content, Your email address will not be published. When I did my gunk wash, it was the second to last step before the final top coat. Good luck. Gunpla are manufactured by Bandai in Japan, or China, which has an exclusive license in manufacturing and marketing the kits around the world. use an enamel/oil based paint for the wash solution. Hi, Posted by gamerabaenre | Apr 18, 2011 | Techniques | 8 |. and will the lighter fluid react with the mr color laquer? Use a gloss top coat before your panel lines and wash to help the paint flow into the panel lines. Dust and clean it, panel line it, MAYBE decal it, … Pictured here are a few of the armor panels from the HGUC Unicorn. The panel line marker will work fine here but many experienced modelers will opt to use the Panel line wash method. This protects the layer of paint and provides a smooth surface for the wash solution. Instead of doing 50% paint and 50% thinner as you do in air brush. There are hundreds of methods for doing panel lines. It’s very cost efficient in comparison to some of the other techniques. u will kill two birds in a go! The paint should flow along the groove, filling in the entire line in seconds. There are several methods, one is by using thinned enamel which requires a coat of a clear acrylic before application. For these examples, I’m using spray cans, take note of the technique for spraying the parts while using the spray cans. The reason acrylic washes are not used more often is because the further you go into model building, when you start using actual paints for builds, acrylic washes limits what paints you can use as they react equally to Lacquer, acrylic, and Future coats. It's also been on my shelves for a few years, which means it needs a good dusting. Notice the tonal differences. Dave and Todd recently visited the 1/1 scale moving RX-78 Gundam at the Yokohama Gundam Factory. But since they are different paint types, the lighter fluid really shouldn’t have an ill affect on the paint. Again, there are a hundred different ways to panel line, this just one method – and it is VERY specific. Number of Gunpla modellers encountered this issue including myself when I added a panel line wash on the beam saber handle of my HGUC Gundam NT-1 Alex using a Tamiya black enamel. GunPla: Stands for Gundam Plastic and refers specifically to Gundam Plastic model kits. Just a quick and dirty tutorial on how I like to panel line. This might not be the most popular opinion, because it takes a lot of precision not to screw it up with smears. And that was back when I didn't do panel lining or other maintenance. For most Gundam kits, paint is an option. This panel line wash is perfect for Gunpla building!! And yeah, I'd wash the sprues after that. Here is my concept of panel liner and wash, how I wrap my head around them.....your mileage may vary By definition: A Panel Liner. Here's a tutorial which I've gotten lots of requests to make, despite many videos already covering the subject. and as a by product, the left over lead on the side of the panel line can be served as shades if carefully wipe off! If you have additional finishing to do, you may want to give it as long as a week to dry. I prefer to use Mr. Color GX Super Clear III. Give the oils at least 24 hours to dry before applying any dull coat. In this tutorial i would be doing panel washes using tamiya's panel line accent color. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. When spraying clears, and deciding on acrylic and lacquers, take note of the paint that the clear is going over. I'm going to fix that by panel lining. Hmm…. The Gunpla Tutorial: How to Decal your Gundam Plastic Model. If you spray clear coat on a model with no primer, any little nick or bump will scratch the clear coat off. I recommend testing this out on a test part. Using the back of my modeling knife, I gently scraped along the lines until they were just a little bit deeper. ... Panel Line Wash: A type of Wash technique used to paint Panel Lines. I use them all the time on my kits and it … Thanks! With my wash solution, I just apply it over the surface and the wash immediately brings out some of the details. If you're not painting, a gloss coat is optional but will certainly help with the flow of paint when compared to bare plastic. From here you can add your decals or your final topcoat. For this you’ll need some paint for the lines and some thinner to make it run more and to remove excess. A well-known example of a wash is the common enamel panel line wash, which serves to highlight lines and features on a kit. But there are very specific steps that need to be taken for this process to be successful. Check out Dave’s build & review of the kit, including a quick panel line “wash” to make the results really pop! So that ruled it out as an option. Definition. Then for the panel lining/wash colors, use something different. I use Model Masters for my panel lines and I buy Zippo brand lighter fluid from the smoke shop. What you are comfortable with, what you are used to using. Your email address will not be published. You create a wash by putting more parts of thinner. Panel Line Wash and Panel Marker. Advanced Gundam Panel Lining: The Gunpla Marker Alternative There are other methods for applying panel lining and one of them is the “panel wash” method.