Ok name added!!!! Yes, we have our first entry on clear version.

Can't wait to see your blink blink clear green monster!!!!!


Name added! Gambate bro!!!!!

Penalty? let me think... Hahahah mebbe u gotta belanja me n VincC teh tarik during gathering (if we manage to organize one) Muahahahah!!!! No la, this is just a GB for everyone to have fun... we dont set rules to tie people down. Of course, try your best to complete lor. FFK (Fong fei gei = not meeting the deadline or just MIA half way) not very steady lor.....



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P/S: The more i answer questions from members, the more i afraid i sounded like making this event more serious. But No, dont worries guys, some simple rules is set merely because we have judging n prizes only. In fact, we set very general rules just to avoid confusion. But a lot of fine definition is still within our mutual understandings amongst fellow modelers.

For example: OOB category, say if he already painted everything... but in one photo, he display his mecha waving the light saber.... Dont come complain to us that we should disqualify (DQ) him because his light saber is not painted with colors.... i mean well this is one of the gray area. Of course, if anyone made such complaint, vincC n i will sit down n discuss n vote with the judges. But to me, my understanding, i will accept an unpainted clear light saber, or unpainted special effect (eg the effect in between hi-nu's funnel, strike freedom's wing etc).

Rules is mainly to prevent people go overboard doing something crazy only....

Cheers!

We try. First we need to try get largest space as we could. Although they have officially agree to let us have a space to display, but nothing concrete yet. Because on our side we also need to determine how many kits we have that meet the deadline, and amongst them how many are willing to lend out their kit to be displayed there. No point to fight for large large place but in the end, out of 20 over participatns, only a handful actually completed their builts.

Also, this is not a compulsory thing. If any modelers dont feel comfortable, or they just dont want the trouble to bring the kit for display, we will not force them.

Of course, if possible, we can have as large the space n as many people willing to let their kit displayed. if that happened... holy... that will be some scene we r going to make during the mid year in sg wang. Plus, we manage to organize a gathering... we definitely will be LOUD! Hahahahah


Note: mid year competition will be in sg wang june 4th(Mon)~ june 10th (Sun), 1 week. So we are expecting to set up the display on 3rd june (Sun) around midnight time.... we will announce details n discuss with all participating members later; to arrange stuff. (eg, some might not able to make it on sunday night, then might need to arrange monday 10am they bring their kit etc etc...)

This post has been edited by rayloke: Apr 23 2012, 05:39 PM

Hahahaha! u r darn right!

Great, good to have u join us! Name added!!!!!



Thanks for the support bro.

Anyway, pls ammend your completed kit thread's title begin with "BTB:...." then the admin will put your thread into sticky for judging. otherwise u might miss out the judging.

Personally, if u could, i recommend u shoot better photographs cause right now, i think the photos kinda do not manage to capture the essence of your built le.... Heheheh just suggestion. (New set of photos should put in the begining of the thread....for easier to impress the judges..... hehehe another suggestion)



hmmmm........WHY NOT? Hhaahahaahha. Yes, come join in the fun!!!!! Name added bro!!!! Gambate!!!!

Name added! Gambate bro!

Hope to see your work soon!!!!


Name added!!!!

Ok, since u call me handsome... I put your name bold!!! Hahahahaha

Gambate bro!, lemme know once u confirm the kit

As per stated in the rules n regulations... completed kit thread with the title "BTB:...." need to be posted in pla-zone's respective sections. Otherwise kits wont be judged. please read the first post carefully.

As for wip, u can open a thread over there, or just post here for everyone to see.

Yes, thanks nazrul for clearing it out.

it's stated in the rules n regulations. or if u prefer, check out my signature.

looking so far so good.... i dont see any problem but honestly, if one is not a decal person, working on a ver KA will make him curse like hell....

I oso currently doing wing ver ka, the dry transfer i really will post some photos up, showing how my dray transfer decal crack.....

Same same here. Actually i have never used any decals or stickers that comes with the kit; n this round i was like, "why not?" n take up the challenge.

As the chinese saying: catch worm n put into you @ss.....

I realize i m really a noob in using dry transfer n stickers.... NO---OB!!!!!


Sure. Named added!!!!!! Gambate!!!! Hope to see more!!!!!

Looking so far so good... clean as it is.

Yeah detail it a bit more with decals or other stuff will definitely help make the kit stand out from the crowd.

Btw, remember this: in ALL online competition, photography is extremely important. Just hold on a bit for awhile, i think somebody expect in photography is cooking something n will pose a tutorial or tips regarding photography. Easy way to create photograph that impress people; even with a simple point n shoot camera.


These r both kits without any painting but with good photography.

doing dry transfer on wing ka's shield.Already cracking like mad.... after transfer, i hand itchy use cotton bud to lightly press the decal to make it adhere better.... then all the parts that's "floating above the panel line/ longkong was pressed down... crack even more.....


