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TaurusOxford posted:IMO those heels completely ruin the kit. Also, why is this called ZZII again? It doesn't even have a ZZ style head. Well yeah, it can't have the head cannon because look at those drat heels.
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ZII got Kobayashi'd
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Ka0 posted:ZII got Kobayashi'd Kobayashi'd? Nah, that looks like a full Nagano to me.
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My mistake sorry. I get them mixed all the time.
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When you guys order from wherever, how long does it usually take for the package to arrive?
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Where exactly do you live.
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It takes 2-4 weeks to ship from Japan to most of Western Europe.
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Arcsquad12 posted:When you guys order from wherever, how long does it usually take for the package to arrive? When I order from wherever it usually takes about that long to get here.
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That's why you order from whoever, they get it to you this long.
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Wherever meaning various outlets in Japan. How long would Japan to Ontario shipping take
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Guntank review: It's a piece of poo poo. It has hardly any articulation and it doesn't even look that cool. 1999 Guntank HG model review: Same as the actual mech it's based on with the addition of: gently caress panel lining hubcaps and treads. Rating: 9/10 for replicating both the looks and the experience of the mobile suit. I felt as depressed building it as Hayato did piloting it. The inconsistent plastic textures and mold flash from the 1999-era Bandai QC really drove home that I was building a model based on the shittiest suit in MSG. At the very least it gave me an appreciation for Bandai's modern QC.
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It really is amazing just how much the guntank sucks. It looks like that stupid TOBOR toy from the Star Wars holiday specials commercials.
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Zonekeeper posted:Guntank review: Treat yourself the Guntank Early Type from Gundam The Origin  It's much more recent (came out last year) and looks better than the 0079 one (to me, at least.)
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Arcsquad12 posted:It really is amazing just how much the guntank sucks. It looks like that stupid TOBOR toy from the Star Wars holiday specials commercials. The Guntank is really proof of the genius of the Feddie engineering teams. Unlike Zeon, they got all their bad ideas out of the way up front.
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Screw all of you guys, MG Guntank is one of the best MGs in the line.
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It doesn't help that it doesn't seem to be at the same scale as the other suits. The torso's supposed to be a core fighter yet it's clearly like 50% bigger than the torsos of my Gundam and Guncannon. I'm sure a Revive version would have fixed this, but instead Bandai decided to add stickers to the Guncannon so you could buy a second one and put Hayato's number on it instead of Kai's. Probably the right decision.  Kaiju Cage Match posted:Treat yourself the Guntank Early Type from Gundam The Origin I'm sure it's an excellent kit, but it doesn't look a drat thing like the one used in the show and the whole point to getting the Guntank was to complete the trio of White Base suits. Edit: vvv I know. Zonekeeper fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Aug 16, 2016 |
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The movie ditched the Guntank completely by the end and just had Hayato and Kai in Guncannons. That's why the REVIVE gives you that option.
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To hell with Guntanks, Magellas don't get nearly enough love. 
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They never made a kit of the hildolfr did they? that was like the only good thing that came out of igloo. gently caress the guntank, hildolfr for life. EDIT- oh wait they did it was a 1/144 ex model.
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MJP posted:To hell with Guntanks, Magellas don't get nearly enough love. Please, the Magella isn't the Zeon equivalent of the Guntank, it's their counterpart to the Type 61. The Zeon Guntank is the Zaku Tank: 
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Lemon-Lime posted:Please, the Magella isn't the Zeon equivalent of the Guntank, it's their counterpart to the Type 61. fiiiiiiiiiine  (Mine is arriving this week some time  )
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I just want my tanks to have a turret that can take off, fly around, and shoot stuff, okay Someone also linked me to the fact that there's a combo 1/100 and 1/144 Dopp kit, holy poo poo
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I'm going to start panel lining with Zippo lighter fluid and I've heard that this turns the plastic brittle. Anyone here experience this?
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Generally speaking, petroleum based fluids will cause plastics to degrade. I have doubts the small amount of exposure when panel lining will do much, but no reason to risk it when you could just use rubbing alcohol or something like that, much safer for you as well. EDIT: You could also just use a marker, I find wicking doesn't save any time on the majority of panel lines and requires more cleanup. End result is the same too, I did this part marker and part wicking and even in person I can't tell where I did what except by thinking about where it would make sense to use one over the other: 
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I don't really understand why you would line with lighter fluid when there are a billion other things that don't run a chance of hurting the model
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A lot of guides swear by it but what you're all saying makes sense. I never heard about using alcohol before. I've just finished my Turn a and I thought using a wash would be quicker cause this thing has a lot of panel lines.
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It really depends on what kind of paint you're using. Alcohol will work fine for Tamiya, but if you're using enamels then lighter fluid is a cheap alternative. It can damage the plastic if you use too much, but so would literally any other enamel thinner.
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Monaghan posted:They never made a kit of the hildolfr did they? that was like the only good thing that came out of igloo. gently caress the guntank, hildolfr for life. Not the only thing, I really like the Zudah 
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I haven't seen any box size comparisons posted anywhere, so I thought this might be interesting: About the same size as the FA Unicorn but not as thick, same thickness as the Sazabi but not as big (obviously, since nothing is).
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I've used lighter fluid for years when panel lining and I have never had any problems.
