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Goddammit they’re charging the P-Bandai tax, but they’re putting up a preorder for the MG EW Heavyarms in less than an hour.
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man, the mg z'gok definitely shows it's age. limbs are weirdly unflexible, the claw/nail design is super weird and prone to falling out, have to take off two pieces to get access to the mono eye to turn it, spinning rotors on the backpack but you can't actually see them well and have to remove a part to turn them, cockpit door is very hard to open and i haven't even gotten to the waist or legs, yet!
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Apr 18, 2024 03:36
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I snagged that and the Mudrock.
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Apr 18, 2024 04:14
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Heavyarms is 12 bux less than the last time it was offered: it's as cheap as it's ever going to be.
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I can personally confirm the MG EW Heavyarms is a Good Kit. So many missiles  .
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Apr 18, 2024 06:56
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shiny shiny hyaku shiki gimme
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i bought the Perfectibility Unicorn. 
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It’s still so weird to me that your only options for a MG-sized EW Heavyarms are infrequent P-Bandai drops (the last one was in 2022 I think?) or that older 1/100 “””HG””” kit
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Apr 18, 2024 17:33
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MechaX posted:It’s still so weird to me that your only options for a MG-sized EW Heavyarms are infrequent P-Bandai drops (the last one was in 2022 I think?) or that older 1/100 “””HG””” kit There's also Supernova's MG of it but good luck trying to find that one for a decent price now.
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Apr 18, 2024 17:49
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Deviant posted:i bought the Perfectibility Unicorn. godspeed
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primaltrash posted:Mudrock. Me immediately going to P-Bandai to check this. I do not want to pay scalpers to complete my One Year War Gundam collection. Actually, ordering TWO because I want to make the kitbash I had in Gundam Breaker Mobile and I need spare Mudrock parts for that. edit: Grabbed spare G04 and G05 kits as well, because I like them and even though I already have them, why not have MORE of them?  The PS2 era of Gundam games made some real banger OG suits.
Warmachine fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Apr 18, 2024 |
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Apr 18, 2024 19:08
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https://twitter.com/oqPpSH1ZhXLW4zA/status/1781477956910801068?t=S6e9DDRtVP1BGwCNNnwfgQ&s=19 Lol that's pretty good.
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Is there some kind of shortage? All of the UK Gundam/many hobbyist stockists are totally out of things like Mr Hobby mark setter / mark softer (except the NEO, which I read is not really for JP models and more for thicker decals?) and places like newtype US wont ship internationally.
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TaurusOxford posted:There's also Supernova's MG of it but good luck trying to find that one for a decent price now. Oh that is rare now? I have the one with the original colorscheme and the Glory of the Losers additional equipment sitting unbuild on my shelves.
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Iymarra posted:Is there some kind of shortage? All of the UK Gundam/many hobbyist stockists are totally out of things like Mr Hobby mark setter / mark softer (except the NEO, which I read is not really for JP models and more for thicker decals?) and places like newtype US wont ship internationally. Neo's just the one with less harsh chemicals to comply with EU laws. All new bottles of Mark Setter and Mark Softer uses that formula now anyway, which was... not well recieved when it was announced not too long ago as folks think it's weaker. I've only ever used Neo though, and it works fine for me. Enamels and lacquer based paints are also carried by only a few stockists because of the chemicals, so you're mostly stuck with acrylics or locally sourced equivalents like (shudder) revel/humbrol. There are sometimes a handful of ebay stores in Europe that do carry them (somehow) just expect to pay a premium, and probably import tax if the total order is over £135. A couple of places DO get the odd shipment of things like AllClad (for doing chrome), but it's typically the larger more generic hobby places like ScaleModelShop and eModels from memory. But I don't think they get the full Gunze / Mr.(Hobby/Color/Etc) line ever. As for plastic models themselves... warehouses are full to bursting. GundamMad is doing the first %-off sale I've seen in years trying to clear AMAIM / Warrior on the Borderlands stock, and I'm speculating it's to make more room. Demand has dropped for quite a few things now everyone has been back at work for a few years and become too tired for novel hobbies. Several stores closed down over the past two years. A lot of the remaining ones have agreements with distributors to take a certain amount of whatever Bandai prints so it looks a bit strange if you browse exclusively new stock. The more expensive stores directly import whatever you want from the Gundam Base in Hong Kong or whatever, but that clearly costs a lot more and at that point it's worth thinking about HobbyLinkJapan orders. We also usually get things a couple of months later than official releases because the shops that aren't super expensive use sea shipping rather than air shipping (and again, agreements with a Europe-wide distributor because this side of Bandai has no reason to care about tiny foreign stores) I think a couple of agreements for stores to import masses of HobbyMio, Dspiae, MadWorks, and other tool and accessories stuff also didn't work out as well as hoped so last year there were lots of new products in addition to just kits, and this year not so much, which also makes stores look a bit stagnant. What specifically are you looking for aside from decal stuff?
