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It is a brick kit that falls apart at the touch. MG Unicorn is bad enough, slapping on all those weapons just makes it worse. If you want something impressive to look at, maybe, but even then it'll take some work to get the psychoframe looking nice. Considering you have a Neo Zeong, I'd recommend the HG instead. Tenzarin posted:Do you guys mix your colors to match the guide that comes with models? How easy/hard is it to get the colors to match? Unless you exclusively use Mr Color, you're not getting a perfect match. Just follow the manual's color ratios with whatever paint you have to get something close.
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Literally The Worst posted:How is the MG FA Unicorn anyway? It caught my eye as something I want to do after I get done with the Zeong and my little diorama and maybe the 00 Gundams. I would highly suggest you get the HGUC FA Unicorn Gundam instead. Not only will it go with your Neo Zeong scale wise, but the FA components will make MG Unicorn a ticking time bomb. Here's what happened to mine when the action base gave out:  Also, it was on an action base cause there's no way in hell it can stand up.
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Oof. I was planning on getting the HG FA Univorn and Banshee Destroy anyway for my dumb little diorama, but it sucks that such a cool looking kit is actually dog poo poo. Any recommendations for particularly good MG kits?
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Literally The Worst posted:Oof. I was planning on getting the HG FA Univorn and Banshee anyway for my dumb little diorama, but it sucks that such a cool looking kit is actually dog poo poo. Any recommendations for particularly good MG kits? MG Wing Gundam TV version, Wing Proto Zero, Heavyarms EW, Astray Blue Frame Second Revise, Infinite Justice, Nu Gundam ver. ka, Sazabi ver. ka, Sinanju, 00 Raiser are a few that I can list off.
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I'm partial to my Turn-A and my Sengoku Astray. Also, the Gouf Custom is an old kit, but proved to be perfect for painting for me since all its armor pieces are pretty big and simple.
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Sep 12, 2014 01:21
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MG GUNDAM X
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Suzaku posted:You can go through sanding sticks quickly, which is why you should make your own! Sandpaper + popsicle sticks + super glue = stupid amount of cheap sanding sticks. Everyone is yelling at me for horrible nub management! Seriously though, I do have lower grades. I'm just saying that I can definitely still tell it's been sanded even after 1200. I wanna buy like twenty cans of matte coat, but my hobby shop sells so little Mr. Top Coat Flat at a time.
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Kurui Reiten posted:Everyone is yelling at me for horrible nub management! Just run your fingernail down where the nub is/was you might be surprised, its gone and you are not looking at the nub but just stress marks which can be hidden with painting.
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Continuing my obsession with old kits: The 1/144 Full Color Model (FCM) Guncannon. My girlfriend loves the Guncannon, and as my other posts have shown, I like older kits. I found the FCM Guncannon on eBay and she bought it under the condition that I build it. The FCM is essentially a late-1980's re-release of select, late 70's Gunpla in 1/144 scale-- but with the added "bonus" of having everything in correct colors. Anything that needed to be a different color was pre-painted; all you needed to do was glue the kit together and panel-line for a decent-looking kit. So some pictures:  Front view. All I did was glue and panel-line the kit. As is expected from kits from the 70's/early 80's, glue is required (though paint isn't this time around). Posing the kit also sucks terribly, as the joints have no free movement whatsoever.  Front view. I couldn't decide whether or not I wanted flash on; sorry about that.  The "108" sticker comes from my girlfriend's SD Guncannon; I might replace that with a spare dry-transfer from my MG Guncannon.  Speaking of MG Guncannon... My next step: Buying the 80's 1/60 Gelgoog.
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Sep 12, 2014 03:27
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BlitzBlast posted:MG Seconding the MG Gundam X and recommending the Duel and Build Strike. They're all very solid kits, simple, but extremely satisfying.
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Sep 12, 2014 03:32
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Someone took a photo of a Neo Zeong and Nightingale together. I knew the Nightingale was big, but I didn't think it was almost Neo Zeong big.
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Sep 12, 2014 03:55
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Someone took a photo of a Neo Zeong and Nightingale together. Jesus gently caress, no wonder the thing doesn't have an MG level inner frame, it'd be $500 easy.
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Sep 12, 2014 04:02
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Someone took a photo of a Neo Zeong and Nightingale together. Scale size remember the Nightingale is 1/100 while Neo Zeong is 1/144.
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Shinde posted:Continuing my obsession with old kits: The 1/144 Full Color Model (FCM) Guncannon. That is a nice Guncannon. I like almost all the grunt suits, they seem more possible.
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Midjack posted:Scale size remember the Nightingale is 1/100 while Neo Zeong is 1/144. I was talking about kit size  .Tenzarin posted:That is a nice Guncannon. I like almost all the grunt suits, they seem more possible. I agree (it's why the 00 grunts are my favourites, especially the chunky Russian Tierens), but I think that helps to visually sell why the/a Gundam is the more advanced machine.
