yep, I've done that on a few Gundam kits but it wont really work on Starscream. the clear part is too long and there really isn't anything to put the foil on.

 

This turning out to be quite the informative thread, I have tons of Gundam kits that I have yet to build. No I haven't started any yet, I have more furniture to buy and placement of said furniture before I can start building. I'm also lazy and procrastinate alot too.

@JangotheBlueFox you are most welcomed here to this forum!

 

If you're looking to put some metallic backing on clear parts, try this stuff https://www.amazon.com/Molotow-Liquid-Chrome-Marker-Set/dp/B074JJ1YMY

I use them for mono eye gems for Zeonic mobile suits and clear parts for that extra shine.

 

I was hoping that my knowledge of building model kits would come in handy for some of you and I guess I was right.

I love the Molotow liquid chrome paint markers. if you need to paint something chrome or if you need some chrome behind a clear part they're great. but generally for the eyes on Gundam model kits I like to cut off a piece of the foil sticker sheet and place that on the grey inner frame part behind the clear eye part. here's an example of that.....
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like I said before I don't think this technique would work on Flame Toys model kit since the clear eye part is too long and there isn't enough area behind it to place a sticker. if anybody wants to try this out I'd love to see the results.

 

there’s also this method that they employed on drifts blue chest lights . Silver back , clear blue front . Though not sure how it will be on eyes since they are very small . I just paint the eyes over on my end

 

yeah I saw that in a review of that kit recently. do the instructions actually say to attach the stickers to the back of the clear parts? generally when this is used you put the sticker on the part behind the clear part. here's an example from the HG Leo. the left is a foil sticker, the middle is white paper, the right is nothing. Imgur

 

It came prepainted clear blue on the front and silver on the back , no stickers for the clear parts

 

oh! well now that's interesting. I didn't expect that. like I said when Bandai does this they usually just include silver foil stickers. I'm definitely gonna have to get that Drift now. I want to compare it with my Generations Blurr.

 

I want to recreate this now.

 

Whoa! I have no connection to the character at all but that looks awesome.

 

usually when I build a model kit I'll paint everything that needs to be painted, I don't like color correcting stickers. I recently got purple paint and I'm about to paint the decepticon logos on my Flame Toys Starscream.

 

agreed , feels like a habit from gunpla but I paint all the details as well , cept for idw optimus -.- don’t own a autobot decal small enough for the mid chest

 

I prefer panel line accents , gundam markers except for the pour type just don’t look as natural*?when it comes to the edges .

 

I use the pour type gundam markers for panel lining. those are GM-301, 302, and 303.the capillary action makes panel lining so much easier.

 

I just wanted to let everybody know that Flame Toys has a US Twitter account now. Flame Toys US (@FlameToysUS) | Twitter

 

Is it any different to the normal one?

 

I'm pretty sure that FlameToys US twitter is run by somebody at Bluefin rather than one of the people that actually work at Flame Toys. other than that I'm sure it'll post pretty much the same stuff as Flame Toys Japanese twitter account. also it looks like Flame Toys US twitter is holding a contest and the winner gets the Drift model kit.

 

Weird. The Japanese one already writes in English. Seems bizarrely pointless.