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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!

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

>Why are my pictures sideways?
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One easy to use app that works well on Android:
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-=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
>Saintism's gunpla photography guide:
saint-ism.com/category/gunpla/photography

-=OTHER RESOURCES=-
>Gundam lineart (There's a lot!):
pastebin.com/22jyPB6q
>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/1mbk3ei

Prior thread: >>23421017

Thanks to everyone who submitted entries for the Artillery groupbuild, and to everyone who voted! Please wait for Groupbuild Dude to announce the results.

Show me what you're working on!

>>23425041
I look like this.

>>23425041
Fat Panda 1/100 rg 2.0?

>>23425041
Im working on myself

HG five star stories plastic model kits by bandai namco
think about it

Isn't it weird that there's not a single custom ace pilot Leo in the whole Wing? Yeah there's stuff like Leo-S, Leo-R etc. in side story, but I mean something like "Ridden's custom Zaku 2" but Leo

>>23425096
id rather not

>>23425072
it is fat cat
But yes

>>23425119
Is it any good so far?

>>23425103
just get a Leo and imagine Treize piloted it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx5xrMeg74E

>>23425096
just what we need, yet another led mirage on top of the 50 that already exist but this time in bubblegum form

>>23425103
An ace leo is just a tallgeese.

Starting to use Tamiya Panel Liner, but I can only find Testor's enamel thinner locally. Will that work for cleanup? They had it labeled brush cleaner also and my Tamiya airbrush cleaner seemed to melt the PS I tested it on.

>>23425136
get zippo lighter fluid

>>23425096
Nagano would barge into Bandai's offices and shoot Katoki in the head first.

>>23425136
Just use some lighter fluid to clean it up.

>>23425122
I'd say it is VERY good so far

The whole inner frame is very impressive and I don't see any issues with the upscaling from the RG size.

Just be aware that the plastic of the medium light color (like in the thighs) is very hard. Not the hard-brittle kind, but just hard and it may be a bit difficult to make the parts fit properly without using more force than you normally expect.

There is also the fact that like 80% of the parts or so are undergated, so cleaning them is easier than expected, yes that includes most of the inner frame too.

Add the weapons which includes the napalm module for the beam rifle, 2 bazookas, the javelin, the hammer and a curved beam saber effect and this seems like the best 1/100 scale RX-78-2 you can get for its price (50 bucks or so).

>>23425139
he should do that regardless

>>23425140
>>23425137
Not a smoker, where do I get that? Gas station?

>>23425150
amazon

>>23425141
Pretty much all of the parts are undergated on the original too so that makes sense.

>>23425150
You can get it on amazon, or walmart, or even a dollar store. Or you could just go to a smoke shop and grab some. It's very easy to find.

>>23425086
based, big same

Do you do mist coat and wet coat for lacquer primers and matte top coat like you do for the base coats? Or do you do those differently?

>>23425125
bandai's plastic molding is sharper than volks'

kinda tempted by the hg psycho mkii, it just looks very cool

>>23425178
No it isn't wtf you are straight up lying

Please don't forget to add funposting to the theme poll groupbuild sama.

>>23425187
he's technically right, they just rarely mold that sharp.
RGs often exceed anything volks does, and a few kits like the PG millennium falcon show they can be on par with modern tamiya or eduard (which volks frankly can't touch)

>>23425187
I think they're pretty comparable, aside from Bandai blunting all the sharp points. Otherwise the details look very similar to my eye. They both need their panel lines to be rescribed if painting.

Last minute predictions for the winner? I expect either Earthshaker Hound or Savage Wolf

>>23425163
I think I will just do wet coats

>>23425194
My build.

>>23425194
I voted for the crossbone guy

>>23425194
I voted for the cool spartan laser one, so that.

>>23425191
The average Volks kit has much sharper details (literally) than the average and vast majority of Bandai kits, with extremely few exceptions like the PG Millennium Falcon. Only some RGs have sharper details than Volks kits.

>>23425163
Wet coat, but not as wet as a gloss coat.

>>23425206
even most MGs are comparable to volks

Is Nihon really saikyo ichiban if they can't come up with this simple ass parts list for each section like the chinese do?

>>23425178
bandai can do sharp moulding, they have the best injection moulding tech in the business
but they rarely do

>>23425141
man I'm really torn between this and one of the cheaper official MGs

>>23425208
Cool thanks. What about for pearl paint?

