Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Papa Rat]

2 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Meanwhile, in the Zeta timeline...

Looking sharp!

[Big s]

2 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Meanwhile, in the Zeta timeline...

I’ve always loved that design. I still have the hg in my ever expanding backlog, but having to do those seams on eight large identical parts was kinda the thing that kept me away. I do want to get to it one day though 

Edited Monday at 09:38 PM by Big s

[pengbuzz]

8 hours ago, Thom said:

And that moment, just before the anealing and the afinding, after the adropping, a piece of the soul is adying...

[Papa Rat]

Was able to prime and paint a few elements today. Then it’s onto glueing said parts within the armor, seam removal and priming more parts. Having to finish parts within unfinished parts is standard on these old kits. No poly caps. I found some mr color lacquers made for the Gundam Char mech which are the same scheme and will be perfect for the armor. I’m stoked!

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Papa Rat

[Papa Rat]

Whoops double post

 

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[Big s]

23 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

No poly caps.

Strangely, Bandai has come full circle and polycaps are becoming a thing of the past

[Papa Rat]

2 minutes ago, Big s said:

Strangely, Bandai has come full circle and polycaps are becoming a thing of the past

Interesting. Wonder why? 

[Big s]

3 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Interesting. Wonder why? 

Poly caps don’t hold up as well on the bigger kits like master grades and they’ve kinda switched to a styrene that’s more like ABS that holds up better. a lot of the Chinese kits are all ABS, like my Iron Sickie🤮. I still love that they’ve rereleased that kit a few times and haven’t corrected that awesome typo
It does get a bit more risky with lacquer thinners though.Seen a few people online getting cracks on unpainted kits when using panel liners and that really wasn’t a thing with the older styrene. Gotta at least top coat kits these days. 

[Papa Rat]

52 minutes ago, Big s said:

Poly caps don’t hold up as well on the bigger kits like master grades and they’ve kinda switched to a styrene that’s more like ABS that holds up better. a lot of the Chinese kits are all ABS, like my Iron Sickie🤮. I still love that they’ve rereleased that kit a few times and haven’t corrected that awesome typo
It does get a bit more risky with lacquer thinners though.Seen a few people online getting cracks on unpainted kits when using panel liners and that really wasn’t a thing with the older styrene. Gotta at least top coat kits these days. 

That kit looks sickie! Lol

Thanks a bunch for the info. 

[Big s]

41 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

That kit looks sickie! Lol

Thanks a bunch for the info. 

Oh, it’s Awsome and surprisingly cheap most of the time. Basically a larger real grade kit with inner frame and waterslide decals and color separated parts, but for ten to twenty bucks depending on where you find it. A total bargain. It does have warnings about solvent based paints, but I found that a quick top coat seems to protect it well enough, just ran out after the inner frame assembly and need to get some more before adding decals. A great kit for a lazy build since everything is already in the proper colors