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                        Gundam Models

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:56 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Akuma
                        hoaoutlet.com is their site


                        That is a great site! BTW, I never knew those figures came painted!Approve [^] I always thought that one bought the figure AND THEN painted it!! LOL Often wondered how my Japanese friends always managed to turn out such great figures! Tongue [:P]
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 8:24 PM
                        Martacus I am with you on HLJ I love them! I have had good luck with SAL so far the longest wait has be 13 days shortest was 8. Have a order on the way cant wait to get my HGUC Gyan, Zeong and HG 8t Mobile Suit team Gouf!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 6:50 PM
                        Persoanlly, the place I go to to get my Gundam models is hlj.com. They're reliable, and they usually have just about everything in stock as far as Gundam subjects go. Of course, then you also have to deal with the yen-to-dollar excange rates, customs and long shipping times. But then again, as I said they DO have just about everything if you can't find what you're looking for elsewhere.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 6, 2005 10:18 AM
                        Just to let every one know amazon.com/ toysareus.com has the PG Chars Zaku for $30 cant bet that! Well its more like $40 once you add in shiping.

                        edit, they raised the price up to $40 now. Still a good buy.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 5, 2005 4:02 PM
                        It's the older Nu, and there's some flash on the parts, but it's very thin and short (no longer than 1 mm). Like I said, it's not really a problem, as all it requires is a bit of cutting and sanding to fix.

                        The one nasty problem I had with the kit was slightly off parts fit (ie the left piece is about 1/2 mm higher than the right piece it mates with), but again, some sanding (and cursing) fixed it nicely.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 4, 2005 9:01 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by VF-19

                        Might just be my Nu, but there's some flash on some of the parts. Not a problem, as it's a quick slice with a knife and a bit of sanding, and the part's good as new!


                        Which Nu? I figure on the older kits there might be a tiny bit...

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 4, 2005 6:23 PM
                        Might just be my Nu, but there's some flash on some of the parts. Not a problem, as it's a quick slice with a knife and a bit of sanding, and the part's good as new!
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 2, 2005 4:46 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by ryanpm

                        You can get Gundam Models cheap on ebay. I am currently working on the MG 1/100 Zeong. I paid $33 for it and the price sticker on the box says $87. It's a great kit with no flash and very small parting lines. Everything is molded in color and there is no painting or gluing required, of course I'm going to paint everything and glue everything else. I made a bunch of custom paint colors for it using MM enamels.


                        Damn... nice score!

                        That's a $50-90 or so kit...

                        Who was the seller?

                        And Bandai kits I swear have never had flash... I have some ones from the 80s and there's no flash to be found...
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 1, 2005 8:06 AM
                        You can get Gundam Models cheap on ebay. I am currently working on the MG 1/100 Zeong. I paid $33 for it and the price sticker on the box says $87. It's a great kit with no flash and very small parting lines. Everything is molded in color and there is no painting or gluing required, of course I'm going to paint everything and glue everything else. I made a bunch of custom paint colors for it using MM enamels.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:12 PM
                        Working on the old 1:100 Nu Gundam. So far I've made two modifications: One was to add weight to the feet (buckshot works wonders! ), and the other was to modify the assembly of the upper and lower chest so that I can build them seperatly, and then assemble them together later to make painting easy.

                        So far this ought to look good.
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                        archangel571
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                          June 2005
                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Saturday, July 30, 2005 3:50 AM
                        I really like the Mater Grade series of kits over anything else. I built several HGUC ones and the assembly was nice and easy. the HGUC series has a lot of kits that were never realized before as models. Anyway, if you want all hit and go type of mechas, i'd recommend the MG MS-18 Kampfer in 1/100. The older 1/144 one was crap. The design for that actually makes the machine look so aerodynamic and the firepower it packs were just incredible to a rather realistic sense. It has two bazookas lodged on the backpack sticking above its shoulders, two panzer fausts on the knees, and has two close range shotguns. The stance itself overall just look downright MEAN. anyway it took out 5 or 6 GMs before getting its ****** kicked by the Gundam RX78-NT1 Alex. [alrite, i got too much into it. =P]

                        For a clean assembly the newer Master Grade RX79[G] ground type gundam is recommanded as the armors are casted in one piece so you don't have to do any filling at all. Same applies to the GM and RX79[G]-EZ8.
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:10 PM
                        I've got one of the older MG RX-78-2 Gundams sitting around; I still have to strip off the old, uneven handbrushed paint job from some of the parts before doing a proper one.

