hehe wanna ask smth, first time i came upon chrome prepainted parts that the black mark which is left on the part after you cut it out will be visible after assemble. WOndering if there is certain silver marker or smth can be use to conceal those black marks..

-thankkk kiuu-

A noob question here and hope you all could help (and hope this is not a repeated question..).

Would airbrush/handpaint the model kits cover up the panel line until cannot see after the paint job? Is there precaution steps to take note if I wanna do panel lining after the painting? Eg: cut the lining deeper?

Yes, there's a risk, but more to traditional higher skill level scale model kit. If u r working mostly on Bandai's new kit, that wouldnt be a problem; cause these model kit is made to be so user friendly, until they sacrifice realism to make sure such thing wont happen.

Dont worry.

Unless u r using extremely thick paint to hand paint the kit. AB usually sont have this problem at all.

Hmm.. How bout the Bandai Macross Frontier model kits? Are they belonged to the 'user friendly' group?

I havent build any of the new Bandai maccross, but i bet they r pretty user friendly.....

hello all..i just finished doing my first gundam.. ..its a mg wing gundam..but...i like to make my gundam wing..more than just a normal gundam..make it more cool an interesting..
so.. i'm newbie..i hope sifu2..can teach me how to do it... ..

Internet is making things so convenient nowadays, but u gotta use it in z wise/clever way. Just post one open question like that is definitely not one of them.

Research! research!

Do more search. If u see anything u like, then only u can start thinking how to achieve what u want. If u dont even have a clue.....a bit susah aint it? (Nanti kena flamed by mod)


Go search.


Ok a little spoon feeding here, go check out forums for once. Eg, Zerogunz, hobbyfanatic, bakuc online, plamo etc etc.....

Hey thanks for the info about panel lining!

Here another things need info from you guys... Any idea where can get resin cast that can create resin kit?

I mean those solution/liquid that come with 2 bottles need to mix up by certain ratio and pour into cast to form the resin kit.

here some noobie question....i just receive my custom wing(pic below)
my problem is..dun no how to make it stick to my gundam wing
it need some glue or what??



This post has been edited by olen: Jan 16 2010, 09:36 PM

can get at multifilla, an art shop at balakong. google it. can also find the map at the website.

Question - do we need to use white base if we want to paint metallic color? does surfacer default color gray will effect the tone of the metallic?

went to multifilia last morning and they do not have the suitable resin for casting small objects (eg: resin kit) for the time being... anywhere else?

guise, for COPIC MODELER 0.02 Black, is there a way to refill it? or is it must buy a new one?

thanks! >_<

I do not think so because never see anyone selling refills b4...
just buy a new one.

You can try using epoxy putty instead. They do have this in stock there.

im still new bout painting .....i wana know use anchor spray need to spray how many layer to make my gundam look nice o.O? ... Anchor spray got Crome Colour or not ? and before i spray ,do i need to do anything to my gundam 1st ? o.O?

This post has been edited by Xzens1110: Jan 25 2010, 12:50 PM

I think you should prime it so the paint will adhere to the plastic body better. Otherwise it will get rub off easily. Most people recommend a few even layers of paint to get the best result. Also let it dry in between the layers.


My question is, my panel line paints always get STUCK or unusable after lining a section with hand paint acrylic paint. Am I suppose to gloss the paint before doing the line? Already use 4 pens to do this.

And glossing for me also showed another problem. I'm using paint brush and FUTURE to gloss it. After a while it seems the paint job will smear due to mixture with the future gloss. Anyway I can go around this problem?

First of all, People who use INDUSTRIAL Spray Cans are not require to spray too many layers...
Spray with techniques because industrial spray cans are not meant for model kit use therefore the paint will get THICK easily... Becareful when using it...
Before spraying your kit, always do the basic things...
sand of the nibs of the parts with the appropriate sand paper grit...
cover seam lines of the kit....
Prime/surfacer it to check any errors or scratches still visible
then you can start painting your kit....

before i paint my gundam do i need to spray any TOPCOAT or
Mr.SURFACE spray ? ...... got any marker or brush is thin than gundam marker for line?

For doing nice and fine linings.. try washing technique wt enamel paint.
The steps are as follow:
Plastic>Primer>Paint (either can spray or mr.color/tamiya if you have airbrush)>Enamel>Topcoat clear

Note:
Paint: try to choose non-flat paint as it's tough to clean up the lining the wash if surface is matt/non-glossy
Try to avoid acrylics like Mr.Hobby or Tamiya acrylics as sometimes the turpentine used for enamel wash might be too strong to cause the paint job to smear/dissolve

Topcoat: Try acrylic topcoat (can be gloss/semi/flat, up to your own preference)

Try to search button for "enamel wash for panel lining", it's been discussed too many times in this thread.

Shenwoo, if you are using lacquers, Future should give no problem to your paint job unless you are painting with acrylics like Tamiya or Mr.Hobby (gunze sangyo water soluble accrylics).
Try switch to gaianotes or Mr. Color paint.

So you are recommending that I use lacquer as my paint base and then finish it off with Future? and then followed by enamel paint lining wash