-=READ THE GUIDES=-

Welcome to the Gunpla/Plamo General!

For those new, please read our guides. We have many resources available to help you in many different aspects of the hobby. They're here for you!

For the unclear, "plamo" is short for "plastic model". "Gunpla" is thus short for "Gundam plastic model". Many different kinds of models are built here, ranging from mecha to planes, cars, musume, you name it! If you're new, you're gonna screw up. Don't worry! If you're seasoned, don't make the newbies worry!

And don't forget to report shitposting and spam. The mods don't browse /m/ too often, so it's up to YOU to help keep our general clean and civil!

>Why won't anyone answer my question?
Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can.

>Why are my pictures sideways?
4chan strips EXIF data when images are uploaded, including the orientation tag if it's from your phone. To fix it save out your images separately, or use an app that will rotate and save the images for you.
One easy to use app that works well on Android:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobilephotoresizer

-=THE GUIDES=-
>Gelgoog Guy's gunpla guide:
gunpla.buyfags.moe
>Funaka's gunpla guides:
Building Gunpla: files.catbox.moe/fj5azc.pdf
Scratchbuilding: files.catbox.moe/2d9ppa.pdf
>Falldog's gunpla guide:
otakurevolution.com/content/laymans-gunpla-guide
>A guide to other types of plamo:
mediafire.com/file/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa
>Master Kawaguchi's gunpla tips:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJV1h9xQ7Hx-SoCOivVEHNDOl16VWLB3A
>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:
saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography

-=OTHER RESOURCES=-
>Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):
pastebin.com/KgGJFkHa
>Dalong's gunpla reviews and documentation:
dalong.net
>Schizophonic's gunpla/plamo reviews:
schizophonic9-2.com
>KenBill Blog's gunpla/plamo reviews:
blog.kenbill.com
>Past Groupbuilds:
flickr.com/photos/197891373@N06
>Monthly Restock List:
old.reddit.com/r/gunpla/1kto9r1

Prior thread: >>23311563

-=ARTILLERY GROUPBUILD=-

Build a mecha or vehicle that uses long-range heavy-weapons such as Cannons, Missiles/Rockets, Railguns, or any other type of siege weaponry. Some clarifying rules
>The weapon can either be placed anywhere on the build (Shoulder-mounted, under-slung, etc), or in a separate side-build (Such as an artillery system utilized by a larger mech).
>Side-builds can include things like howitzers, self-propelled artillery, missile platforms, and the like.
>Alternatively, the mech can act as a spotter, loader, or some other role to support Artillery fire.
>Despite technically being a long-range weapon, Sniper Rifles are a no-go.

Send your entries to gunplaplamo@gmail.com with at least 5 photos of your finished build along with any WIP photos and a description of your entry.
START: 4/13/25
END: 7/31/25

Post what you're working on!

It's finished, actually. I was posting progress on /tg/ instead but I guess it makes sense to post it here too, now. Difference in shade between lower and upper parts comes from how bottom had varnish applied by brush but I didn't like how it ended however, so upper part have varnish sprayed from can.

Side view.

And back.

>>23316193
>>23316196
>>23316197
looking good champ

>started painting four weeks ago
>have had such little free time the kit is still unfinished
Should I just kill myself now or after I finish the kit?

>>23316202
Rather get your shit together and accept that this is not a fucking race. Scale modellers can invest 2-3 months into single model and are happy with it. It's about process, learn to enjoy it.

>>23316186
picked this guy up for cheap, going to start on him tonight

>preorder form HLJ
>orangeman fucks everything
>check apx shipping options
>more than price of box
>preorders sold out everywhere
>get a late preorder in on BBTS
>have no idea if I'll get fulfillment
>mfw
I don't know if I should cancel my HLJ order and risk it at BBTS or scour for something else.

>>23316193
Waow this is sex

>>23316207
Didn't you hear? Ameritrumps won! They made a deal with Xi and now Americans ONLY need to pay 55% tarifftip all it cost was for chinese to pay 10% tarrifs on their and as well complete chinese freedom to study in American universities!

>>23315857
>23 dollars
Fuck that faggot.

>>23316207
HLJ shipping prices being insane is totally a new thing. Thanks for posting this twice.

>>23316183 (OP)
What tool would you use to cut the excess transparent plastic around the green wings on this kit?
I kept them in the box for the longest time because I worried I might mess them up.
They're like 1-2mm thick, and I worry a hobby knife might not be strong enough, and that I might slip and ruin them

>>23316245
maybe scribe sections out in between the shapes and cut through it slowly that way, then file the excess? would take a long time but it might be the best way to do it without stressing the plastic. never done something like that so not sure if there's a better way, that's just the first method that came to mind

>>23316186
I keep telling myself I'll put off painting kits with camo because I'm lazy and it adds an extra step but here I am doing another

>>23316207
>>23316215
>Hobby Link Japan
>Japan
>complaining about Chinese tariffs
>China

huh?

>>23316275
He's a tourist

>>23316275
The tariffs apply if they're made in china

I asked last thread what HG kit was it that every HG kit has been like since and someone posted this.
Shouldn't it be Barbatos?

>>23316288
So if I buy kotobukiya shit that’s made in china I will have to pay the tangerine traitor’s 55% tax?

>>23316258
Oh that's a good idea actually. I needed an excuse to pick up a panel lining needle scribe pen thingie anyway.
This guy who uploaded the video right here seems to have done a great job, I'll ask him how he did it later, maybe he's got some tips as well.

https://youtu.be/V2I7bW-CBJ0?si=M7s9dnBrLvi_LIrn

I did scan the wings before attaching them to the figure, so even if I mess it up I guess I can always just print out another set. But I'd like to use the original ones if possible.

>>23316299
Yes

>>23316299
This is the problem I'm having. Been having fun with my Zoids, but orange man's bullshit is making me consider dropping to the new 1/100 models

>>23316299
In reality, no.

When the last time both Gundam and it rival getting a MG kit?

>>23316361
Narrative?

