miss a critical thing, an inner frame.

also may be color separation too, which all in all contributes to the total parts count for mg will have more part than ng...

urge you really build the rg 1st, if you think it ok meaning that ng never will satisfy your needs

mg red astray kai is really an overall good red astray kit to start with throughout the red astray lineup... unless you only want the plain red astray instead of the tactical weapon attached, so there's a p bandai mg red astray (yes you can curse bandai for that, we all do)

totally agree on you... pg is not so perfect in the end...

hehe there's one hanging at mandarake for 6000yen with recent shitting rm value dont think its a wise choice...

well i think mr jloi wont be satisfied with the ori color separation of those china stuff plus he dont ab...

Sorry my mistake should be very hard to ab....

Watched the anime already seed they have learned the lesson story is simple to understand and good flow of the story rhythm too. So far so good for a pilot episode...

i cut the part from runners using conventional nippers and further trim them with single bladed nippers (usually its god hand but i used takumi nippers) and then file it with wave file which is equivalent to 800 or 1000 sandpaper for the fine side.

strongly recommend on the wave file, as for the nippers depends on user whether wanna use double edge tamiya nippers or single edge godhand

yeah been using wave file and never go back, all my 400 to 800 grade sandpaper is for modding use now, plus including the file stone i have purchased all eat dust now...

unsure bout others but hg took me around 30mins to 2 hours depends on how big and complex of the hg build

sd should be around just below 1 hour depends on which era of sd, older tends to be faster coz simpler

hehe i cut all parts with normal nippers in one go normally took me around 10mins for the last hg rick dias and i dont trim nubs i use my takumi nippers to remove all the nubs that would take me another 10mins but i think less than that. finally i file them with wave file which ends up around 30 mins.

and also older gen like the 90s musha bb shenshi has tremendously little parts so no issue building there...

guess mainly because i hatta do it with my kids still asleep, really scare they wake up and thats the end of my gunpla time...


hehe mainly my time were spent on modding and ab, so i really not care much bout the trim quality cz usually i need to touch up and sanding after prime them

This post has been edited by heally82: Oct 6 2015, 04:43 PM

Well for whatever it is I'm sure there will be weapons sets or add ons that's p bandai... Looks kinda cool anyway...


Hehe still we all fall for the same old bandai milking scheme...

may be you can try fine sand or polish it 1st see whether can bring down the tone difference...

Not sure whether it's works for you or not but there's a dude in Plamo tsukurou episode 10 part2 stick some fake grass using just normal adhesive might work for fine sand as well...

for me 1.5bar is enough, you will only require higher pressure to do some higher end air brushing or finer metallic paint finish.

some japan made mini compressor even go lower than that.

just go for mini compressors if you are not sure air brushing suits you but for the long term investment go for conventional compressors with air tank for smoother steady pressure air brushing...

should be all right, so here are some info on compressors might bore u some how but useful when you choose compressor.

pressure always work inverse proportion with air flow, meaning higher air pressure cannot get high air flow for conventional design

so our case has to be average pressure optimal 0.6 to 1.5bar, as for air flow roughly 10l/min actually more than enough unless you're trying to use it to paint your car. so dont be fooled by some specs shown

long term consideration mini compressors usually either mini piston or majority are membrane diaphragm design, mine broken down recently and cant maintain pressure because of diaphragm teared, so dont believe motor spoiled crap coz usually motor will last rather longer than air your pumping areas.

so mini compressor might be cheap but bare in mind only accept them if they provided 1 year warranty (mine broken less than a year)

below are the pics for your references

ohh then would be quite big problem for you, let me elaborate...

air brushing paints will have acrylic, enamel and lacquer, for acrylic might suitable for you coz no strong smell and basically less hazardous for the last 2 you might need some air ventilation going to avoid being screwed by your roomies and also some paint mask to avoid health issues.

the problem for acrylic is this, its quite expensive and come in small amount, might need others help to get cheaper source option like industrial grade acrylics like recently just found my replacement mgm top coat from a car paint supplier with many times cheaper.

also if you considering painting outdoor, aside from power source you also restricted by weather issues (even wind direction can cause nuisance)

so i might recommend you build a small air suction box (which we call it paint booth) from some small box with 4 to 5 inch computer fan and airway piping should be sufficient for you. below is a large version for your references:


try look around taobao which might get you lots of these parts cheaper, use middle party like buy2taobao if these parts cant support international shipments

to save money, diy and cheapskate china brand is the way to go...

Actually that's not the case unless you have used epoxy type of top coat else the rest of the paint no matter acrylic or lacquer can be clean by soaking overnight, downside of doing that you might need to replace all the rubber o rings. But if you remain cleaning the airbrush everytime you change paint type or color you should be ok. General purpose thinner should be ok, I have been using all the while and it's cheap.

For the record, I purchase my mini compressor and air brush set for around rm180. You can skip the carrying bag, you can take mine if you want.

It's industrial grade MGM top coat type paint, it's not acrylic but epoxy use for base coat or extra protection.

Also i bought my mini compressor from cheap china brand also motor runs perfect just the diaphragm understandably breaks after certain running cycles. All compressor will have to service no matter what over certain cycles of running.
Yes mini compressor will over heat due to lack of cooling fan unlike bigger compressor do.

There's certain people dot know the air brushes can be salvage by thinner soaking due to lack of care and proper cleaning, mainly it's clog of paint over some time use. It's crucial to know how to take apart your air brushes and clean them.

For starters better start with mini compressor with cheaper airbrush to get the hang of how air brush works. Unless you have spare cash to unload. So cheapest option is mini compressor with hd180 china made, I might be lucky coz no major breakdown until now.

This post has been edited by heally82: Oct 9 2015, 03:02 PM

With your preference of nemesis pairing either 08th team gundam paired with Gouf custom, Alex gundam paired kampfer, my guts tell me that you won't like seed or bf line mecha.

Also all those kits quite old so should be rm150ish gp01 you can't consider coz gp02 hard to find and quite expensive.

But all those should be higher that what you have budgeted, all very nice kits but hard to paired them...

Then get strike rm, can paired with aegis later plus always can add on sky grasper, aile, sword and cannon back pack.

Heck you can even buy grand slam for it.

Or better collect the complete seed boy band set.

Lucky the boy band concept doesn't last else we would be watching gundam west life, gundam learn to rock, gundam Big Bang or gundam g dragon...

Just finished my tryon and in the middle of brainstorming articulation improvement and my version of "shin dryon drei" design concept which involve portion edge sharpening and more tone level of black color separation...


No holding on the sword on the other end, hatta be like that coz the sword is jus too darn big camera can't get all of it!