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Is there an easy way to know if decals need to be rubbed on or use water?
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Sep 19, 2014 19:36
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Azubah posted:Is there an easy way to know if decals need to be rubbed on or use water? Dry transfer will be on a clear plastic sheet. Water slides are on a blue sheet.
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Sep 19, 2014 19:41
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TaurusOxford posted:Dry transfer will be on a clear plastic sheet. Water slides are on a blue sheet. What are the limits/weaknesses of dry transfer as opposed to water slides, anyway? Dry transfers seem much easier to use; are there color limits? Cost limits?
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Sep 19, 2014 21:47
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Kurui Reiten posted:What are the limits/weaknesses of dry transfer as opposed to water slides, anyway? Dry transfers seem much easier to use; are there color limits? Cost limits? Mostly its that some people are rubbish at putting them on. The only trouble I've had is that the most reliable method (taping the transfer in place so it doesn't move while pressing the transfer on) can pull up a previously applied dry transfer if you put the tape down on top of it. There are some other minor issues that mostly come down to preference, but if you ever hear someone say that they "never work right" you can ignore them because they're doing it wrong.
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Sep 19, 2014 22:07
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Kurui Reiten posted:What are the limits/weaknesses of dry transfer as opposed to water slides, anyway? Dry transfers seem much easier to use; are there color limits? Cost limits? Dry transfers are one shot. If you rub it on and the thing is crooked, you're pretty much screwed. You can mess around with a water slide as it dries, so more room to fix your mistakes.
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Sep 19, 2014 22:16
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Putting a dry transfer on something curved or with a raised surface or a recession or really anything that isn't flat is also a complete pain in the rear end.
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Sep 19, 2014 22:55
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Ledenko posted:Or try completing a resin recast conversion kit where some of the molds seem to have been sheared sideways or something, it's a pain in the rear end and there's resin dust EVERYWHERE. The fit sucks and will probably continue until I superglue it together and on top of it all, I noticed you need a polycap piece that's probably stored god knows where. i wouldnt worry too much about completing it. The resin dust will kill you long before that.
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Sep 20, 2014 03:44
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The HG flag is so fragile and rigid, why in the world did they make this with no polycaps?
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Sep 20, 2014 08:13
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Tenzarin posted:The HG flag is so fragile and rigid, why in the world did they make this with no polycaps? I honestly have no idea either, considering there's just barely enough room that they could've fitted some in the important places like the hips and shoulders. Good luck trying to keep the legs from flopping down in flight mode, by the way.
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Sep 20, 2014 08:15
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Bandai was on something of a no-PC kick around the mid-late decade until someone rightfully decided that this was a stupid idea.
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Sep 20, 2014 10:33
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RIP all Late UC MGs.
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Sep 20, 2014 10:38
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I honestly have no idea either, considering there's just barely enough room that they could've fitted some in the important places like the hips and shoulders. Good luck trying to keep the legs from flopping down in flight mode, by the way. My problem is if i touch the head at all it explodes because the "ears" are barely holding it all together. It stands pretty with with no arms and the legs seem to lock in place in plane mode.
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Sep 20, 2014 16:49
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I might as well ask here, have they ever made a perfect grade RGM kit?
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Sep 20, 2014 16:52
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Ka0 posted:I might as well ask here, have they ever made a perfect grade RGM kit? Nope. There's some resin conversion kits that would turn the PG RX-78-2 into a GM, but they're all GM variants...and cost at least a couple hundred dollars.
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Sep 20, 2014 17:35
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 So, being my first time doing a full top-to-bottom paint job of an MG, it never ends. Damned if I'm not happy with the way it looks thus far though.
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Sep 20, 2014 18:29
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That looks like a really cool mix of colors.
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Sep 20, 2014 18:36
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Do the other MG Gundam 00 kits have the same runner structure as the 00 Raiser? One of my upper arm pieces is stress fractured like six different ways and pretty much beyond repair. I'm going to try to e-mail Bluefin and see if I can get a replacement runner, but if I can't, I'd like to just get a kit quick and get back to building this thing.
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Sep 20, 2014 18:41
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The Muffinlord posted:Do the other MG Gundam 00 kits have the same runner structure as the 00 Raiser? One of my upper arm pieces is stress fractured like six different ways and pretty much beyond repair. I'm going to try to e-mail Bluefin and see if I can get a replacement runner, but if I can't, I'd like to just get a kit quick and get back to building this thing. That sucks, mod it to a 00 Raiser repair.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:05
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I built the Soul Gain today. First time I really filed down the nubs and used a marker for the fine lines, I'm pretty happy with the turn out.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:49
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Azubah posted:I built the Soul Gain today. First time I really filed down the nubs and used a marker for the fine lines, I'm pretty happy with the turn out. Is yours having problems with its shoulders? Mine just wouldn't stay in until I said "gently caress it" and superglued the joint that connected the arm with the shoulder piece.