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Literally the only time I've damaged a model or weakened it with thinning fluids was when I just straight up wiped those weird coffin hip things on the Graze Ritter with a tissue full of acetone on it (I was cleaning up some metallic sharpie, so this is a worst-case lazy scenario). Even then it didn't get brittle, it just got rough in a strange matte way and slightly cloudy. That's not to say "go hog wild with the stuff!", just dont worry about panel lining turning your gundman into a ceramic egg.
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Assuming one is dealing with bare plastic, I see no reason to not just line with a Gundam Marker. It works, is non-toxic, and the cleanup is dead easy, so why wouldn't you? I've tried acrylic washes on line-heavy kits and it really saves no time at all. Looks worse too, IMO. Of course, if you're lining or washing over paint things get much different. Bimmi fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Aug 17, 2016 |
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Mad Lupine posted:I'm going to start panel lining with Zippo lighter fluid and I've heard that this turns the plastic brittle. Anyone here experience this? If you put down a gloss topcoat, it does just fine and dandy to both protect the plastic and make the panel lines easier to use with the lighter fluid method. I've had no issues with it so far.
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I've also had a really bad experience using alcohol and Tamiya acrylics to do panel line washes. The alcohol just ate through my clear coat and ruined my paint job. Lighter fluid/enamel or the Tamiya Panel Wash are my choices.
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So are you just brushing lighter fluid in there or what? I've got this image in my head of gunpla bursting into flashes of flame and emerging fully lined.
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The Muffinlord posted:So are you just brushing lighter fluid in there or what? I've got this image in my head of gunpla bursting into flashes of flame and emerging fully lined. That would be badass, but no; you mix a black enamel (or other lining color) and lighter fluid (60:40 ratio) so that it's nice and thin, then you use a tiny brush to dab into the crevasses, and through capillary action the paint naturally flows through the channels. After its dry you just use a Q-tip with lighter fluid on it to wash off any paint drops outside the panel lines from dabbing the brush. Here's Yet Another Majorwilliams Blog Post showing the process and results
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Another day, another HG IBO rundown.     In order:  The Ryusei-Go is largely as one might expect - the same old tried-and-tested Graze design with some additional, trickier stickers - but it has a couple of interesting details worth mentioning. First off, remember that it's the Graze Custom upgraded with modified Hyakuren parts - and that includes the hardpoint on the rear skirt armour, which can mount most Teiwaz weapons - specifically, the Hyakuren's knife, the Amida Custom's 130mm rifle, and the grenade and multi-missile launchers from MS Option Set 2. As you can see, I gave it the grenade launcher. The kit also includes all the parts for the original Graze Custom (in red, of course), so if you don't mind some painting, you can either assemble this one that way or convert another Graze kit into the Custom. Also, note the extra rifle. The Ryusei-Go comes with two guns, the standard Graze rifle and the short version with the barrel removed. I decided that the short gun was best used elsewhere, and gave the suit the leftover rifle from my Graze - you may remember that I'd fitted that out in Crank's duel configuration, with the axe and shield. I did have another leftover Graze rifle, from Gaelio's Schwalbe Graze, but discovered that that has a unique finish and colouration that would make it mismatched with the other one.  The Gundam Gusion Rebake has a reputation as sticker hell, and I'm afraid to say the rumours are true. The head stickers are especially evil, but there's quite a bit of bad news to go around. The back-mounted thruster/arm pods are also heavy enough to cause some balance issues, making it highly advisable for the Rebake to either carry its shield on its arm as a counterweight or gear up with something similarly bulky. You'll also note that the shield itself has zero colour-separation on its front - I actually felt that more stickers might have helped here, and the thrusters could have poked through like they do on the HG Gusion and the 1/100 version of this kit. One other thing to note is that the shield, due to its bulk, isn't carried in the Rebake's hand, but is attached to a hardpoint on the suit's elbow. Since the upper and lower arms have different designs (more on that later), this means that it can only be carried in the latter. It's not all bad news, though. Having four arms offers a great number of loadout customisation options, and since the upper arms were taken from a Graze, and retain the slotted bracers (although they're fixed rather than freely-rotating), they can mount that suit's specialist weaponry, including the ubiquitous rifle and the lance and shield from MS Option Set 1. As you can see from my pictures, it's also quite an impressive setpiece for your collection when fully unfurled. The halberd and rocket-cleaver are from MS Option Set 3, and the former has two different handles to reflect its ability to telescope in the show.  The Gundam Kimaris is one of the more successful HGs based on the Gundam frame, with good colour separation and minimal stickers. The shape of the pauldrons does affect the range of movement of the arms, but it could be worse. One thing I will note is that the booster unit from MS Option Set 4 is a very helpful addition - it's a bit sticker-heavy, but it helps balance the kit both literally and metaphorically, better integrating the bulky legs with the skinny torso and acting as a counterweight against that great big lance, allowing for more and easier posing options. Speaking of the lance, it's worth noting that, like the 1/100 line's weapons, it's held in place with a tab halfway along the handle that slots into the suit's hand, which ensures stability but does reduce posing options.  The Grimgerde is a very nice HG - simple, stylish, intimidating, and sticker-light. It would have been nice if they'd found a way to colour its visor slit, but that's no big deal. Really not much else to say here.  The Union Mobile Worker from MS Option Set 4 is what it is. Yes, that turret does rotate.
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