not packaged in the box. Ideas for substitutes?

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 04:56:17 No. 1343

>>483 It's a product of its time.

Anonymous

04/20/2025 (Sun) 05:38:36 No. 1358 >>1395

Is it still worth it to buy a Megalomaria Principal still for like 40 bucks plus shipping? Seems like the other kits are kinda just that one with added stuff.

>>1395

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 06:43:53 No. 1386 >>1387

>>1066 it's impressive for the price. >metal skeleton, so far no issues with anything fitting >tasteful clear parts with some selection for straight clear or orange clear >some nice gold enamel detail parts >plastic quality seems fine >many hand options for posing the only shitty part of the kit so far is that there are a handful of real headass gate locations for the gold enamel pieces. the instruction book is actually the worst part of the whole thing for me. maybe I'm retarded but I feel that the angles they choose for some of the diagrams are really bad, and there have definitely been a couple instances where they use the wrong part image in the diagram. the part number was correct though so not too bad. I respect the bandai premium a bit more now, their QC is on another level

>>1387

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 06:48:52 No. 1387

>>1386 oh also it comes with a stand with extra posts for mounting the UAV drones. really an insane value for $65

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 07:15:06 No. 1395 >>1398

>>1358 I dont think all the other kits are like that. Penetrator is, but others not really

>>1398

Anonymous

04/20/2025 (Sun) 07:23:29 No. 1398

>>1395 So if I have Penetrator, skip out on Principal?

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 18:13:38 No. 2159 >>2175 >>2388

I only want to get one, which should I go for /gpg/?

>>2175 >>2388

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 18:27:52 No. 2175

>>2159 Firelord

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 18:29:08 No. 2179

>>624 giwtwm

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 18:39:04 No. 2190 >>2206 >>2747

i only own leveling thinner but i wanna spray this, do i really have to leave the house and go buy metal thinner? i guess I should just try it on a spoon instead of asking huh

>>2206 >>2747

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 18:52:06 No. 2206

>>2190 You don't have to, it might not look right though. I haven't tried it personally so I couldn't tell you how big a difference it makes.

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 19:02:48 No. 2219 >>2228

It's really too bad they don't seem to be selling this version of RX from the Idol music video. I'm taking it upon myself as my first painting project to try and make this a reality. Anyone know if there's any more angles of the Miku version of RX-78-2?

>>2228

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 19:09:50 No. 2228 >>2248

>>2219 they made t-shirts and acrylic stands of that gundam colorscheme, you can use those images as reference too

>>2248

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 19:18:38 No. 2234 >>2348

These stickers made building MAILeS high grades together a total chore. Yes, I built all four.

>>2348

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 19:38:47 No. 2248

>>2228 OH sweet, thanks! I've been looking exclusively for gunpla I completely forgot about standard mech

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 20:35:34 No. 2313

>[Hangzhou International Exchange Station] Return Well that sucks. My last order out of china that would have got here before the tariffs hit got returned to sender before it even left the country. Looks like I'm not getting it now.

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 21:11:37 No. 2348 >>2469

>>2234 I didn't think they were that bad. Also why are you building four of them?

>>2469

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 21:34:54 No. 2362

>friends want to surprise me >from what I managed to guess they are trying to buy me the PG banshee >try to hint them it's a bad idea >they probably didn't get the hint Oh boy it's gonna be a wild ride. Should I use silver or dark gold for panel line?

Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 21:46:39 No. 2368 >>2853

Does anyone have experience with talking things out with ali sellers? I can see a few shops selling the bootleg F90 with the A-L mission packs, but every last one of them is just the full bundle of the gundam and the packs, even though even bandai sells them separately. Before 4chin got colony dropped I remember an anon saying he could get just weapon runners from them, so I guess it's possible in theory but I'd like to know more. Unless someone found a shop selling just the packs, that'd be easier.

>>2853

Anonymous

04/20/2025 (Sun) 22:11:53 No. 2388

>>2159 personally I like right more but go with whatever (you) think looks better

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 01:17:55 No. 2469 >>2549 >>2550

>>2348 Because Kenbu, Jogan, Reiki, and Byakuchi added up to four.

