Happy New Year! 2017 to many people wasn’t the best, and here to hoping 2018 is going to be better! I spent the last couple of weeks of 2017 in Hong Kong and went model shopping for more a bit. Only this time I spent a lot more time finding armor models and tools. The… Continue reading Tool review: U-star sprue holder
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Buying kits from Japan: reviews of Tenso, From Japan and ZenMarket
I was checking up on my ancient FAQ which is mostly out of date, and thought I might say something about buying models from Japan. As mentioned in my previous post, a lot of the regular kits can be gotten from HLJ or BanziHobby. There are also 1999 which painstakingly scanned all the manual pictures… Continue reading Buying kits from Japan: reviews of Tenso, From Japan and ZenMarket
Banzai Hobby
I came across this japanese retailer Banzai Hobby in the Macross forum, where I took note of a special deal with a SV-262+VF-31 bundle. From there on I started to take note of this retailer and compared it with my go-to site HLJ. It appears that while HLJ is always at 20% discount for Gunpla,… Continue reading Banzai Hobby
Tools review: Paint bottle stand (paint rack) from Wave
I was browsing Be-J (the Wave online shop) and found that they have a new (?) product. Wait, isn’t that just like the paint racks you have at the hobby shops? Yes it is! I always have all sorts of paint bottles around my paint area and I was always out of space, so I… Continue reading Tools review: Paint bottle stand (paint rack) from Wave
Using tattoo decals for models
Temporary tattoo makes for great tattoos and prints on figures and models. They have beautiful graphics and subject matters (e.g. dragons) that are hard to find. Last time I used the tattoo decal on a kit was 8 years ago with Mizuki. At that time I didn’t think of the critical step in making the… Continue reading Using tattoo decals for models
Proxxon pen sander PS13
I know I don’t do enough tools and techniques on my site, but I cannot say enough good things about this guy. I have used it for a few months now and I regretted not investing in something like this for the past 15 years that I’ve been building!! What a mistake! This guy is… Continue reading Proxxon pen sander PS13
Liquid masking
Felt too lazy to take progress pics lately, but I’ve been working on a few kits – a Najica, TB ninja girl, and an MG Wing 0 and Destiny. with a Gainax Asuka and Reflect Cammy in the background, mixed in with a couple of H kits 🙂 This must be obvious to some of… Continue reading Liquid masking
Plaques
It’s that time of the year again, when I have to find wooden plaques to use as bases. When I started out, I used the simplest form of wooden base from trophy shops, which are nicely finished and cheap. You have to find a shop that will sell the plaques without engraving service or any… Continue reading Plaques
Random tips
It seems I never write anything about modeling ever since I was done with the how-to’s Here are some random bits (warning: very random) I thought that were worth mentioning… perhaps you can enlighten me on some stuff also Turpentine is a pretty useful chemical! It dissolves gum, which includes gum-based glue such as 3M… Continue reading Random tips