All the question can be ask here and also hope we can share all the building and painting tips over here.

This post has been edited by VincC454: Jul 16 2007, 10:51 PM

hi,

am fixing my MG Hyakushiki, the first version, i figure out the gold is not tat shinny, do you think i should apply gold spray on it to make it better?

What kind and which kind of gold spray you recommend?

Thanks

Hi i am here to support ur topic!!!

This is the information of where u can get Acrylic Paint, crafting tools and accessories in KL and Selangor!

1) Berjaya Times Square 7th floor Time Machine - Mr Hobby Paint + crafting tool + accessories
2) Berjaya Times Square 5th Grafiti Toys - Compressor + accessories + Paint??? (the boss said they will sell paint later on)
3) Petaling Street Toycity - Tamiya Paint + Tamiya branded accessories & crafting tools
4) 1 Utama Tamiya Underground - Tamiya Paint + Tamiya branded accessories & crafting tools
5) XL-Shops (all branchs) - mostly Mr Hobby Paint (not many), Painting tools (good brushes) + Mr Hobby brand plastic cement and some others stuff like tat.
6) Ampang PARAGON POINT SHOPING CENTRE Af-Hobby - got some crafting tools + paints + accessories (compressor too). Address can be find in bbs.afhobby.com
7) Ampang City Square Plaza Hobby HQ - sells a lot of paint from each brand (Tamiya + Mr Hobby), and also accessories.

This post has been edited by 300078: Jun 27 2007, 11:02 AM

well..i get most of my paint supplies from TM also..but not thinner...lol they sell leveling till RM20..where others sell RM15

scout around for best price before you buy...paint and thinner are important if you wanna make ur model looks nice...but also they run out very very fast...

one more shop you can get crafting accessories like craft knife and airbrushing accessorries is from petaling street venus art.

and for the gold question...this is the most trickiest color of all...how to make it goldish..how to make it shinny...how to make it doesnt look like poo...

anyone with a proper tips with this gold issues?

gold? how bout gloss topcoat? maybe you should try that before repainting, as it would probably make the original paint job look better

Hmm can someone share out how to use saintpaper polish the model, remove the cutting area? Just want to learn for it, because i totally no go for paint, so what can do is for remove those cutting area will be nice.

no paint means no sanding already..sanding = scratch
then need to paint already to cover the scratch

the best way is to shave out those cutting parts...use craft knife to do that or at least a nail clipper like people here mention always...

nail clipper don't always work..it'll become like my MG WZC posted in mecha show off thread..so in the end craft nice wud be best.

then u shud strip off the paint 1st, otherwise ur paint job wont be nice.. (forgot what to use to strip off gold paint d).. coz the gold paint is plated (so it's kinda thick.. if u sprayed on top of it.. it will bcom thicker.. will obscure many details)
As for the gold paint, tamiya gold leaf kinda sucks, try use silver (gunze's Mr. Color looks quite good), then coat it with yellow/orange..
i think the gold color thing is quite subjective.. it maybe nice to me but not for others..
try out few combinations 1st will definitely help )



7) Ampang City Square Plaza - Hobby HQ (just ask the infomation counter at ground floor they will tell u where)


Try nail polishing stick (looks like colorful nylon cloth) from watson/guardian, wil give u clean and smooth/gloss finish

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Added on June 26, 2007, 6:31 pmoh.. yeah..

who knows where (shop in klang valley) to get modding parts like those of kotobukiya and from Wave (modelling support goods) like those "minus mold", rivets, etc???

thanks thanks..

This post has been edited by erh_teo: Jun 26 2007, 06:31 PM

i'm looking for those too... unfortunately, there isnt any shops selling it here in Malaysia. I've been asking around for quite some time. Most hobby shops in SG sell modelling tools n accesories. I found most of the accesories there and i bought some during the previous trip.
Oh ya... HLJ sells lots of kotobukiya parts. Can try order from them, its not really expensive since the shipping cost wont be high coz those things are light n small.

This post has been edited by Kyoshiro: Jun 26 2007, 06:58 PM

Hmm... TM does sell some parts but i don think they have kotobukiya.
So far i can't find any shop selling kotobukiya parts in klang valley. I'm looking for the thrusters too... Luckily my fren has some, so i just borrow them n recast.
I think if u order from HLJ u can try shipping them by EMS. Should reach within a week, it would cost more though. Like wat i would say, money buys time

Ok, so here's again question about topcoat again

Since i heard about boiling the can of topcoat before use it..
Does everytime when i want to use topcoat again, i need to do that again on the same can that i want to use?

lol
not boil the can la..later explode how?

just put the can in the hot water for few minutes...everytime before you use it lo...

u just get a smooth spraying only...so depends on you wanna warm it up first or not...

Hmm i usually use cutter to remove those cutting area, very smooth but sometime see a square there, like deep inside or more shinning area on that cutting part. Nail polish also nice but if polish too hard that area become blink blink XD.

Ok for those modding part and joint, the Ampang PARAGON POINT SHOPING CENTRE Af-Hobby got sell! I got few of my Kotobukiya joint there and also they sell thruster, small metal for modding and plenty other stuff like tat!

Haha...yaya, Hot water, i forgot it..oh,
that's mean warm up everytime i used no problem rite.

Btw, i follow those instruction on line on how to use sand paper to smooth those gunpla part's area, but how come most time i use to smooth, that area will become dirty & not smooth enough?
I had tried ermm..i think is 300, 400, 600, 800, & 1000, still like that,
also i tried to use wet the part first before using it, or just wet a little on the sand paper first...

does your sandpaper waterproof first or not?

VincC i think u should keep this thread as clean as possible or maybe pint down all those important information at the first 2 - 3 page and maybe delete those conversation....

So in the end we will not need to repeat and repeat our answer again again.

if it repeated...i will delete it
(even this replies also i will delete it later on)

i will clean up this topic once a while...and update a bit on the first reply later on..for all the important information

I update my post in the front page so u may as well check there.