Gundam GB 2005 - To March 1, 2006

Looks great frosty! The panels look just right on it, really great color to the GuAIZ

FrogFoot wrote:

frosty yes block them out.

here's the GuAIZ w/ scratchbuilt blanking panels & exhaust nozzles added:

still needs some paint touchup, & i apologize if the shape of the parts isn't

accurate, but i think it looks better than having the undersides open !

 

frosty  

hi all,
here are some progress pics of my Gouf Flight Type.  not doing a very good job with the seams but oh well.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/jcheung5150/DSC01887.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/jcheung5150/DSC01891.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/jcheung5150/DSC01893.jpg

Welcome frosty!

I got the Buster done very mild weathering to it.

Front http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/ac31f947.jpg

Side http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/0cb5b4a8.jpg

Back http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/5b538421.jpg

Other Side http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/IMG_0799.jpg

Pretty easy kit, alot easier to paint the the Sword Strike.

mustangs102 wrote:

hey mindless are you going to paint the entire suit or just let it be with minimum paints.

I'm painting (well, have painted) the whole model now. The pictures above I had posted was just to give you an idea of what it's going to look like.

Here's how the painting turned out. I changed the colors a bit in the waist area because I felt it was too plain with just white there. I think it turned out pretty good.

Bad pictures because I can't figure out how to turn off the flash.

Supposed coloring. (no paint on the waist here, just put together to get an idea of how it would look)

My coloring.

Thoughts?

ah man, wish you had posted about those multi liners earlier.  my order with dixieart is gonna be at my door tomorrow morning...  = (   oh well at least it comes with a badger 100LG with a bigger paint cup that I desparately need owning a badger 100SG and Tamiya SuperFine, and some spare needle and head assembly so i can get the 100SG back to work and preshade the RX79[G]. 

Any of you used that Max method and paint the whole model black and gradually bring out the highlighted white panels while leaving the edge shaded?  Got any tips? cuz I don't think I am good enough to do that.

 

I strongly recommend the Paasche H Set. It's a workhorse and cleans easily. With a little practice you can get fine lines and smooth coats. I know several great artists that use the H. I bought mine at DixieArt.com. The have great prices and good selection of other supplies. I like the Copic: Multi Liners markers for doing panel lines. The gray ones are great!

Paasche H Set
http://www.dixieart.com/HSet.html

Copic: Multi Liners
http://www.dixieart.com/FineArts/Copic_Multi_Liners.html

mustangs102 wrote:

hey mindless are you going to paint the entire suit or just let it be with minimum paints. moonwoka: i would just paint it the way you feel, that is what i do. i don't really care to much about the actual stuff. kits are coming along nicley. i picked up a second job so i hopefully will be able to afford the final two kits i need for the ZZZ. the zeta is almost done i just need to finish the gun and the other parts of the torso for the transformation. just picked up an airbrush so i am going to have fun figuring that thing out. well gortta getto a job so i will paost pics of anything finished as i get them done. if anyone has any suggetions for the airbrush please let me know.

hey mindless are you going to paint the entire suit or just let it be with minimum paints.

moonwoka: i would just paint it the way you feel, that is what i do. i don't really care to much about the actual stuff.

kits are coming along nicley.

i picked up a second job so i hopefully will be able to afford the final two kits i need for the ZZZ. the zeta is almost done i just need to finish the gun and the other parts of the torso for the transformation. just picked up an airbrush so i am going to have fun figuring that thing out. well gortta getto a job so i will paost pics of anything finished as i get them done. if anyone has any suggetions for the airbrush please let me know.

Here is another pic of Buster with its 3rd coat of red http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/IMG_0763.jpg might have it down today if I can force myself to do it.

Looks great. The only complaint I have thought is the lack of detail on most non-MG models.

I've been wondering where he has gone too. I wanted to get a hold of him to make me an official builder in the GB, but I haven't seen him post so I went ahead and used the Gundam GB badge anyway. Hope you don't mind.

Anyway.

Going out to the garage in a while to paint the black stuff on the legs and some white on the upper body. I'll return with some pictures later today.

UPDATE: I posted up some pictures in my thread on the Sci-Fi boards.

Here's a link to the thread.

1/60 Strike Freedom 'Lightning Edition'

Do post some comments.

Looks good Mindless big model!

Here is a pic of some painting done on the Buster http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/IMG_0756.jpg should be done next week.

Say any one know what happend to nathaniel? Should we list him as MIA?

Here's some more pictures.

I'll make another update tomorrow. Should have put together the legs and attached them to the upper body by then.

Upper body (without the wings)

Just a quick assembly. I have yet to paint the vents gray and the body black.

Front view of upper body (with wings attached)

With the wings on it. I'll post some pictures tomorrow on it when I have put together the legs.

Back view of the upper body (with wings attached)

I'm trying to hold back on the building because I don't want to finish the model too fast. Anyway. I should have it done by next weekend.