>>2549 >>2550

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 02:39:02 No. 2502

are Banshits really just gonna let this happenud?!?! AEEEEEEEEEE WAKE UPPU! >doodoo model

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 02:39:29 No. 2503

are Banshits really just gonna let this happenud?!?! AEEEEEEEEEE WAKE UPPU! >doodoo model

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 03:44:51 No. 2537 >>2585 >>2747

I didn't realize mek & relatives dissolve plastic so much faster than acetone. maybe they really are superior plastic cements. thanks gooberkino hobbies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnyNbkoc72k

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>>2585 >>2747

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 04:14:16 No. 2549 >>2586

>>2469 Oh, my bad, I was thinking you built 4 byakuchis

>>2586

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 04:14:25 No. 2550 >>2586

>>2469 Oh, my bad, I was thinking you built 4 byakuchis

>>2586

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 05:32:23 No. 2585 >>2589

>>2537 Well well well, look at that. I know what I'm doing if/when my current cement runs out.

>>2589

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 05:34:05 No. 2586

>>2549 >>2550 No probs. Also won't blame you for the double post, 8chan seems to have very unstable connections.

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 05:46:18 No. 2589

>>2585 the main advantage of the tamiya bottles is the brush applicator. though i guess when it runs out you can just refill it with hardware store mek

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 07:25:16 No. 2621

I wished they had released RG Universe Booster for GBF's 10th anniversary instead of making Build Metaverse that nobody likes.

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 08:50:30 No. 2656 >>2707

>>2707

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 12:09:20 No. 2687

how is this kit if I've only built and painted bandai stuff before?

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 13:20:11 No. 2707

>>2656 It's out? Guy near me sells Exodia for 63€, Obelisk will probably be the same, is it worth it? Don't have any experience with Figure+rise

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 15:23:43 No. 2734

I can’t decide between getting this guy or default suit/loader 4 + Hu-Ben weapon set so I can start a 617 build. Recently built steel haze and loved how it came out

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 15:43:57 No. 2747

oh we're back, i've been having gpg withdrawals >>483 just learn japanese >>2190 spray from further away so the levelling thinner has time to evaporate a bit before it hits the plastic. you risk getting a bit of an orangepeel texture though >>2537 i've been telling you guys this for years. tamiya cement is trash because acetone sucks, mr cement s is better because it's acetone+mek, mr cement sp is even better because it's just diluted mek. a litre of 99% mek will last you a lifetime and costs as much as a single bottle of mr cement

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 17:22:17 No. 2792 >>2840

I paint without primer

>>2840

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 18:01:17 No. 2819 >>2840

How do you guys usually manage your paint? I've been decanting frequently used colors into chink squeeze bottles and prethinning them to make airbrushing ez. I'm wondering how common using everything from glass bottles versus decanting is.

>>2840

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 18:27:54 No. 2840

>>2819 personally i just leave everything in the glass jar it comes in and thin it as i use it. i thin as much as i think i'll need for a session (well, usually a bit more to be safe) in 30ml medicine measuring cups and tip any excess back into the jar when i'm done. i thin by eye and i imagine this would fuck you over if you rely on ratios, but i have limited space and storing the small stackable glass jars is nicer than a bunch of squeezy bottles >>2792 yeah, you and everyone else that uses lacquers on styrenes. you need primer for resin though

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 18:39:41 No. 2853

>>2368 just ask them

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 19:35:24 No. 2902

picked up a bootleg hg gusion and hg tolro for £5 each in the aliexpress sale over the weekend. no idea what brand, but i don't even care if they're shitty for £5 each

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 21:02:34 No. 2949 >>2950 >>3020 >>3154 >>3185

why do people make such a big deal about seam lines might just be my eyesight getting worse over time but with modern kits I can barely notice them usually

>>2950 >>3020 >>3154 >>3185

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 21:05:02 No. 2950

>>2949 When they hide them in step-down molds they're fine see but otherwise they're glaringly obvious.

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 22:41:54 No. 3007 >>3008 >>3017 >>3020 >>3118 >>3139

WHEN THE FUCK IS SOMEONE PICKING UP /toy/ I NEED MY SHINKI GENERAL TO DISCUSS CUTE GIRLPLA AAAAAAAAA

>>3008 >>3017 >>3020 >>3118 >>3139

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 22:43:08 No. 3008 >>3011

>>3007 (You) could do it, anon. Please

>>3011

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 22:44:15 No. 3011

>>3008 I'm honestly on the edge of doing it myself but I just don't have the time to actually moderate an imageboard, I've got wagie shit to do

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 23:00:21 No. 3017

>>3007 Why not post about it here?

