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X-Plus Metropolis Maria
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- mjbare
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X-Plus Metropolis Maria
Has anyone purchased one yet? I'm looking for good acrylic metallic colors to use on her from dark to the silver/copper/bronze that the original was painted. Any suggestions?
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Re: X-Plus Metropolis Maria
Hi there,
This is a superb build review of the kit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ-iZc4wFII
It has lots of advice on assembly, metallic colours as well as lighting the base. Very cool, I am certainly tempted to get one!
Cheers,
Paul
This is a superb build review of the kit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ-iZc4wFII
It has lots of advice on assembly, metallic colours as well as lighting the base. Very cool, I am certainly tempted to get one!
Cheers,
Paul
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Re: X-Plus Metropolis Maria
Thanks Paul. Heading over there now. Michael
Tiger2 wrote:Hi there,
This is a superb build review of the kit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ-iZc4wFII
It has lots of advice on assembly, metallic colours as well as lighting the base. Very cool, I am certainly tempted to get one!
Cheers,
Paul
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"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
KITS WANTED: Terry Reynold's The Purple Monster Strikes. Marvin the Paranoid Robot UK kit
"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
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- Otto69
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Re: X-Plus Metropolis Maria
Wow. Having skimmed that video I'm very glad I didn't buy the kit. At that scale, for that price, I would have expected at least slightly better fit of parts, but more importantly I would have expected the parts to be in gold or silver plastic.Tiger2 wrote:Hi there,
This is a superb build review of the kit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ-iZc4wFII
It has lots of advice on assembly, metallic colours as well as lighting the base. Very cool, I am certainly tempted to get one!
Cheers,
Paul
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- mjbare
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Re: X-Plus Metropolis Maria
I am liking the kit. One of the irritating parts is the way the larger parts are connected to the sprue. I forgot to take a picture of it because I wanted to email X-Plus and complain and ask why they did that. Did anyone take a pic of the attachment and can I get a copy? A friend told me Tamiya kits are attached like this but I don't have any Tamiya kits to check it out. Thanks.
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"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
KITS WANTED: Terry Reynold's The Purple Monster Strikes. Marvin the Paranoid Robot UK kit
"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
KITS WANTED: Terry Reynold's The Purple Monster Strikes. Marvin the Paranoid Robot UK kit
Re: X-Plus Metropolis Maria
Undergating is very popular in Japanese kits, and is especially useful in kits that have parts that are to be plated. I usually use a sanding stick to sand parts that are gated on the side, so I don't have any issue sanding the underside of a part - same thing. I imagine that in the future X-plus will release plated versions of the kit as well, and undergating will certainly be appropriate for that...mjbare wrote:I am liking the kit. One of the irritating parts is the way the larger parts are connected to the sprue. I forgot to take a picture of it because I wanted to email X-Plus and complain and ask why they did that. Did anyone take a pic of the attachment and can I get a copy? A friend told me Tamiya kits are attached like this but I don't have any Tamiya kits to check it out. Thanks.
- mjbare
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Re: X-Plus Metropolis Maria
Rebwares, thanks for the information. There are a couple of pieces of the robot where the seam is between two "fins" so to speak. Puttying and sanding that small area seam is a bit of a challenge. Guess you can say it helps you problem solve and grow as a modeler.
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"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
KITS WANTED: Terry Reynold's The Purple Monster Strikes. Marvin the Paranoid Robot UK kit
"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
KITS WANTED: Terry Reynold's The Purple Monster Strikes. Marvin the Paranoid Robot UK kit
- scuzzfink85
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Re: X-Plus Metropolis Maria
A one hour kit to paint one can of silver spray your choice and you done.
It's just that easy.
It's just that easy.
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- mjbare
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Re: X-Plus Metropolis Maria
Nope. Going to for another metallic look.
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KITS WANTED: Terry Reynold's The Purple Monster Strikes. Marvin the Paranoid Robot UK kit
"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
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- scuzzfink85
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Re: X-Plus Metropolis Maria
Testors Metalizers have discontinued ...
Nostalgia can be a bad thing, especially when you are led by it.
L.K . Marks 07.
My Kung Fu is the best..
Blind ignorance can not be solved or stopped for the problem at hand.
R.T 2021
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My Kung Fu is the best..
Blind ignorance can not be solved or stopped for the problem at hand.
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- mjbare
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Re: X-Plus Metropolis Maria
Going to try Vallejo metallics for Maria.
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"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
KITS WANTED: Terry Reynold's The Purple Monster Strikes. Marvin the Paranoid Robot UK kit
"Tish! You spoke French! You know what that does to me!!!" Gomez Addams
KITS WANTED: Terry Reynold's The Purple Monster Strikes. Marvin the Paranoid Robot UK kit