Managed to complete this over the weekend.

Current work in progress...

RG Exia Work in Progress. Straight build with some localized painting.

My RG Exia Straight Build is complete. Sharing for comments and thoughts...







This post has been edited by boonhoong: Dec 9 2014, 10:49 AM

Er no top coat. Tak ada masa & tempat untuk spray. All my builds happen at night after everyone sleep.

Thanks! Panel lining done with gundam marker.

This post has been edited by boonhoong: Dec 9 2014, 10:56 AM

Didn't want my RG Zaku II mono-eye to be pink. So I used a red Sharpie and a metallic silver gundam marker on the clear part instead. I think it turned out pretty nicely. No masking required.

Sometimes... there are things one should not start panel lining. 1/144 Zaku II tubes are one of them.

As much as I liked the outcome, I felt like I was in gunpla hell for 40 minutes when I was doing it. And now I'm not looking forward to the waist and leg tubes.

Zaku II WIP: Gave Char's ride some gold highlights.





Also spent a good 10 minutes looking for that thruster that I thought dropped on the floor but ended up in the crevice between my chair's armrest and the cushion. Fuuuu....

The culprit

Same thoughts here, but it is Char's custom Zaku II. I think he deserves gold thrusters

This post has been edited by boonhoong: Dec 24 2014, 09:45 AM

RG Zaku II Work in Progress pictures.

Yeah. I try, but unless I sand and paint, it's not going to go away completely. And, I'm not committed to spray painting

This post has been edited by boonhoong: Dec 26 2014, 11:44 AM

There's some red at last!!! hahaha

Can always build another for yourself if you've fallen for it

Try using gundam panel line markers and gundam markers to add color separation as required. You may need to do a lot of masking especially since it's a HG. RGs which are the same size as HGs come with eye-popping details, and I absolutely love them. I typically do a straight build, and accent areas that I think defines a particular suit with my gundam markers.

My progress so far on the RG Zaku II.



Still can't call myself an expert at nubmark removal even though I've followed most of the tutorial. The dark colored parts are the worst.

RG comes with clear stickers, and even though I prefer the look of wet transfer decals, I have to say that the stickers take less time to put on.

An easier method is to use a pencil eraser or your finger to go perpendicularly across the line to get rid of any excess.

Step 1


Step 2


Step 3


Eraser gets sacrificed. This only works on unpainted surfaces.

Shouldn't have or should have?

I don't topcoat my kits much to the disgust of every modeler I know on the internet. I've never had issues with panel lines coming off. But, I don't have sweaty hands either, so maybe that's the reason. Anyway, I get them in the pose I like, put them in the case, and they don't really get handled a whole lot after that.

The only reason I would do a topcoat is to give it a nice matte finish. I don't really have a place to do it in my house, but I do have a can of matte clearcoat on standby just in case.

Happy New Year all you gunpla modelers! May Bandai release more awesome kits in 2015.

I can see light at the end of the tunnel with my WIP