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Endorph posted:In general if you've got a question like that dalong can often help, though of course asking for a second opinion is good. I will keep that site in mind for next time, thanks 
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Don't you wish your robot was as hot as mine ? RG EVA-01 ready for stickers !  Fair warning on this kit, it's a great kit to build, but it leaves almost all of the stickers to the end. I advise doing them as you go along, which I now wish I had done.
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Aug 16, 2020 03:15
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 My gunpla shelf looks quite nice in natural lighting. I'm starting to think that I need to get a better phone camera, though.
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Aug 16, 2020 04:01
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hostess with the Moltres posted:Has anyone ordered something that wasn't in stock from Hobbylink Japan? How long do they take to get something if the restocking date is unknown? My Beyond Global RX-78 took two weeks on back order, but I imagine that was an especially in demand case so I'm not sure that'll help?
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Aug 16, 2020 04:01
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Midjack posted:Could be days, could be months. What are you looking for? I want to order the 1/20 Bandai scopedog. It's either out of stock everywhere else or around $120 or so on second hand sites like Amazon and Ebay.
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Aug 16, 2020 04:28
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Midjack posted:Could be days, could be months. What are you looking for? I can personally attest that if you order something that's backordered HLJ will keep and honor it even if it takes years for something to actually come back in stock  (And I say that as a complement to them).
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Aug 16, 2020 04:34
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Loosley in the realm of gunpla but finally got around to taking some pictures of a Megami Device kit I did back in February for a local contest. These might be the worst photos I've taken as I've been experimenting with an external flash, trying different lighting sources, and all around trying to get a nice, professional finish on my photos. It also taught me that I'm gonna need a bigger photobooth for larger poses. Pretty sure my white balance was off kilter the entire time as well but hey, progress. Got to mess around in photoshop on them and I can't decide if it's cheating or just "pro practice" to white out the background.   
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Aug 16, 2020 04:58
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FAZZ ver. Ka is loving huge and has enough unused parts to build at least one more core fighter.
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Aug 16, 2020 06:30
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Ibblebibble posted:I'm starting to think that I need to get a better phone camera, though. That's a sick Tallgeese pose tho
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Aug 16, 2020 07:43
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Also I take back my previous shittalk wrt the Moon Gundam. I'm still not a huge fan of the coloration but the kit itself is incredibly well engineered and it has nearly as much detail and options as your typical RG. The movable pipes in the knees remind me of the Nu Gundam. If they keep making HGs like this, we're in for some very good times.
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Aug 16, 2020 07:51
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Marx Headroom posted:Also I take back my previous shittalk wrt the Moon Gundam. I'm still not a huge fan of the coloration but the kit itself is incredibly well engineered and it has nearly as much detail and options as your typical RG. The movable pipes in the knees remind me of the Nu Gundam. If they keep making HGs like this, we're in for some very good times. Yeah, it’s not the world’s most interesting Gundam but it’s a tremendous kit.
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Aug 16, 2020 07:52
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hostess with the Moltres posted:I want to order the 1/20 Bandai scopedog. It's either out of stock everywhere else or around $120 or so on second hand sites like Amazon and Ebay. This is a bit more expensive cause it's the space version but https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1144948440&ref=list&keyword=scopedog%20bandai&lang=en or https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1102998987&ref=list&keyword=scopedog%20bandai&lang=en if you don't mind it being violet.
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Aug 16, 2020 08:09
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Test fit for the body done Now to figure out what weapons I'm gonna slap on it, how I'm going to slap on some extra thrusters, and what the hell color scheme I'm gonna use...
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Aug 16, 2020 18:19
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 My longest build so far at 8 days, feels like half of that was just to sand down the navy parts. Naturally the week of endless sun ends the day I finish it so the lighting sucks  . I immediately went onto start the Earthree Gundam and oh my god the Core Gundam is so tiny. I knew it was small but actually having one on the desk in front of me really hammers it home.
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Aug 16, 2020 18:48
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Any advice for putting on the little golden dot stickers that go on the RG Eva unit 01’s hands? They’re circular and are supposed to go on these raised dots. I could try cutting around the golden part and sticking that on but I’m not the best at cutting off the blank parts of stickers.
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Aug 17, 2020 05:58
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Toss them in the garbage and use a gold paint marker.
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hostess with the Moltres posted:Any advice for putting on the little golden dot stickers that go on the RG Eva unit 01’s hands? They’re circular and are supposed to go on these raised dots. I could try cutting around the golden part and sticking that on but I’m not the best at cutting off the blank parts of stickers. Use a toothpick. That's what I do for the really fiddly stickers.
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Aug 17, 2020 06:10
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Never use a sticker for something you could do with a marker. This is why I have a sharpie and other marker collection to make any department admin green with envy, in 5 different shades plus metallics.
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Aug 17, 2020 07:40
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Well I've been putting it off for weeks but it's time to start putting the waterslide decals on this MG Banshee Ver Ka. Looks like there's about 150 on this sheet. See you folks on the other side. I'll let you know what God has to say after I come down from the mountain.