>>23316361
These two never met. The Barbatos Lupus Rex and Vidar fought

>>23316199
>>23316211
Good to hear, he is going for Group Build.

>>23316367
>Barbatos Lupus Rex and Vidar fought
no they didn't

>bootleg F90 Unit 2 has the correct white coloring for the shield
>the Bandai kit uses stickers
Bandaibros not like this

>>23316393
That's not the correct color.

>>23316398
it is if you apply the stickers on your fucking 2021 MG kit

I finally snagged a Police Zaku, and after the fun I had with the Gelgoog and Gqux, I'm loving these new kits.

I think my next project is to try painting one of my old backlog kits, I've got a HG RX78-GP03 to try freehanding with Mr Hobby Gundam paints.

>>23316401

>>23316393
it was annoying they did this when a bunch of other PB kits would just waste the runners to make it right, but ultimately I don't really care that much because the white shield looks worse desu.

>>23316401
The shield is purple and white. The standard f90 has that part blue so they just put the blue part on the same runner as the chest parts. This results in the shield having an inaccuracy for unit 2 where the body of the shield is black instead of white.
The kit comes with waterslides to put the 90 on it after painting. What you posted is the same inaccuracy that the real one has.

>>23316186
Started on my group build entry. Snapped up a spare Hyaku Shiki which I had for parts, and started working on adapting Command Wolf cannons

>>23316393
What? Sorry you'll have to buy 500 copies of the gay new zaku first before we give you paid DLC to fix it in the super pbandai version.

>>23316418
the beam sabre parts (?) for the barrel look cool as hell anon.

>>23316425
I wish I was that creative. That's actually just stock parts from a HMM Command Wolf.

I can't unsee the beam saber design now though.

>>23316432
oh
well
still a cool combo, those cannons look good on Shiki.

>>23316418

I'm really sad the HG Hyaku Shiki is in such terrible gold, its the one kit missing from my Zeta lineup.

>>23316436
Yeah, they even have a ridge that almost perfectly fits the shoulders of the Shiki.

I was originally going to use cannons from a LaGOWE, but they looked a bit too small.

Also planning to put some small missile pods on the legs, and maybe try to make a Guncannon Detector type clamp for the back of the feet.

>Finish HG Johnny Ridden Gelgoog a few weeks or a month ago
>Was struggling with the damn sticker on the leg because I want everything I make to be just perfect that me constantly removing and placing back the sticker had so much frost effect
>Look at model
>Sticker has a slight peel
If I were to ever somehow fix this, how would I do it? Does Tamiya or some shit have some miraculous formula that gives stickers adhesive?

>>23316450
Stickers never work, give up

>>23316451
Tell that to Bandai who still won't fucking add water decals for kits. Fucking PGs use stickers.

Is HG Zeta 0088 worth double the price of the regular one?

>>23316461
Bandai is going the smart way and selling waterslides separately

>See tons of kits for IBO and WfM
>Rarely see kits for Build Divers and Re:Rise
Why is this? Why these rare when they're not even that old?

>>23316474
IBO kits are cheap numerous and have a decent inner frame, which people are more likely to try to paint something with. GWitch has the t/u/mor audience. Build Divers was trash, and everyone wrote off ReRise because of it.

I know I have plenty of the Core Gundam kits sitting around, I just snapfit the first ones together. I have an Alus Core Gundam I'm thinking about what to do with, tho.

>>23316450
by dropping the sticker and buying a chang decal sheet for $2
stickers are never good

>>23316510
I actually heard good things about Build Divers, the anime at least

>>23316515
Build Divers, the first season, was quite frankly bad. It came after the great Build Fighters and the slightly less so Build Fighters Try, and it kinda floundered in the second half.

Build Divers ReRise, though, was great, it's just that Divers itself was so lackluster it affected its sequel. Not to mention it being a 2020 anime.

>>23316443
Yeah, it's definitely a weird colour. Would look better if it was more like the Phenex.

I'm planning to repaint this one, because the gold is not a vibe.

>>23316389
Vidar had a *teleports behind you* moment with the Lupus Rex at the same time Bael was released

wow sir, you have a big kit sir! I love big kits

https://x.com/mulewalkerVMG/status/1933083484765229307

>another recolor
Oh thank god I was hoping we'd get another! I LOVE SEED RECOLORS

>>23316584
At least they look cool and this color scheme is fucking awesome.

>He doesn't sharpen his v-fins

Why would you do this to yourself?

>>23316588
Thank you seedfag for your opinion.

>>23316186
Still plotting lines on the Nightingale

>>23316186
>>23316597

>>23316598
just don't overdo it

Painted hg hyaku shiki. Damn Champaign gold looks good

>>23316607
Holy sex. But those seams are fucked up

>>23316584
>not thinking a black Zaku with sickass missile binders is the coolest shit ever
You must be a gcuck.

I really like mecha that have some giant weapon/exoskeleton which needs framw support like balteus's belt thing, whats the gundam equivalents?
I'm new to gundam only having seen requiem and some movies, always thought armored core is cooler

>>23316593
The show (mostly destiny) isn't very good but to say that the designs aren't good has got to be the most retarded gundam opinion I've heard in months.

>>23316617
75% of seed designs were a bastardization of good designs until current year and the latest designs made them good in comparison. I don't know who understands the design language of Zeon mobile suits worse, gcucks/netflixfag designer the seed designer. or gyubou that Zaku IV is also an insult to humanity/spoiler]

>>23316625
Old man Okawara basically gave Zeon grunts the late UC treatment and inserted them into an AU. Far from being super offensive.

>>23316617
I genuinely dont like anything from seed except the Testament Gundam

>>23316616
Maybe something like the Dendrobium from 0083. Not so much a support structure since it's space use, but it is a mobile suit surrounded by a full on weapons system.
There might be something like that in the Advance of Zeta stuff given how it has a bunch of modular systems, but I'm not that well versed in it to know for certain. 99% of the kits are also P bandai if they happen to exist.

