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BlitzBlast posted:I seem to recall asking about your 1/100 V2A and V2B last time. Or did I PM midjack? I don't think it was me - I've never had either of those. I'll spare the hoarders reject pix this thread and just say that Bimmi is the only one who will admit to surpassing my stockpile on this board. If any of you guys are having a tough time finding a particular kit, PM me or post here before getting scalped on ebay or something. I've sold a few to people who were in need and am thinking that's not a bad way to free up space and help someone else have fun too.
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Ahahaha the gun is longer than the MG Ex-S box. Even I have to say no sometimes.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Because I'm fairly new, I looked up the actual yen price for kits, to see how big the markup actually is, for being outside Japan. A thing to remember is that, except for limited kits, they never really leave production entirely with Bandai. They may not make any of a certain kit for a year or so but it will be back someday. It's not like you'll never see it again. So if you're buying exclusives, then keep on, but otherwise try to get only what you'll build on the next month or two.
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Bimmi posted:
I hear what you're saying and don't entirely disagree but that line of thinking is how I ended up with 300 kits filling what was supposed to be a guest bedroom in five years. If you're actually building at the same speed you acquire then good, but be ready to put the brakes on if you start slowing your build rate. I could probably stop now and die before clearing my backlog unless I significantly speed up.
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Nov 4, 2014 03:42
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mr. stefan posted:so at what point does the Gold Frame stop technically being an Astray Gundam from all the replaced parts anyway When it loses the v-fin. 
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Nov 4, 2014 23:41
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AstraLunaSol posted:On another note, is it usual for HLJ to not protect the contents of the box with stuff like paper? Because my Rouge just had its box and nothing else. About 1 in every 3 I get from them it's just loose in the box.  SAL to the east coast of the US is about 7-10 days with no damage in about 20 shipments to me.
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Nov 6, 2014 00:42
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Revitalized posted:So I see there's the "Robot Damashii, The Robot Spirits" line of figures. What about Fix Figuration? Which one tends to have better quality? My experience with GFF is that they are more detailed but not as poseable. The GFF SERIES also has a bunch of things we'll never see in RD.
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Nov 6, 2014 20:29
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Zwingley posted:Is the Extra Finish line even remotely worth bothering with? They look pretty neat, but the markup is pretty drat steep, and I can imagine hiding nubs/sanding marks is a right pain in the rear end. Never. Nubs (and often seams) are prominent and unfixable because Bandai never redesigns the runners to undergate them (except I think the 1/100 NG Akatsuki). I built the Strike Freedom MG Extra Finish a couple of years ago and that's the last one I pay for - I have a couple other Extra Finish kits in my inventory but will probably just give them away.
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Nov 7, 2014 04:13
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BlitzBlast posted:Oh neat, If you enjoy having a small representation of the thing more than you enjoy assembling the small representation of the thing, it's a pretty natural shortcut.
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Gammatron 64 posted:Well, I am a dumb mother fucker. Just so we know, this is the result of clear green over the pink runners, right?
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Nov 9, 2014 02:14
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Literally The Worst posted:Anyone with a closet full of backlog can suck my nuts. At least I've assembled everything I've bought. You know, I was kind of on your side right up until this. 
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Nov 12, 2014 20:26
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Literally The Worst posted:I just spent like a solid half hour, minimum, assembling MG Unicorn's waist. This kit is DOPE. Note pieces I2 and I8 (the very first thing in the instructions) have two distinct positions in their joint. This one joint is the source of a lot of the waist complaints in Destroy mode.
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signalnoise posted:I still don't "get" building a gundam in one day I just built the MG GM Quel in my hotel room yesterday to enter and lose a contest today.
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Nov 15, 2014 17:19
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AstraLunaSol posted:Since everyone was talking about MG's for a bit, I'll show what I've been working on. The backpack on that thing is insane. The sword is pretty cool though.
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Nov 16, 2014 05:13
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Luminaflare posted:I thought you just laid down a base coat of black enamel and sprayed a translucent colour on top of it? You can but it won't look anywhere near that good.
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Nov 21, 2014 06:30
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TaurusOxford posted:I want to know this too, cause GundamGuy has nothing even remotely implying a RE 1/100 Shamblo got announced. Wait, poo poo. I read it wrong. Sorry guys. 
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Nov 21, 2014 07:47
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Here's a PDF that's pretty much "Everything I Ever Wanted to Know About Building Models, and Then Some More": http://funakatown.com/2014/11/download-my-massive-how-to-build-gunpla-guide/
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Nov 23, 2014 23:23
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BlitzBlast posted:And ruin the LED set-up? There's no way they won't make every HG and MG variant we've seen so far again in PG.
