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Hey guys, just coming into the hobby and gonna build my first HG thunderbolt zaku soon. I have a few questions since I've been seeing mixed answers online.

1. How bad does humidity here affect top coating? Any tips/steps to make it as safe as possible? Just your normal panel lining --> Mr Hobby Flat

2. Top coats seem to be selling out everywhere, anyone know anywhere or any site selling for reasonable price?

3. What's the best way to make a permanent pose with your gunpla? Epoxy? Super glue? Hobby cement?

Thanks in advance!

1. If you don't want your Gunpla to look like this, don't spray when the water vapor content in the air is high (a.k.a high humidity), i.e at night, early morning, or during rain. Best to do it in the afternoon under sunlight. Even then, do not spray too much at once.

3. Super glue would suffice.

That's what I'm afraid of. The weather atm is quite unpredictable. Distance from spraying matters too yes?

Yeah, I think spraying 30 cm away from the part in layers should be ok

im missing one part..torso part..can't finish building without it.

any shop in kl sell spare parts? mg grade gundam.

Hi, another blog post on a kit review! Am really happy and excited over this one for sure. this is probably one of the best kit that i really had fun building with this year!
As ever i do hope you guys enjoy this piece of writing i have made!

https://kimithebuilderblog.wordpress.com/20...-ver-ka-review/

Hi, another blog post on a kit review! Am really happy and excited over this one for sure. this is probably one of the best kit that i really had fun building with this year!
As ever i do hope you guys enjoy this piece of writing i have made!

https://kimithebuilderblog.wordpress.com/20...-ver-ka-review/

As ever your feedback is highly appreciated!

But as ever your feedback is highly appriciated

what did you use to panel line?

looks nice oh

any coat or other things?

Thanks man! I use only gundam markers tbh. No coating on it yet. but maybe i will do it in the future!

Is it neccessary to gloss coat first before using tamiya accent panel line if the kit painted with acryclic paint?

This is subjective, because panel lining would only work best on smooth surface regardless of paint type. If the painted surface is rough, the ink would fill in the large invisible pores and smear the surface horribly.

Heya Gundam peeps!

I have a few questions regarding acrylic topcoats. I'm hoping experts in this thread can chime in and help me out:

1. Where can I get my supply of topcoats from? I meant specifically Mr. Hobby (both Flat and Semi-gloss) and generally at what price?
2. How do you prep your Gundam and topcoat prior to spraying? From what I read you should give the can a good shake. Some even recommend half-dipping the can in warm water before spray.
3. How to handle moving armor parts? For example RG Justice Gundam have multiple moving parts when the limbs are full-bend. I'm thinking to topcoat 1 layer on limbs at full-bend, then another layer at neutral position for best coverage. The bend-able waist seems tricky.
4. Coating the ball-joints. Going on a limb-by-limb basis, I will surely hit the joints. Should I mask them so I don't end up making them super tight due to the excess coating?
5. How easy is it to mess up the topcoating process?

Thanks for your time!

P.S. I haven't actually done top-coating before so any advice and tips on this will help me greatly!

This post has been edited by xyekit: Mar 27 2017, 02:56 PM

Thanks. Im sked if enamel type cant be use on arcyrlic. Still new to repainting kit. So need to confirm first.

park. i also want to know this

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1. lyn garage sales, search for tytroum
2. spaying from can u nid make sure the weather is hot, with as less humidity as possible. Dip the can in warm water will help even the flow.
3. spray it parts by parts b4 assemble
4. spray parts by parts u wont hav this issue, tight joint is a good thing generally speaking so long as its not too tight that u deform the plastic when u move it. It takes alot of paint to get it to that level, just dont over spray too much n u'll b fine.
5. very easy, especially frosting from humidity and/or over spray.


There is a way to undone top coating screw up so dont worry so much about it, making mistake is part of the learning process. If u do screw up reply here again n i'll teach u how to fix it.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Mar 27 2017, 05:22 PM

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