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I’m getting back into the hobby, I got an SD Wing and painted it completely with Gundam Markers, you can hardly tell because my camera is so bad, but using them as markers actually came out better than I expected and I think with some time I could get them to come out close to decent:
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Nullkigan posted:
Well, that's exactly it - I was looking at getting Mark setter / Mark softer because I've deliberately avoided doing water decals until now and want to dip my feet into it - that and proper panel lining.
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Iymarra posted:Well, that's exactly it - I was looking at getting Mark setter / Mark softer because I've deliberately avoided doing water decals until now and want to dip my feet into it - that and proper panel lining. I'm in Australia and we frequently have similar issues with actually getting hold of all the ancillary hobby stuff so I just use all my acrylics from miniature painting with copious amounts of topcoat to protect them and it's going pretty well so far.
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I used the Vallejo equivalents. Microsol and set looks a tiny bit rougher, but they're fine at shelf appreciation distance. Up close it bugs me a little.
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Mg char’s z’gok completed. It is an old kit (from 2003) and shows it. Limbs aren’t flexible, can’t bend legs too far or it topples over because poly caps, monoeye is difficult to get to when you want to change the position, rotor on bottom of feet don’t freely spin, the part with a leg that the nails slot into can easily pop out, sending the nails everywhere, and other things. It looks cool, though, and I like the rubber parts (waist, shoulder & ankle joints, pipes going through arms and legs).    
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 maybe it's because i'm so used to building the mg size shield that i got used to it but man, this is a big bastard
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love the sassy claw on hip pose there
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Synthbuttrange posted:love the sassy claw on hip pose there thanks!
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Iymarra posted:Well, that's exactly it - I was looking at getting Mark setter / Mark softer because I've deliberately avoided doing water decals until now and want to dip my feet into it - that and proper panel lining. Panel lining is like the most return for effort thing I think there is in this hobby. It makes such a big difference. I find the whole capillary action thing really satisfying in an ASMR way, too.
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Iymarra posted:Well, that's exactly it - I was looking at getting Mark setter / Mark softer because I've deliberately avoided doing water decals until now and want to dip my feet into it - that and proper panel lining. Huh. You're right, I can't find any Mark Setter and Softer in stock right now. Wasn't really expecting that. Though, if you did find a place that has Neo in stock, it'll be the same as the non-Neo stuff going forwards. Note that a lot of the stores below will charge at least £5 for shipping no matter what you buy. Decal solutions Setter-equivalent underneath to fix the decal in place, softer-equivalent over the top to smooth it over curved surfaces and hide/melt the edges a bit. They're basically all a mix of weak glue and solvents, so there shouldn't be much difference between brands.
Panel liners It's hard to get the Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color stuff here, Amazon marketplace lists some but it's like £13 a bottle and missing black. So best bet for easing into it is pour type pens. I use an eraser or a cotton bud (higher quality buds help, but can wait) moistened with isopropyl alocohol to clean up mistakes. Stock levels are a bit all over the place for these too right now, which likely means we're a month or two from a big restock of accessory stuff.
There'll be other stores around I imagine, this is just a quick list made up of shop names I could remember.
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Nice one, cheers - will take a look.
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Here's Boylei Hobby Time making not one, but two perfect grades. And a diorama for them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vCFKRHloE
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psht, didnt even get water slides for the rx-78 absolutely amateur work
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da boiz
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I wanna hang with them and their torso friend
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I was wondering where you got a black Acguy til I remembered mine's been painted bright yellow and they arent all like that, and the brown just looks black here. Black/grey's a great color scheme for it tho.
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boz posted:I wanna hang with them and their torso friend Hopefully I can finish that Aerial within the next week or two. Those stickers are maddening. I’ll take my partner’s advice for the remaining stickers and use some dang tweezers.
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Synthbuttrange posted:I was wondering where you got a black Acguy til I remembered mine's been painted bright yellow and they arent all like that, and the brown just looks black here. Black/grey's a great color scheme for it tho. Hah, yeah. It’s mostly just bad lighting because I just took a random pic at my desk. It’s a dark brown.
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No no, its great. Black and grey is just a nice look for it, even if it was the result of a quick desk shot!
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Shout out to the Honda Fit on I95 this morning. I tried to give you a thumbs up, but your back window was so packed with Gunpla boxes that you probably couldn't see it.
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Im happy with my rg zgok. Just wished the limbs would be a bit sturdier. I've not done a lot with it since the first few poses but regardless they've become wobbly. They're relatively cheap tho(at least in NL. Maybe they're not popular here?) so maybe I'll pick up another one and figure out how to reinforce some stuff during the build.
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Few things provide more relief then snapping a part together and confirming that you didn't gently caress up and snap the wires for your led. 
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Nice! Also whats that stripey transparent tape?
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That's almost definitely scribing tape. It's usually marked by the mm or another measurement to make gauging lines easier
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Thanks!
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