>>23425096
>by bandai
lel

>>23425216
Torn about wat? The fat cat is the Best 1/100 scale representation of the gundan
Get the 2.0 for the goofy looks of the series

daily reminder the upscaled 1/100 rg is based on the defective first run mould
really devious of bandai to fuck over their legitimate customers to also fuck over the chinks by deliberately fucking up the mould for the first run

>>23425222
no I mean this kit or a MG of a different suit, I've been eyeing a Geara Doga for a while

>>23425226
Wat

>>23425221
>that will be $50 preesu

>>23425229
the first run of the RG 2.0 had fitment issues in the head where some of the side parts wouldn't seat properly without sanding in some places

>>23425232
Why is this shit so expensive. I can get 3-4 high grades at my hobby store for this price + shipping

>>23425232
>$50 for hollow happy meal feet

>>23425233
This is not true.

>>23425229
The head vulcans are a bit more narrow than the armor on the head so they're slightly recessed in. It's very easy to just ignore but it's fixed on everything but the initial print.

>>23425232
>>23425239
really not that much to pay for the 1 bandai kit a year worth getting. it's a tad pricey but not much more than a lot of other anime model kits

>>23425245
>a tad
It's frankly extremely expensive especially with the $10 shipping tip tacked on, but diddlin' donald needs his pedobucks and Bandai also knows this design has a little more niche appeal than even just GM + silly backpack.

>>23425213
It's becoming common with recent bandai kits. MGEX SF has that for exemple. I appreciate it since my workplace is a shoebox. Bless zhang for doing it on all of their kits

>>23425221
What am I looking at?

>>23425256
an anon seething over parts lightening on areas you never see to cut down on plastic use, and are easily filled with epoxy putty or a cutting of sheet styrene even for the mentally impaired

>>23425257
>parts lightening
amazing mental gymnastics to justify your $50 hollow happy meal toys

>>23425261
it's literally the term the nips use and it's what they're doing, I just said it's to cut down on plastic use. What do you think it's for? To make you seethe on a mongolian throatsinging forum?

>>23425256
Bandai knowing that their core customers have zero standards besides whatever they buy being a lego action figure.

I was really into gunpla until I found out some of the parts are hollow. Now I spend all my money on tungsten cubes because I want what I buy to be as heavy as possible.

>>23425266
I wish I knew how to take it up the ass for corporate overlords like you do.

>>23425276
I wish you would spend your time complaining about shit that matters like dogshit hand molds instead of the easiest shit to fix in the entire hobby

Look at all this parts lightening, god praise Bandai and their innovative techniques that true snapgods like me appreciate

why yes I too look for the absolute cheapest models of a subject and get upset at them being cheap

>>23425290
>$50
>absolute cheapest models
lol

>>23425296
oh I guess you just didn't post the cheapest optimus kit you could find

Alright folks, we got a tie to break. Vote's open for the next 12 hours, so let's get voting!
https://forms.gle/9geoVowToJztKysZ9

>>23425239
How does the 15 year old Robot Spirits continue to embarrass this piece of shit?

>>23425300
Are you going to wait for this to end to release the full results?

>>23425304
Solid parts are outdated technology. Bandai has moved on to parts lightening, the most innovative modern standard for all sculptors and model kits.

>>23425304
because it retailed for twice the price when adjusted for inflation and Robot Damashiis are higher quality than HG models entirely

>>23425312
Here's a 90's High Grade L-Gaim kit, you can stop slurping Bandai's cock now.

>>23425317
>Solid clamshells are the peak of engineering

>>23425300
>favorite build
isn't the rotten camel a straight build xamel?

>>23425317
What are thooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose

>>23425232
damn that looks like shit.

>>23425300
>second, ex aequo second and third place

Nice, my Wolf didnbetter than I expected. My non-girl entries usually do not score high.

>buy the SNAA Iron Sickle
>action base included
>water slides included
>several hand poses included
>great part and color separation
>almost MG size
>all for the same price as a Bandai HG

wtf is Bandai even doing at this point. I'm pretty much Chinkpilled now.