                        As for ones to get in the future, I've got my eye on the MG GM Sniper. I love the look of it--very basic and military-looking; it's just begging for a camouflage paint scheme. Though I'd also like to get my hands on that behemoth 1/144 Dendrobium.
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                        Chris_in_Japan
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Fukuoka Japan / Brisbane AUS.
                        Posted by Chris_in_Japan on Friday, June 17, 2005 8:00 AM
                        If anyone is looking for some cheap Gundam models, I have a heap to get rid of.. They are built, but as they are Bandai models, can be pulled apart and re-done.. I am happy to let them go at a half the cost I paid+ postage.. I have...

                        1/144...
                        Mobile Suit GuAIZ Model Kit $2
                        Force Impulse Gundam$2
                        Zaku Warrior (Green)$2
                        Zaku Warrior (Red)$2
                        Phantom Zaku (White, Purple)$2

                        1/144 HG
                        HG Aile Strike Gundam..$5
                        HG Freedom Gundam..$7
                        HG Dreadnought Gundam..$5
                        HG GINN Type High Meneuver$7
                        HG Mobile CGue Gundam HG$5
                        HG Miguels Mobile GINN$5

                        1/100 HG
                        Aile Strike Gundam..$12
                        Blitz Gundam..$10

                        You can see some of them here..
                        http://groups.msn.com/ChrisinJapan2004/shoebox.msnw

                        They are all not on that site. But a few...

                        PM me, if interested... I have more, but cant think of them off the top of my head...

                        Chris in japan



                        On the bench:

                                                  1/48 RAAF 3 Sqn F/A-18B

                                                  1/150 /1/160 N Scale Japanese Rail diorama.

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                        jcheung5150
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                          January 2005
                        Posted by jcheung5150 on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:09 PM
                        MartianGundamModeler, can we see some pics of your award winning models? i've been ignoring my unbuilt gundam kits (I build armor for the most part) so I need some inspiration!

                        Jimmy Photobucket

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:59 PM
                        Dude, I need to start saving for next year... I'd love to meet ya ^__^

                        Course, then I'd have some competition.... Ah well :p All part of the fun, right? ^__^
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                        MartianGundamModeler
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Tennessee
                        Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 4:14 PM
                        Sure as heck do! I have entered ther model contest for the past 3-4 years. i didn't get to last year. Year before last I did a Lupin dio with lights and sounds! A freind of mine just shot me an e-mail a few mins ago to ask was I going!LOL
                        My first trophy at AWA was for a 1:44 original gundam Heavy arms with missiles firing. I won "Most Original Concept". In fact at the versame convcention i also won Best Comedy piece becasue i kit bashed a Gundam Ashtron into "Marvin the Martian". A Martian Gundam. That explains why my name is "Martian Gundam Modeler".lol
                        "Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 3:24 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by MartianGundamModeler

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Akuma

                        I can vouch for HOA, they're awesome! (and in person, too... $22 for one of the new Seed D Zakus, tell me that's not great! )

                        hoaoutlet.com is their site


                        Yeah I have bought from them in person as well on seveal occasions at an Anime convention in Atlanta. I buy at least one kit from them every time I go. I will be paying their table a visit again this summer!