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Sep 12, 2014 04:15
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Memory lane! This was (I think) the first kit I got and built and so far the only one I painted. Psyching myself up for painting resin in the weeks to come. 
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  I just finished assembling my MG Red Astray and got to the best step! Assembling his bitchin' swords! Wait. Where did I place his blade pieces? Oh god they've disappeared on me. I know I saw them at the beginning of assembly, but I've searched all around my workspace and I can't find it. I don't know what I've done with it. Now I have a Red Astray with no swords (I mean the metallic blade pieces, the ones on their own spruce.) God I'm so mad right now, I don't know where I put it. I hope something bad didn't happen to them. They were the whole reason I got a Red Astray to begin with.
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Ledenko posted:Memory lane!  AoZ needs a kit for every dumb design from it.
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Kitfox88 posted:
Seriously. I think they are stupid designs in the context of Zeta but man would I build all the models of them I could.
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What search terms should I be using to find an upgrade kit for HGUC RX-78-2? I remember seeing a kit at some point, that had just the Gundam Hammer, the Javelin, and the Bazooka parts for RX-78, but I can't seem to find it again.
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Sep 12, 2014 20:38
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Let me know if you find it, id be interested in picking that up.
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Sep 12, 2014 20:42
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There's a 3rd party 1/144 version of the 3.0's expansion pack. You can get the bazooka and the gundam hammer with the 30th anniversary version of the HG RX-78-2 too.
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Tenzarin posted:Just run your fingernail down where the nub is/was you might be surprised, its gone and you are not looking at the nub but just stress marks which can be hidden with painting. No, no stress marks; I mean, I get the nub completely gone. I was just saying that I can see the difference between 1200 grit sanded, and unsanded, despite what some people said. I can only see it from up close, though, and as was said, a flat coat should eliminate that. I'm actually slightly proud of the Turn A HG I've been working on. I'll try to take some pictures of it this weekend once it's completed.
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BlitzBlast posted:There's a 3rd party 1/144 version of the 3.0's expansion pack. Awesome that's what I'm looking for! Thanks.
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Revitalized posted:
Is there any way to get replacement parts?
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If you feel like going through the parts order waitlist, but I don't think you should bother. The blade runners are really shiny, just shine a flashlight everywhere and I bet you'll find them.
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BlitzBlast posted:If you feel like going through the parts order waitlist, but I don't think you should bother. The blade runners are really shiny, just shine a flashlight everywhere and I bet you'll find them. That's what I thought right? But it's not working What is the wait list, in case that's my only option?
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Look up GK Parts. $30 off this Armored Core D-Style. And while these aren't really sales as much as Amazon's usual price, there's a decent selection of PGs for "reasonable" prices. ~$140 off SF and 00R, and ~$100 off Strike and Red Frame. Free shipping on all of them by the way.
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buy the strike gundam, its the best PG after the Strike Rouge
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Fauxtool posted:buy the strike gundam, its the best PG after the Strike Rouge I find it mildly amusing that even though it's a PG-scale kit, it still has a pure-grey gun  .
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I find it mildly amusing that even though it's a PG-scale kit, it still has a pure-grey gun Like anyone ever doesnt just pose with the 2H sword. Speaking off, i dont remember that sword in the anime. There were swords, but when was that one?
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Fauxtool posted:Like anyone ever doesnt just pose with the 2H sword. Speaking off, i dont remember that sword in the anime. There were swords, but when was that one? It's a Gundam Evolve exclusive weapon.
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Fauxtool posted:Like anyone ever doesnt just pose with the 2H sword. Speaking off, i dont remember that sword in the anime. There were swords, but when was that one? I've seen SEED more times than I'd like to say, the Grand Slam sword isn't in it.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I find it mildly amusing that even though it's a PG-scale kit, it still has a pure-grey gun  The Strike's beam rifle is pure-grey. Are you thinking of the RG redesign's new color scheme?
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BlitzBlast posted:
That I am  .
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The RG Mk-II comes with stickers, right? No decals of either kind? edit: I found a waterslide pack on Amazon for $7.50. Let's hope that's a good price!
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RE: Exia Auditore chat could always go 00 with no binder on the right arm, and a cloth cloak affixed to the left binder.
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Broken Loose posted:The RG Mk-II comes with stickers, right? No decals of either kind? All RGs only come with stickers. They're good ones, all things considered.
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BlitzBlast posted:All RGs only come with stickers. They're good ones, all things considered. The Dalong pictures of the Mk-II stickers look really ugly (even on the AEUG model) because of the "transparent" areas of the stickers. Is that not true in person?
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Broken Loose posted:The Dalong pictures of the Mk-II stickers look really ugly (even on the AEUG model) because of the "transparent" areas of the stickers. Is that not true in person? Not if you take the time to smooth them down properly and get rid of the air bubbles, no.
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