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Sep 20, 2014 20:57
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The left arm pops off of the shoulder.
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Sep 20, 2014 21:14
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The Muffinlord posted:Do the other MG Gundam 00 kits have the same runner structure as the 00 Raiser? One of my upper arm pieces is stress fractured like six different ways and pretty much beyond repair. The 00-Raiser and QAN[T] share a pair of runners for the arm and leg frames, if that's any help.
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Sep 20, 2014 21:39
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I decided I'd like to try lighting up my MG 3.0, took a trip to the hardware store and spent $4 on this: Now I just need to actually build the kit...
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Sep 20, 2014 23:34
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Koopa Kid posted:I decided I'd like to try lighting up my MG 3.0, took a trip to the hardware store and spent $4 on this: You're adding a tiny blue box to a Gundam model? You know what needs to be done: 
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Sep 20, 2014 23:48
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I love how the original MSG establishes right off the bat that being in space too long turns you into a raving lunatic with brain damage, thus justifying the actions of every character in every Gundam series after it.
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Sep 21, 2014 00:07
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After coercing the resin to sort of fit together, I'm starting to think it'll actually be half decent once it's painted and glued together.
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Sep 21, 2014 00:43
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Koopa Kid posted:I love how the original MSG establishes right off the bat that being in space too long turns you into a raving lunatic with brain damage, thus justifying the actions of every character in every Gundam series after it. he actually had brain damage from oxygen deprivation but i guess that's good too
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Sep 21, 2014 02:30
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muike posted:he actually had brain damage from oxygen deprivation but i guess that's good too Yeah I just like to imagine that it happens to everyone at some point or another to explain away all the 
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Sep 21, 2014 02:48
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Koopa Kid posted:Yeah I just like to imagine that it happens to everyone at some point or another to explain away all the Cosmic Radiation. Sometimes you stretch your body to a fantastic limit and sometimes you use the spirits of your dead friends to power up your robot.
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Sep 21, 2014 03:09
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Azubah posted:I built the Soul Gain today. First time I really filed down the nubs and used a marker for the fine lines, I'm pretty happy with the turn out. That thing looks like the Wing and Exia Gundams had a baby.
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Sep 21, 2014 03:31
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So I was thinking of what I could do to make this thing look a bit more unique, and I came up with this monstrosity: (hilariously slapdash unpainted test fit, I'll paint it eventually) Too much? I'm thinking that may be a little too ludicrous. I'm thinking it'll look good in a nice midnight blue to offset all the bright silver and blue everywhere else on the kit.
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Sep 21, 2014 06:58
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The stock look is way OTT already, I say go for it.
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Sep 21, 2014 10:34
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Wow, the HGBF Build Gundam MkII is a mess. The basic kit is the 2002 HGUC Gundam MkII. The extra parts have terrible color separation (worse than the 12-year-old kit they were packed in) including a V-fin that is 90% covered in huge yellow sticker and the Build Booster MkII which has a separate sticker the size of one of the legs. If I wasn't already committed I'd scrap this project out of disgust. I'm even considering scrapping the kit (which I was gonna make as a MkII and give it my leftover System Weapons) because I'm worried that the SysWeap parts will stick out like a sore thumb.
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Sep 21, 2014 10:56
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Welcome to HG Build Fighters. The name of the game is cost cutting. Literally the only kits that got new molds were Build Strike, Crossbone Maoh and Gouf R35. Everything else is recycled, so you'd better hope you got something that reused something recent.
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BlitzBlast posted:Welcome to HG Build Fighters. The name of the game is cost cutting. And the Fenice plus it's upgrade. Luminaflare fucked around with this message at 11:22 on Sep 21, 2014 |
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Sep 21, 2014 11:16
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Fenice and Rinascita recycled HGAC Wing.
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Sep 21, 2014 11:23
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Luminaflare posted:And the Fenice plus it's upgrade. Nah, the Fenice's are based on the All-Gundam Wing Gundam. BlitzBlast posted:Welcome to HG Build Fighters. The name of the game is cost cutting. That said though, there's really only two based on outright awful old kits - the MkII and the Quebely. The rest are all built (relatively) recent kits.
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Sep 21, 2014 11:24
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BlitzBlast posted:Fenice and Rinascita recycled HGAC Wing. I thought they used the new All Gundam molds? Luminaflare fucked around with this message at 11:35 on Sep 21, 2014 |
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Sep 21, 2014 11:24
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Yes? HGAC Wing was the very first All Gundam kit. Are you thinking of the old 1/144 or something?
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BlitzBlast posted:Yes? HGAC Wing was the very first All Gundam kit. Are you thinking of the old 1/144 or something? I'm just confused by what you're saying. The Build Strike used a new mold sure, but wasn't the mold also used for the new AG Strike? And isn't the Crossbone Maoh being used for a Crossbone kit? Luminaflare fucked around with this message at 11:35 on Sep 21, 2014 |
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