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1/100 Hi Nu Conversion Progress

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1/100 Hi Nu Conversion Progress
Posted by gamerabaenre on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:47 PM
Ok, now that I have my figure builds out of my system, time to return to building gunpla.  This is a conversion kit made by Vicious Project for enhancing the Master Grade Hi Nu Gundam kit from Bandai.  Below is the snapped test fit phase, from here I'll glue some parts and start taking it apart for the sanding phase.

Progress page: http://www.gamerabaenre.com/hi_nu_conv_prog.htm



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Posted by gamerabaenre on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:17 PM
Ok, a little update after a week.  The problem with showing progress on prep work is that it is very boring.  Not much is seen in the ways of changes.  The sanding process is fairly arduous, and the cleaning sessions are just boring, but these steps are the most important ones in the build as they are the foundations upon which you build your kit.

So after the test fit, the parts were taken apart and some of smaller sections were glued  together:


Then it was on the ever fun sanding session.  Once the initial sanding was done (I say initial because this isn't the end all to the sanding sessions...)  The parts are then thrown into the purple soup that is industrial strength cleaning solution to remove any residue that may affect paint adhesion.  The day after, the parts are removed and scrubbed, then allowed to dry complete:



A couple of days later, after all the parts are completely dry, they are mounted on various holding implements such as bamboo skewers, bamboo skewers with metal clips appatched, and bamboo skeweres with tape wound around with the sticky side up.


With the parts mounted, on to the initial priming session.  Again, the key word here is initial, since this will bring out all the little sanding mistakes that I have made, and all the surface defects such as pinholes or marred details will be crystal clear with a nice gray primer:


And tonight, I hope to get the second stange of surface prep done...
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Posted by Puma_Adder on Sunday, May 11, 2008 11:00 AM

Looks great so far! BTW, quick question. where do you get that purple cleaning solution stuff u got?

 Also, i did a quick build of this MG kit. It was fun, exept for those darn apogee thrusters on the back pylons. Major pain in the you know where. They kept falling of till i glued em in place.

Some people spend their whole lives wondering if they made a difference. Gundams don't have that problem.
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Posted by gamerabaenre on Monday, May 12, 2008 3:47 PM
 Puma_Adder wrote:

Looks great so far! BTW, quick question. where do you get that purple cleaning solution stuff u got?

The stuff I use goes by various names: purple power, purple cleaner, etc.  They're all very genaric and I picked it up from the local hardware store.  It is industrial strength concentrated cleaning flulid.  Wear gloves when handling.  I've seen similar stuff at the automotive sections of walmarts and targets.

Also, i did a quick build of this MG kit. It was fun, exept for those darn apogee thrusters on the back pylons. Major pain in the you know where. They kept falling of till i glued em in place.

Most of the kit is going to have to be glued together for mine.  I just need to get done with my current projects so I can return to this kit...  

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Posted by Puma_Adder on Monday, May 12, 2008 4:37 PM

well I guess all that glueing goes with your convertion being made of resin and the such.

as for other projects, i feel ya on that. I have about 10-15, (or is it 20?), projects concerning gundam kits, most of them MG. I just need a camera that aint broken now..........

Some people spend their whole lives wondering if they made a difference. Gundams don't have that problem.
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