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Monaghan posted:man at this point astray has got to be the most successful gundam side story ever. Pretty much, it's about 10-12 suits/variants that all use the same frame, it's a corporate wet dream, they only need to engineer a quarter of a suit every time. TARDISman fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Nov 5, 2014 01:25
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DigitalRaven posted:Looks like I'll be finding out. I'm not going to pay eBay scalper prices for it, and the Yen's so far in the shitter that Gentei's price + shipping is a third less than the eBay listings. For that much money you probably won't dodge customs so don't forget the 20% VAT and whatever Parcel Force decided to charge as a handling fee.
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http://schizophonic9.blog103.fc2.com/blog-entry-2373.html#more i think he really likes the grimoire. look at the size of the photoetch parts he's putting on gently caress
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BlitzBlast posted:
If you were going to paint it anyway, what was the point of getting the blue psycoframe? Or is that not for your Plan B?
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muike posted:http://schizophonic9.blog103.fc2.com/blog-entry-2373.html#more It's as close as we're ever gonna get to a kit of the Rk-92 from Full Metal Panic. Soon as I get my Grimoire, it's gonna be painted dark brown and tan, and I'm whipping out some decals from a MiG kit that I hung onto.  As to Unicorn psychoframes, if I ever venture into one, Alclad Scarabeus for the inner parts is going down. http://alclad2.com/finishes/prismatic-holomatic/alc-201-scarabeus/ SHIFTA PAINTJOB BRO Meanwhile, the... uh... tail? part of Rex just got finished. Not much to show, but try as I might I can't fully remove the nubs from the launcher hatch cover thingies. I'm worried about breaking off the bits that hold them in, so it's gonna be hoping for flat coat to cover up. I think this weekend I'm gonna have to take the Detolf plunge ;_;
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Broken Loose posted:If you were going to paint it anyway, what was the point of getting the blue psycoframe? Or is that not for your Plan B? Huh? I had three different colors of clear plastic, had to get them all the same somehow. Maybe you're confusing me with Aces because I didn't even get the Phenex.
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MJP posted:It's as close as we're ever gonna get to a kit of the Rk-92 from Full Metal Panic. Soon as I get my Grimoire, it's gonna be painted dark brown and tan, and I'm whipping out some decals from a MiG kit that I hung onto. be strong brother, the Arm Slave line from Koto is not dead yet...
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BlitzBlast posted:Maybe you're confusing me with Aces because I didn't even get the Phenex. I am. I thought you were the one making the MG Plan B.
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Nov 5, 2014 04:33
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We both are, actually.  He's sticking with the standard color scheme, I'm going with metallic green.
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Nov 5, 2014 04:48
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Someone should convert a Mock into a Scopedog. A Mockdog. For my amusement.
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MJP posted:It's as close as we're ever gonna get to a kit of the Rk-92 from Full Metal Panic. Oh MJP I think you might be my soul mate. What could have been  http://www.gundammodelkits.com/alter-almecha-160-rk-92-savage-preview.htmlEDIT: Went on eBay to see what the robot spirits one was going for. $100+ Blackchamber fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Nov 5, 2014 05:32
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MJP posted:As to Unicorn psychoframes, if I ever venture into one, Alclad Scarabeus for the inner parts is going down. I actually tried this! It doesn't work.  At all. That's four coats of Scarabeus there if you're wondering. Under heavy light the effect worked, but otherwise it just looks black. I tried spraying it on top of metallic green to see if that would work better, but nope.
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Nov 5, 2014 05:49
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So does anyone know how the HG F91 and Shining stack up together, size-wise? I've got some ideas for a lame kit bash and if the arms are too long/short it's not gonna work.
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Nov 5, 2014 05:58
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How's the stand that comes with Nu vKa in terms of being a decent stand that will holid up my plastic space man Jesus and not a "look at this fancy robot pose" thing because I am bad at posing and just want to display a model.