Learn hard lesson... want to cry now. just to remind everyone dont repeat my noob attempt.....

yeah, i have no experience in dealing with stickers n dry transfer that comes with the kit. Another reason might be, my kit is very old ady n the dry transfer expired ady, which makes them crispy n crack even more...... n not sticking to the surface......

just sharing what i did WRONG......

(Now walk to one corner, facing the wall, n continue to depress....)

Announcement (27th April 2012):

We are about to close the registration for snapfit category soon. The actual closing time for snapfit category is 2359 30th April (Monday).

The total number of entries will not be limited, means, any registration BEFORE the closing date will definitely valid.

So guys, if u still wanna join, pls do register yourself FAST!!!!!!


As for OOB, the registration will still be allowed.

Modelers, Gambate!!!!!!

? "water" way? I dun know what's that. Care to share a bit? Thnks

oic.... hahha i thought u r refering to some way to use water to salvage the cracked dry transfer....

Thnks anyway!



Yes, still can join!!!! Name added!!! Gambate bro!

er.... Have confident man!!! Name added!!!!



COOL!!!!! Name added!!!

Thanks for the support!!!!

name changed n updated!!!!

Oh yes!!! u r the first one !!! Thanks so much for your support!!!!!


Looks so far so good. Yes, i think painted the red should be better than just slapping the stickers on it! Just a pointer: remember to top coat it n also take good photo when u do final presentation. Now still look a bit plastic.

But no hurry, take your time to make everything supernice first. because Vince is preparing some tops for good photography tutorial, the easiest, cheapest way to create nice n clear photo. everyone needs to do this for online competition because photography plays a big part!


Name added for both categories!!!!

Whoa, we have the first officially announced kit bash kit!!! Somemore is a koto kit!!!!...... Hmmm i think is ok because majority or at least half of the kit is from Bandai; unless VinceC or Litt Tak side complain because they might worry about the Bandai's Japanese reaction during mid year..... Let's hope everything's fine!

No worries man! In fact thank you so much for helping us up clearing things. Heheheh old apek like me sometimes dont login during weekends...


Cool! Name added!!!! Thanks so much for the support man!!!!!


Ok name added!!!!! You r mountrev? Ok, we got another veteran joining us.... but no worries, snapfit is totally another set of skill different from colored kits. Huhu, enjoy your hell brother!!!!


YEAH!!!!! As KWS/shauno mentioned, our !ST PG!!!!!! Name added!!!! Thanks for the support n Gambate!!!!!!


Ok name added. Thanks so much for your support bro!!!!

Ok, i think i will share a little bit with snapfit... something i just learn recently when i started doing my snapfit kits.


One of the main challenge of snapfitted kit is the task of removing nip marks, without leaving any visible leftover mark. This is especially challenging when doing colored parts; especially blue n red, n other darker colors. One can sand under the nip mark is flat, but is during the cutting process, any damage on the plastic will leave a white spot on the plastic which is almost impossible to remove 100%. So be very careful!



Part on the runner.


Cut it from the runner with a side cutter. Remember to leave some extra nip. This is because no matter how sharp your side cutter is, the cutting action somehow will have some force pressing onto the plastic. This will, especially parts with darker color like red n blue n grey, The force might damage the plastic n leave white spot.


Then, use a sharp knife to slowly "slice" the nip, bit by bit. With this, no pressure will be put onto the plastic. When the nip mark is short enough, mebbe 0.5mm, we can start doing sanding.


My personal habit is start with a file. This is sometimes dangerous because file can be very erosive n it sands down plastic very fast. As a result, if not careful, u might just over sand the whole thing n leave some very deep scratch mark onto the plastic. Here, i file it down until it's almost near the part. u can still see the shape of the nip. notice the white or light color around the nip? this is plastic damage n turn white. but no worry, it's only skin deep n can be easily removed by sand paper.


Sand paper sanding. i start with 800, end with 1,200 grit. This is because i will be finishing with flat coat. IF u wanna do gloss coat, at least end with 2,000 grit n above. For curvy surface, i strongly recommend to use those 3M sanding sponge, the one state "microfine".

Now we can still see some scratches.



Next i use Tamiya compound Coarse (Pic below) to compound it. Actually i do not need to do this because my final finishing is flat. This is just to show an example for those who wants to do gloss or semi gloss.

Besides compound, if u think it's expensive (around RM15 one tube), u can also use nail polisher. Use the finest one, those used for last step polishing or they call it "buff" type.

Other than that, u can even use those CD recovery fluid. The liquid u use, when your DVD has fine scratches, to wipe on the CD/DVD. IT works.


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Compared to the pic above, u can see the glossiness of original Bandai plastic. After compound, it's much glossier, something like those HD version.

This post has been edited by rayloke: Apr 30 2012, 04:16 PM

ok, if u dont like red, this is the same thing on blue...