NICE work guys! I'll have to check out the other threads you set up.

My GB Progress:
I’ve been really busy with family visits for the holidays. I've replaced most of the lights in the basement work area with daylight corrected tubes. These help when mixing paints. That blew most of my budget. I still have to clear more space for a permanent work area. The kitchen table is now clear! I hope to go to Ikea this week and buy some glass display cabinets for some of the kits I’ve already built.

frosty yes block them out.

Looks good.

Did you paint it? I can tell on some pieces but not all.

Anyway. A slight update on my 1/60 Strike Freedom 'Lightning Edition'.

After some major trouble with the wings, where some pins broke off when I  put together the wings and tried to position them, I have finally fixed it. I drowned (more or less) the piece in glue and put it where it was supposed to, I grinded up the inside of the polycap a bit to make the 'turn resistance' of the wings smaller, and finally today, I put it all together again (after taking it all apart).

The end result is very good I think, eventhough there are some scratches and stuff at the wings after all the handling, but overall, it looks very nice I think. Tomorrow I'll paint the parts for the legs and some remaining parts of an arm (after running out of paint, which I now have restocked on).

I should have some pictures up on what I have done so far.

And just as a sidenote. Since I've painted the white colors with a matt white color, I won't be making any panel lines since it tends to get smudged out on matt paints.

UPDATE: OK, got some pictures now.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2264/dscn23432km.jpg

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6215/dscn23446os.jpg

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/194/dscn23458py.jpg

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3717/dscn23464xa.jpg

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1944/dscn23479ky.jpg

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/4232/dscn23490qq.jpg

Hope you like it. I updated the thread I have in the Sci-Fi section with some more detailed comments on what really went on when I put these together. Trust me. It wasn't easy.

The Freedom Gundam is done...

Rest of the pics are here

Also made a thread in the Sci-Fi section

moonwoka wrote:

FrogFoot wrote: <...> GINN colors hm, can you get Tamiya paints? I can, if I drive 100km for them  Anyway, if You could provide me with Tamiya paint codes, I'm sure I can find matching color from conversion tables. The problem is, that I can't even put any information from instruction buklet, because I don't have scanner. So, I just hope that You also have/had one of those kits. On the other hand, mixing colors by eye might not be very bad idea. This is fiction object anyway, so there can't be any historical innacuracies, unless I paint my Ginn PRU blue and call it "high altitude reconaissance model"... Thanks for Your support and advices.

Lets see I used on my AWACS DINN has the same base color as the GINN XF-66 Light Grey and XF-23 Light blue for the lighter parts. I also have the GINN btw. If you want I can post a pic of how the Light Grey looks on my DINN

You could also mix colors by eye easy enough I have to do that on lots of Gundam kits. Hope this helps!

moonwoka wrote:

On the other hand, mixing colors by eye might not be very bad idea. This is fiction object anyway, so there can't be any historical innacuracies, unless I paint my Ginn PRU blue and call it "high altitude reconaissance model"... Thanks for Your support and advices.

Exactly. Even if the colors are a bit different, it's not like it will kill you.

A mobile suit is used in space after all, there are different kinds of elements that wear down the armor plating, giving them different looks, so not all should be the same.

FrogFoot wrote:

<...> GINN colors hm, can you get Tamiya paints?

I can, if I drive 100km for them  Anyway, if You could provide me with Tamiya paint codes, I'm sure I can find matching color from conversion tables. The problem is, that I can't even put any information from instruction buklet, because I don't have scanner. So, I just hope that You also have/had one of those kits.

On the other hand, mixing colors by eye might not be very bad idea. This is fiction object anyway, so there can't be any historical innacuracies, unless I paint my Ginn PRU blue and call it "high altitude reconaissance model"...

Thanks for Your support and advices.

Sorry about the double post, but the thread needs a bit of a bump on the list.

Besides, I got some good news.

Yesterday I thoroughly checked all the parts included in the kit, and all I can say is that I'm stunned. I have never seen such mold quality on a model. Anyway. Then I went through the manual a bit and it's really easy to follow with a very good layout.

I started working on it today a bit. I cut away all the parts for the head and both arms from the runners and cleaned them from all flash and stuff. Then I put together the head just to get an idea of how it's going to look, and I'll tell you, it looks absolutely stunning.

Also, the fit on all the pieces is just perfect. Really nice.

Anyway. Going to paint the stuff tomorrow, then put it together on monday. Hopefully I'll have some pictures of the kit and my progress up by then.

And as a sidenote: Eventhough the kit was really expensive, I think it may well be worth it. Awsome kit. It will look so mean once I've put it together.

OK. Got some updates on my upcoming Strike Freedom 'Lightning Edition'.

