Even after 2 years of building gunpla, I am amazed at the people who can cut every piece off the runners and be able to build the whole kit from that. I don't cut out pieces step by step. I usually cut out maybe a page's worth of parts at a time and follow instructions from there. As for painting, I don't have enough space to hold all the pieces. I prime, paint and coat inner frames first. Then I do the armor plates. I also like to completely build a kit before I do any painting and finishing. I think it just makes me familiar with the kit so I remember where all the pieces go after it's finished. Then I disassemble and paint. It's not efficient at all, but I don't mind being slow with my projects.
I also use toothpicks for pieces that have small holes. Stick the toothpick in the hole so it's tight enough that the piece doesn't move (but not tight enough to damage the part) then clip the other end of the toothpick into an alligator clip.
Love the video, ketchup chips! I separate all my parts by section into plastic divided trays, left arm, right arm, etc.. helps with deciding on what seam lines to work and what can be assembled before painting.
One thing I discovered when clipping parts onto alligator clips is how useful toothpicks can be. If you have a part that doesn't have any place to attack the clip, but does have a small hole then you can stick the toothpick into the hole. Then stick the toothpick to the alligator clip. So like the "mouth" part of the rg 2.0 doesn't have anywhere to clip onto. But it does have little grills that you can fit the top of a toothpick into. Don't push too hard else you can deform the part.
Glad to see another video from you! Have you ever dealt with an older resin kit where the resin joint(round ball joint) did not lock in with the model kit? I'm using tack to temporarily hold the resin leg to the ankle/foot of the model kit. I'm thinking you might incorporate magnets but I'm not sure.
Just a heads up, the booth's base is made in plastic, any paints and solvent will melt it a bit and doesn't look as good. I normally put paper tower on top so I can replace them when they gets dirty.
Extra parts that are not used in the build. Lots of kits share runners and as a result, extra parts will come with your kit sometimes. They will have a big X on them in the manual
Junk parts are pieces that won't be used in the build process. In the beginning of the manual, they are X'ed out where it shows all runners. Some kits have none, and some have lots. Hope this helps.
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Even after 2 years of building gunpla, I am amazed at the people who can cut every piece off the runners and be able to build the whole kit from that.
I don't cut out pieces step by step. I usually cut out maybe a page's worth of parts at a time and follow instructions from there.
As for painting, I don't have enough space to hold all the pieces. I prime, paint and coat inner frames first. Then I do the armor plates.
I also like to completely build a kit before I do any painting and finishing. I think it just makes me familiar with the kit so I remember where all the pieces go after it's finished. Then I disassemble and paint. It's not efficient at all, but I don't mind being slow with my projects.
blue tack can work wonders for parts that are hard to clip or just super small. Made painting RGs much easier for me personally!
It's my go to for parts that wouldnt otherwise stick on a alligator clip.
I also use toothpicks for pieces that have small holes. Stick the toothpick in the hole so it's tight enough that the piece doesn't move (but not tight enough to damage the part) then clip the other end of the toothpick into an alligator clip.
Love the video, ketchup chips! I separate all my parts by section into plastic divided trays, left arm, right arm, etc.. helps with deciding on what seam lines to work and what can be assembled before painting.
One thing I discovered when clipping parts onto alligator clips is how useful toothpicks can be. If you have a part that doesn't have any place to attack the clip, but does have a small hole then you can stick the toothpick into the hole. Then stick the toothpick to the alligator clip.
So like the "mouth" part of the rg 2.0 doesn't have anywhere to clip onto. But it does have little grills that you can fit the top of a toothpick into. Don't push too hard else you can deform the part.
One step @frostedsnow doesn't seem to do is pre-build then disassemble for painting. "Straight to Sticks" is what I call this method.
That's how I do things. I think it gets me more familiar with the model. So it's easier for me to rebuild it after painting + finishing.
Love to see you posting vids!
Glad to see another video from you! Have you ever dealt with an older resin kit where the resin joint(round ball joint) did not lock in with the model kit? I'm using tack to temporarily hold the resin leg to the ankle/foot of the model kit. I'm thinking you might incorporate magnets but I'm not sure.
Just a heads up, the booth's base is made in plastic, any paints and solvent will melt it a bit and doesn't look as good.
I normally put paper tower on top so I can replace them when they gets dirty.
am watching this while building my rg 2.0
iam watching this will airbrushing my astray heresy of fate(yes the daban one) into an blue frame astray.and then iam gonna build it !
0:37 I'm pretty new to gunpla.
What does she mean by "jump" or "junk" parts ?
Are these extra parts?
Or connection parts?
Extra parts that are not used in the build. Lots of kits share runners and as a result, extra parts will come with your kit sometimes. They will have a big X on them in the manual
Junk parts are pieces that won't be used in the build process. In the beginning of the manual, they are X'ed out where it shows all runners. Some kits have none, and some have lots. Hope this helps.
sometimes kits come with more of the same parts or alternative parts