but it will slightly melt the plastic.

actually it melt the plastic i got experince it b4 by accidently drop the whole cement bottle in to my finish frame for my zaku which later it automaticly break in to piece by it own make it 100% unuseble already

yup ... those a call primer / surfacer .... it's for checking any errors and tiny line b4 coloring ur kit .......it also help to let the paints to better stick on the kit ...
u can get it at most model shop ......
it come with diff grade : 500, 1000, 1200 ( the bigger the number the finer the particals ) and also it comes in diff colors which is grey and white

major purpose for toothpaste putty r to filling up gaps and small hole

for the icecream stick lookalike putty is for filling up big holes and making parts ( example: horns ) this kind of putty have 2 diff color in the pack.... which u need to mix it both together to let it harden

mr. cement does indeed melts plastic .... it soften up plastic to bond it up together with other plastic ......

Primer i think u can get in those shop i mention back up there! For spray can comfirm Time Machine got!
The material they used are either remainings of their gundam kit or pla plate (can get at TM too)

By the way wat r u planing to do?

I wanted to try modding some gundam and repaint it with new color.
the thing is i dun have ab.

is it still possible for me to do so?

i am doing the same thing.. no AB , just using spray cans..

spray cans can be useful when u're in a tight budget (if u duwan to resort to dry-brushing)

but somehow my strike freedom's gold color dulling d...

gundam marker if too thick can use nail polisher to soften it???

yea man...
i was told too tat the gold will fade too, vinc454 told me to topcoat it so the gold will stay longer.

i topcoated it... still...sigh... actually got use or no use of topcoat oso same la, jz da fading time difference i think.
it's best if u put ur gundam in an enclosed case like glass cabinet or any place w/out much air/water/humidity contact.

since my strike freedom's faded gold were at the place tat are open, while the other gold which were armored doesn't fade yet.

O,o no wander Strike Freedoom Fullbust is worth buy because the gold coated doesn't fade tat quickly ^.^

i regretted buying normal 1 instead of FBM... too rush (last time strike freedom's price RM200)
btw, i wanna know is those hobby/crafting knife available in popular bookstores can be used in modelling too?

same 1 !! Can cut the pla plate that mean can jor as long u can control your knife b4 cut ur self other than tat can jor

This post has been edited by chriswoo: Oct 29 2007, 10:15 PM

hehe.. i buy my craft knife at hardware tools store... ok also...

LOL so frank...

oic...

i'm buying to scrap off the excessive linings spot tat eraser cant reach

olfa art knife's are nice.

u want Art Knife goto your local bookshop to buy lo (Cheaper) Errr even "The Store" also got ... baru $8.00++ Nie ... refill Blade dont have to buy back those Expensive Suff like you find in ACE Hardware (Xcto Brand).. normal Art knife Blade (Small one) when you Break them it also can be used as Art knife blade .. or go JJ buy those refill pack for $2.50 in a small plastic box size ...

The important stuff to remember once the knife point broken ... use new one .. btw broken knife also got use 1 .. for scraping Panel Line lo ... LOL very good for deepen panel lining ... LOL i always keep them in an empty bottle ... dont thrown them straight into the dust Bin ... u never know u may also search the dust bin for Missing Part ...

Play Safe ... live longer ... Gunpla Forever .. LOL

This post has been edited by honeymic: Oct 30 2007, 12:48 AM

true that gold easily to fade over time...even my bb musha start to dull already now...and that also been topcoat.
gold is a mafan color! not only its hard to get real yellowish gold color...but also hard to keep it from dulling overtime! it still can dull even if you put it anywhere...

i wanna mod my SD stargazer by repainting the gold lines wif red. make it looks like unicorn ^^

any suggestion on wat kind/type of red should i use? the red i hv in my mind is " Gundam Marker: Gundam Meta Red"

thx

If it's juz lining.. y not try red enamle.