Gloval Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 (edited) I've got a Hasegawa VF-1 kit and want to assemble it into a VF-1J. I've never done anything on this scale before so I need some advice. I think I'll be OK with assembly, but I particularly need painting advice. I have no airbrushes or any of the Hasegawa colours recommended, so I'm worried about the approximation of paint colours and getting a good effect without airbrushing (I don't know if I can afford to spend a lot of money on that at the moment). Any advice would be appreciated. EDIT: One more thing. It seems there are some very small components that are supposed to be painted. Being inexperienced with hobby kits I'm not sure whether the parts should be painted before assembly or not. Edited October 5, 2008 by Gloval Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie addict Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 CLICK HERE for an excellent build up pf a Hsegawa VF-1S, he's not finished yet but with what he's done so far you'll learn a lot you don't have airbrush.... all I can recommend if you want a clean uniform look, get some rattle spray paint, but make sure to don't spray too close to the model and make light coats so the panel line detail don't get lost, the colors for a VF-1J should be very easy, white, red, and black... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big F Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 (edited) Some of the smaller bits you can brush paint. Only other colours you may need would be a couple of grey light and dark and may be a gunmetal metalic. Edited October 5, 2008 by big F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vifam7 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 I've got a Hasegawa VF-1 kit and want to assemble it into a VF-1J. I've never done anything on this scale before so I need some advice. I think I'll be OK with assembly, but I particularly need painting advice. I have no airbrushes or any of the Hasegawa colours recommended, so I'm worried about the approximation of paint colours and getting a good effect without airbrushing (I don't know if I can afford to spend a lot of money on that at the moment). Any advice would be appreciated. EDIT: One more thing. It seems there are some very small components that are supposed to be painted. Being inexperienced with hobby kits I'm not sure whether the parts should be painted before assembly or not. If it's a Hikaru VF-1J you could probably get away with just using the base white plastic for most of the parts, paint the small components, and blow clear flat on top. I don't have a airbrush either so I brush paint too. I'd use enamel paints instead of the more popular acrylics because it's less apt to leave brush marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007-vf1 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 I would also suggest you using the forums search engine for old treads about building models. MW Cheng have great step by step tutorials from which I learned a lot by paying attention to detail and then playing it back in my head on how would I approach that step. The rest is trial and error unfortunately... Some parts sub assemblies have to be painted before hand like the feet/thrusters inside of the lower legs. Most of the rest can be done after the model is built... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloval Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 This is all great advice guys. I'll get some enamel paints and some other recommended stuff to make my brush painting look as good as possible. There's one thing I thought I should clarify. This is the DYRL Battroid VF-1 Kit, in case that changes anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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