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 23:06:41 No. 3020 >>3108 >>3139

>>3007 mecha musume is /m/ and always has been >>2949 because they're extremely obvious and when you see them it's clear that the builder didn't bother to put any real effort into their build because they didn't do something as basic as weld the seams

>>3108 >>3139

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 02:32:35 No. 3108

>>3020 there were anons who posted sosai shojo teien in that thread too

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 03:14:44 No. 3118 >>3157

>>3007 /toy/ died, char finally gets a figuarts figure. Its pottery.

>>3157

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 04:43:32 No. 3139 >>3141 >>3153

>>3007 >>3020 I really wish there was a big plamo/resin kit general. The thread on /toy/ was the closest there is but Ive always been confused at the absence of a general for resin painting, I thought it would be something a little bit more popular on a chan site.

>>3141 >>3153

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 04:45:29 No. 3141

>>3139 >The thread on /toy/ was the closest there is i saw more anons paint resin stuff in /a/'s buyfag thread (mostly prepainted anime figures) than on /toy/. even then it was probably fewer than 1 per month, not really enough to sustain a thread.

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 04:54:16 No. 3144 >>3146

Is it ok here to be talking about girlpla? (aka, mecha musume kit lines like FAG/MD/30MS)

>>3146

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 04:56:26 No. 3146 >>3717

>>3144 Why wouldn't it be ? They're plamo

>>3717

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 05:39:51 No. 3153

>>3139 Are you me? Sadly with statues banned on /toy/ for no apparent reason there really wasn't a place for them. /a/ had a teeny bit of GK discussion, but the buyfag threads are 99% prepaints and the board is too fast for a hobby thread like that anyways. I've been to local figure shows and there are tons of western resin statues that have a community painting them too. Maybe this site can have one finally. Or I'll try forcing one in /jp/ if we have to crawl back.

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 05:45:49 No. 3154 >>3194

>>2949 >t. Good Smile Company

>>3194

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 06:02:49 No. 3157

>>3118 I wonder how that anon that always post 'One Day' with a pic of the old Char Figuarts in the Figuarts general is feeling now. Shame that /toy/ died right before Bandai threw out such announcements.

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 07:37:21 No. 3175

seam lines are soul

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 08:47:10 No. 3185 >>3331

>>2949 if you the time to deal to paint your kit you have more than enough time to deal with seams, its a basic modelling skill.

>>3331

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 09:45:53 No. 3194 >>3203

>>3154 Moderoids are way better than anything Bandai puts out these days.

>>3203

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 10:10:17 No. 3203

>>3194 I VASTLY prefer their line-up but wish they'd use something like Bandai's KPS instead or re-evaluate their joint tolerances, especially when it comes to their ABS joints. That shit is WAY too tight and given the sore state that ABS plastics seem to be in in general these days risks cracks over time or snapping.

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 11:04:32 No. 3211 >>3229 >>3718

Give me all the seamlines you want but miss me with this shit.

>>3229 >>3718

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 12:19:40 No. 3229 >>3230 >>3238

>>3211 This is honestly an easier fix than a lot of seam lines, just fill with Milliput and sand the excess. Idk if I’m just bad with seam welding but I almost never get it right the first time, I always have to apply putty at least once which makes it more annoying.

>>3230 >>3238

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 12:20:35 No. 3230 >>3237

>>3229 Use CA glue for seam welding

>>3237

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 12:50:59 No. 3237 >>3239

>>3230 Would you recommend thick or thin type? I’ve just been using Tamiya cement

>>3239

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 12:51:35 No. 3238

>>3229 >Idk if I’m just bad with seam welding but I almost never get it right the first time keep the parts as close together as you can without touching, like less than a millimetre gap if possible, then apply cement and let capillary action spread the cement along the seam. you might need to apply cement a few times until there's a 'film' of cement suspended in the gap between the 2 parts. leave it like that for like 10 seconds then squish the parts together hard. works flawlessly every time, most of the time when i've seen people have issues they're not properly utilising capillary action

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 12:56:37 No. 3239

>>3237 Honestly I don't know. I use pic related that I bought at my local warhammer shop. Last time I glued the parts with tamiya cement then later applied some glue over it with a toothpick but you can fuse the parts directly with CA. I did it on shoulders, on the right shoulder I did it with cement and putty and the left one with cement and CA glue. After painting, I can still see a slight line on the right shoulder, and the left one is flawless

