Pla Plates For Gunpla Modeling 101
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Pla plates, short for plastic plates, are what Gundam modelers call styrene sheets. Modelers use pla plates to add custom detail to existing kits. Let Dominic of Total Gunpla give…
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Gunpla Pre-orders and New Releases for July-August 2019
We got a bit of Gundam excitement this July when Sunrise announced Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE, a sequel to Gundam Build Divers, to air this October. You better believe this…
How To Apply A Panel Line Wash For Gunpla
You can’t use a regular panel line marker for a painted Gunpla kit (well, you can try but no guarantees that it will look very good)! So what’s a modeler…
Gunpla Pre-orders and New Releases for June-July 2019
Welcome to July! If you’ve noticed this summer is a little sparse on new releases, you can thank 30 Minute Missions, a new model line from Bandai of original model…
Perfect Grade Unicorn Gundam: Photoshoot
Thanks for your patience everyone! As we get ready for our tiny Newtype to arrive, our house and schedules have been a mess and it took longer than planned to…
How to use Silly Putty for masking and painting Gunpla
This HG Z’gok Experiment gets its flashy red accents from Silly Putty masking. We all know that Gunpla painting comes out better the more prep you do ahead of time,…
Gunpla Pre-orders and New Releases for May-June 2019
This May, I built more Gunpla than I have in a long time! I was true to my pledge in the last monthly buying guide to tackle my backlog, beginning…
Perfect Grade Unicorn Gundam: Build Progress Week 3
It’s been 21 days since we started, and the body of the Perfect Grade Unicorn Gundam is fully built! After more than four years of putting it off, it’s unbelievable…
Perfect Grade Unicorn Gundam: Build Progress Week 2
Look at the huge difference between the 1/144 Unicorn and the 1/60! Welcome back to our PG Unicorn Gundam mini-series! Sunday night marked 14 days of building, and with…
Perfect Grade Unicorn Gundam: Build Progress Week 1
We are finally doing it. After four years, we are building our Perfect Grade Unicorn Gundam. Back in February 2015, John and I splurged on this massive kit (and its…