Hey people,

Was redirected here by a fellow forumer. I'm a gundam model noob....trying to assemble my first gundam (strike freedom).

I think i used the wrong method. A friend told me to touch up the 'gate' or 'nib' part using permanent marker closest to the gundam color (it's the wing part). so i used black. and the result was...not good at all. So i used file (came with Tamiya basic tool pack) to smoothen it....still, the color became dull. :|

Any method I can use to rescue this without having to paint? Can i try using fine sandpaper (wet sanding), then apply tamiya polishing compound coarse and fine?

Here are the pics.



Sorry if its not too visible. Tried my best to zoom already :T

i think i need to get black gundam marker instead of the normal permanent black =_= that 1...somehow very hard to clean it. and yeah, i know it's those very dark blue...not exactly black :T

so does the tamiya polishing compound helps? can make it looks glossy again ka?

i don wan paint / spray ler. trying to avoid....coz it might end up becoming a bigger mess for a beginner like me

This post has been edited by daydreaming: Jul 3 2011, 09:41 PM

wah have to use spray? i stay in a condo...donno where to spray =_=

this is what i have in mind and not sure if it works.

1- now that i've filed it...i will get the higher grit sandpaper to sand it down

2- use gundam dark blue marker to paint n touch up. problem is, i asked the shop keeper...he refused to tell me which is the closest color ! so i might need to mix around black + default blue :T

3- once dry, use Tamiya polishing compound coarse and fine to make it glossy


ok, seriously, i m not sure if this works. thought of spraying it since only the wings part....but strike freedom wing is not that easy to spray. need masking tape bla bla bla. :| stress

ok ok, the shop keeper told me "coloring is up to u...it's a symbol of ur personality...bla bla bla"

until i geram "is this blue? if yes, i'll take it. "

for a beginner like me, i don even know the color code!

nvm, i will go check the booklet n see



verandah....my mum's flowers will wither and she will throw all my gundams out of the condo =_=

i went to toys n hobbies i think, at e-curve, next to gamers hideout. the price is quite ok for pj, and it's near my place.

actually i understand what he said.....but for a beginner, u should at least give some pointers la. telling me something so advanced n subjective, will make me blur only.

anyway, i will most likely use my panel line black gundam marker to touch up the wing, and use cotton bud or something to wipe it so that it looks tidier. then possibly polish it with the tamiya polish compound.

will try tat tonite. if really cannot save already, i'll have to think of a way to spray =_=

midvalley is a hopeless place.

ACE Hardware's finest sandpaper is 320 =_=
Jusco staff donno if Jusco sells sandpaper

and XL Shop only has "fine" tamiya polishing compound.

omg...in the end i wasted my lunch time and could only get a brush !

i'll go check out carrefour later. by the time i reach home, the shops near my place would've closed :T

oo thanks. i got the 1500 grit sandpaper. they don hv 1200 anymore. but could not find the polishing compound. :T

paint ah..er...try to avoid la if can

wa...decal also need so troublesome?

nolar, i don hv so much time to spray i think. will learn, but after i moved to another place n when i got more time off.

for now, don have enuf time to learn spray man

i cant spray already coz i pasang already. if i take it apart to spray, i scare it might break. so better don try man. worst case scenario, just go get another SF MG lo.

this one...not too bad la. just need to polish the plastic to make it shiny a bit.

and i'm using black panel lining gundam marker (din buy the big 1) to touch up on the nib part of the wing (those white spot) and use my thumb to drag the color (with bit of water). like water painting style.

not VERY nice but still ok la. maybe it'll look clearer (and uglier) under broad daylight

This post has been edited by daydreaming: Jul 5 2011, 08:46 AM

guys, the grey panel lining is for the lines that u think is slightly shallow than those u fill with black panel lines right? hahaha.

eh is it? i saw a lot of ppl using black panel lines on white color gundam parts also. hahaha

so normally ppl panel line first....then only cut it, clean the nibs, and polish it?

mmm true la. but some ppl panel line it when its on the ..er..'tray' ? :| easier to hold. but too late for me since i've assembled

oooo coz mine the colors already a bit dull after all the sanding :| thought of polishing it to make it looks shiny again

oh ya, saw some ppl opt for top coat also. so top coat spray before i apply decal right?

i also not sure if i've sanded too much O_O

so no need polishing? mmmmm ok.better listen to the shi fus

just realized there are 3 different kinds of top coat.

flat/matte , semi-gloss, gloss

i think flat/matte shld b good ? gloss gonna make gundam look like shiny sports car

er mine is strike freedom. hahaha

ya meh? :| thought of going matte :|
cannot imagine SF in shiny mode

mmm is it advisable to paint gundam parts using normal brush.. ? kinda costly to buy an airbrush and my condo no space to do airbrushing :T

the paint...can get in hobby shop? oil-based 1? might need to try my hand on painting my gundam models.

mmmm question hor...for gundam panel line marker...anyone knows the size of it? 0.05? tried to google but couldn't find the info. i find it a bit too thick esp when i wanna color the gundam head, the side there. :|

thinking if i shld get 0.02 panel line marker