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 15:43:42 No. 3282 >>3285

wow, 5%, thanks hlj, that really makes up for suspending all of the other shipping options and only leaving the most expensive one

>>3285

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 15:49:10 No. 3285

>>3282 I'm hoping they'll eventually bring back DHL shipping for orders under $800. https://tech.yahoo.com/articles/dhl-suspends-international-shipments-over-163400918.html

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 16:06:06 No. 3295

Wave x Orange Cat, Blaster Tekkaman Blade. All the wiring's done, and he's gonna be a big lad indeed once his legs are on. bottle of cement for scale.

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 16:41:21 No. 3331

>>3185 many seams need more-than-basic skill if they sandwich a part you want to paint in another color.

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 22:09:43 No. 3497 >>3523

Can you guys give me a qrd on what each of the many colors of surfacer are for? As far as I can tell Grey: Standard, neutral White: For bright colors with bad coverage Black: For metallics. The Gaianotes kind is pretty glossy which works well for metals Flesh: For one pass skin Silver: One pass silver Gold: One pass gold Nazca: One pass non metallic inner frame But the others are strange. What the fuck is grape purple for? It seems so oddly specific.

>>3523

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 22:29:00 No. 3516 >>3585 >>3595

Interesting, new Product A is set for the 3rd while the red gundam is out on the 31st, wonder why bandai is still keeping it a secret, there is no way its going to be the zeon gm to go with next weeks G cuck episode would it, theres no reason they would still keep the white gundam secretive

>>3585 >>3595

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 22:33:26 No. 3523

>>3497 pink is for warm colours. for example yellow over white looks sickly. pink undercoat also makes reds and oranges look "fuller" the others are honestly memes. you only really need grey, white, black, pink, and you can get away with only grey and pink for the most part

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 00:04:54 No. 3585 >>3590

>>3516 Where's this schedule at?

>>3590

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 00:08:02 No. 3588

How long after using a lacquer top coat should I wait before I start applying my metallic coat? I'm using Alclad 2 for reference, and I heard it runs a bit hotter than other lacquer paints.

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 00:11:28 No. 3590

>>3585 https://global.bandai-hobby.net/en-us/schedule/ the one upside of bandai's ugly less-usable website redesign is that they have an english version of the schedule page now

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 00:19:09 No. 3595 >>3659

>>3516 Probably the OYW Zaku.

>>3659

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 02:55:12 No. 3659

>>3595 no reason they would still keep that secretive, but who knows, it probably will be the white gundam or green zaku

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 06:24:18 No. 3717 >>3724

>>3146 I'm struggling ideas with themes for builds besides randomly piling on extra equipment on the mounting slots like it's GBWC or smth. I'm mainly limited by reusing some of my backlog kits as customization fodder and trying to avoid buying new kits for that. Any tips on how you guys get ideas for theming individual builds?

>>3724

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 06:25:52 No. 3718

>>3211 Seal most of it with plaplate then spread some matching colored sprue putty as the final layer if you're unwilling to paint.

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 06:54:14 No. 3724 >>4223

>>3717 You could try theming your builds around exotic animals. Using this toucan as an example, you might copy its color scheme. Or you could incorporate a feather pattern into your girlpla's outfit. His facial coloring might make for an interesting mask design, if you're into that.

>>4223

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 08:14:43 No. 3730 >>3733

Apparently I'm a complete failure at painting. Really should have been more careful with some projects. I want to opt out for some simpler customization for the kits that are more expensive. My idea is to panel line, weather and maybe add some decals. I guess that the right process would be to: clean, matt coat, panel line, apply decals, apply some weathering pencil, topcoat with glossy coat. Is this the right way to think? I'll probably try first with my HG Aerial that has been in the bleach jar for the last 3 weeks.

>>3733

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 08:24:27 No. 3733 >>3735

>>3730 Let me guess, you tried to hand brush tamiya acrylics?

>>3735

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 08:32:51 No. 3735 >>3742

>>3733 Exactly. The primer wasn't the issue though. I messed up with metallic paint and now want it back to normal.

