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/gpg/ - Gunpla/Plamo General Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 05:27:17 No. 36
-=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! >Why won't anyone answer my question? Be more specific, and try to provide clear images if you can. -=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/1jkfd9u Prior thread (archive): https://desuarchive.org/m/thread/23201832/
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 08:04:11 No. 740
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>>735 You will never escape me anon. . .
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 08:11:46 No. 743
>>740 GOD FUCKING DAMMIT
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 10:33:30 No. 768
Man, I couldn't find a mg vidar during my stay in japan. Gundam base fucking sucks. I even managed to get in the gundam base pop up in osaka but it was full of gundam expo and ecopla shit
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 12:44:54 No. 795
>>483 I am the pastanon of a few threads back. AFAIK FSS got a real translation in Italian a few years ago by the biggeest comic publisher, so it's jut a matter to find the scans >>604 I can try later to write something, let's hope he finds us... that said I see that some regulars have returned, so this warms my heart. Maybe we are not going to die
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 12:52:50 No. 797
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I'm glad I found this place. Last time I checked here this board was ded. With nowhere to lurk all day I decided to paint instead >>37 this here gold came out pretty nicely (camera doesn't do it justice)
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 16:32:22 No. 905
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chinky cthulhu
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 18:31:18 No. 974
I want to try my hand at painting an RG kit, cheap Char Zaku II from Hobby Lobby so no total loss if I fuck it up, and I'm staring at the inner frame. Do I just treat it like I would an HG kit or is it better to just prime/paint the parts that will be visible? Does painting the inner frame make it less poseable?
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 18:48:17 No. 982
>>974 I didn't have issues with painting the inner frame. The MS frames are made out of polypropolene and need metal/multi primer if you want your paint to stick.
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:02:36 No. 993
>>982 >The MS frames are made out of polypropolene and need metal/multi primer if you want your paint to stick. Now that I didn't know. I was just going to spray some Mr. Hobby Gray primer and call it a day. Going to have to put that kit on the back burner till I can get my hands on some metal primer, appreciate it anon.
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:07:44 No. 995
Debating if I should get a MG 1.5 Rick Dom since I’ll probably stick with things already in stock thus I won’t have to worry about tariffs. I’m worried about something about the joints being too tight and I’ll have to sand them I read.
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:10:41 No. 996
>>982 Wouldn't the primers that stick to resin also work on PP ? Like tamiya primer
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:14:11 No. 997
Another question. Whats a good God Gundam? I’m not a fan of RG line (too many little pieces that are finicky), so it either the MG which is 25 years old at this point or the HG which is nice if simple and I’ll have to paint the black lines because goddamn I’m not using those stickers.
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:23:05 No. 1000
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about halfway done on this bailu chink kit. also first time using lacquer paint
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:26:11 No. 1001
Powered GM got here from suruga-ya and the box is in perfect condition. Why mark anything used, it's all pristine.
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:43:33 No. 1005
>>1001 Japs are autistic with the second-hand market.
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:44:52 No. 1006
Are there any model kits that apply the principles of tsugite?
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 19:58:29 No. 1014
>>996 Maybe. I've found Tamiya Primer to be kind of thick, but you should be fine. It's Mr. Hobby Surfacer which didn't stick at all for me.
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 20:05:06 No. 1018
>>1014 I'm not the anon who asked. Mr surfacer 1500 generally has bad adhesion to anything that isn't PS and ABS. Mr primer works on metal, I used the 1000 recently, works well enough. I was wondering if the same would work on PP since RG god is on my to do list this year and it has a couple PP parts. Otherwise I'll just use metal primer, I have both mr hobby and tamiya ones. The latter is really handy with its little brush for polycaps
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 21:44:25 No. 1045
>Went to local hobby store to se what they had >Picked up RGM 79FC Striker >Orbiter-2000 from AC6 too >Asked if they had Jegan models >They put in an order for me and will let me know when it's available >Realize I should have asked them to order me a Heavygun model too because it's my favorite GM model and really hard to find Guys I fucked up
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 21:51:35 No. 1049
>>1045 Why don't you call them? Tell them you're the guy who was there earlier and that you forgot about the Heavygun.
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 22:00:25 No. 1054
>>1049 They've already closed.
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 22:10:11 No. 1058
>>659 lol at "gunpla threads will wane after GBF ends".
Anonymous 04/19/2025 (Sat) 22:17:42 No. 1066
>>1000 How is it? I keep flipflopping between thinking it looks badass and thinking it's just another Chink slop.
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 02:55:04 No. 1291
>be new to gunpla and accidentally clip off the ball joints in Zaku's front skirt flaps >after finishing it and an RG RX-78, try fixing them but only one works >in the end, nipped off the back half of the soft skirt to have a mixed material set up so I'll have the hard flaps that can hold the axe holster and the second rifle magazine on the back Also, is it normal for models to be sold out everywhere for a while before more get put back out or is something more serious going on with the Mk. II RG kits
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 02:59:15 No. 1292
>>1291 >clip off the ball joints in Zaku's front skirt flaps this is actually encouraged.
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 03:00:39 No. 1294
>>1292 is it, because when i say that, i mean the bit that actually attaches the hard flap to the waist
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 03:04:32 No. 1297
>>1294 Oh, I thought you meant you split the skirt in two pieces. No, no that's no good actually.
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 03:14:47 No. 1302
>>1297 well, both are actually true. It started with me fucking up the bit that connects the flap to the waist but in the end, I snipped the back half of the soft skirt and just layered that underneath the hard skirt option which, once I got everything reassembled and connected to the torso, actually seems to work out fine
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 04:00:09 No. 1323
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>>37 >>201 Still working on my Artillery Arbalest custom. I'm redoing the knees. No solid idea on the shapes but for those kneeling poses I need larger and angular armor parts with some armor plates or studs to dig into the ground and give traction For the feet I need to make the from bigger and redesign the side and rear foot part. The ankle need to be modified to move sideways, the ball joints sucks.
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 04:50:54 No. 1340
Started a real grade Epyon and found out the wire for the beam sword wasn't there. Not accidentally lost it or threw it away, it actually was not packaged in the box. Ideas for substitutes?
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 04:56:17 No. 1343
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>>483 It's a product of its time.
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 05:38:36 No. 1358
Is it still worth it to buy a Megalomaria Principal still for like 40 bucks plus shipping? Seems like the other kits are kinda just that one with added stuff.
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 06:43:53 No. 1386
>>1066 it's impressive for the price. >metal skeleton, so far no issues with anything fitting >tasteful clear parts with some selection for straight clear or orange clear >some nice gold enamel detail parts >plastic quality seems fine >many hand options for posing the only shitty part of the kit so far is that there are a handful of real headass gate locations for the gold enamel pieces. the instruction book is actually the worst part of the whole thing for me. maybe I'm retarded but I feel that the angles they choose for some of the diagrams are really bad, and there have definitely been a couple instances where they use the wrong part image in the diagram. the part number was correct though so not too bad. I respect the bandai premium a bit more now, their QC is on another level
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 06:48:52 No. 1387
>>1386 oh also it comes with a stand with extra posts for mounting the UAV drones. really an insane value for $65
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 07:15:06 No. 1395
>>1358 I dont think all the other kits are like that. Penetrator is, but others not really
Anonymous 04/20/2025 (Sun) 07:23:29 No. 1398
>>1395 So if I have Penetrator, skip out on Principal?
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