>>23316625
Gcucks zaku is peak you troglodyte
>Zaku IV
I’ll give you that, everything that’s come out of moon has been complete garbage and does not fit the time period it’s supposed to take place

>>23316625
>Zaku IV is also an insult to humanity
How can you be so right and then fuck up at the last moment

good designs: 0079, zeta, zz
bad designs: everything else

>>23316679
The Zaku IV is so bad it makes Seed Zaku look good. Not to mention his design with a two kshtriya wings up its asshole. Gyouboob's art style doesn't do it any favors either, suffers from that awful digital quality. His design language is just utter garbage in everything he does. And now I'm noticing that the chest vents look like that one ugly fish with teeth.

Fuck you guys my G-Line just got here

>>23316682
Supreme taste

>>23316690
>not chinkino third party
I sleep

>>23316693
It doesnt even exist yet

>>23316682
> good designs: 0079, zeta, zz, beltorchika’s children
>bad designs: everything else
Fixed

>>23316694
I know

Has anyone built any AK Woundworts here yet?How much better are they than the XFS ones?

zakusexuals just want a literal dude wearing green pants and a gas mask, not a mecha
zaku IV and police zaku are vastly superior to the rest

>>23316686
I think it looks good except for the tiny feet

I got a HUGE pile of empty runners lying around here, any ideas of how I can put it to use besides making custom weapons? I don't wanna throw it away, seems like a waste of good plastic.

Zaku IV is neat actually.

>>23316704
>zakusexuals just want a literal dude wearing green pants and a gas mask, not a mecha
yes

>>23316711
discount action base/funnel adapters or sprue glue

Finally received my haul from Surugaya's last 20% sales with free shipping. 4 fours for less then 150 CAD.

I know that the Hrududu is the wrong color but I paint my kits so IDGAF.

Can you actually put all that crap on the Hazel Customer at the same time?

>>23316704
>zakusexuals just want a literal dude wearing green pants and a gas mask, not a mecha
I mean, I'm open to the idea...

>>23316716
Turn off the monoeye and it is Pepe

>>23316704
Gyoubou has the same design style for everything and it just sucks. The AoZ Zaku III looks fine.

>>23316737
I would LOVE a kit of this

>>23316739
Wasn't there an HG announced for you or am I misremembering?

>>23316741
The HG was Hizack

>>23316607
Silly chud didn't rescribe to hide seamlines. Still looks bretty kino tho

>>23316704
That's filthy zulusexuals

>>23316743
I hope we get an MG one day of the AoZ Hi-Zack(u)

>>23316722
>discount action base
not a bad idea actually

>>23316748
I'm still waiting for some MG's of other faction MS for stuff like F90, F91, and Victory so I can have something nice for my kits to pose against. That might happen in the next 20 years, maybe. lol.

>>23316731
butakinoko2020 did it

>>23316778
>>23316731

>>23316515
build divers wasn't that bad as people make out to be. It's just your standard shounen anime where the gimmick is gunpla. It's really no worse than build fighters try, both in structure and in being an advert for plastic model kits.
Re:rise on the other hand is pretty bad. It's basically more of the same, but this time they tried to make gunpla commercial "serious", but failed miserably.

>>23316778
This can pass the lightweighted version of Jin-Roh

>>23316778
>>23316780
Concept was executed pretty well except for the shield. I think this guy had a Fallout New Vegas cosplay that he redid into this design though.

>>23316792
he has also done a "guy in suit zaku" miniature

>>23316796
This kind of reminds me of uhh Appleseed something I forgot the name.

>>23316784
>Re:rise on the other hand is pretty bad

>buy paints and brushes
>"I should start with something simple"
>spend weeks painting core fighter
>keep fucking it up
>looks worse and worse
>how the fuck am i going to do the main kit?

how do people do this? Do I just accept my fate and go back to spraypainting?

>>23316871
Core fighters are small. Just strip it and try again.

>>23316871
Post pics, but also the good thing about acrylics is that you can just strip and repaint over and over. Just take your time and let shit be.

>>23316646
Kojima was inspired by stardust right? Can't be the only one who sees rex.

>>23316761
>other faction MS for stuff like F90
ngl, MG RF Zeon kits that share the same inner frame would be a very smart idea.

>>23316179
Fuck you, I love the power suit and the gravity suit. Fucking chinks scared of nintendo lawyers.

>>23316883
>Metal Gear Rex
>Kojima
Newfag

>>23316871
Rubbing alcohol and a paintbrush to rub the paint off will strip it without damaging the plastic. I suggest painting the parts before assembly to get nice crisp separation.

>>23316904
Wow, what a cool color scheme, I suddenly want to paint all my witch from mercury kits like this.

Just scored a 40 dollar Alex 2.0 at hobby lobby today

>>23316955
Well. I hate you too. I've been looking for an Alex, and I only found a 1.0

>>23316942
show us your collection of kits repainted in the same color mr sarcasm

>>23316960
It was in mentor, ohio. There was one more there and a few f91's

>>23316955
>>23316967
F-91 2.0 and Alex 2.0 have been part of the "sometimes in rotation if we ever get them" collection for a long while now. I saw them stocked back in February or March or so, but once they're out it'll probably be a few months before you see more.

>>23316887
If Bandai was smart (lol) they'd use Geara Doga torso, Zaku II 2.0 inner frame limbs, make a custom head, and slap the RF Zaku armor on top. Not only would it be cheaper but it would also be lore accurate to what the RF Zaku is internally.

https://x.com/gotzpodman/status/1933148813373665712
I wonder if it now counts as plamo if a user drastically over spends to customize a gacha toy

>Find yourself someone who gazes at you with the same passion ZakuAurelius has for a girlpla kit.

He really does light up whenever its a zoids or girlpla kit.

Reporting in that hoppe's #9 gun oil works as a great lubricant for an airbrush trigger. It's also way cheaper than iwatas stuff.

>Everything released is fucking HG

Chichaino wa iada

Never actually bother for Wing kits I like mostly UC. Do you guys recomend mg wing zero EW ver ka? Or there is a story behind it?