>>3742

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 09:07:06 No. 3742 >>3744 >>3759

>>3735 Never use Tamiya's for handbrushing, those are acrylic-lacquer and way too "hot" to brush: the brushstrokes from your second coat will reactivate and tear away the paint underneath. Also good luck removing lacquers if you let them cure, they bond with plastic like it's nothing, that's why you don't need a primer for these. If you want to do hand-brushing use water-based acrylics like Vallejo, Citadel, AK and such. I wouldn't recommend it but you can even prime with a brush if you want, I mostly use gesso or sanding+primer.

>>3744 >>3759

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 09:10:11 No. 3743 >>3746 >>3815

finally done, really bummed that there was literally no more cans of testors copper rattle cans left in Australia so I had to go with a metalic gold for the rest of the inner frame. Any suggestions for the next kit? I heard the batsh is a pain to build

>>3746 >>3815

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 09:21:45 No. 3744

>>3742 >clean, matt coat, panel line, apply decals, Don't panel line on matt, you need a smooth surface for that, just do it on plastic if you don't paint, same goes for decals. Use varnish last

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 09:44:31 No. 3746

>>3743 >Any suggestions for the next kit? Fujimi Great Might Gaine

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 11:33:46 No. 3757 >>3759 >>3992

What mobile suits you want to see getting Ver Ka kits?

>>3759 >>3992

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 11:47:49 No. 3759 >>3915

>>3757 g3 saviour >>3742 tamiya acrylics aren't acrylic lacquer, they're just alcohol-based acrylics. tamiya lacquer and mr color are acrylic lacquers, as opposed to nitrocellulose lacquers (which you are unlikely to ever find in the hobby space)

>>3915

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 13:13:33 No. 3800 >>3878

I fucking love the Dijeh. Glad to see some of you bros here, missed gpg. Story time: My local store randomly decided to start selling P-bandai shit, and now i got a kit that i'd never thought i would ever be able to get, the Re/100 Shokew, absolute beauty. My only real issue with it is the size, shame victory kits are so small, but it's a excellent kit, that shouldn't have been P-Bandai only.

>>3878

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 13:43:28 No. 3810 >>3917 >>3995

>Groupbuild guy never showed up It's over isn't it? Maybe I can finally do my mahou shoujo build now.

>>3917 >>3995

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 13:51:13 No. 3815 >>4304

>>3743 Super nice, I love the KOG. Are the red bits decals?

>>4304

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 14:27:52 No. 3842 >>3854 >>3995

Where do you get the latest infos for third-party kits/bootlegs?

>>3854 >>3995

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 14:31:08 No. 3845 >>3846 >>3957

I ordered my first couple of suits from HLJ along with a couple of basic tools to get me started on the hobby. I did want to get a Police Zaku from Gqu...uX but I noticed it's on backorder. I thought about keeping the stuff in their private warehouse while I waited for it to be back in stock, but apparently these are being scalped or something, so my question is, how often do they restock these kits and do I even have a chance of getting one at all in the next couple of months or should I just order everything else and let it sit until it's back and maybe order some more suits when it does? Only to justify the shipping costs.

>>3846 >>3957

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 14:36:31 No. 3846 >>3862

>>3845 HLJ almost never fulfills their gunpla backorders. I'd just have everything ship now unless there's a non-Bandai kit you are waiting for.

>>3862

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 14:46:29 No. 3854

>>3842 weibo for original IPs, baidu tieba for legally grey stuff. If you're filthy EOP, some of the reviewers that get sent review pieces are also on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@shentianzuzhangKANDATOYS/

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 14:55:06 No. 3862

>>3846 That's what I feared. Guess I'll just ship in my basic bitch starter pack and maybe hope the Zaku will be in stock sometime in the future.

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 15:27:08 No. 3878 >>3919

>>3800 nice ham-shield

>>3919

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 16:25:40 No. 3915

>>3759 I could do without the early 2000s wheelie shoes on the G3 savior.

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 16:29:51 No. 3917

>>3810 Did anyone email him?

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 16:33:02 No. 3919 >>3928

>>3878 I'm Portuguese so i fucking love Ham, maybe i should put actual Ham on top of the shield gahahahaha

>>3928

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 16:50:28 No. 3928

>>3919 putting the meat into meat shield

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 18:30:29 No. 3957

>>3845 Since its a newer kit from a current series it will be regularly reprinted for a while. I don't know how long it will take HLJ to get their backorders filled though.

