lao... another deja vu. Apply surfacer (known as primer) b4 paint la........ den only topcoat.

eh you want short version tactics or long version.

nvm la i put both la


short version




long version



but try it on the cheap bootleg 1st b4 go for the real 1 to test lap 1st. don't want you cry later mess up the color for 1st try.

hope it helps

This post has been edited by chriswoo: Mar 15 2008, 01:01 AM

really deja vu... i think i answer this ques more than 10 times.. lol...
must prime your kit so the paint will stick well.... so it's best u sand nicely then primer...
industrial spray cans must spray far than the normal ones... spray left and right to cover the whole part with the paint.. after spraying a few kits then u kno one...
good luck... u'll learn from trial and error.

Hi all,

I bought my first gunpla yesterday. It's a HG of scale 1/144 and i thought of 'decorating' it but not to the level for displaying . This model will be a 1-shot project as i'm not really into gun-pla-ing; but since i bought one why not make it look at least semi-decent.

I read thru the pinned thread and the corresponding tutorials for newbies, but thought it might be better to ask for confimation before i buy the required materials.

Basically i plan just to do lining and some painting to replace the stickers and also certain parts that come in 1 color (mostly the weaponry and some parts of the limbs .... maybe some slight paint to cover up the left-over nubs (if got) ).

So the items i'll need are : gundam markers, topcoat, primer(?), thinner for cleaning up. As for the paint i'm intending to use Acrylic type, and handpaint it. Process will be line-> paint -> assemble and finally topcoat?

Hope my question isn't weird, and fellow forumers out there can answer. Many thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by ewynn: Mar 15 2008, 09:13 AM

at last. thanks man.. i already know about their cap BUT always confius with their name..hehe

so now about retarder thingy.. it for acrylic or laquer paint? cos in the xl-shop it state for laquer (Mr.Retarder Mild use to slow down the speed of dry of Thinners & Mr. Colors) or retarder can be use bot for acrylic n laquer

hmm... it's a good thing that u wan to "decoarte" ur gundam.. haha...
the proper items u need at 1st is a cutter and design knife... if u plan to continue buying more gunpla then it shud be worth to get all these items... if u're using acrylic type, this is water based so mixing with water, KENOT MIX wiv thinner...
the correct process shud be pre assemble->sand->cover seam lines-> prime-> paint-> decals-> topcoat..... but some of the steps here u can skip like decals coz HG dun hav ma...
any other questions?

stick well as in? wat happen wif i dun prime? the paint will flow down on to the ground izit? can't find mr.surfacer here in west msia.......T_T

sorry for asking the same question over n over again.

Order from Xl-shop online~

XL dun bring in air-canister... they only have those liquid form of surfacer and color in small bottles.
which means u need to use AB to spray them or, use brush to do hand brush.

tat why.......T_T

izit possible to spray without applying surfacer?

possible,but u will waste a lot of paint to give a nice paint....juz what i did to my red frame, no surfacer,n end up with two can of tamiya spray..but the color till now still ok la....xbnyak yg tanggal...so,the moral is, apply the surfacer 1st

ok stick well as in, if u dun prime a false move(accidentally scratch it) the paint peels off...
If u prime, the paint won't peel off so easily coz there's a layer to hold the paint... get wat i mean?
i've tried b4 priming and without it... the paint easily cracks and peels off.. so now i prime all my kits...

yes.... same answer as above

thanks for the input. I already have the required tools and ingredients except the paints, topcoat and primer. Went out to find them today but only managed to get the marker and surfacer ...

Other than Mr. Color series and Tamiya color, are there any kinda paints that can be used? I stumbled upon this Pelikan Plaka(?) today and the staff said that it can be used for gunpla painting as well. @_@ Also, which topcoat should i get? I don't really know the major difference between all 3 types other than they're ... glossy and non glossy.

lol... here we go again....
better dun trust tat staff, really nvr heard b4 wat is pelikan plaka..
Mr.hobby=mr.color got acrylic and lacquer type of paint
tamiya got acrylic, lacquer i dun think so got...
for the topcoat question....
Check this LINK
very helpful for u and there's photos for u to see the difference of topcoats..

weee, my bro just got back from japan , look wut he bought meeeeee ~~

just wanna lansi show wut he got me , lawl, this is for my upcoming big work >333





then, lucky i got some of me coins back from japan xD, 5 yen & 50 yen, then i remember a few pages back where u could use jap coins with holes & put it into the spray nozzle to control the spray flow , haha, thx for teh info xD, kekekeke





btw, wuts teh diff between between white & gray surfacer? apart from one is paint & the other is spray .. lawl

OMG... ZEON's mass decals

i'll be happy to stick them on my car

Actually at KL where can buy those decal??

TM@BTS got sell them...

@ Shin, its just 300+ yen each & it aint Zeon's xD, i give hint, 2 of em are for 0083 & the other is for mg noir

you already answered it yourself
both are the same..only that white one come out white and you can skip the white paint if you want to...but to me..its not really recommended and also to me white surfacer are useless...cause i still paint over it after i prime

KL not much place got sell...
try here if you willing to buy online...their decal are the best and also cheaper than bandai official one

www.samueldecal.com

overprice too lol