I just found out that Kobayashi hates Kondo with everysingle inch of his body.

https://x.com/makomako713/status/1829823577992151444

>>23317041
Wing Zero Custom is always good and popular. The new MG comes with not only the shield for the transformation (something it couldn't do in the OVA) but also a free Action Base, so factor that into your purchasing decision.

>>23317022
The pin on his twitter is a build of Megami Device and Maschinen Krieger. He probably started his channel as a regular gunpla fanboy when he was younger, but now he has developed a specific, more niche taste. Whenever he reviews a Ma.K, he always seem alot brighter than usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnKWETvBa4

>>23317036
The sad reality of Gunpla

>>23317036
What's the point in grades other than HG?

I don't want to just enjoy my HGs, I want to oppress the dwindling RG and MG lines too

HG, RG, MG,NG. Doesn't matter. They will all end in putty.

>>23317041
MGSD is better.

>>23317046
I dont like Gundam Wing series much so I probably just get the ew wing zero like a newbie

I dont even have more room in my room I need more shelves

*space

Is there a list of mg's reprinting for Octuber? Do you guys have it?

>>23316972
instructions unclear, spent more money on making a re/100 zaku instead.

>>23317105
This guy is a fucking monster.

>>23316972
I’d buy one

I pre-ordered my sexy police officer.

>>23317194
>Megalomaria
>Human face
What the fuck? I can't masturbate to this.

>>23316450
>I want everything I make to be perfect
>uses stickers
Reevaluate

>>23317197
NTA, HG Johnny Gelgoog has several emblems and decals, but Bandai is a retarded collective so they decided to make those stickers instead of waterslides.

>>23317195
It comes with a robot face too. I don't know why most of the promo pictures have the human face. I think it's because they want to showcase something they did where the eyes and face plate are two separate pieces now?

>>23317206
Well they better save that shit for Megami Device and Sousai Shoujo. The brand's main appeal is the sexy robotgirls with not a single piece of meat in their designs. Megalomaria has been greenlighting some dumb shit no one asking for recently. I hope these things flop so Koto will reconsider their descisions.

>>23317206
My plan is: Buy Valiant. Snap shit her robot form. Burn the meaty parts.

>>23317217
I like those elbows

>>23317206
My plan is: Buy Valiant. Hot glue her meaty form. Burn the robot parts.

>>23316921
Yeah yeah, I should've said Yoji. Its just he's the designer but the plot of stardust literally has a retired solider steal a superweapon that's special feature is nuclear launch capability.

>>23317217
But they've always been built with integration of
Sousai Shojo Teien in mind. The back story is that Megalomaria is a Super Sentai type show in the SST universe that the girls are actors for.

>>23317232
Foxhound in Metal Gear Solid aren't retired soldiers.

>>23317235
And it is still not the actual Sousai Shoujo. You don't make an MG model of Katoki himself and then list it in Gundam Wing EW line just because of the meta connection they have.

>MG The O reprint cancelled in the US
Its over

>>23317290
so is everyone who paid for it getting refunded? is that how you found out?

>>23317265
Solid snake is and it's liquid that steals it who is trying to restart zeo.. i mean outer Heaven. Is that better?

>>23317290
Me when I spread misinformation

>>23317294
No, it's not better. You already started off on the wrong foot and you'll never fix it. The analogy is shit, also we already know Metal Gear Solid's primary inspiration is Escape from New York.

>>23317301
Oh fuck you, the dendrobium looks like it inspired Rex and the show itself shares similarities, I never claimed it was the ONLY thing, he threw anything he liked in mgs including 007, bladerunner and Akira.

>>23317316
This does not look like rex

He’s cute.

>>23317320
Your mom looks like rex

Amazon finally shipped my Psyco Gundam MK II, and the box is so beat up, you'd think a Qubeley crashed into it.

>>23317346
How much did you pay? I haven't seen one for under $160.

>>23317290
Well you better funnel that for the Ex S or Fazz.

>>23317346
I'm curious, can you show the damage? Those fucking bastards, your box fort is now ruined.

>>23316591
How do I do it without fucking up the plastic? All my sanding sticks just scratch it up

>MK-V have MG kit while Doven Wolf & Silver Bullet doesn't
>Doven Wolf & Silver Bullet have HG kits while MK-V doesn't

>>23317363
Where do you live? It's 130 in Canada.

>>23317388
You starts with a low grit (400), then go up 600, 800, 1000 then polish.

>>23317363
I got mine for 120 including shipping

>>23317363
160? Where? It's literally $110 everywhere in the US and there are 15-20% off sales all the time.

>>23317417
>>23317427
>>23317429
I live in pic related. Prices for psyco are actually $180+. Preorders for Pgu nu are $1099 haha

>>23317429
Ugh dont remind me. The guy I preorded it from put it up for 15% immediately after

>>23316450
Won’t help you now but try dipping sticker decals into water and then rolling the water out, similar to waterslides. I find that it reduces the air bubbles underneath and silvering. Granted, waterslides and dry transfers will still be better if you can get them

>>23317388

Yeah mostly what the other anon said. Nippers/knife for majority of extra nub plastic. Go through the sand paper grits, sanding in only one direction. Then polish.

Right, I really want the MG FAZZ and MG Ex-S, should I pre-order them? and if so, where from? I've heard USAGS is really fucking dogshit with pre-orders and frankly I think the idea of pre-ordering is just annoying. Think there will be enough stock for me to just buy them off Newtype quick and painlessly when they drop?

If Bandai keep doing AOZ kits, pic related is inevitable.

I am out all out of gunplas to build...

>>23317475
This man has reached the end of his backlog...

>>23317290
Wait it's actually fucking real?

>>23317475
Time to make your own.

>>23317480
>>23317295

>>23317482
Same guy who gets all the reprint schedules confirmed it.

There's the confirmation. It isn't a total cancel, but they're cutting back on how many they're shipping to the U.S.

>>23317495
>It isn't a total cancel
It straight up says that none of the stores he contacted are getting ANY of the stock they ordered.