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 20:16:23 No. 3988 >>4030 >>4031 >>4034

>this is a $50 HG in 2025 What's up with the non-Gundam tax lately?

>>4030 >>4031 >>4034

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 20:36:02 No. 3992

>>3757 needs me a zeong ver. ka

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 20:44:54 No. 3995

>>3842 for me, it's https://x.com/KRW_KRW_KRW pale rider ground type incoming >>3810 you know the groupbuild due date is over 3 months from now right? hiromoot will have plenty of time to pick up his spaghetti and update his security-hole-filled pdf library before then.

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 21:36:31 No. 4030 >>4034

>>3988 holy shit is this new? considering pbandai only puts out 2 kits a year i'm interested in i don't care about paying £60 to a scalper for l-gaim kits

>>4034

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 21:43:49 No. 4031 >>4034

>>3988 Shit like this is why I endorse bootlegging.

>>4034

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 21:47:29 No. 4034 >>4051

>>3988 >>4030 came out to £56 incl shipping from my friendly neighbourhood scalper… that's like ⅔ of what i paid for the 1/100 (really 1/72) volks ims siren f, the nagano tax is real >>4031 have bootleggers done any of the pbandai lgaim or dunbine kits so far? i know one company has done the amplified ryujinmaru but it seems like bootleggers only really do gundam stuff, but all the best pbandai stuff is non-gundam

>>4051

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 22:16:22 No. 4051

>>4034 >1/100 (really 1/72) certified hood classic.

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 00:22:48 No. 4113 >>4123

cant someone post the groupbuild rules again, I want to be certain if i can submit something akin to this

>>4123

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 00:30:10 No. 4118

Oh yeah, it's all coming together...

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 00:41:12 No. 4123 >>4146

(60.95 KB 1067x267 Screenshot 2025-04-24 014013.png)

>>4113

>>4146

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 01:56:29 No. 4146

>>4123 ok so you could technically put a shoulder cannon on an exia and submit that

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 04:05:56 No. 4200 >>4209

Going to buy the ver. ka mouse?

>>4209

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 04:28:55 No. 4209

>>4200 Can I use this to game

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 05:46:14 No. 4223

>>3724 Thanks for the this approach with smaller aspects. I felt frustrated when I was trying too much by struggling wtih going full-on gijinka theming for girlpla.

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 08:07:21 No. 4263

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 09:53:08 No. 4304

>>3815 shoulders are water slides the rest is red enamel, easier to use since you can use a tooth pick to clean up the edges

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 11:08:50 No. 4327 >>4329 >>4349 >>4380

new boat plamatea

>>4329 >>4349 >>4380

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 11:12:53 No. 4329

>>4327 giwiwh

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 11:58:12 No. 4349

>>4327 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=budX4OERpAk

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Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 12:28:58 No. 4380 >>4407

>>4327 It took us this long to finally get some posable Azur Lane girls, either action figures or model kits. I've heard Plamatea is as decent as GoodSmile's other line Moederoid so I am interested.

>>4407

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 12:37:27 No. 4383 >>4594

This thing still looks stupid. I wish either Artemis or Areus had gotten a kit instead.

>>4594

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 13:17:50 No. 4407 >>4416

>>4380 plamatea is actually max factory, the same guys that make the figmas. they're just published/distributed by goodsmile

>>4416

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 13:30:58 No. 4416 >>4428

>>4407 >plamatea is actually max factory >same guys that make the figmas >they're just published/distributed by goodsmile So is it all just one big company??

>>4428

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 13:50:52 No. 4428

>>4416 kind of. max factory is owned by goodsmile but i'm pretty sure they operate independently in terms of designing and manufacturing their products and goodsmile just handles the marketing and distribution. as opposed to moderoid where the design and manufacturing is handled in house at goodsmile as well. i could be wrong but that's how i understand it, i think max factory started as an independent company then goodsmile bought them out

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 15:06:59 No. 4459

I saw this today. Is Tamiya gold enamel not actually an enamel? I wanted to airbrush some and clean it up with an enamel thinner for trimming. What do you guys usually use for gold trim details?

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 17:11:00 No. 4522

When are the G-Quacks HQs supposed to get restocked? i want my Popo Zaku.