>>23425327
I got the Tristán, it is great

>>23425327
>wtf is Bandai even doing at this point
paying their workers and designers

>>23425327
>wtf is Bandai even doing at this point
recouping costs for metaverse failing by hollowing out their $50 kits

glad someone voted for me lol
not participating in the polls but it's between my two faves so I'm happy

>>23425343
I should do a cel shaded build one of these days, I figure it would be pretty easy
Just gotta find a kit that would react well to that technique

>>23425332
You've convinced me, I've been hemming on hawing whether to get the FatCat or some other MG, and have been looking at SNAA kits for a while, and you made me finally go for a SNAA kit in the end
also Tristan
Maybe Gawain next

>>23425343
Your build doesn't really look artillery at all but neither do most of the entries anyway. I called it when I said most of you are just gonna strap rockets and/or a cannon to the back of something.

>>23425300
I'm only voting for Earthshaker because the Mortarleg guy has won too many times

>>23425353
i called it too i just jumped on the train as well, i'm still not sure what artillery means
saw my build fit the instructions so what the hell

>>23425300
I am happy she got so many votes and that someone picked her as their favorite.
For the record I voted for golfkrieg.

>>23425300
>mortar leg
HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
congrats on making the tiebreaker you two, and congrats in general to all participants

>>23425300
The chocolate chip desert pattern on Golfkrieg was absolutely beautiful, I'm so glad it won.

>>23425300
it offends me it isn't the Mortarr Legg

Also, it's time to vote for your next theme. I'll keep this open until Friday. Remember, the top 5 themes move up to the final round of voting!

https://forms.gle/mVSBnjKk4mGkcHY3A

>>23425243
It's more than just that, the sculpt of the front of the head is different. It's not major but anyone who bought it initially, like myself, got a faulty kit.

>>23425300
>0 overall favorite votes.
damn. I did alright in the other two categories but I'll take this as a sign to get more ambitious and try stand out more

>>23425380
I think the only part they changed is the part of the head with the vulcans on it.

>>23425377
Sir? The funposting theme, sir? I am actually sad to not see astronaut on the poll.

>>23425386
I agree with the spoiler. stop the count!

>>23425382
Just fucking ruthless. I’m sorry anon. I assume you did the zaku?

>aliexpress cancelled and refunded my Hemoxian Thor.
that's cool and all but I wanted the kit mister chang, please

>>23425382
Sorry bro. I loved the concept a lot, I think it's among my faves conceptually, but it was pretty rough. I didn't get the idea you were going for with the backpack bits being puttied up, and the modification to the torso stood out as being layered styrene sheets since the edges weren't smoothed out. You've got the creativity and the skill, just need to spend a little more time in the oven and cleaning things up.

>>23425377
So many options and they’re all worse than dogshit

>>23425386
>>23425389
Astronaut honestly sounded way too narrow in scope, like another IGBX/Deep Space waiting to happen.

Funposting is never happening though just because you changed what word you're using

>>23425398
What about girl pla

>>23425377
Excuse me the name was STARSHIP groupbuild
I chose that because it sounds more fun than spaceship
I want this corrected post-haste

>>23425403
Saved. And yeah let’s get that name changed

>>23425401
30 minute sisters was a contender in the last poll. I think if you want to do girlpla every category still works.

>>23425403
cute

>>23425398
Okay what about silly, could silly happen

>>23425385
You can see that the vents are different. The head shape in general has changed between the two. I own both and you can see it better in person. They completely fucked the sculpt of the head on the first batch.

>>23425409
silly mechs only would be a great theme

>>23425403
>>23425405
Alright, I changed it. It counted it as a new entry though so I just gotta remember to add the votes from Spaceship onto Starship on Friday.

>>23425414
Thank you
>It counted it as a new entry though
hehehehehe, double voting time, now my theme is SURE to win

>>23425403
Flay's gigantic knockers could have fixed me.

>>23425410
I'll just have to take your word for it then. I only own the original.

>>23425414
Couldn't this result in people voting for both of them and effectively doubling the votes for it? It may be a good idea to make a note of how many the old option has, then delete it and add those to the new ones total.

>>23425416
>>23425419
No, as in the option was renamed, but on the results it counts them differently.

When I say shitpost I really just mean funny builds like the senkipede, the grimzock, or the extendo waist aerial.

>>23425423
Damn, there went my dreams.
>>23425417
You can have more Flay titties if you vote for starship
Running on a platform of paizuri for ALL starship voters

>>23425398
le sigh. I will make do by forcing my fuel tank and thruster bell fetish onto whatever I enter for the winning theme

>>23425430
The real fun of any groupbuild is finding a way to make the kit you were going to make for the groupbuild you wanted work for the theme we got

being stubborn is badass

how tf is a zeon groupbuild seriously considered

>>23425436
why wouldn't it be

>>23425436
There was literally a Zaku groupbuild and a GM groupbuild before. People find ways to be creative.