>>23317495
That new factory putting in work I see...

>>23317495
>The Os, why won't they move?

>>23317495
I guess we'll have to order from HLJ or something, then.

>>23317472
I was going to make one but I guess I'll hold off

>>23317203
I haven't even tried but I can guarantee there's a $2(+tariff) sheet of waterslides for that floating around Aliexpress.

This looks weird with that gap

>4 years later...
https://www.hlj.com/plamax-king-gainer-overman-king-gainer-max01494

>>23317528

>>23317528
Jesus.

>>23316418
Test fit for the missile pods on leg

We need a ekdromoi and LC model now

>>23317495
Is this is what happens when you let japs poll for MGs and they list all the kits the west has been waiting on for years and the second factory wasn't running yet?

>>23317558
The second factory is running. They're doing tours of it too.

>>23317560
Oh, thought it might have been running productions soon but not quite yet since summer is technically still a smidgen off. I'll just chalk it up to poor resource management on Bandai's end then. Not too hard to imagine an older kit got undervalued internally then they see the poll and decide to pull back for the native consumers.

what are you guys snapgodding rn? im snapgodding the hg nobel gundam and i almost lost a part but my gunt caught it just in time bros.

>>23316185
>>23316186
Latest Groupbuild entry. I call him MortarLeg. Still undecided on the arms and backpack, but enough of it is done to get an idea of what it will look like.

>>23317528
KiiinnnO

>>23317534
I've been waiting for this.

>>23317602
SAY GOODNIGHT

>>23317528
>This looks weird with that gap
Which one?

>>23317528
Happy Meal toy

>>23317417
seconding
Just bought the last one at my local shop for around that price.

My prediction for Goodmsmile's upcomming announcement:
- Rune Masquer ( Low possibility but i want more RM kits )
- Koichi Ohata stuff ( Genocyber, MD Geist )
- More Tekkaman
- More Getter Robo
- Iczer Sigma
- Dragon's Heaven
- Metallic Rogue
- Bull Buster
- Evangelion Anima
- Tekkoki Mikazuki
- Bakugan

>>23316186
Got friend shaped weapon of destruction in today! Box was chonky and there are more runners than I was expecting. This looks like a fun kit

>>23317721
>Water Baron & Graf Thunder
>even more Mospeadas
>even more Braves
>even more Fafners
>a rough prototype of A/Z's Sleipnir that gets scrapped and needs to be redesigned again
And I dunno why but somehow I have the feeling that Kikaioh will be shown, too.

>>23317747
They should really make kit for Twin Blood Tekkaman if they want to go all in with the obscure media bucks.

>>23316206
Protip: Just glue that badly engineered crotchpiece in.

>>23317763
>Build modelkits
>Call it bad when you have to use glue like a normal person

Wow, seed fan kit

I see like the $30 gundam universe figures and then the $250+ metal build, is there anything in between around the $100 mark? are there static figures, doesn't need to be posable?

>>23317771
Toy contents post in toy threads. Also, the inbeetween is Metal Robot Damashii

>>23317771
That's the model kit thread, unless you want to build and paint a figure yourself you're better off asking on /toy/. But to answer your question there is cheaper stuff, though I don't know all the names. Try looking at the ver ANIME stuff

PLASTIC DRAGON SEXO

>>23317775
looks like fish

>>23317534

How do I paint monoeyes if there are no raised details?

>>23317811
Let me guess, HG Messer?

>>23317596
>MortarLegg
kino

>>23317811
use the sticker's negative (the hole) as a mask

>>23317811
Handpaint and do your best

>>23317837
Any gunpla sticker is going to be too small to cover your face.

you guys have any stuff like this where its just camo paint schemes?

>>23317769
actually kind of neat

>>23317843
In a sense, unitcolorcompendium.com have color schemes for Battletech units and factions, featuring quite a lot of camo patterns and overall good ideas for customs outside BT.

>>23317596
God damn, that looks cool as fuck.

Next Kiseki kit, Testa Rossa

>>23317558
They probably messed up the reprinting schedule and couldn't put the MG O for this year's rerprint since they are basically rerpinting other big stuff too.

Getter 1 kit ( Armageddon ver )

Black Getter

>>23317721
One of my prediction is true. More Tekkaman. Tekkaman Evil, Dagger and Axe kits.

Original Tekkaman

>>23317811
Just get those girly beady stickers. Or make a circle pla plate piece.

>>23317969
Will buy.
I love me some Black Getter.

>>23317596
damn that looks gay as fuck
ever had an anal prolapse?
by the looks on how you type you sound like a regular reddit resident
maggot twat

Ah yes, instead of the waifu with big tits, we will bring you the villain dude no one cares about or even remembering his name.

>>23317964
>>23317969
Why did mecha stop looking like this

I wish PB listed some vintage kits for preorder.

Dancougar

>>23317983
>>23317985
nice

>>23318014
Because animation got better

>40th anniversary of Zeta Gundam
RX-178 Ver. Ka PO this summer

>>23318011
>Alberto the Shockwave
>Villain dude no one cares about
Wrong

>>23318039
The better in animation:

>>23318011
>the villain dude no one cares about or even remembering his name.

Making the lineart accurate Tekkaman kits is such a redundant goal, because they don't look like this in 90% of their screentimes.

>>23318028
Nice. The SMP is impossible to find nowadays.

Ok, now i'm craving for more mecha with alot of curves.

>>23318055
are these from a show or OC kits?

>>23318058
The name of the show is in the image

>>23318058
Knights and Magic anime

>>23318063
Kinda weird how this is still getting new kits, is it popular in Japan? I liked the series and the novel.

KaM's Magatsu Ikaruga ( novel version )

>>23318064
Honestly, no it doesn't. However, that's kinda like a way for it to easily getting modelkit because it is not some sort of mega IP with an expensive liscence.

>>23318011
HIS NAME IS ALBERTO THE IMPACT, AND YOU SHALL PUT SOME RESPECT UPON HIS NAME.

