Plastic Model Assembling Tips

Here are some great tips on how to build your model kit(s). I'm also a beginner but once you get the hang of it then the smallest detail or the simplest kit you make could be your greatest masterpiece. ^^

WIP...Practice! Practice! Practice!

Since iv been busy within this year, my model building skill are quite rusty. So i started hand painting again with few colours from GUNDAM MARKERS.

For practice, i started to build LBX Lucifer with an idea of altering the colour from White to Black. AWESOME. Cant hardly wait until its all done. PASSION.

Max Technique (shading technique)

Hai guys, here are some pictorial on how to do shading on your plastic model kit using the 'Max Technique', popularised in Gunpla (Gundam Plastic Model) by a modeler Max Wartanabe bukan "Wakanabe" LoL. But this technique is been used amongts the aircraft modelers for quite some time already.

Hope this helps on your future model kit project(s) guys and good luck. PASSION!

First attempt post-shading

Today i'v tried some new technique with my TAMIYA BASIC AIRBRUSH that is applying post-shading. What is post shading you may ask. From my understanding it is applying shades after you applied the base color on your kit so it would look much more attractive and realistic. For me just color on plastic does not suit me well if there's no shading. From shading you can make weathering effect more real. That's just my point of  a model kit builder supposed to do ;P

I applied base color TAMIYA light grey and post-shade it with TAMIYA smoke (mix  it  70% TAMIYA lacquer thinner)

Apply the shades repeatedly if its uneven but DO NOT over do it since its post shading once you made a mistake you cant undone it, so be patient and wait and and hour or so until the paint cures. The result is quite satisfying for a first attempt..hehe...next will be pre-shading so until next time, PASSION!