Mobile Suit Builders
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Listen, Gundam friends, to my precautionary tale. If you're ever thinking about painting your model, especially if you're going to be lazy and paint the parts while they're still on the sprue, pay very close attention to where parts will join so you don't paint them....
Because when you do something dumb like that, it makes the parts super hard to stick together, and if you do...you might find yourself trying to rotate an arm or take a knee, and ...SNAP! :(
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@Minamik Oh no ;3;
and yeah I heard paint make the peg parts become thicker. It helps fixing loose joint but it also make already tight joint even more tight :O
Oh you build Koto kit right? from my experience building some Frame Arm Girl, they're not fit as snappy as Bandai kit and I broke some as well. So I kinda share your pain lol. Koto kits looks great but not so fun to build X(
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@WickedPony It doesn't help that the entire kit has only 1 polycap, haha.
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It's done :)
I choose not to apply some of dry transfer decals because
a) A 20 year old decals don't stick well any more as you can see on the rifle.
b) Some of the decals just plain silly. I mean U.N.T SPACY?
c) some decal is in black so it won't show up well on blue plastic
Also make him bracing shield on the ground because he's one of those gundam that has shield slot on the back of his armI also forgot to post another finished kit
Despite looking really cool, it's not fun to post. loose joints everywhere X(
Oh and the sticker are just plain evil(wrap around stickers on thruster. yuck!)
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@WickedPony You mean that's not a genuine Anafim Electronics rifle? :p
My MG Quebely Mk2 had dry transfers too. Definitely screwed up a little bit on those. Something like waterslide, it's at least a tiny little bit more forgiving, though I feel like a dry transfer would probably look the best done right.
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@Minamik Wow. It does look like Anahfim LOL
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Another arm fell off! I'm so done with this damn thing, lol.
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@Minamik noooooo ;3;
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@WickedPony If I finish this thing, it's going to end up just being a statue, lol.
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@Minamik Looks cool :)
hmm you could try posing with both it's legs spread side way a little. would make it look more intimidating :)
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@WickedPony Yeah....they're not moving, lol. They'll just fall off if I try something like that.
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Ran into another situation of there being a mobile suit I would love to build, but there is no model kit for it...
The first time was for the Landman Rodi from IBO, love that design.
This time was the Xamel from Stardust Memory. It's a beast of a bulky ass suit. Like, imagine a Zeon variation of the Guntank taken to extremes, haha.
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@Minamik That reminds me, the first Gunpla I remember buying was from Stardust Memory. It was the Gerbera Tetra, and I got it from a local comic/sci-fi/gaming shop called Enterprise 1701 in the 90's. I didn't even know what Gundam was at the time lol
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I don't think there's going to be any Gundam stream this month, huh?
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@Minamik
Probably not. Everyone is probably busy with either reviews or Game Awards stuff.
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@Olf_Himself I guess. :(
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Finished this a while ago but waiting for less-humid weather so I can top coat it :)
One complaint I have for IBO kits is that they're not very solid kit to handle. The legs on 1/100 kits are all very wobbly.
This kit is for memory of my dad. He bought an SD toy for me as a child but we lost it during the moving.
The anime might not up to everyone's taste but I really dig suit design of Recon G :)
Will order more kits from this series.
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@WickedPony Have you built the Gusion? I don't know about the 1/100 kit, but the HG is a brick house, lol.
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@Minamik Ah yes, I build an HG Gusion. The kit is super loose now but it was my fault.
I tried top coat it while the air is humid so the coat become foggy(I tried sanding the foggy part off but the damage has been done). Panicked, I tried hot air dryer but blowing hot air super close to the model was not a good idea lol. Plastic warped happened ;3; Still love him though.
