Gundam in all guises

[Cat]

I have the 1/144 HG Age-1 Normal, the colour of the inside shield is your regular Gundam Grey.


That's the only version I own.

[Stompy]

Im looking for an expert in all things Gundam as I have a question about the Age-1 Normal.
I want to paint the model I have of this gundam but I cant seem to figure out the inner shield. Of the pictures Ive seen, there are ones where the inner shield is all black,
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then there are others where the tips are white and the inner part is black.

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So my question is, what is the "official" way? Its very frustraing since there are so many different versions of the same thing.

Thanks.

Well there is an official "Color Guide" in the manual but it's in japanese. It tells you what colour and what mix percentage you need of the paint colour combo:

http://www.dalong.net/review/age/agh...gh01_m0004.JPG

Unfortunately, I don't know what it exactly says as I can't read Japanese.

[Vector Prime]

When boredom strikes on a Public Holiday and you're recovering from all the food/alcohol you had earlier, what do you do?

Take pretty pics of your recently completed Gundam - MG Sword Impulse to be exact.

Enjoy!

[Vector Prime]

Boxing Day Boredom = 1/100 MG MS-06R-2 Zaku II (Johnny Ridden Custom) v2.0













....that is all.

[gamblor916]

Those are dry decals right? They must have been fun to apply

[Vector Prime]

Those are dry decals right? They must have been fun to apply

Yeah they are mate, they're not a lot of fun to apply - decals never really are, I guess.

I didn't follow any of the instructions or box art on where to apply them - just stuck them where I felt like it, looks ok I think?

I did botch up the one on J.Ridden Zaku's shield though

Btw, you might want to check out Hobbyco - they've got a post-Xmas sale on at the moment.

Received a gift voucher for Xmas, so dropped in there this morning and bought one item at full price and got the second for 50% off - these were Gundams, so not sure if it applies to other stuff too.

[Stompy]

I'm glad you are putting on decals. They spruce up the look to make it look less solid and a little more mechanical with busier details.

The dry decals are easy to put on after practice. May I suggest that for bigger dry decals, you cut out the decal and then sticky tape it over the part it is to go on, then once secure, rub away!

Just watch out for all the decals and dry decals on ver.Ka kits. MG Unicorns decals took about 6 hours due to the decals not being cut right, while Sinanju's dry decals were tricky due to the rounded armor peices they are to be put on. Check out the shoulder pad's white stripes. Yikes:





My backlog for Gunpla is ridiculous. I ought to take a week off and make about ten of them.

[Vector Prime]

I'm glad you are putting on decals. They spruce up the look to make it look less solid and a little more mechanical with busier details.

The dry decals are easy to put on after practice. May I suggest that for bigger dry decals, you cut out the decal and then sticky tape it over the part it is to go on, then once secure, rub away!

Just watch out for all the decals and dry decals on ver.Ka kits. MG Unicorns decals took about 6 hours due to the decals not being cut right, while Sinanju's dry decals were tricky due to the rounded armor peices they are to be put on. Check out the shoulder pad's white stripes. Yikes:

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My backlog for Gunpla is ridiculous. I ought to take a week off and make about ten of them.

Yeah, I've avoided applying all of Sinanju's marking decals - way too fiddly for me.

I think the decals look fine on some of them whereas I prefer the clean look on some others - Zaku's definitely need markings (due to the 'militaristic' nature of the 'grunts') whereas pretty show ponies like OO Raiser look fine without them IMO.

Yeah I have a massive backlog at the moment too:

19 x MG's
8 x HG's
1 x PG
1 x Mega Size

I'm sure you have more though

[Fungal Infection]

Thanks to HLJ's recent sale, I too have a backlog:

HGUC Psyco Gundam
MG Crossbone Gundam
HGUC Sazabi
HGUC Nu Gundam
HGUC Hi Nu Gundam
HGUC ZZ Gundam
HGUC Unicorn Gundam
HGFC G Gundam
HGFC Master Gundam & Fuunsaki
HG 1/100 OO Gundam
HG 1/100 OO Raiser

And with Hobbyco's sale, I'm going to pay them a visit tomorrow as well.....

[Vector Prime]

Completed this guy in a couple of hours whilst watching tv this evening - a very simplistic build, but man is he massive!

Mega Size 1/48 AGE-1 Normal