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It's perfect for that. Just make sure you put it all the way in.
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Literally The Worst posted:How's the stand that comes with Nu vKa in terms of being a decent stand that will holid up my plastic space man Jesus and not a "look at this fancy robot pose" thing because I am bad at posing and just want to display a model.  The Hi-Nu uses the exact same stand and is pretty good at holding it up, though if you mean for standing poses you're not going to get any out of it for that purpose. As for putting it all the way in, yeah, you have to make sure its hooked up to the back and the backpack right or you will get frustration of it snapping out. Yosuke fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Yosuke posted:
Dang, that's basically all I want to do beacuse I'm boring and hate posing and just want to put the models that I'm going to put the most work into on a Big Gay Shelf of robot poo poo, and looking at the instructions it doesn't look like there's a clip included for an AB.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:01
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Yeah, at best you can go for neutral floaty with it, but it's not meant to be used as a "keep this level while it's flat on the ground" stand.
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I mean theoretically neither are ABs but still. I'll have to use one of the U-shaped clips from an AB kit I guess.
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Nov 5, 2014 08:08
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In what I can only assume to be a sign that my love of Gundam X is just, I just won a 1/100 Airmaster Burst on eBay for the entirely reasonable price of $17.50! 
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Luminaflare posted:For that much money you probably won't dodge customs so don't forget the 20% VAT and whatever Parcel Force decided to charge as a handling fee. That's true for the big order, but I can ship it out in smaller batches with HLJ's personal warehouse thing. Hell, even if I do go nuts and get it in one big box, VAT + handling charge on top of the price is still going to be cheaper than eBay.
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DigitalRaven posted:That's true for the big order, but I can ship it out in smaller batches with HLJ's personal warehouse thing. Hell, even if I do go nuts and get it in one big box, VAT + handling charge on top of the price is still going to be cheaper than eBay. Not by much and it'll take a lot longer to get here. It's just generally worth keeping in mind that when you do pay a mark up for it already being in country even with relatively slow shipping/postage it'll get here a lot quicker than SAL or EMS, the latter because it sits in customs hell for around about two weeks.
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Luminaflare posted:Not by much and it'll take a lot longer to get here. It's just generally worth keeping in mind that when you do pay a mark up for it already being in country even with relatively slow shipping/postage it'll get here a lot quicker than SAL or EMS, the latter because it sits in customs hell for around about two weeks. I don't know where you're buying from that's shipping kits already in the UK, but pretty much everything I'm after doesn't have that option. The few that do are are priced ridiculously high. Tokyo-hobby or J3 have a significant markup over HLJ and still ship SAL or EMS. I don't give a poo poo about the wait because I'm already waiting a loving age. Anyway... BlitzBlast posted:Gentei Kits still has it up for pre-order, though I kind of wonder if that's a mistake. It's a mistake. I snagged one last night, got a refund this morning.
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DigitalRaven posted:I don't know where you're buying from that's shipping kits already in the UK, but pretty much everything I'm after doesn't have that option. The few that do are are priced ridiculously high. Tokyo-hobby or J3 have a significant markup over HLJ and still ship SAL or EMS. I don't give a poo poo about the wait because I'm already waiting a loving age. Mostly dumb luck on someone listing a kit on ebay. edit: I've not bought an expensive kit since the Sazabi vKa, any big orders of HGs I make I have shipped separately to keep the product value below £15~ to try and stay on the safe side. That said Hobby Search combined my last order without asking me and a £30 order sent through SAL got through customs without charges.
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Does the product value, for the sake of customs, include shipping?
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Does the product value, for the sake of customs, include shipping? Ahahaha, both! When determining if you should pay vat it's just the value of the products sans shipping, however if you have to pay vat you pay on the combined value of the products and shipping. Parcelforce 'conveniently' pay this for you and you then have to pay them your customs charge plus a 'handling' fee which is usually around the same amount as the customs charge. There's also duty fees but you need to order something like £200 of stuff in one order for those to apply.