>>23425441
i've seen enough zakus

>>23425447
so build a gaza-c retard

zeon groupbuild? time to enter a longsnapped hg zaku ii

>>23425449
*votes for u in best build*

>>23425447
Then build one of the 10 other non-Zaku Zeon MS from the original series, and that's not even getting into the slew of MSV/Neo Zeon stuff out there.

>>23425436
someone's going to enter a crossbone vanguard suit and cause a massive stink

>>23425300
>16 votes for the Archimedes
>Nearly 30% of the vote
Horry fug, I think thats the best ive ever got, thats better than even the Zak-Knight got. Thankyou so much guys, it makes me so happy!

>>23425455
don't spoil my plans for the den'an zaku

>>23425454
u rite i haven't seen enough goufs

>>23425397
And you couldn't think of a single good theme to suggest for the past 2 days? The problem is obviously you.

>>23425449
based

Shitpost groupbuild? Time to enter a longsnapped hg zaku ii.

>>23425461
I did. Funposting wasn’t put on there

>>23425466
And it never will be.

>>23425466
We will have our day my brother

>>23425467
We’ll make our own groupbuild then. With cocaine and hookers.

>>23425398
eh, astronaut isn't that narrow in scope
just paint it white and add gold accents/solar panels ezpz
you always pick the worst themes and the lack of understanding of the definition of artillery has to show for it

>>23425472
>the hookers:

>>23425426
Well you convinced me lol. I wasn’t going to vote but I just cast my vote for starship

>>23425327
>>almost MG size
mg f91 maybe

>>23425466
funposting is not a theme. maybe come up with some actual idea which is shitpost flavored next time instead.

>>23425498
Sillyposting?

>>23425501
narrow it down. it's gotta be more concrete.

Awesome groupbuild but I don't remember sanctioning it
All entries will be confiscated, no need to mail them I will come collect

>>23425449
this but rg + topcoat

>>23425503
Why? That’s the whole point of sillyposting. It’s about individual expression.

>>23425300
Good job lil clanker

>>23425509
Again, your theme has to actually have some kind of idea in it or it's not a theme. The point of the groupbuild is to emphasize that individual expression by doing it within some set of restrictions. If your theme is just "do anything lol" then why have groupbuild themes at all?

>>23425515
>If your theme is just "do anything lol" then why have groupbuild themes at all?
Because it’s fun. That’s why it’s funposting. I get it though, someone with autism wouldn’t understand how to have fun.

>>23425515
NTA and while I have no clue the level of earnestness other people have for this idea, I think there's actual meat on some kind of "Silly Mech" or "Joke build" kind of theme where you make something that's intended to be funny. Like someone else said, stuff like the Grimzock or extendo Aerial. There is a legitimately fun idea here that isn't just about shitposts.

So for all the fuss they made for Wing's 30th anniversary where are my new or revised Wing kits?

>>23425529
guess you missed the RG Wing Zero

>>23425531
WTF THERES AN RG WING ZERO

>>23425531
A single kit of the main character's gundam which already has a dozen different kits. Forgive me if I don't jump for joy.

>>23425522
If you were gonna pitch this, then go for "Comedy" or "Nonstandard". For instance, Grimzock was accepted for the first Fantasy theme because Grimace is a fantasy character in the McDonald's universe. That's pretty nonstandard to me. So a true Nonstandard goupbuild would be picking a previously used theme and making a build in that theme, but in an unusual way.

>>23425535
well considering we've got the lead gundams and their upgraded forms as retail for NA, plus RG Epyon, plus RG Wing Zero, plus the last of the G-Unit Leos, and every other major machine represented in either 1/100 or 1/144, I'm going to have to say you'll need to cry more that you didn't get a Taurus or Virgo

>>23425540
Comedy theme is just a gay way of saying sillyposting

When was the last time the RE1/100 Mk-III got a reprint?

>>23425543
We still don’t have mg wing zero tv

>>23425543
Those forms are from like 10 years ago. Give me a modern HG or MG.

>>23425551
Sybau how are you screaming about kits that are only 10 years old, like 99% of kits made after 2007 are fine.

