MG RX-78-2 One Year War edition: Below is the box art and instruction manual.
After some cleaning and inspection, I snapped fit everything together. It's time for some panel lining. The first method I tried was using simple mechanical pencil to draw panel lines. I've heard about this technique before, let's see how well this works.
(above) I think the result was quite alright. Especially if you have small corners or details that you want to be precise with... this is very easy to do with mechanical pencil.
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Next I tried the India ink method. This is the black ink artists use for calligraphy and technical drawing. It has thin water like consistency and you can dilute it with water. I would recommend adding a drop of dish detergent so the paint flows better.
(above ) India ink was a bit tricky to use. First you must dilute it with water otherwise it is little too thick to flow through the panel lines. The result is just like the normal enamel panel line with lighter fluid method, it's just another way to get things done.
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Last method I used was the enamel paint with lighter fluid. I think most advanced modellers uses this way and they can get a whole kit panel line done in no time with this technique. Basically you use very little amount of enamel paint and add quite a bit of lighter fluid to dilute the paint to water like consistency, you then use it to flow through panel lines. The result is really nice and pretty easy to clean too.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this small update. I'm planning on making some detailed tutorial on how I did each method, so keep checking back!
