this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
13 points (100.0% liked)
Mobile Suit Gundam
644 readers
1 users here now
A community for any and all things relating to Mobile Suit Gundam. Other giant robot series are welcome too!
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I just got back into gunpla after like 9 years not building, here's the HG Aerial I finished a while back. First time airbrushing, was super impressed by the color separation which made it pretty easy to paint.
Also made some trails for the gund bits out of washi tape and wire, might upgrade to those 3D printed ones eventually.
Wow, those colors look fantastic. I've been debating on getting an airbrushing setup, have any reccomendations?
My HG Aerial is in the mail and I can only hope it comes out looking half this nice.
I've been using an Iwata Eclipse HP-CS for about a year now and I'm very happy with it. It's a good choice if you have the budget and only want one airbrush, since you can swap the included .35mm needle+nozzle out with a .5mm set to do things like prime. I use a master airbrush TC-326T compressor, which has been good. It has a regulator with water trap, and that water trap has been good enough for my dry climate. My paint booth is just homemade with a bathroom fan and furnace filter, gets the job done. For respirator, I just grabbed one intended for painting from Home Depot.
And I might as well include an image of my latest finished project, just for fun 😊.