I got a letter in the mail saying that the customs (in Sweden, where I live, duh...) had finished processing my package and that it's currently beeing shipped out to my local post office. Now, if I'm really lucky I will have the kit infront of me tomorrow. What a great christmas present for myself.

But of course... the model needs to be thoroughly inspected by me before getting wrapped into some nice paper, only to be opened once again on christmas. Double fun.

Oh, and if you are curious about the size of it, check out this link. It really is huge.

http://bandai-hobby.net/gunpla/tv/60sf.html

EDIT: Ok, the model has arrived at the post office and I'm going to pick it up in a few minutes. I'll update the post with some comments on the molds and stuff as I've checked it out a bit.

moonwoka wrote:

Ok, today when I told one of my friends that I ordered this kit from Japan, and another one is being shipped from USA, and a bunch of magazines from UK, she said something like "you are really sick", or "you need help"... O whell, at least she cares about my health. Anyway. I picked-up my Ginn from post office and assembled torso, hips and right arm. Although the whole kit can be assembled without glue and is molded in appropriate colors, I decided to glue, fill and sand it. And at this point I really need help. As far as I understand, Bandai assumes everybody on earth can read japanese, but I'm not one of this lucky crowd. I would appreciate if someone could help me identify colors - I'm not really good at mixturing paint by eye.

Your not sick, I have had two Gundam kits come this week, I have two HLJ shipments coming, and other Gundam kit coming from ebay, Evangelion a anime CD coming. It gets really bad when you buy books in Japanese and you dont even know it like me.

GINN colors hm, can you get Tamiya paints?

I'll bet she thinks nothing of buying shoes from Italy, dresses from France and underwear from Fredrick’s of Hollywood. Or spending all day running from store to store at three different malls to find that "perfect blouse" to match her outfit, only to find it's already "gone out of style." It's all relative man.

moonwoka wrote:

Ok, today when I told one of my friends that I ordered this kit from Japan, and another one is being shipped from USA, and a bunch of magazines from UK, she said something like "you are really sick", or "you need help"... O whell, at least she cares about my health. Anyway. I picked-up my Ginn from post office and assembled torso, hips and right arm. Although the whole kit can be assembled without glue and is molded in appropriate colors, I decided to glue, fill and sand it. And at this point I really need help. As far as I understand, Bandai assumes everybody on earth can read japanese, but I'm not one of this lucky crowd. I would appreciate if someone could help me identify colors - I'm not really good at mixturing paint by eye.

The Bandai kits are made in Japan after all. There is no real reason for them to make a manual in english since maybe 95% of their Gundam models are sold to people in Japan.

Anyway.

I wouldn't let the japanese bother me. I'm not good at it, but it dosen't stop me from building the model. I just take the color that looks most like the one in the manual/on the box and paint it that color (if I want to keep it the original color).

But I suppose I could help out with some translating. Or you could do it yourself, just search for 'japanese for beginners' or something on Google, I'm sure something would pop up. They usually have small dictionarys of the alphabet that they use to tell you what paints you need. Don't worry, it's not like it's 20 000 different letters to choose from to try and decipher what the paints are called..

Ok, today when I told one of my friends that I ordered this kit from Japan, and another one is being shipped from USA, and a bunch of magazines from UK, she said something like "you are really sick", or "you need help"... O whell, at least she cares about my health. Anyway. I picked-up my Ginn from post office and assembled torso, hips and right arm. Although the whole kit can be assembled without glue and is molded in appropriate colors, I decided to glue, fill and sand it. And at this point I really need help. As far as I understand, Bandai assumes everybody on earth can read japanese, but I'm not one of this lucky crowd. I would appreciate if someone could help me identify colors - I'm not really good at mixturing paint by eye.

Looks good mustang! Tallgeese is lookin good, how does the kit build up? Since I am thinking about getting the 1/100 soon.

welcome to the build Mindless and moonwoka. hey were did you get that avatar mindless i wouldn't mind haveing a copy of the original pic to that. and is it just me or is that the symbol used on the dreamcast gundam game 0079 side storyor at least it looks similar?

well been a while since i posted lost my internet connection so i have to find time to get to the library. kida hard to do when you work graveyards isn't it. well i have finished the hips and the legs of the Tallgeese III i have already updated my photobucket with pics. let me know what you think. and i figured something out about the style of the assembly that i have been using............it's bad really a bad idea to do from now on i am going to assemble them paint not the other way around. oh well live and learn so about all that i reallly can assemble that way now it the torso and the head. but that i can deal with no that i know how to do it properly. well gotta get to bed so i hope to see some pics of the strike when you get some progress done on it.

New participants are allowed thats what it says on the first post. I got in late so I dont think you should have any trouble.

Also here is a pic of my Buster, http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Char-88/IMG_0612.jpg next up is to clear coat it today then brush paint parts of it tomorrow. Much easier then the Sword Strike. By the way the pic is kinda bad because I had the setting on focused and was not all the way awake when I took it.