>>23318073
wouldn't be surprised if the author accepted a lower licensing fee just to get kits of his precious mechs made
i sure would

>>23318060
>>23318063
ah ok, thought it was a product line, thanks lads

plamax king gainer, i dont remember this being announced

>>23317983
Darn, I was hoping for the Sol Tekkemen and Pegasus.

>>23318105
it was
4-5 years ago

>>23318123
ohhh yeah i do remember now that you mention it
well it's up for preorder now, jan release

>>23316193
>>23316196
>>23316197
nice work anon

any place online with old hobby japan magazine issues? (like before 2008) i like looking at peoples paint schemes they show. Is there a website like a gallery or somehting people submit pictures of their finished gundam model kits too?

Back in the day miniature painters had a website called cool mini or not and people would rate eachothers miniatures, does something like this exist for gundam model kits?

>>23318137
e(x)-hentai

>>23318137
>Back in the day miniature painters had a website called cool mini or not and people would rate eachothers miniatures, does something like this exist for gundam model kits?
Modelers-G (modelers-g.jp)
Gunsta (gumpla.jp)
Builders Note (gn-app.com)

>>23318055
>>23318067

THANK FUCK. DId they do any of the other stuff?

>>23317406
They wouldn't be able to share that much inner frame. A new 1/100 Doven wolf or Silver Bullet would be like 85% all new parts

>>23318152
Standard sized Ikaruga, Toybox and Tzendolg plus that chariot-thing as store exclusive.

>>23317534
I swore this was a thing already.

>>23317964
>>23317969
Nice

>>23318014
Diet.

Built the 30MF LIber Knight after it finally came back in stock. Are 30MMs designed to be cut right out of the runner? I was cutting off the nubs but it looked like a lot of the parts were meant for only 0 to 1 nubs to be cut out. Regardless I'm happy with the base knight, although I do want a friend for him to fight with.

>>23318140
any suggestions? so far i know of hobby japan an dengeki hobby, any others i can look up? that site doesnt have a lot but theres a few cool magazines ive found looking for older hobby japan stuff. maybe i should do a second pass and see if i missed anything. ive mainly only been looking at magazines 2008 and older because i assumed anything later would focus on too many newer designs im not interested in.

i think the best of gundams designed are basically the older stuff.

>>23318142
do you know if any of these websites are still used/ or even maintained? a lot of oldwebsites from the 2000s seem to have sold their domains years back. interested to look later.

>>23316443
Mechauniverse has a gold plated HG Hyaku Shiki if you're interested.

>>23316294
Someone answer this question of mine? I'm curious to know what HG kit it was that every HG kit has been like since.

>>23318199
Elaborate on what the fuck do you mean.

>>23318140
i only had looked at the hobby japan stuff luckily it seems like there is a lot of dengeki hobby on here. i would have preferred if it was a magazine only about models but i have to say its cool seeing avertisements for lots of products i remember buying in the early 2000s like armored core 2 figures, and the xebec evangelion toys. its also interesting how they advertise things like the hasbro star wars toys. very interesting. i may try to find if there is an app or something i can use to crudely translate some of these because there seems to be pages about modeling tips.

>>23318200
I mean when did HG kits from the early 2000s become more like HG kits from 2025? Full posability and shit.

>>23318210
Ebikawa

>>23318210
>Full posability
Somewhere around mid 2000s I guess

>>23317560
>Second factory is running
Running so great they're cancelling orders.

>>23317406
The silver bullet suppressor is so fucking gay

>>23318235
It's probably to satisfy demand from japanese customers.

>>23318238
>can't increase production
>Can't delay for over seas while still fulfilling orders
>Just cancel outright
It's amazing how bandai shills have been parroting "wait for the second factory!" for a decade now and now the excuses begin when bandai can't use their trillions of dollars to accommodate a couple of orders.

>>23318235
new factory is slower because they have girls infuse the gunpla with their hand sweat and other bodily fluids, please understanding

>>23318242
You can just order this thing you're throwing a fit over from a japanese seller. It's not that hard.

>>23318246
>Just buy the marked up one from the scalper!
This is why I buy bootlegs now. Thanks Chang.

>>23318247
I didn't say pay a scalper. I said buy it from a japanese vendor. You're a retard.

>>23318242
The "wait for the second factory!" thing was just a joke that you fell for

>>23317831
>>23317926
>>23318007

Thank you.
Still need to figure out where to store all the bombs.

>>23317433
It's $180 because you guys use monopoly money. $180 funbucks translates to $116 real bucks, so it's about the same.

>>23317596
Poor Zgok E always gets turned into custom build fodder

>>23318248
>I said buy it from a japanese vendor
There aren't any available for us anymore Bandai made sure of that.
>but HLJ
Might as well not exist with their laughable stock.

>>23318272
It's not that hard to find a japanese vendor who sells to americans. They'll put up listings once they actually get the stock.

>>23318268
The Design is peak Yutaka Izubuchi, but the kit is dogshit. Plus it's pretty cheap.

>>23317964
>>23317969
FINALLY HOLY FUCK. I was not gonna ever buy the SMP, shit was too tiny

>>23318229
Gundam 00? The HG Exia from 2008 has as much posability as the IBO kits and stuff?

>>23317528
Shouldn't there be something there? Did you take out 2 parts to fill the torso?

>>23318243
Opens a factory in the US when so all the boxes, instructions, etc are in full English?

Anyone have an advice for starting on scratch building? I recently purchased a master grade shining gundam with the intention of converting it into the rising gundam. The naginata wont be hard but the shield seems like it will.

>>23318309
3d printer

>>23318313
I do own one and could design it but that seems like the easy way out.

>>23318317
It’s also just worse than plaplate and putty

>>23318317
2d printer
2d cad paper templates
print and paste paper templates on styrene card
cut cards to shape
glue cards together to form part

>>23318328
So it really is that easy?

