Completed Build 1 + Tear Apart: HG Purple Frame Unicorn

Completed Build 1 + Tear Apart: HG Purple Frame Unicorn Base Kit: HG Unicorn Destroy Mode Mods: None, just paint   First kit I attempted anything with other than snap fitting. Everything was hand painted except the white armor parts.   Tear Apart Now for the fun part. Ripping it to shreds. I’m still relatively new to the hobby and only recently started painting and modding kits. As with a lot of other things, it’s good practice to look back at your old work and criticize it. This let’s you figure out what you could’ve done better and how to prevent mistakes in the future. So here goes… Paint First up, the paint. Definitely should have painting the white armor pieces. It looks decent with the decals and top coat but it could’ve looked so much better. Always use … Read More

Mistake Roundup #1

Mistake Roundup #1 I’m pretty new to customizing kits so I still make a lot of mistakes. Here are a few that I have made so you can learn from them. Soft Plastic + Putty + a Ziplock bag = a Rubbery Mess This happened while I was trying to fill in the holes on the backs of the Space Jahannam hands. They are made of the soft plastic that Bandai uses in newer HGs, usually the frame/weapon grey pieces. Normally, using putty to fill in holes usually works great. Don’t do what I did and toss the parts in a Ziplock bag for a few days. The putty never fully cured and turned the plastic into a rubbery/taffy mess that I was easily able to pull apart. I wasn’t able to salvage the parts because the never hardened … Read More

Space Jahannam WIP 1: Proportion Changes and LED Mod

Space Jahannam WIP 1: Proportion Changes and LED Mod I originally got this kit dirt cheap and had it boxed up somewhere after I snapped it together. Decided that it was finally time I did something to it. LED Mod Emptied out the chest cavity as much as I could. Also added some styrene to the hole for the neck polycap to give it a slightly longer neck. Wired up the red LED with 24 gauge magnet copper wire, added a resistor and soldered magnets to the end of the wires for the battery. Used a CR927 battery (the smallest 3v battery i could find) and fiddled with the wires until everything fit into the chest.   Chest/Waist Mod I’m going to use the HG Gaeon’s backpack on this kit but the 2 joint chest was way too floppy … Read More

Completed Build 3: Powered GM ‘Murica

Completed Build 3: Powered GM ‘Murica Base Kit: HG Powered GM Cardigan Mods: Leg extensions, panel line scribing, weapon/shield modifications and a paintjob full of freedom Awards: 2nd place, 1/144 Alternate Universe category at SCGMC 2015 . Source: Freddy Was Wrong

Powered GM ‘Murica WIP

Powered GM ‘Murica WIP Potential color scheme inspired by the Megebots Mk. II. Going to end up adding a lot of guns to this so yeah… ‘MURICA! Used a pin vice to bore holes into the beam sabers and convert them into guns. Didn’t get the holes perfectly centered.   Since this is based on an old kit, its using old joints which have to modified in order to be able able to remove the seam lines. This way I can paint the joints separately.   Dont have to worry about seam lines for the thighs since there’s already a molded seam line. Cut off the pegs for the leg joints. Removed a peg from the inside of the forearm and trimmed the joint to be able to slide it in.   The forearm machine gun assembly has a peg … Read More

SCGMC 2015 T-Shirts for Sale!

The 2015 SCGMC T-Shirts are now up for sale at our online store: SCGMC 2015 Shirts This year we have two designs for our 5th year of this contest. Pick a side or grab both! We will also be at Anime Expo and will have the shirts available for purchase at our two workshops: Gundam Model Building (18+) July 3, 2015 @ 8:30PM Workshop 1 (WS1) LACC 403A Gundam Model Building (All Ages) July 4, 2015 @ 10:30AM Workshop 1 (WS1) LACC 403A

Download my MASSIVE How To Build Gunpla Guide!

Download my MASSIVE How To Build Gunpla Guide! Six months in the making. One hundred and thirty five pages of tools, supplies, tips, suggestions, and techniques. It’ll take you from clipping pieces off sprues, through surface preparation and painting to decal application and washes and there’s even a section on photographing your completed model. Click on the picture below to get to the download page. Source: Funakatown

Those Photoetch Hobby Saws

I’ve been using the Hasegawa Tritool hobby saws for years. They’re very thin, sharp teethed, and slice through plastic very fast and cleanly. However, they are quite delicate in that they’re very thin and I’ve bent my fair share of these blades. They are simple to use, just hold the small blade in your fingers and slice away at the plastic. Nothing against these blades as I’m still using them, but yesterday, I finally cracked open one of the three sets of Tamiya hobby saws I had picked up two years ago. I picked up the sets for about 7 bucks a set on a trip to Hong Kong; but I’ve seen them locally and on various online sources. The project I’m working on now needed a little cutting for some of the parts. Opening the package, I cut one … Read More

Resin SD Glaug Build

Here’s a 2.5 hour long video showing the build progress for a resin SD Glaug kit cut into 5 half hour long segments.