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

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.

Is superglue a good alternative for cement? After sanding do i need to like ... repaint that part? Or just cover it with topcoat .. ?@_@

This post has been edited by ewynn: Mar 17 2008, 04:55 PM

I bought the paint i need today, but upon getting out of KL (not going back there any time soon =.=) ... i found out that 2 of the paint i bought is of semi-gloss and flat type while the rest are gloss ... Should have observed more properly ...

Anyways wanna ask, does the paint type matter if i'm using a gloss-type topcoat to cover it? Also, can different paint type mix?

Hi all, how can i remove oversprayed primer and paint ( acrylic ) ?

Did some search and found out that i can choose from thinner(?), brake fluid and detergent ( not sure about this ) ? Can clorox / bleach work? Read about it here.

i did some botched paint jobs ...