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Old Swerdlow posted:I had no luck getting nubs off with a knife; I kept taking little chunks out. My way is to cut everything off the sprue with a crappy pair of cutters, and then take of the remaining nub with my good pair of cutters or file it down. It takes a lot of practice, but shaving nubs is the only technique I've ever used.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Yup, they're more or less equal to the Gundam kits. now I want to see someone use a Stormtrooper kit in the next Build Fighters series
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Aug 12, 2015 03:59
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drrockso20 posted:now I want to see someone use a Stormtrooper kit in the next Build Fighters series Did someone say Stormtrooper Gunpla?
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Aug 12, 2015 04:03
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If you ever want a fun one-weekend-day build, the HGUC Z'Gok comes together really nicely. Not too many seams, and easily filled/sanded. Mine's painted up but I'm holding off on assembling it until some scrap Soviet decals come in. Gotta get the Naval Aviation flag. The Zaku's going to get done in just regular Russian camo green all around... I did some parts in lighter olive drab/OD-tinted khaki, but given that the Soviets never really used camo schemes for their tanks, this is at least :quotefingers: historically accurate :quotefingers:
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Aug 12, 2015 16:53
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drrockso20 posted:now I want to see someone use a Stormtrooper kit in the next Build Fighters series Some sperg tries to play with the 1/72 X-Wing to prove that mecha is inferior to dogfight-style starfighters and immediately gets shot off the board by the MC for not approaching the game with a spirit of fun.
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Why would flying spaceplanes not he fun?
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Aug 12, 2015 20:44
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Swooosh whooooosh zoooooooom zappazapp! Kaboom! Zawoooosh!
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Aug 12, 2015 20:46
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Is there some reason people don't want to use a paint brush on gunpla? It makes panel lining way easier. Just wipe off the excess with your finger.
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Sharkopath posted:Why would flying spaceplanes not he fun? Flying spaceplanes are cool, and good. Actively making GBS threads up mecha discussion about how mecha are "dumb and impractical" compared to fighters, as some people on the internet tend to do, is neither.
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mr. stefan posted:Flying spaceplanes are cool, and good. Actively making GBS threads up mecha discussion about how mecha are "dumb and impractical" compared to fighters, as some people on the internet tend to do, is neither. I don't even get how it's an argument. Space Fighters can't do cool special attacks.
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An Angry Bug posted:Is there some reason people don't want to use a paint brush on gunpla? It makes panel lining way easier. Just wipe off the excess with your finger. If you're going to use a paintbrush you might as well do a wash. It's a lot easier. I just use a panel line marker and wipe the excess off with a finger, but I don't want to mess around with paints right now. I just do it as I go.
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Aug 12, 2015 21:12
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TaurusOxford posted:I don't even get how it's an argument. Space Fighters can't do cool special attacks. Death Blossom from The Last Starfighter. 
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Aug 12, 2015 21:15
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Kibner posted:Death Blossom from The Last Starfighter. No attack yell - 0/10.
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Aug 12, 2015 21:26
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An X Wing is just a Waverider mode with no robot.
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Aug 12, 2015 21:32
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Space fighters can't maneuver without wasting fuel. Space robots are clearly more practical.
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Aug 12, 2015 21:36
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TaurusOxford posted:I don't even get how it's an argument. Space Fighters can't do cool special attacks. Looks like someone didn't watch build fighters try
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Space plane to mobile suit is clearly the winner, unless you try to mold it in plastic. "It's transforming!! It's a Mobile Suit!!! A Gundam!!! Fire!! Fire!! Fire!!" - Oz Soldier.
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Assembling some parts after painting and some fits are much tighter than expected. How do you lot deal with that? Other than just don't spray the pegs and holes too much which I am obviously going to be trying next time. I've seen people use a pin-vice or drill bit to scrape out a little plastic on the inside of holes, is there a size that does this best? Most gunpla pegs+holes are of a a standard size so I'd assume there's a one size fits all you ever need to scrape for that sort of thing. The issue of some parts being slightly darker than other parts has come up but eh whatever, growing pains. Definitely going to try doing section by section on the next build, if only for the psychology of getting to put a finished bit together right away making the whole project easier to digest.
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MJP posted:If you ever want a fun one-weekend-day build, the HGUC Z'Gok comes together really nicely. Not too many seams, and easily filled/sanded. They used whitewash as winter camo, so you could try doing that. There were also some accounts of tanks being sent into combat with only the red factory primer paint, the need for them was so desperate.
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EthanSteele posted:An X Wing is just a Waverider mode with no robot. Now I'm picturing a Y-Wing splitting and the nacelles turning into arm cannons.
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TaurusOxford posted:No attack yell - 0/10. I frequently yell "PROTON TORPEDOOOOOOO" when playing X-Wing with my friends.
