Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Papa Rat]

3 hours ago, Thom said:

@Papa Rat What a sweet looking Monster!

Thanks. 😊

[Rock]

[Rock]

Pretty happy with how quickly I got the base kit together! I think I can re-break down and process the parts individually. Focus now on blending the individual kit' styles together.

MS Mixing recipie:

Robot Damashi torso/arms/binders

Studio Reckless head/shoulder/skirts

HGUC backpack/verniers

RG Gp01 legs and feet

The base is Bandai's 'new' 1/100 kit base. To adapt to the damashii connection point I simply used on the the included hex/allen bit tools and glued the head to the bases's arm. I really like these cheap action bases. They look really clean and I see tons of used outside of Bandai. Should easily support a 1/72 valk and not too pricey either!

Edited 21 hours ago by Rock

[Papa Rat]

6 hours ago, Rock said:

Pretty happy with how quickly I got the base kit together! I think I can re-break down and process the parts individually. Focus now on blending the individual kit' styles together.

MS Mixing recipie:

Robot Damashi torso/arms/binders

Studio Reckless head/shoulder/skirts

HGUC backpack/verniers

RG Gp01 legs and feet

The base is Bandai's 'new' 1/100 kit base. To adapt to the damashii connection point I simply used on the the included hex/allen bit tools and glued the head to the bases's arm. I really like these cheap action bases. They look really clean and I see tons of used outside of Bandai. Should easily support a 1/72 valk and not too pricey either!

I’m a total noob on things Gundam but this is looking great!

Got to work on the IMAI 1/100 scale Glaug “iron type”

Going for a complete build instead of separating out parts based on colors. I’m also going to brush paint most if not all of it in its classic scheme. I never have done that before and think it’s a great opportunity for me to try. I was inspired by the hand painted Hasegawa version I saw on HJweb. Should be fun if not a complete failure. Lol 😂 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by Papa Rat

[pengbuzz]

7 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

I’m a total noob on things Gundam but this is looking great!

Got to work on the IMAI 1/100 scale Glaug “iron type”

Going for a complete build instead of separating out parts based on colors. I’m also going to brush paint most if not all of it in its classic scheme. I never have done that before and think it’s a great opportunity for me to try. I was inspired by the hand painted Hasegawa version I saw on HJweb. Should be fun if not a complete failure. Lol 😂 

 

If you're planning to paint that model in classic colors, I strongly recommend you strip the metallic finish off it before the attempt. L.A. Totally Awesome!! cleaner removes chrome safely and effectively; just let it soak overnight in it (available at your local Dollar Tree or dollar store).

[Papa Rat]

1 hour ago, pengbuzz said:

If you're planning to paint that model in classic colors, I strongly recommend you strip the metallic finish off it before the attempt. L.A. Totally Awesome!! cleaner removes chrome safely and effectively; just let it soak overnight in it (available at your local Dollar Tree or dollar store).

Thanks for the tip. Am I not able to prime right over it?

[pengbuzz]

4 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Thanks for the tip. Am I not able to prime right over it?

I've tried that, and it never worked well for me. I think you'd be better off priming over clean plastic than a surface like that, as the paint has a much better chance of staying on the model!

[Papa Rat]

1 hour ago, pengbuzz said:

I've tried that, and it never worked well for me. I think you'd be better off priming over clean plastic than a surface like that, as the paint has a much better chance of staying on the model!

Cool. I’ll try stripping it clean before moving forward. 

[pengbuzz]

7 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Cool. I’ll try stripping it clean before moving forward. 

Sounds good.Iif you have any concerns about the process, you can always test it on a piece of sprue from that kit first.

Edited 3 hours ago by pengbuzz

[Big s]

Just now, pengbuzz said:

Sounds good.Iif you have any concerns about the process, you can always test it on a piece of sprue first.

 

9 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Cool. I’ll try stripping it clean before moving forward. 

Definitely try it first on a sprue. But I remember the chrome coatings usually didn’t do well trying to get paint to stick. I don’t know for sure on this iron coating or if Lacquer primer just sticks, but testing on a sprue is usually a safe test and it will show if you do need to do a strip on the parts

[pengbuzz]

5 minutes ago, Big s said:

 

Definitely try it first on a sprue. But I remember the chrome coatings usually didn’t do well trying to get paint to stick. I don’t know for sure on this iron coating or if Lacquer primer just sticks, but testing on a sprue is usually a safe test and it will show if you do need to do a strip on the parts

Right; that's why I suggested stripping it, and why I also suggested testing the stripping on sprue. I'd truly be upset with myself if something I recommended ruined a project on someone else!

 

[Papa Rat]

@Big s @pengbuzz thanks. I’ll report back once I track down that LA cleaner. I did some research online and people also use this stuff called purple power? Any experience with that stuff?

Edited 1 hour ago by Papa Rat