My first Gunpla kit was a Gundam Heavy Arms 1/144 back in 2000..... I was 10 and I had just recently watched Gundam Wing and saw adverts for the model kits. I then immediately had my mom drive me to Toys R' Us. I got hooked so badly. Then I quit Gunpla in 2003 when I moved here and now I'm starting ...

Thanks man. I guess I'll have to see how long I wait. I read somewhere that an hour between coats is good.

I also figured that I should only use Tamiya products if I use their colors. I bought Tamiya paint thinner and Tamiya primer.

Thanks for the info. When you say that they don't mix well with other acrylics do you mean that they don't mix well with any other acrylic color (including other Tamiya colors) or just not with other brand acrylic colors? Do Tamiya colors still scratch easily if I coat the parts with a clear coat af...

Well I've recently been watching all the videos here (see favorites):

http://youtube.com/GMKBuilder

They may be in Japanese but they're easy to understand as a non-Japanese-speaker.

If there's anyone you should be learning modeling from it's the Japanese. These guys are incredible.

Hey guys! I'm new here. I've been reading all the interesting topics for quite some time and I gotta say I'm back in the Gunpla fever. I used to build models all the time back when I was 11/12 like 5 years ago (mostly Gundam W and MG kits) but I never painted them. Now I bought three MG kits - Gogg,...