This will be my first ship. What other materials do I need to buy? What kind of glue / paint / knife / anything else? Pls let me know, thanks!!
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If this is your first model, you will need a sharp razor type knife and model cement. if you want to paint it as well, you'll need model paints. The model comes in grey. I know Michaels has most of what you need. So does Hobby Lobby. Fit each piece together in each step Before gluing together, incase you need to make any adjustments. Once it's glued, your screwed. lol
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I use an X-Acto #1 knife with a few #11 size blades. These are great. I highly recommend a Tamiya 74001 Side Cutter for Plastic (or similar product but the Tamiya one is top quality) to remove parts from the trees. For glue, old fashioned Testors tube glue is handy for the main hull parts and sticking some of the small parts in place. For overall gluing, I use Tamiya Extra Thin liquid cement. Some Tamiya Basic (grey) putty will be handy for the hull seam, if that kind of thing is important. You can get some assorted wet and dry sandpaper from a local hardware store to smooth out the putty. I chose not to use the kit's somewhat inaccurate painting guide and used colors based on specific Arizona information you can find online. But, in general, I used some of the excellent Tamiya spray paints for the hull and superstructure colors. I finished the decks by hand with several coats of enamel wood color/deck tan paint. If you don't have all of the supplies up front you can pick them up as you need them. Some things like a parts cutter are fairly expensive but once you have one, you have it for many, many, years. You might also check out some of the model ship building boards online such as steelnavy.com that have discussion forums, galleries of built model photos, historic information, etc.
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All you really need is a file and a pair of sprue cutters (or little wire cutters) The parts are all already colored and the kit snaps together (don't let that fool you, it's still really high quality and somewhat of a difficult build) Gundam Markers make it look nicer and so does paint. So if you want it to look really good then buy paint and markers but the parts are all already colored, so it looks alright without them.
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No Osok, you must supply your own glue & paints. All the model kit includes is the pieces to assemble it and some of them are very small. I hope you have good eyes! Have fun.
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Yes you need to buy paint and glue. All you get in the box is the model, instructions, and a decal sheet.
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Patience comes to mind first off. Yes you will need an Exacto knife, glue, pins, wax paper. First and foremost, go slow, take your time. This is a great model, it is hanging from our ceiling and allways gets a discussion going..Just how close is his legs to the belt?? for instance. Go for it If you really goog, get another one, it is that good Bob
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My husband bought spray paint and a clear shellac from Michael's Craft Store. It didn't take long. Putting it together with special glue took the longest amount of time. I think it was cement for plastic in a tube.
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I'm planning on getting cheap plywood or foam from a hardware store and using either spray tacky glue or modge podge to "mount" it. I'm going to paint the edges of the plywood or foam with craft paint and buy it about a half inch larger than the print for a small border. There are a lot of DIY websites with these projects that look great.
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I used thin black sewing thread, after I'd finished painting everything on the deck and before gluing the deck to the hull. I'd tie the thread around a piece of a toothpick then feed the thread up through the deck, then wrap it around its destination, like a cross tree or antenna, then secure it with a drop of glue. On the tower in front of the first smokestake there's a loop where 6 wires come up from the deck and meet, so for that I used a single thread that would go up from the deck, through the loop, over to the other side, down through the deck, over to the next hole and up through the loop. For the pennants I Googled "maritime pennants" and printed a bunch of tiny ones and spelled my grandson's name with them.
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I would use a drill bc it will hold together better..a girly girl can handel it...lol..lol... but youmay go back later and do it wiyh a drill...Its a VERY VERY good buy. My daughter still plays with her as shes grown into it.merry Christmas
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We used screws and anchors. Make sure you check to see if the screw fits through the hole in the hook before you drill! Then we touched up with matching paint and they look awesome!
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get the Perfect Grade. the Master Grade looks Boring and falls apart. I have mines in a bag in pieces.If you want a real big Master Grade get the Sazabi Ver Ka his massive over ten inch tall and very wide too. I have the color scheme Painting mines, and oh boy what an adventure. I ran out og Tamiya spry paint so I waiting on my next order to finish up the paint then add the water decals and I'm done
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You will need hobby snippers. Ones with a flat edge. If ur just wanting to build the modelthats really all u need. The gundam markers ive heard ok things about. I would research gundam painting on the youtube to really get an idea of what ur wanting to do for ur model. Out the box n on the shekf no stickers my deathscythe is prettty badazz man
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This kit comes with everything except paint / stain / clear coats. You even get a set of strings! :-) I found it to be an education and fun project assembling mine. I'll be refinishing it in the spring. Not sure if Amazon will allow me to post a link, but I'll try... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3h1z9Tls2U
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the gluing area should be free of paint, oil or dirt and then glue. if you are going to prime , remember white primer for light colors and grey primer for darker colors
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You'll need wood glue, an exacto knife, and some pins. I also find it helpful to have a wood board to work on.
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1. No paint needed unless you want to.2. As I said in my review be very careful on getting the claws off the trees as this will determine whether your Epyon is a transformable MS or not.3.While you don't have to worry about getting the heat rod parts off be careful while putting it together. Cause if you do complete it you won't have to worry about it breaking. 4. Take your time while building this MS.
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Make hole with step drill bit or find a drill bit close enough so it can fit being verry careful then add glue after light is where you want it to be. Thax :) you is the man:)