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Post by jessedart on Jun 28, 2008 10:40:44 GMT -5
Very nice builds, man. I'm unfamiliar with building vinyl kits.. How do they compare to styrene and resin kits? What type of glue is used to assemble them?
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Jun 28, 2008 22:50:21 GMT -5
Where did you buy those awesome kits! I would love to get my hands on the enemy robots (Mazinger's enemies)... Also, how tall are them, once they are completed? }D
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Post by gurendaizer on Aug 7, 2008 4:57:06 GMT -5
Very nice builds, man. I'm unfamiliar with building vinyl kits.. How do they compare to styrene and resin kits? What type of glue is used to assemble them? ORIGINAL Japanese vinyl kits are very high quality, especially the SUPER ROBOTS from MAX FACTORY. You need only cyanoacrylate (super glue) to assemble these models. Rather than dipping parts in hot water (risking to hurt your hands and fingers and warping the model itself), I would suggest using a heat gun ONLY. There is no risk as you will not use this tool together with water. Besides, using this tool leaves the models dry and easy to work on instead of making them wet and messy. The heat gun method is by far superior to the hot water one. Finally, thank you for mentioning my humble site. I've just added Grossam X2 as well. Catalogue of other Max Factory Soft Vinyl Garage Kits www.freewebs.com/superrobots/GARAGE%20KITS.htm www.freewebs.com/superrobots/ARTICLES.htm
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Post by Daltanias68 on Aug 7, 2008 22:32:54 GMT -5
Nice work, man! Very clean & precise!! Really excellent skills. How much in general did you pay for those models? It's cool that you took before & after photos, great idea. I looooove putting together vinyl garage models, because it's almost like an art, you really have to have some skill to cut & carve the pieces and fit them together. It's not so simple as a normal snap together model; if you don't cut the pieces off perfectly perfect, they won't look right or fit together correctly. But when you're done, they almost always looks spectacular & amazing, more like a toy than a model!
Nowadays they (thankfully) come prepainted, mostly; back in the 80s and early 90s, most vinyl models were unpainted, and for the life of me I could NOT find a good paint to use that DRIED correctly. Sometimes, certain enamel paints would work really well & dry thoroughly, while other colors would stay goopy or sticky forever, and just never dry. I remember there was this REALLY EXPENSIVE set of special paints that were only available in Japan, that were specifically meant for vinyl models, but that was before the internet, and I saw it only in model kit magazines, and to order them through the mail, they were ridiculously expensive!! So I never DID ever try them. My cousin & I would use Koh-I-Noor rapidograph pens to fill in tiny crevices with black, and I would just use minimally some enamel paint if it dried ok. Back in the day I did a LOT of Guyver vinyl garage models, and a few of those...ah crap I forget the name of the series...the centaur robots...I had this KILLER Max Factory one that was HUGE and I paid $35 for it, and found out later on that the thing was rare and went for over $150, but unfortunately in a move, I lost TONS of little accessories and one of its legs, and never did recover all the parts, effectively making it worthless. Sometimes moving SUCKS, especially if you collect delicate Japanese models.....
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