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 20:17:49 No. 4594 >>4760

>>4383 I was given a Helios for my birthday and I'm gonna put the binders on rightside up. I don't care that it interferes with the satellite cannons, they can go over the shoulder instead of being underslung. The binders pointed upward look stupid as hell.

>>4760

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 00:26:59 No. 4680

>M'Quve's Gouf Shit, I kind of want it. I only have a broken gouf custom.

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 01:58:49 No. 4698

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 05:50:42 No. 4760 >>4818

>>4594 but then you can't have all 4 cannons at once

>>4818

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 10:03:41 No. 4814 >>4815

Is the HG Barbatos any good? It consistently goes for pretty cheap

>>4815

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 10:09:34 No. 4815 >>4817

>>4814 yeah. its worth the price

>>4817

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 10:22:27 No. 4817 >>4836 >>4870

>>4815 But is it like, actually good though I remember hearing something about the frame but surely the entire line didn't age like dogshit because of it

>>4836 >>4870

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 10:24:25 No. 4818

>>4760 I don't CARE the binders look STUPID

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 10:42:01 No. 4822 >>4897

preorders up >13k for 1/144 fixed pose i bet the 1/100 articulated volks version will be a similar price lmao

>>4897

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 11:52:42 No. 4836 >>4870 >>5045

>>4817 the hg ibo frames can be a bit floppy and struggle to hold up the big weapons, there's like 4 different moulds for the frames (same parts, just different layout runners) and the later ones seem to hold up better (presumably because the moulds have seen less use). in any case, you can tighten the joints to some extent like you would tighten any kit joint

>>4870 >>5045

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 14:33:53 No. 4870 >>5045

>>4817 >>4836 half of the hgibo kits i own are kinda loose. But it all cases it's because of the polycaps wearing out or outright cracking, and this problem plagues most of the hg line. Some nail polish or topcoat will fix 95% of the issues the frame has. The other major point of floppiness is the chest drum parts separating when you pose them. Again, easily fixable with some cement or glue.

>>5045

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 15:49:03 No. 4897 >>4903

>>4822 >ourslopsure even if it was half the price i'd go for volks any day of the week

>>4903

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 16:25:44 No. 4900

After 500 years, I noticed that Mr Mark Setter has white powdery residue settled at the bottom. Are you supposed to shake and mix that powder in?

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 16:31:05 No. 4902 >>4904

Did all the buzzword posters get lost in the migration?

>>4904

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 16:32:35 No. 4903

>>4897 their junone was great though i'm gonna get both, personally. i really like the mk3

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 16:34:09 No. 4904

>>4902 8gpg is just too slow to funpost with buzzwords so I haven't bothered. sorry

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 17:24:25 No. 4930 >>4931

4chan is back btw

>>4931

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 17:27:51 No. 4931

>>4930 Cool, go back to your abusive husband.

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 17:28:46 No. 4932

It's back https://boards.4chan.org/m/

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 17:35:24 No. 4934

So... are we going back or will /gpg/ continue here?

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 17:39:33 No. 4935

i'll just keep both open in tabs

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 17:47:21 No. 4939

>and it's dead again KWAB

Anonymous 04/25/2025 (Fri) 18:25:05 No. 4950

in celebration i will begin work on chinkgod kino (without retail box) not sure if i wanna paint this guy or just topcoat

Anonymous 04/26/2025 (Sat) 03:23:51 No. 5045

>>4836 Later ones as in the later ones that got released, rather than any reprint of any IBO kit? Wouldn't the earlier kits then fare better, if they were one of the first uses of the mold If the joints were fixable then it doesn't seem like a gigantic issue, I know some people's Z'Goks can be loose but it's still a fun kit >>4870 >it's the fucking polycaps I've mostly used glue, I'll try to be careful with nail polish, I remembered the floppy issue but not whether it was the easily fixable kind, thank you

Anonymous 04/26/2025 (Sat) 21:25:57 No. 5126 >>5249

So basically everyone says to build first, then paint. However, I'm doing a recolor of RX-78-2 and it really seems like painting before building is the better option. Any thoughts or opinions from people more experienced?

>>5249

Anonymous 04/27/2025 (Sun) 15:10:45 No. 5249

>>5126 Build, disassemble then paint. I always look at the finished model before painting, it helps me notice visible seams or articulation problems so I can fix those before painting.

Anonymous 04/27/2025 (Sun) 22:58:13 No. 5278 >>5329