>>23318317
4D printer
add a mysterious 4th axis to your printer and only see glimpses of what you made as it passes through your window of reality

>>23318299
Probably. You gotta understand that different designs are handled differently. We had stuff like Bawoo doing full splits even back in 2000. Just check dalong or something if you're interested in a particular kit

>>23318334
I tried this once but it just made mustard gas

>>23318331
unless you get those inkjet printers that say they out of ink when they are actually half full or have printheads clog all the time forcing you to run the cleaning cycle that wastes more ink aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

>>23318309
Just take everything you need from NG Rising

>>23318197

It looks great, but that's a fucking expensive High Grade.
I'd rather fly back to Japan to buy it at Gundam Base myself.

>>23318345
Where's the fun in that?

>>23318346
Just buy one of the bootlegs then
There's a shiny one and a champagne gold one

>>23318348
Fair. Then you can try modifying two qubeley heads into those bow sections on the shield and the round bit take from some 30MM parts pack

>>23318352
I think my current plan is just taking the shoulder plates from the base shining gundam and modifying them into the shield. That's how it's supposed to work anyways. I'm not too sure about even making the bow since I plan on posing it with the naginata and shield. This is mostly because I can make a naginata from a spare 30mm knife I have and a big piece of runner.

>>23318011
>Shockwave Alberto
HOLY BASED

If I put a kit in my windowsill do I have to worry about UV damage?

>>23318361
Yes. UV makes plastic brittle and damages pigments. It'll end up sun bleached and fragile.

>>23318359
they called me that in middle school

>>23316186
Slowly chipping away at my fag artifact.

>>23318361
spray it with mr hobby uv cut topcoat and it will be fine

New little guy

>>23318392
I look like this IRL

>>23318055
About fucking time

>>23318363
>>23318386
Is it fine if it’s painted or do I still need UV spray ?

>>23318401
UV fucks up most things. I can't imagine there's many pigments that the sun wont fade

>>23318401
Spray the UV coat on your window

>>23318404
Shit. Going through the backlog was a mistake, I need more space

>>23318407
They’re new windows, aren’t new windows supposed to do fancy stuff like lower energy bills and stop you getting cancer

>>23317964
Fatty Getter 1 from Armageddon!?
>>23318028
Dancogua moderoids?!?

I guess I have to put my money where my mouth is now.

What am I supposed put in place of those two in the next survery now?

1. Glastonbury No more Heroes
2. God Scrander Mazinger, Shin mazinger
3. Gun plane from Gun Frontier/???
4.????
5.???

>>23318411
if you stare out the window at the sun and your eyes hurt, it means there's UV.

I'm considering buying the RG Akatsuki. Are the hip joints actually fucked? If so, where can I get aftermarket replacements?
If the gold layer is a clear yellow layer on top of plated metallic silver, does that mean that I can strip it off and repaint it in a different color with a clear gloss spray or something for a different metallic effect?

>>23318251
>We told him to wait for the second factory on purpose, as a joke
That's rude.

>>23316186
Started the process of making the arms hidden in the Nightingale's front skirt armor function.

>>23318457
I am very interested in this part of your work because I want to do the same to mine.

>>23318256
This guy looks like it would be a background grunts you’d see in G Gundam

>>23318392
huge ass golden dragons and yet it's less tacky than most 3 kingdoms SDs

What exactly is the Penelope? Is it basically a giant ass jetpack for a Gundam?

>>23318493
>jetpack
Jetpancho.

>>23318493
Yeah.

Do i really need two Hrududu II kits to be able to attach the Psycho Gundam arms on the Woundwort

>>23318493
Yeah. It's a minovsky craft system. If you remember how white base flied in atmosphere, by compressing minovsky particles under it and floating on it like a pillow, it does basically the same, but it's sized for a mobile suit. This allows it to fly in atmosphere without needing powerful thrusters everywhere or a sub flight unit. The Xi gundam has this technology built in.

>>23317469
I'm just gonna reply to this to ask if anybody has a good answer.

>>23318504
They guy looks like Ron Perlman

>>23318511
Don't be rude.

>>23318493
It's a turbo jet mobile suit designed for Earth battles. It should be even more ridiculously faster when outside in space but it was never tested.

>>23318512
To whom?

>>23318511
fuck it kinda does

>>23318507
Wait, why it take Gundam lore almost 30 years to realize they can allow a MS to hover?

>>23318518
The bourjanon in turn A hover regularly.

>>23318518
Bro, your Doms?

>>23318511
YO LIL MAFTY

>>23318518
It's sizeable. It took them 30 years to miniaturize warship sized flotation device for a mobile suit, and it's bulky even then. By F91, they managed to make it small enough to fit in their new 15m mobile suits.

>>23318515
To Odysseus Gundam.

>>23318504
>Odysseus
>Wears a bra and calls himself Penelope
Heh

>>23317964
a trillion times better than the inevitable Bandai HG Getter 1 Infinitism in 2099

>>23318555
Infinitism Is dead

>>23318561
That's what they all said until bandai made the HG Infinitism Mazinger Zero out of nowhere

>>23318518
It's not hovering, it's limitless flight. It also features a system to burn air to reduce drag for supersonic flight despite its huge bulk.

>>23318504
I never actually paid that much attention to how the Odysseus gundam looks but I do really appreciate the design features it shares with the Xi. especially how the shoulders connect to the chest and the lower legs

>>23318504
why does he have a pair of Covenant Phantoms on his forearms

>>23318587
Flatter than the phantom but I can see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WCDocywaWQ
Zaku with his Zaku

whats the best method to glue weights to the underside of an action base?
better yet, what are the best weights to use for this?

>>23318707
rare earth magnets are nice so you can stick the base to things. CA glue generally works but you might need to abrade the surface to get a solid bond. I've had mixed results with E6000.

Ok, some update on putty Messer abomination. I have painted it, some more putty here, wire there. I will just call it here. It was fun.

>>23318754

>>23318754
looks...uhhhh...great?

>>23318757
Shield

>>23318762

>>23318765
Man

>>23318754
what was the point of this again? I missed it

>>23318767
nightmare group build

>>23318767
The point? I have fun.