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Nov 24, 2014 04:09
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Swagger Dagger posted:I feel dumb because I thought the Powered Arms Powereder and the Amazing Booster were extra parts for the kits that had them in the show (GM Cardigan and Amazing Zaku) and not just duplicates of the uniquish stuff they have, and now I've got a few extra parts for the Cardigan and a bunch of ugly rear end poo poo I'll never use because I'm not going to bolt High-Mobility Zaku legs onto another kits' shoulders.
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Dec 3, 2014 14:16
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Zedd posted:I use one of those big plastic binders for all the manuals, I cut up the boxes and store them together in a (nice) pile. This works pretty well. You can also flatten the boxes if you want to keep them entirely and have them take up less space.
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Dec 7, 2014 21:15
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An Angry Bug posted:After building a few of the HG kits, I feel like trying something more complicated. What are some good first MG kits that don't look like a Generic Protagonist Gundam? Jesta, Zaku 2.0, Buster, Heavyarms, Tallgeese. Dom or Rick Dom if you can find them.
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Monaghan posted:it's a drat shame because I think the regular freedom is a great design and I would definitely buy a pg version of it. I kind of expected one based on the Strike Freedom - maybe the SF didn't sell well enough.
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An Angry Bug posted:Working on MG Zaku. How the gently caress does one model have so many stickers? Build any ver. Ka or HG Sinanju and find out.
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Monaghan posted:Man the nightingale must not be selling well. Never underestimate the appeal of the dongthruster.
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Dec 15, 2014 20:07
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Ka0 posted:I'm scared of trying lacquers after finishing up with acrylics. I wonder if the strong dilutions will wear away the 0 ring seal on the front of the airbrush. If they do, replacements are cheap!
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Dec 17, 2014 22:48
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PoptartsNinja posted:Working for the TITANS Owns
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Dec 18, 2014 22:47
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Wibbleman posted:Just looking at the build reviews for the Montero and the Ghennam, why does bandai do such obnoxious stickers on some kits. The rear of the feet of the ghennam have a huge sticker that could have easily been another part, and the montero just has lots of odd shaped stickers for the shoulders (so you need to paint it for it to look any good). I ended up having to paint the front section of the waist on my G-Arcane as the stickers looked crap there as well. Cost. It's much cheaper to mold a single part and give you some stickers than it is to make a mold to cast 3 or 4 smaller parts.
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Dec 19, 2014 23:50
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Swagger Dagger posted:Thin your paints more, multiple thin coats will look better and show fewer strokes. I've been handpainting some Tamiya acrylics recently and found a paint to thinner ratio 6 paint to 4 thinner was a good starting point. You will need several coats to cover the plastic.
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Literally The Worst posted:Get a pair of itty bitty tweezers, they make decal work a breeze. You can get them online for like ten bucks. Monoeyes, regular eyes, scopes, the gold poo poo on the Sinanju, all easier thanks to tiny tweezers. You can probably find some in the cosmetics section of the grocery store or drugstore for less than that; I have some Revlon and Mary Kay branded tweezers that are great for decals.
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Mecha Gojira posted:Oh, wow, the 1/144 Victory kits are cheap. I think I could get over the 25 year old engineering for $4 a kit. They would make for great practice fodder. Depends on what you want to practice.
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Nope forget it, I misread the question.
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Sharkopath posted:The second they announce an mg hygogg or capule is the second I get an airbrush and compressor and nobody sees me ever again. I am kind of surprised that the Capule hasn't seen any release at all since the NG one so long ago. Same with the Leo, though they finally relented with the RD a couple of years back.
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ScottyWired posted:Installing a new CPU cooler, lost one of the plastic bits that attaches the fan to the heatsink. "Gee, what's something of similar size and rubbery-ness?" Char's Custom overclock, three times the bus speed.
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madpanda posted:My Newtype resolution this year is to continue learning hand painting and topcoating.
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BizarroAzrael posted:Just realised that some parts need to be poly-cemented around other parts, which is going to get in the way of painting. For example, the arm has two pieces of shoulder which connect through the top of the arm, and there's the eyes, which are a purple piece of plastic inside the two halves of the head. Am I just going to have to do two batches of painting, before and after glueing? Rozen Zulu has a hilarious amount of stickers, if you hadn't heard already.
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YamataNoOrochi posted:(also, no actual printed assembly guide, instead it's got a DVD of 3D-renders being assembled). 
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Triggerhappypilot posted:
The HG Astray was a new mold released a couple of years ago as part of the HD SEED promotion. The old NG 1/144 is still around too; this one is way better.
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