Do you think chinks will upscale rg wing zero to 1/100? Absolutely criminal that we don’t have a mg yet.

bandai will abandon gunpla and focus on minis

>>23425504
But I was going to enter girlpla.

>>23425554
The Entire 00 line disagrees with you.

>>23425577
It's just exias ankles that are a problem.

>>23425577
Why does the entire 00 line disagree with him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91YIVH2utPw

first time seeing this and wow what dogshit takes, i saw joe's awhile back and agreed with most of the tierlist picks (especially the zeta), such a shame to see a faggot like this be the face of the yt gunpla community

>>23425593
The real face of the youtube gunpla community is gonna kick the shit out of your next preorder over this post. He might kick all of our preorders.

>>23425593
Ok.

>>23425593
stop watching troons

>>23425596
Fuck him, USAGS delayed my order twice so I canceled it and ordered from GP instead.

>>23425593
What’s wrong with it? It makes sense that the ones with ergs would be low and the more recent releases would be high.

RG when?

>>23425601
I don't think you're gonna be the one doing the fucking when he finds you

What's the best metallic green marker to do eyes and cameras?

>>23425607
GSI creos metallic gundam markers are great.

>>23425535
Woah woah woah, relax there gaijin. You're going to buy the same robot for the 20th time and you're going to like it.

>>23425607
DSPIAE MKM soft tip

>>23425096

whatever happened to the circular saw anon from a few weeks back?

>>23425628
I'm in the hospital
it didn't go well

>>23425626
they should rename 30 minute sister to FOIDS
haha like ZOIDS ya get it?

>>23425633
LMFAOOOOOooooo

I'm guessing mortar leg anon is gonna win as usual.

>>23425633
gem alert

>>23425096
Bandai would rather make a shit plamo than what most plamo audience want

>>23425474
Ver Ka.

What are some gunpla proportions that work you into a seethe? I'll start

>>23425680
fuck this shit nigga

>>23425685
articulation for toyfags

How do I go about removing seamlines of the 2004 MG Wing Zero?

>>23425687
REEEEEEEE fuck the chobham armor bro why did they have to do bro dirty like that

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

The only actual bad one is the Kampfer.

>>23425694
the gundam mk ii 2.0's proportions are cheeks also. needs to be way more bulky.

>>23425702
I like the 2.0 kit but yeah it needs to be way chunkier

One day they'll find a way to cure whatever is wrong with this guy

>>23425659
They have to make shit like this to please investors/shareholders to trick them into thinking they're diversifying or innovating or growing or whatever

>>23425714
I don't think you understand how funny japanese people think shit is.

>>23425520
You don't need a group build for that. You can just post it stand alone. If (You) need a theme for that, maybe (You) don't want to have fun.

I have a probably heretical question. Can I ink with regular marker pen you get from the typical stationery shop? Like whiteboard marker, just super fine of course, to fit the lines. I went to do sort of a trial run before committing to buying all those various specialized ink and methods and whatnot mentioned in the guides.

>>23425729
Yes, people used to like panel lining with micron pens and stuff. You can also do it with a graphite pencil.

Depending on the marker/pen you use you might have to worry about it rubbing off though, unless you seal it in with topcoat.

>>23425739
Don't you have to gloss coat first before you panel line?

>>23425739
Neat, thanks.
>You can also do it with a graphite pencil.
Oh, cool idea. I'll try that.

>>23425744
If you want to.

>>23425744
It depends, if you're using gundam markers you don't have to. Anything enamel you definitely should

>>23425749
How do I know if I want to?

>>23425744
>Don't you have to gloss coat first before you panel line?
If you use enamel based paint like tamiya's panel line fluid then a coat of paint or gloss protects the plastic from being damaged by harsh solvents in the paint. Not necessary if you panel line with something else. And not strictly necessary even with TPLA as long as you're careful with the parts and ensure they aren't under any stress until the paint dries.

>>23425763
Or just make sure the TPLA doesn't touch ABS. I've never had an issue on PS which most modern kits are made out of

>>23425766
>I've never had an issue on PS
Because your parts aren't under stress. There's a lot more risk of cracking if you panel line assembled parts.

>>23425739
Micron pens suck ass for panel lining. The ink sticks too hard too fast. It's damn near impossible to wipe off with your finger so cleaning it up as you go is miserable. They're not even cheaper than a felt tipped panel liner.

>>23425768
Nah I've done finished kits before. I panel lined the HG MSF after assembly because I built it in a hotel room and it hasn't cracked.