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Luminaflare posted:Ahahaha, both! When determining if you should pay vat it's just the value of the products sans shipping, however if you have to pay vat you pay on the combined value of the products and shipping. Parcelforce 'conveniently' pay this for you and you then have to pay them your customs charge plus a 'handling' fee which is usually around the same amount as the customs charge. tl;dr: gently caress UK customs. God drat it, quote is not edit.
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Well that loving sucks. Anyway, MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword is just under half price on Amazon right now, if anyone wants it.
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Has the shoulder design changed much from original MG Zeta derivatives to the Zeta 2.0? I may have torqued the rotation joint at the bicep and broken a peg. Possibly because I am bad at this hobby and might have expected that I could put the loving left arm out to help grip the hyper launcher, silly me. I don't expect these things to be action figures but I'd really like them not to disintegrate the first time I look at them. Edit: I ask because I have an old Zetaplus that's served its purpose and has a couple of busted bits, and I could use it for parts if they work. I don't learn lessons well, I guess- this is the third MG Zeta-type I've built and they all seem to end up coming down with some problem. The Muffinlord fucked around with this message at 15:47 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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Literally The Worst posted:I'm boring and hate posing Well that explains why you bought Neo Zeong, cause it's also boring and hates to be posed.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Well that loving sucks. This lead me to the UK Amazon and HobbyOne have it for £42.40, do any of you have experience with them? Best price on Amazon.co.uk, there's one slightly cheaper on eBay from tokyo-hobby, I don't know if I'm likely to have better luck with customs on one or the other. Edit: HLJ has it for £24 + shipping so it's a matter of if I want to risk customs, and that might still work out better. BizarroAzrael fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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TaurusOxford posted:Well that explains why you bought Neo Zeong, cause it's also boring gently caress your mother with a stolen dick, you don't talk bad about a dude who looms menacingly over my MGs. Or he would, if I stopped caring about scale and put them on that shelf.
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New thread, new (crappy) backlog pictures. Not everything is visible, but you get the idea. 
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Nov 5, 2014 17:04
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Gimme your Sinanju vKa I don't want to pay for one.
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That's not a backlog that's a cry for help.
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BlitzBlast posted:I actually tried this! It doesn't work. With Alclad's stuff you gotta use the gloss black base and go light. I've only used the Alclad gloss black base with metallizers to great results, but I've heard people using other airbrushed gloss black. Blackchamber posted:Oh MJP I think you might be my soul mate. Yeah, don't look at the actual model kit pricing. There's an Arbalest kit out there for around $140ish. muike posted:be strong brother, the Arm Slave line from Koto is not dead yet... It's dead at HLJ and 1999 - if there's any not-dead parts, kindly link so I can fill a much-needed niche. I want my Cold War mecha ;_; (D-Style doesn't count) MJP fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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If anyone was looking for one of those PERVY anime statues of Rinko Iori from Build Fighters I saw it was only $40/50 or so on HLJ while browsing the 'sale', down from $80 elsewhere. Edit: I think the preorder is for February? I can't remember without looking in my order history. Blackchamber fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Nov 5, 2014 |
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So what types of paint dont melt gunpla? I moved and finally have space to do full paintjobs . Does normal plastic/abs and clear plastic make a difference?
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Zedd posted:So what types of paint dont melt gunpla? You're good with pretty much whatever. ABS is pretty susceptible to thinner, so you want to make sure you don't mix in a ton of thinner, or really hot (see: automotive) thinner if you're spraying ABS. It IS possible to paint ABS with lacquer paint, but you need to prime first, and you have to be careful with the mix and make sure to do very thin coats. Once the primer is cured, you don't have to be nearly as careful with the actual paint. If you Regular polystyrene isn't so bad. If wet lacquer thinner sits too long on ABS, it can make it brittle and crumble over time. Which, since you see it most in inner frames, is a bad thing.
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