Hey guys, I'm sure this was shown in the Gunpla building 101 thread but it's a very old thread. So I'm wondering if there's any new technique or tools that you guys have to panel lining.

I recently bought a hobby kit from lazada (sanding strip, some tweezers, side cutter and a sakura micron 005 pen).

I started doing panel lining for a bit yesterday and it's too harsh on white so I gave up doing it on bright surfaces and focused on red part of my Red Frame Astray MG.

I rubbed off the excess after roughly applying the lining. It's decent but not even enough.

So I think I'm gonna stop using it. What do you guys use? Tamiya dip panel lining?

Depends on the grooves. Generally for convenience I use markers from GSI, both standard and pour wash type.

On white parts, its better to use gray color for panel lining. Sakura micron do make gray colored ones and a few other pens. If you can't find it near where you live, then a mechanical pencil will do just fine, if you plan to topcoat later.

GSI, is that the normal Gundam branded markers?

I've read about gray on white. I've also tried mechanical pencil but it's dirty and it's usually not thin enough. Maybe I'll go buy a thinner mechanical pencil...

Yes.

I'll give marker pens another try when I find a silver colored one... I'll also probably get the accent panel lining type to give it a shot

Hehe.. Spending all my weekend to assemble all.. Just finish it.. Not yet do the detail, just snap fit all..

my FA Unicorn

PBandai MG FA78-1 Blue where you get it? anymore stock?

this kit can still pose the hands with those parts on.. will it sag over time?

Consider my self very lucky bro, found it in robot master queensbay mall penang.. Only 1 unit left, quickly grab it..

so far it has been liddis lo ever since i built it late last year

must see end of this year

hi, i just get into this hobby... below is my 1st try on assemble and half paint...
how do i clean the smear by the panel line eh... i try to rub using eraser and become like this...i top coated before draw the panel line.

Did you used tamiya accent panel lining?

i use lining pen, i also looking for the tamiya accent panel lining

Did you give enough time for it to dry?

You can fix it by dry sanding, or the lazy way is to paint it white, not recommended unless the white paint match the original white color.

the paint is dry i guess and coated , i draw the panel line at the next day. i rub immediately after i made my mistakes, or should i rub it after the panel line is dry?

What I meant was the panel line might not be dry enough or you might have applied it excessively, or it could be the top coat was excessive. Either way, any of those could ruin the ink.

Usually panel line could be rubbed off but for groove lining only. Excessive ink on flat areas like the Exia shield in the picture would overflow if it's not dry enough.

Why yours dried so fast. I left mine overnight and it's still not completely dry lol Are you using Gundam branded pen?

is the top coat matte? if yes, that is the cause. The panel lining should be done before the top coat. The matte coat provide the surface a porous surface that absorbs the ink.