Not HG, MG nor the new RG
I personally love SD (super-deformed) very much
their head is comparatively bigger and more detailed than any other grade
and they are just so cute man
Once finish building a gundam model kit
have you ever felt that there is something not right with your model
Like lacking of something
It doesn't come out quite alike what I expected from the image in the packaging
And felt like being cheated or buying a defective product
I am still a rookie in Gunpla
And soon I realized that building a nice looking Gundam model kit is not simply joining and assembling all the plastic parts in the runners
There are more, like painting, panel lining and coating
This time I wanna share a most effective way to make the model much alike the image in the packaging
Just do panel lining
I first show some picture of before and after panel lining of my Zero Gundam
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| It is nice but it is so plain before panel lining |
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| After some panel lining, the whole model looks more detailed and lively now |
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| A closer look at the difference before and after panel lining |
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| May be my skill is not too good, but it looks shockingly good to me since it was the first time to do panel lining |
If you google panel lining Gundam model kits, you will find that there are many ways to do it
But I think for a beginner like me
It is advisable to use the Gundam Marker
It is just as easy as drawing line on a plastic surface
And remember to get yourself a piece of fine rubber eraser
to rub off the ink in case if you made some mistake
I bet you will make lots of mistakes
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| This is the Gundam maker that I use |
Lastly I wanna say that panel lining is not an easy job too
To make a perfect job it needs lots of patience too
but the result really pays off
I can't wait to panel line all my model kits
But after the Zero Gundam, I have an unbearable sore neck now
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| Astray Red |
