Chino Airshow 2014 {$inline_image} Follow the picture link below to the best pictures I took at this year’s Chino Airshow: Source: Funakatown
Robinson’s Raiders Project WIP
Robinson’s Raiders Project WIP This is one of the largets projects I’ve ever put together and will be a 2-Part Diorama Featuring 2 heavily-modified Master Grade G-Fighters, 1 U.C. Hardgraph Core Fighter and several Hardgraph figures. I started work on it over a year ago but it’s been shelved once and I keep bouncing around to different parts of the project so no single part of it is complete yet. Still, it seemed like I was really overdue to post an update on my site so I decided to sum up the work so far. Click the picture link below to travel to the report: Source: Funakatown
Pasadena’s Modeler Society presents ValleyCon 2013
In the effort to further the gunpla foot print within the realm of North American plastic modelers the goal this year for Those Gundam Guys will be a presence at as many plastic model shows and events as possible. Word of mouth has helped greatly, but getting out there meeting modelers and getting potential participants at such events is quite important. It is also important to help promote as many shows as possible since a great deal of these shows also help promote our own SGCMC event – a sign that we becoming more and more accepted as a genre of plastic modeling. The important information: Date: Sunday March 3, 2013 Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Location: Pasadena Civic Center 300 East Green Street Pasadena, California Admission is $7.00 and model entries are $1.00 per entry. I enjoy going … Read More
2nd Annual Southern California Gundam Model Competition (SCGMC part deux!)
Attention gunpla modelers as well as all anime/scifi related model builders! The 2nd annual Southern California Gundam Model Competition is nearing in a few weeks. This year we have a bigger room and hopefully the word spread about last year’s competition and we’ll draw more folks this year. Date: Saturday November 17, 2012 Time: 9:00AM – 4:00PM Location: Royal Ballroom Holiday Inn Fullerton 2932 East Nutwood Avenue Fullerton, CA 92831
SCGMC 2012!
Ok, we’ve been working behind the scenes planning out this year’s Southern California Gundam Model Competition event. We have a bigger room booked at the same location as last year. We’ve also go tons of new ideas to add into the mix. The group of us shot a quick little infomercial: Saturday November 17, 2012 Fullerton Holiday Inn Royal Ballroom 2932 East Nutwood Avenue Fullerton, CA 92831
Vendors at SCGMC
For the upcoming Southern California Gundam Model Competition in November, there will be vendors selling gunpla as well as gunpla related resin conversion kits. Robot4Less and TatsuHobby will be vendors at SCGMC, so all your plastic AND resin gunpla needs will be met. Additionally, there will be tools, paints, and various aftermarket items for sale at this event as well. For our friends in Northern California, TatsuHobby is also holding a contest as part of their 2 year anniversary celebration: Tatsu Hobby Anniversary Event #3 Northern CA Gunpla Competition! Our last event for this anniversary is the Northern California Gunpla Competition! We made this event mainly to express our gratitude towards our local customers and to show the builds of Gundam fans of the Northern California area. In addition, we made this event in conjunction to the Southern California Gundam … Read More
SCGMC Trophies
I received a box on my front door step today, inside are the trophies for SCGMC. There is a local miniature figure contest that gives out coin trophies, and I’ve always thought that this was a very cool method for an award. Then again, I’m ex-military, so I just like the idea of having the challenge coin style trophy. Having the choice of colored finished, we went with black metal, silver, and bronze, which will be the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd awards respectively. We will also have a separate awards for the five special theme awards. Currently the categories we have setup are as follows: Universal Century (CCA, 0079, 0080, 0083, F91, etc) 1/100 and larger (1/60, 1/48, etc) 1/144 and smaller (1/220, 1/400, etc) Alternate Universe (seed, 00, Turn A, X, Wing, etc) 1/100 and larger (1/60, 1/48, etc) … Read More
Cutting and Sanding
One of the most important steps for building gunpla or any model for that matter, is cutting and sanding. Parts cut correctly with the correct tools will reduce the chance of damaging the parts. When cutting, use a proper cutting tool such as nippers. Nail clippers don’t give the proper leverage and cutting angles, and the blades are curved so those are not the best of tools to clip parts. Now when cutting parts, it’s best to cut away from the main part, leaving a small amount of the nub next to the piece. Cutting too close to the part stresses the plastic around the main piece as well as increases the chances of damaging the part by cutting too much plastic. Check out the following video for a demonstration on proper cutting tools and proper cutting. After … Read More
How to Post
For those not familiar with posting blogs. This is fairly straight forward. Looking to the right, you can see a list of categories, just check the appropriate category(s). Scrolling down, you can add a picture to the post. Just click the “set featured image” link and upload a picture of your choice. I took a few pictures around my workshop to use as test pictures and. You can always edit the posts so nothing is overly permanent and anything can be fixed. Once you uploaded the picture, click on the set as feature image and this will have the image as the background on the front page. It’s a pretty cool feature. You can also add the picture to the post. Play around with the size, etc. Pretty cool stuff. You can save the post as a draft if you … Read More