>>23425713
sybau ts pmo sm rn

Biblically accurate drue

Over time I'm coming to like the Zeta "weird" designs more and more, but I'm also still hesitant because they feel the most like suits that aren't supposed to be altered.

Like I feel no qualms about fucking around with a GM or a Zaku but I feel like a R-Jarja is done, that's the design, at most I might repaint it.

>>23425033
>ask them to ship my stuff
>1 week later
>they still haven't done it and just announced they're giving everyone a discount on shipping
I'm gonna email them and ask if it applies to me too since they're taking their time.

>>23425300
Thank you to those of you who voted for Blackbeard Hugo and congratulations everyone on all the great builds.
Now that voting is mostly done, I can also confess that he was missing one more cannon I scratchbuilt and didn't finish on time. Procrastination's killer.

Why are sisters so expensive

>>23425785
Probably because GMs and Zakus are the basis for tons of other suits in the series, while you'd need to really derivate from the R-Jarja to get a unique suit, like the R-Gyagya.

>>23425835
Because your country elected a retard

>>23425845
But these are Biden-era prices.

I am once asking you, yes (you); why does your kit not have a satisfactory quantity of missile pods?

>>23425858
I actually don't like missile pods and even go as far as to exclude them entirely

hope it's mahou shoujo because i don't want to have to buy anything for it

>>23425853
Look pal, at some point you've gotta realize we've elected a long line of retards going back at least several decades.

>>23425835
Pretty sure Amazon is the last place you want to go looking for Gunpla, outside of Hobby Lobby during full-price weeks.

>>23425879
Yeah, I don't know about generic everyday goods, but for these sort of niche hobby stuff, amazon is shit.

>>23425879
>>23425883
Well what else would you suggest.
Hobby shops dont exist here, and we buy from Amazon because my dad only buys from there and we go retrive our packages together.

>>23425232
So whats the deal with this one in the show? Is it abnormally large in comparison to almost everything else which is why it has that price aside from tariffs?

>>23425879
Amazon isn't bad for gunpla, just bad for supplies. For the actual kits, you can find them pretty well.

this shit said third quarter last month... and it said second quarter when i paid.....
how can i contact the 'ku

>>23425036 (OP)
Are there any industry hobby shows coming up where there may be new announcements, or are things dormant again for a bit?

>>23425921
The next major one I know of is All Japan Model and Hobby Show in October but I might be forgetting one.

>>23425887
>Hobby shops dont exist here
well, you're shit out of luck then, sorry my dude

>>23425680
>>23425685
>>23425687
>>23425690
Samefag

An edgelord groupbuild theme would be really fun and has a ton of different possibilities

>Hobby Lobby never has anything goo-

>>23425943
gonna check mine tomorrow for a michaelis
if they don't have it I'm telling zak where you live

>>23425932
Only thing i remember about mazinsaga is the kouji destroys the earth because he was NTRed

>>23425659
wasnt this model kit line made just for their experiment to test out their newest gunpla material, the plastic clay polymer kit. just like the dinosaur kits they made to experiment their material limestone plastice polymer

>>23425952
The king is too perfect... even the cat can't resist her.

partially snapped gquuuuuux
want to paint it later but this build is so complicated

>>23425319
Not exactly. I slightly altered the shoulders and upper arms and gave it a movable monoeye which didn't really catch on camera

Damn this is some THICC chinesium runners
Does the original kit come with a plated Psychoblade v-fin?

>>23426127
The one on the left is some leftover SEED gundam frame runner for comparison

>>23426127
No, it's not plated on the original, just the swirly ugly gold injection colour.

>>23426001
I giggle every time I see this name. Do they also call them Guuuuuuundams in show?

>>23426127

Which is better G3 color?

>>23425943
>5 minutes of screentime before getting oneshotted
>ultra jobber and cuck pilot
>"good"

>>23426204
All Gyoubu designs are kino.

Is there a Unicorn kit that looks particularly good untransformed? Was thinking of going with the RG.

I just upgraded my nipper!

>>23426221
Personally I think the HGUC Unicorn form looks great

>>23426221
Mgex

>>23426227
This seems like a perfect choice actually, thanks!

