i use my once a study electronic stuff... hehehe....

one of the reason that leave nip mark on ur kit is tat the plier itself is not flat and sharp enough! Usually hardware shop one are not flat the space in between the 2 blade has a little curve which would cause nip marks on it!!

You can get the cutter from the pasar road electronic shop. Quite cheap and the quality is not bad either. Got made in japan, taiwan and china.

those tamiya side cutter are the best...it cut almost clean
but also damn exp..rm80+ IINM

i still havent bought it! Becoz buy tat one i dun feel right! I feel like grabbing kits instead of cutter for tat price!

of course...that the thing
rm80 better buy some decent HG la...than buying a cutter
or better go eat victoria station

guys
so wat if it is RM80, its not like u gonna buy it monthly like gunpla
a tool like dat, buy 1 time only and can use it for years oredi

the better the tools, the easier & better results in your modelings

hmmmm but when u have RM80 in hand u will itchy for other NG1/100 and HG kits woh! By the way i used Hobby cutter that cost around RM20-30 onli! Those hardware shop one cannot compare to the one i using but same my one cant compare with the RM80 one!

Would it be better to Paint MG Patlabor Ingrams in Flat or Glossy white? Which finishing did most professionals used on Patlabor Model Kits?

haha good question! But this question can onli answer by u urself! Since the kit will be displaying on in ur own shelf so which u prefer? U could always spray it glossy first then if u dun like it just buy a Flat top coat and spray it on the kit!

I know for most gundams i would prefer flat, but the thinig is I've never seen a glossy and flat patlabor so i cannot tell the difference. Most people use flat for Gundams so what about Patlabors? I'm just worried that making it look glossy might make it look abit unrealistic.

Ok my preference! I like Glossy on my mecha if i color them metalic! It give me the chogokin feel! If i color aqua type MS i would do Glossy to give the effect of coming out of water! But the other mecha if i dun do any special coloring i will stick to shading and Flat!
So Patlabor for me i would go for shading + flat! Add some smoke effect on it! It would look like great! Just like it came out of a gun battle!

03 dude which Hobby cutter u using? Buy from where?

This post has been edited by MyKy44: Mar 31 2008, 01:30 PM

I bought mine from TM 2 years ago! The brand i dun remember becoz i used it so much the print on the handle has been removed by my hand!

>>03: Haha. How much it cost (this is the most important question!) I using normal wire cutter nia

if you think flat just for gundam
then paint ur patlabor gloss lo
inside anime also gloss...somemore patlabor can consider as a police patrol car mah...so car = glossy mah
then patlabor also = glossy lo

easy

WTA , real touch gundam marker is tat use to make it look old ?? also for lining??

real touch can do alot...seriously... if in make it look old u mean weathering...im nt sure but u can shade with it... its up to u hw u use it...i use to line my kit oso nice...easy to wipe off...XD.

I was wondering, when u spray Mr Top Coat Gloss over a model(Strike Freedom) which has already been sprayed with a layer of paint, will the color change? I intend to spray a model using these colors:
Mr. Color Spray #001 Gloss White
Mr. Color Spray #002 Gloss Black
Mr. Color Spray #076 Metallic Blue

or should I use Metallic Black since I'm using the Top Coat Gloss?

Also, what would happen if u sprayed the Top Coat directly onto the Gundam(with no paint)

spray cans kenot overlap each other and the results would not look nice compare to AB becoz it's thick....
TopCoat will not affect ur paint, it just gives a layer of protection and depend wat kind of topcoat. If gloss then gloss effect, if flat then flat effect...

if u spray topcoat onto gundam without paint, it's ok.. let's say u spray flat , then it will look flat lo..