Recommended tips for building a Perfect Grade Gundam kit?

[Neb Lleb]

So, yeah. I've passed up buying a collectible Macross toy in favour of saving for my first, and possibly only, Perfect Grade Gundam kit (specifically, the Unicorn Gundam from the light novel-cum-Theatrical OVA series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn). This is very much going to be a long build, so I'd like some tips and recommendations when it comes to building a PG kit.

 

[Zerohour2k12]

I have yet to have my first kit but I truly get the appeal. I watch Mecha Gaikotsu and the GundamInfo channel as well as a bunch of Zoids stuff. Love seeing all the cool kits.

 

[Neb Lleb]

I have yet to have my first kit but I truly get the appeal. I watch Mecha Gaikotsu and the GundamInfo channel as well as a bunch of Zoids stuff. Love seeing all the cool kits.

Basically:
Entry and High Grade - Main line
Master Grade - Larger kits with more detail
Real Grade - size of HG with detail of MG
and Perfect Grade - Buildable Collectible Toys

 

[jon2]

When building a kit MG and better (includes PG):

1. Have a clean and uncluttered working place, preferably on a surface similar to graphing paper (or any surface that makes the small piece stand out). You don't want to be losing a piece, ANY PIECE

2. Have good working tools and have them on a specific location ALWAYS, not on your working surface. Your working surface will have 2 areas: the cutting to finishing area and the assembly area

3. When cutting out a piece from the sprue (the frame where the parts are all attached), try not to cut at the point where the nub meets the piece (cuz when your cutting tool gets dull, bad things happen) but instead cut at the point where the nub meets the sprue. Only cut the nub (or nub-like protrusion) after ensuring that it is a nub and not some design detail; smoothen out the cut with a file or something before joining it to another part

4. Familiarize yourself with the stickers, decals and paint beforehand. After you finish the piece and before you join it with another is the usual time to place stickers or paint the piece (some prefer to paint when the pieces formed a part but that can run the risk of paint running into other places, especially if you're not used to painting parts)

5. Position the pieces on your working surface's assembly area similar to the way they are meant to be assembled; that way you can easily spot if pieces are missing

Happy building!

 

[Mittr]

It all depends on how much effort you want to put in, you could file down every nub, paint the grey parts of the inner frame, get an LED kit, scribe in panel lines, topcoat every white part after applying decals and panel lining, or if you feel really funky get the Full Armor expansion set. But for a straight build it's not that different from anything else, just longer because of the sheer amount of parts.

 

[Neb Lleb]

It all depends on how much effort you want to put in, you could file down every nub, paint the grey parts of the inner frame, get an LED kit, scribe in panel lines, topcoat every white part after applying decals and panel lining, or if you feel really funky get the Full Armor expansion set. But for a straight build it's not that different from anything else, just longer because of the sheer amount of parts.

I'm mainly planning to straight build, file it down, apply decals and panel line it.

 

[Duke_11037]

I usually just raw dog it with an exacto tbh, I've gotten through all my kits like that, you probably shouldn't follow my advice though. jon2 seems to know what he's talking about

 

[Mittr]

I'm mainly planning to straight build, file it down, apply decals and panel line it.

Sounds easy enough, just take your time and don't clutter your desk too much or you might lose some small part and then have to search it on the ground where it might just be on your desk in some clutter, talking from experience

 

[Segadude113]

So, yeah. I've passed up buying a collectible Macross toy in favour of saving for my first, and possibly only, Perfect Grade Gundam kit (specifically, the Unicorn Gundam from the light novel-cum-Theatrical OVA series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn). This is very much going to be a long build, so I'd like some tips and recommendations when it comes to building a PG kit.

very steady hands