                        You don't mean AWA, do you? Damn.... we don't have the money to go -__- (I've got a bunch of people it Atlanta I need to meet, too... )
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                        MartianGundamModeler
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Tennessee
                        Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 1:16 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Akuma

                        I can vouch for HOA, they're awesome! (and in person, too... $22 for one of the new Seed D Zakus, tell me that's not great! )

                        hoaoutlet.com is their site


                        Yeah I have bought from them in person as well on seveal occasions at an Anime convention in Atlanta. I buy at least one kit from them every time I go. I will be paying their table a visit again this summer!
                        "Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 6:55 PM
                        Yup, I know all about those huge kits

                        (Bandai had some huge plastic RX-78-2s and Zakus, probably can still find them if you look hard enough )

                        Though the reason G-Sys is so expensive is because it's resin, there's a huge difference between resin and plastic, although I'm still not sure why it's so expensive (I'm sure someone does )

                        The most I ever spent on a single kit was a resin kit at $70 or so... (which was really about half of what said kit should have cost, and it was an origional also... )

                        I'm sure I'll get atleast one 1/72 resin Gundam to go with my jet kits (I like to have things in scale ) or 1/48....

                        the 1/35 EX-S was around $1000, too... Awesome kit though, but just a bit too big for my tastes... and room
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 6:12 PM
                        If you want large quality kit and I mean big like in 1/35 and 1/48 and also 1/60 scale,but they
                        are in the 300$ to 2500$,you can get these models from G-System Models.Here is there website,WWW.G-SYSTEM-SHOP.COM
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 8:14 AM
                        Well, Amazon.com has MG kits for $10-$20

                        Even had the PG Wing Zero Custom for $20.... needless to say, that didn't last long....

                        Just matters where you buy the kits for how expensive they are...
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 13, 2005 5:13 PM
                        I've built the Master Grade Zaku-II AND Nu Gundam, but there expensive.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 10, 2005 6:07 PM
                        I can vouch for HOA, they're awesome! (and in person, too... $22 for one of the new Seed D Zakus, tell me that's not great! )

                        hoaoutlet.com is their site
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                        MartianGundamModeler
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                          November 2003
                        • From: Tennessee
                        Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Friday, June 10, 2005 4:39 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by kylwell

                        frell, forgot to add one thing.

                        If you're curious as to what the heck a "Kampfer" or "Dendrobium" is head over to http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/index.htm


                        Yeah i build Gundams (obviously Shy [8)] ) and I keep that site saved in my favorites. If your frien likes the Heavy arms he will also love both versions of the Gundam Leoopard from the series Gundam X. Though i have never seen the series (I live in the US) I do have 3 of the Gundam Leopard kits (One of which is the 1:00 HG original Leopard) and one of the 1:44 original Heavy Arms. Big bot with big guns can't be beat! You can often find a lot of the 1:100 scale kits for around $20 at House of Anime...
                        "Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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                        Chris_in_Japan
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Fukuoka Japan / Brisbane AUS.
                        Posted by Chris_in_Japan on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 6:27 AM
                        If someone will know. It will be F91.. Ask him....

                        Chris in Japan

                        On the bench:

                                                  1/48 RAAF 3 Sqn F/A-18B

                                                  1/150 /1/160 N Scale Japanese Rail diorama.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 8:15 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Swanny

                        Master Grade Bandai 1/100 Gundams are nice but the newer the model year the better the kit quality. In resin the FSS series kicks butt. It also takes some serious modeling skill to build and paint along with some serious cash to acquire.


                        FSS and the resin Dunbine kits and you have a winner there :p

                        Some Super Robots look cool, too (Mazinger ect... )
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                        Swanny
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Sandusky Ohio, USA
                        Posted by Swanny on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 5:59 PM
                        Master Grade Bandai 1/100 Gundams are nice but the newer the model year the better the kit quality. In resin the FSS series kicks butt. It also takes some serious modeling skill to build and paint along with some serious cash to acquire.
                        Swanny's Models
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 7:36 AM
                        I took a break from building armour and bought a few Gundam kits to try out. Kept my fingers crossed that there would be some english translation in the instructions but ......

                        Anyway, it would be a great if anyone can explain what those instruction diagrams ( cut, repeat, etc) means.

                        Thanks in advance.
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                        albert_sy2
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                          May 2004
                        • From: Singapore
                        Posted by albert_sy2 on Saturday, June 4, 2005 10:03 PM
                        My brother models Gundams. Myself, I have no interest, preferring the Macross series. Anyway, I think the HG line are the "best" models types for the Gundams.
                        Groovy baby
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