Hello everyone! Just done with the snap-fit build. Next thing to do would be panel lining, water slide decals and hand painting some extra details. Still got a lot of work to do for this kit. So far he really looks great and you can put an LED unit for his head to light up. Enjoy the preview photos!
Hello everyone! Got the chance to gas up yesterday and I barely reached the needed amount to avail another Lego Shell V-Power collectible. I only have one more to collect! Hope I make it before the promotion ends. 🙂 Enjoy the photos!
Hello everyone! This is my current project, I’m actually liking the default color scheme and might just do a straight build. The details in this kit are amazing so far.
Hello everyone! Tis the Christmas season and this is one of my received presents this holiday seasons from my partner 彼女. Thanks so much!
Hello everyone! Who doesn’t love Lego? I’ve always loved building blocks! This is the second time the Shell sold Lego vehicle models as the V-Power promotion. You can buy one model for Php150.00 when you gas up Shell V-Power Nitro+ Racing worth Php1500.00. I hope I can complete every model since I did not get to collect them all on the last promotion. If I remember correctly, the promotion will only last until January 31, 2014. Enjoy the models!
Models left to collect:
– Red F1 Ferrari
– Shell Station
– Racing Station
And since gas prices are going down, it’s harder to collect them! Is it a good or a bad thing? I barely reached Php1500.00 to gas up full tank from empty tank in today’s gas prices.
Hello everyone! I’ve always wanted to collect Takara Tomy miniature model vehicles but I never gotten around to it since my priority is Gunpla. Anyway, this would be my first Tomica miniature vehicle and the details are quite nice. Enjoy the photos!
Panel lining is an easy way to make your Gunpla kit more detailed and awesome! Don’t be afraid that you’ll ruin your kit because it is easy to do and I will show you two easy methods that I personally use:
1st thing to do is of-course find a part that we need to panel line:
Materials that will be used are the marker of your choice and a rubber eraser, my personal favorite is the COPIC Multiliner. For the rubber eraser, I like the red rough ones being sold in National Bookstore.
This method is pretty easy, just ink on the panel lines like shown in the photos below, don’t worry about excess ink or lines that go out of the panel lines. The rubber eraser will fix that.
As you can notice, the panel lining is a bit thick and there’s a little smudge at the bottom of this part. Rubbing the lines using the rubber eraser can quickly clean your panel lining neatly.
Extra tip: Rub the panel line using your rubber eraser perpendicular to the line being cleaned. COPIC Multiliners are not quick to dry, so it’s easy to clean mistakes.
And viola! A nice thin panel line! =3 Easy right?
This method is also known as enamel wash as it involves thinned out enamel paint as the panel lining tool. Before Tamiya produced these Panel Line Accent Color bottles(which are enamel based), hobbyists resort to the original Tamiya enamel paints and thin it with lighter fluid or enamel thinner. Anyway, good thing they made these Panel Line Accent Color so that you don’t need to thin your own enamel paint and these bottles come with a handy applicator.
Materials that will be used are the following: Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color, Tamiya X-20 Enamel Paint Thinner, cotton swabs.
Extra info: Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color comes in different colors like grey and brown. I still like black.
This method is also easy! You just have to use the applicator that is attached to the bottle cap and dab it to the panel lining. The concept is that the enamel paint is thinned enough that it will run itself through the lines, all you have to do is dab a small amount of Panel Line Accent Color on any part of the panel line.
WARNING: Do not overdo and put too much enamel paint on the piece! Before dabbing it on the piece, you can remove excess ink from the applicator by just skidding it by the bottle’s opening. If there’s too much ink on the piece, you can quickly clean it using some swabs, don’t worry about smudges as we can clean it later. The reason behind this is because too much enamel paint on the Gunpla’s plastic material can make it brittle and crack. So be careful okay?
The piece will look something like this after Panel Line Accent Color application:
Now we can clean the smudges and ink blots using a small amount of enamel paint thinner on a cotton swab.
Just dab the cotton swab with the enamel paint thinner lightly on the excess ink, don’t press too hard as you can remove the underlying panel lining.
And viola! Beautiful clean panel lining!
That’s it for this tutorial! I hope fellow hobbyists and Gunpla beginners will find it useful. You can ask questions in the comment section below and I’ll glady answer it. 🙂
Gunbies 