just some info

zaku v2 and also hg acguy already arrive at xl
price still unknown..will update later once i got the price..
dont expect them to be cheap also..lol

I also not sure y he willing to paid for that price... RM510 can buy 2 Akatsuki and almost 2 SF FBM... Mayb he 2 rich?

This post has been edited by wmconan: May 3 2007, 03:26 PM

humbrol paints?.....where do you usually get them?....what are the prices like?

btw, i'm normally around putrajaya, so can i get the paint around here?...thanx in advance...

humbrol paints damn rare these days ler.. I used to use them a lot when they still had the 30ml bottles for their acrylics, but those stopped production already. now they only produce the miserable 12ml bottles, which i dun find to be as good as the older stuff.

GUYs. One question.

Will my model look as if it is "painted" if i spray the Topcoat (Flat-matt) onto my unpainted Gundam?

I just finish cleaning up my OYW rx78 with thinner ..parts by parts.. bcause last time Test Airbrush on it ..but fail.. After so many years..decide to complete it.. but don think wanna try AB on it again.

it wont look like a painted with those topcoat even flat..

but it still look nicer then untopcoat gundam as the palstic look less toyish and less plasticky shinning..lol

Dude, I did a test and apply glossy top coat on my gundam stand and it was... (shocking and not ion a good way)

of coz if u use glossy topcoat, it will make it more shinier thus making it more shiny like toy and very plasticky looking

So what top coat should I buy? Semi Glossy?

well, if u're to look at most of the nicely done up gunpla, u'll find that the surface is actually a matt surface, and not at all shiny. So, u should be looking for either a matt or flat top coat.

Furthermore, the bare plastic itself dun look very good as it is, and when u spray on a gloss coat onto that, it'll make it look even worse.

This post has been edited by fyire: May 3 2007, 11:32 PM

i would suggestu get a flat coat

Thanks, I just saw a cutter at ToyCity, the tamiya cutter for modelling was rm99? Damn...

i talking about flat topcoat..and i type there very clear also..

topcoat got three type..gloss, semi gloss, flat..

lol every now and then we get to talk about topcoat again....

Topcoats are great things to used on ur kit. And especially good if u dun want to paint ur kit. I just finished my OYW, and this time i manage to do the whole thing with just a little bit of paint (most of those are gundam markers for weathering, this is all thx to Flat topcoat.

Will post my pic later tonight.

....toycity markup high-high one, last time i bought at tamiya the cutter was only rm 60...also, gundam gp01 perfect grade selling at toycity rm 12++.....lol!

TM also selling those tamiya cutter for around RM80

but it just a cutter..use those hardware shop cutter also good enough already

i bought tamiya cutter for 840yen~rm25 only..haiih
but that was when i was in japan.

use normal one+knife also gd oredi actualy..right?
+sanding even better la..right?

This post has been edited by kurz: May 4 2007, 05:58 PM

I've been looking for Flat top coat all this while with no success...where you guys get them from?

I've been using the Humbrol Matt Varnish all this time. Pretty good, but need to be sprayed on. When brushed, it'll be slightly gloss. U can still find those at Miniature Hobby over at Section 14.

Mr Hobby from TM (BTS) also has got the Flat topcoat, although I prefer to use the Humbrol ones, as I tend to get the unwanted frosting effect at times.

This post has been edited by fyire: May 4 2007, 08:55 PM

my RX-78-2 Gundam OYW version
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Flat topcoat is always best for weathering