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Aug 17, 2020 13:45
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Mephiston posted:And the surprisingly fun but strange Wodom Pod How was the construction on that one? Any weird seams or gotchas? I wanna do mine up like the original Wodom since this is as close as we're gonna get :-( Azubah posted:They just announced the kits you can get from the online Gundam Expo and it's pretty much all the cool Gundam Base exclusives. Any chance of a link? Be nice to have a refreshed look and see what's on offer. MJP fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Aug 17, 2020 |
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Funny you should mention that, some of them showed up this morning. https://p-bandai.com/us/search?sort=relevance&character=03-001 The RG Unicorn Perfectability or whatever is going to be $80 and they have that cool blue MG RX-78.
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MJP posted:How was the construction on that one? Any weird seams or gotchas? ofc given that its a syd mead design there's 'seams' that are a visible part of the design, like on the head, so those probably help mask a lot
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I've also thought about doing a Wodom in classic Turn-A colors but I know if I did I'd also want to try to give it the head cannon, and I'm not nearly a good enough Plastic Engineer for that.Azubah posted:Funny you should mention that, some of them showed up this morning. Cool, I've been eyeing those Gundam Base exclusive weapon options kits for a while and they seem to be priced really well.
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Aug 17, 2020 15:38
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Sykic posted:
That's pretty boss not gonna lie.
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Marx Headroom posted:Well I've been putting it off for weeks but it's time to start putting the waterslide decals on this MG Banshee Ver Ka. Looks like there's about 150 on this sheet. See you folks on the other side. I'll let you know what God has to say after I come down from the mountain. I put off decals for the same reason, so I feel you. Of course when I open up the instructions and all that I realize I only actually want to place like, a tenth of the ones it comes with.
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Captain Magic posted:I put off decals for the same reason, so I feel you. I put all six stickers on the RG EVA-01's gun last night. Six on just the gun, this is gonna take a while. The knives get two.
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hostess with the Moltres posted:I want to order the 1/20 Bandai scopedog. It's either out of stock everywhere else or around $120 or so on second hand sites like Amazon and Ebay.
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I really wish I can get excited over the expo gunpla but the whole clear thing to me seems...tacky? Its not doing it for me.
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Unlucky7 posted:I really wish I can get excited over the expo gunpla but the whole clear thing to me seems...tacky? Its not doing it for me. I'm not really into the clear/special coating stuff, but I want like all of the weapon sets and the catapult base
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Aug 17, 2020 17:06
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The pro buys here are obviously 1) the model kit of the thing that makes model kits 2) the 1:1 haro that you can use as a pencil box or something
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YanniRotten posted:The pro buys here are obviously I don't know if you're joking, but those are honestly my top 2
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The injection molding machine is cute. They were a general release years ago and I had been kicking myself for not picking one up then, but grabbed one at Gundam Base when I was there in February. I’m glad more people will have a chance to get it. 
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YanniRotten posted:2) the 1:1 haro that you can use as a pencil box or something Fine, I'll break my principles one more time.
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Napoleon Nelson posted:I don't know if you're joking, but those are honestly my top 2 Not especially - I’m not knocking the special coatings or transparent kits but there’s not really anything in “special” that pushes it over to make it something I’d want if I didn’t bother to get the standard kit. Similarly if I do own a kit already I don’t really care to double up to get the special version. If I didn’t already have a Sazabi ver. Ka $200 for super awesome shiny coating might tempt me. As it stands I’m not building that guy again and I’m very happy with how mine looks with decals, Gundam marker, and a matte coat. The injection mold is cheap and unique, and I really like stupid Haro stuff. If ever I do put in a P Bandai order those have a good chance of being the only things in it. MAYBE the RG Nu HWS since that’s a pretty cheap add on to a kit I like. I just ordered some ancient 1/100 scale stuff from USA Gundam Store so it’s possible I’m insane though.
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Don’t get a coated kit and double don’t get one that isn’t undergated.
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Azubah posted:Funny you should mention that, some of them showed up this morning. Yeah, I’m after both of these personally.
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I love the perfectibility but there never being a proper release of the mg is breaking me.
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Anyone know how good Wave kits are? There's some VOTOMS ones that I've seen that look decent and I don't think they need much painting
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Zeether posted:Anyone know how good Wave kits are? There's some VOTOMS ones that I've seen that look decent and I don't think they need much painting I've only built their hangar base kit, but it's solid. Good quality plastic, decent fit. I wouldn't expect Bandai quality, but it should be alright.
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:I love the perfectibility but there never being a proper release of the mg is breaking me. I've built the Gundam Base MG Perfectability. It's, ok? Unless your posing it with the shields on extra arms off an action base, it can't even sit on it without falling off. It's was to back heavy for the style of adapter it uses so mine just sits there with the shields on the shelf.
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