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Aug 13, 2015 03:27
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TARDISman posted:I frequently yell "PROTON TORPEDOOOOOOO" when playing X-Wing with my friends. I think you mean "DUAL PROTON TORPEEEDOOOO ATTAAAACKKKKK!"
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TaurusOxford posted:I don't even get how it's an argument. Space Fighters can't do cool special attacks. Someone's never rolled hard to six. 
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Suzaku posted:Now I'm picturing a Y-Wing splitting and the nacelles turning into arm cannons. A-Wing, X-Wing, and Y-Wing, combining into a bizarre Star Wars version of the Tryon 3.
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DigitalRaven posted:A-Wing, X-Wing, and Y-Wing, combining into a bizarre Star Wars version of the Tryon 3. LET'S REBELLI-ONNN! I'm not apologizing.
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Polikarpov posted:They used whitewash as winter camo, so you could try doing that. There were also some accounts of tanks being sent into combat with only the red factory primer paint, the need for them was so desperate. Were... Were the red ones three times faster?
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Neddy Seagoon posted:LET'S REBELLI-ONNN! R2D2 colored missiles.
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EthanSteele posted:An X Wing is just a Waverider mode with no robot. Well there's always 
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I'd love to see a Build Fighters spin off in to other plamo kits bandai has the rights to.
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Polikarpov posted:They used whitewash as winter camo, so you could try doing that. There were also some accounts of tanks being sent into combat with only the red factory primer paint, the need for them was so desperate. This is Cold War era, not WWII - everything I can find on a T-72, for example, is generally olive drab. This is also non-winter; it'd be good propaganda but I'd rather have a non-winter landscape. Not sure why.
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Luminaflare posted:I'd love to see a Build Fighters spin off in to other plamo kits bandai has the rights to. I'd watch that if only for Samurai Darth Vader vs the ship from One Piece.
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TARDISman posted:I'd watch that if only for Samurai Darth Vader vs the ship from One Piece. I want to see Master Chief vs Batman now.
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The eventual winner would be, of course, YAMATOOOOOOOOOO~
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:The eventual winner would be, of course, YAMATOOOOOOOOOO~ Some sort of Yamato/SDF-1 kitbash
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YamataNoOrochi posted:Mine's arriving today. From what I saw of the kit online, the wiring SHOULD be easier this time. All the wires are precut with plugs on one end. There are a lot more of them, but you only have to solder one end of each. Did you get yours yet? I'm genuinely curious about how hard the soldering is, since I'm all thumbs, and it feels like I'd need 4 hands to do it right. Also curious if the fit is better or not, sometimes stuff on the Xi could get a little... Rough. Even after some of the excess molding was sliced off. Still gotta wait till next week it seems 
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:Did you get yours yet? I'm genuinely curious about how hard the soldering is, since I'm all thumbs, and it feels like I'd need 4 hands to do it right. Yeah, it's here, but I haven't had time to start in on it. I'll take a look at the wiring this evening and let you know how bad it looks. I think the fit's gonna be the same as it was on the Xi, it looks like they reused the molds where they could. On a side note, I got the Greifer from Chilok in the same shipment. They're apparently Mechanicore's neighbors if not the same company, addresses on the kit boxes are three doors apart in the same building. The inner frame for that kit came mostly pre-assembled, and at a glance looks pretty similar to the Xi's. I kinda wish they had done that for the Penelope after experiencing the Xi.
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YamataNoOrochi posted:Yeah, it's here, but I haven't had time to start in on it. I'll take a look at the wiring this evening and let you know how bad it looks. I think the fit's gonna be the same as it was on the Xi, it looks like they reused the molds where they could. Doublepost but it's been a few hours and I don't want to edit and have it be missed. Wiring is dead simple. It's got a proper wiring harness, with the switch included. There are two wires that need to be soldered to the positive and negative terminals for the batteries. It's two wires to two metal plates, you can do a terribly messy job and not damage anything. The majority of the LEDs plug straight into the harness, no soldering required. There are 4 additional LEDs that work the same as the thrusters on the Xi, no soldering required. These might be a bitch though, since the plastic battery keepers for the thrusters on the Xi were the wrong size. I don't have any spare batteries to check the new ones, but I wouldn't be surprised if that happens again. As far as fit, they definitely reused the molds for the inner frame at least, they even say MAS-15 on the runners I recognize.
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Question: if the pros never use any stickers, at all, how do they get around painting the eyes on a BB gundam. I'd like to know. oh never mind then, I thought there was some funky masking tape/round stencil jazz going on Ka0 fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Aug 14, 2015 |
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They use the stickers.
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Ka0 posted:Question: if the pros never use any stickers, at all, how do they get around painting the eyes on a BB gundam. I'd like to know. Th Mikatan blog has a ten part series about hand painting a Nendoroid face that would work pretty well for a BB gundam, I imagine. http://mikatan.goodsmile.info/en/2013/03/18/bonus-painting-a-nendoroid-expression-the-teams-first-expressions/ But for some reason all the pictures are broken
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