>>23318766
by kazuhisa kondo, age 12

>>23318762
Jesus Christ, cut your fucking nails you filthy caveman
>>23318766
But I do respect the vision

>>23318762
>>23318766
I love that Medusa shield
imo, you should try to make the head of the mech bigger with putty

>>23318767
damn spooky.

>>23318780
Long nails are the first step towards painting it.

>>23318754
AAAAAAAAAARGH CLEAN UP YOUR PUTTY SURFACES, BLEND THINGS IN, LEARN TO SAND MOTHER FUCKER YOU'RE MAKING US PUTTY ROCKERS (in the house tonight) LOOK BAD.

>>23318822
putty is freedom

>>23318762
holy fuck those nails are absurdly disgusting bro
take a shower

Local mom and pop has a HG Zock and I’m tempted…

Why does the F91 master grade look so low quality?

>>23318897
It's your average MG, what are you talking about?

>>23318900
It’s just looks very flimsy. I don’t have one, but whenever I look at pictures of it that’s what stops me from getting it. I’m mostly just hoping someone here who has one tells me if it’s actually good or not.

>>23318822
I had a similar reaction to seeing someone's putty work here posted years ago, even told them to hopefully sand it down and make it blend but they never did and painted over the shoddy work

What putty should I get to have on standby?

>>23318934
It looks like an HG kit because of how small it is. One of the reasons why I avoid the F90, although I might just get the I type and N type.

>>23318962
What was it, do you have it saved by any chance?

Applying the ver Ka decals must be among the most tedious shit ever, especially when they are so non-descript looking

>>23317769
post your brown hands

>>23319048
Just follow the numbers m8

oh fuk mj2005 is back

>>23319061
You are Filipinx.

>>23318283
This box art just speaks to my soul. and it says to drown every last snapshitter on /gpg[/spoierl]

>>23318975
mr surfacer 500 and milliput

>>23319124
>spoierl

Does this luminous paint better than LED?

>>23318897
It's actually really good. It's just tiny so it looks off in photos. Same thing with f90. f90 is rock solid.

>>23319048
don't get into plane modeling ever.

>>23319180
No because the Nu Gundam only had a small amount of psycho frame installed in the cockpit so I hate this

>>23319347
it's meant to represent the Axis Shock glow

Whaaat? Jin Roh has a kit?!

I like how you cant even tell which one is the bootleg

G-Line is love

https://x.com/zgmf78/status/1933733776506695738
>new plasma gear
>is actually just a vaccume for 30ms

>>23319486
ahem
that is a floor waxer/polisher

Is it worth spray varnishing before panel lining

>>23319486
I should really get some 30MS accessories to have my robots do goofy stuff

>>23318507
>Sized for a mobile suit
Well, a nearly mobile armor sized mobile suit. The Xi and Odysseus were 26m tall. That's a leap from the Nu's 23m and the sizes up to the Zeta era which were around 18m

would you buy more bug mecha ?

>>23319508
yes

>>23319508
That is my dream.

>New Gundam series comes out
>Main character's Gundam is always sold out
Did this also happen to the Build series too as well as movies like SEED Freedom and Hathaway's Flash?

After Messer abomination's completion, it left a hole inside my heart. I want a new sacrifice. Which one should i turn into another putty abomination?

>>23319486
Oh my god this combination of bare arms/legs + armored torso looks much worse than I imagined. I may have to rethink the custom I am planning.

>>23319531
This happens to almost every show/movie but not the Xi. It is such strong normie repellant that even all the sheepish, smooth-brained anons here hate it.

>Peoplevsay slicing off nubs and shit with an extracto knife is smooth as butter
>I do it with my of my kits
>Have to apply pressure to the blade
What I do wrong?

>>23319549
It looks like something out of an entirely different franchise. If everyone dislikes it and you need to hunt down other people to circlejerk around it, you might need to just accept the fact it's one of the truly mediocre suits. It obviously doesn't help Hathaway is such a little faggot that he poisons anything he comes into contact with.

>>23319549
>It is such strong normie repellant
Is it because it's the same price as an MG or slightly higher?

>>23319531
Core Gundam got 8 releases (9th in metaverse) and they all kept instantly selling out and don't shelfwarm even now

>>23319552
Nah it's just that gundam fans are a bunch of tasteless children who need every meal to be chicken nuggies and cant handle anything different.

You arent mecha fans - you are merely gundam fans

>>23319554
No because it looks different as >>23319552 pointed out. Even here, in the modeling thread where we ALL franchises are allowed he is acting like this is a Gundam thread. Look at how he says 'it looks like its from a different franchise' as if this general is exclusively for Gundam discussion.

>>23319533
The 30MM guy would probably be easier to work with.
>>23319551
You might need a new blade. Are you holding the piece down on your desk and slicing downward? A little pressure is fine, just try not to take off more plastic than you intend to.

>>23319551
Might be trying take off too much at once. Trimming the nub down is important. Blade could be dull/low quality, might need to adjust your cutting angle, or some combination of these.
Some minor pressure is to be expected but it shouldn't really ever be enough to feel like effort.

>>23317773
>>23317774
Thanks for the pointers. Apologies for wrong place to ask.

>>23318259
That was true 10 years ago. Unfortunately our economy's so fucked right now that the regular cost of living is absurd.

https://x.com/gsc_hiro/status/1933713364020265397

>>23319458
Neither are bootlegs, because the real bootleg version (sorry XFS) has a color separated crotch V.

>>23319458
Orange visor really looks better than the default blue.

>>23319581
My advice for dealing with trolls in thread is to act like them but in the opposite opinion. The momment their trolling target behaves exactly like them, it is nolonger entertaining as they drink their own poison and get the same annoyance their victims have.
You like Xi Gundam and the other guy complain " it is from another franchise thus it is trash" ? Well just say " I'm so sad for you, hope it gets better ".

>>23319451
oh hell yeah, can't wait for this

New thread

>>23319749
>>23319749
>>23319749

>>23319026
I refuse to watch SEED, why are the joints red?

>>23320237
Because it's an easy way to differentiate it and sell toys