>>23426225
should have spent 3 dollars more and got a single bladed one

>>23426243
Updooted

i really hate bandai decals now. koto/gsc moderoid/cheap chinese shit all come off the sheet faster regardless of temp and don't rip the second you adjust them

>>23426227
Too bad they don't reprint HG Unicorn mode often

>>23425943
I got a calibarn at mine yesterday.

>>23425680

Decided to just try rattle canning a top coat since I've just been snapping. Wow it makes such a difference on its own here

>>23426270
All they did was make the legs longer, it's really not that big of a deal. You should've expected it

Why's there no MG Susanowo/Reborns?

>>23426281
Because bandai is regarded

>>23426270
Why did they do what they did?

>>23426281
MG Susanowo

>>23426309
Cute. What kit is this?

>>23426313
Megami Device AUV Susanowo

i (roughly) timed myself on my last project and i think i've vastly underestimated the time i spend on these. this one felt on the longer end (45 hours) but i must have close to a thousand hours put into this hobby if the rest took even at least 35 hours

>>23426139
they called it "g-quacks" more or less

>>23426001
>>23426139
>>23426323
The gundams in that series are named after metasynactic variables. quuuuuux is a pretty common one.

And with that the groupbuild comes to a close. Your winner is Earthshaker Hound!

Congrats to everyone who submitted an entry this time around, and remember to vote on the next theme for the groupbuild here!
https://forms.gle/mVSBnjKk4mGkcHY3A

>>23426281
Some chink did 1/100 Masurao.
maybe you can customise it into Susanowo.

>>23426333
Gbd I think it would be good if you included more pictures in the polls and graphics. I forget which one is which.

Mortar Leg insisted upon itself

>>23426179
Original MSV colours, obvs

>>23426345
Kek

>>23426333
iirc that's your entry isn't it? Congrats it was well deserved

Can you have dish heads like D-3 or EWACZack for the round groupbuild?

>>23426270
If there's one thing the HG Reben wolf convinced me of it's that we need a new Hazanthley II model, preferable one with better leg design

>>23426381
Relax, it's probably not even gonna win

>>23426386
You're gonna eat those words

>>23426333
>>23425038
>>23425041
Alright, now that the group build has officially came to an end, I will be making a reminder that the slot for the participant to request their mascot is still open.
3 slots for sketch remains, with ne more additional slots for sketch and full color reserved for winner of the overall categories.
Accepted request:
>Plan A
>Savage Wolf
>Zaku II Desert Artillery Custom
The request will remain open until all slots are claimed or around after the result of the next theme.

Bought a tamiya kit because the old man died and because you people keep shilling them. I will report back after painting it Char Aznable colors.

Building the Master Grade EX Freedom. Love it so far, but finding difficulty with the gold injection parts. Cutting them free from the runners leaves a nasty looking scar, and sanding it down doesn't work since that just removes the finish.

Does anyone have a good method for nub removal that keeps the finish? I know it doesn't matter because you seal the thing head to toe in armor anyways but I'd like to take some photos with the assembled frame since it looks so nice.

>>23426398
>walker bulldog
>no legs to walk with, only treads
more like walker bullshit

>>23426406
I have been saying this for years. I picked it because for the shitpost, I assumed Char would assume it has legs after having only seen the name.

>>23426398
glue a zaku head on it somewhere

>>23426416
I was thinking of adding a commander fin to it.

>>23426398
>1/35
You could probably get away with sticking a 1/20 Char in the hatch in place of the dude with the binoculars it comes with

>>23426179
darker the better.

>>23426398
>>23426416
Put an entire zaku torso on it.
Gunzaku

>>23426400
Paint

>>23426398
Will it be three times the fast

>>23426384
Surprised I haven’t seen anyone post a hazenthley II with reben wolf legs yet

>>23426460
No. It’s master grade extreme, at that price it should look good out of the box without having to do anything.

What will be the next MGEX? Gramps?

will you be buying a bandai kit when mr bandai passes too

>>23426507
Yes. But I hope it never happens. May John Bandai live for many more years.

>>23426507
I'll finally buy a Zaku kit or whatever that krieger shit is when ZakuAurelius dies, or better yet, order from USAGS.

>>23426517
Don't jinx it.

>>23426492
A paint marker on the spot of a nub that is generally hidden anyway is reasonable.

>>23426504
Zeta

>>23426533
We just got a ver kino

>>23426319
Nothing wrong with that. What was the kit?

>>23426537
And so they just need to rig in LEDs and add some metal accents and swap the waterslides for dry decals in lesser numbers.