Factips.com

I’ve been planning a for a trip to KL (Kuala Lumpur) for a while now since I ran out of acrylics paints. Previously I bought tamiya paints from One Utama in Damansara. I did some research in the Malaysia based forum and found out that there is a Hobby shop in City Square ( Opposite Ampang Park).

[Some of the stuff i got from my trip to Kuala Lumpur]

Notice at the background of the picture, my IWSP Gundam was all ready for the first coating of dark grey base color. Since this will be my first time applying the max technique.. we’ll see how the IWSP Gundam will turn out. Anyhow..

I’ve set foot once again in City Square. The last time I was there, I was still in high school, which is almost 20 years ago. The place doesn’t look quite alive like the newer shopping centers but that don’t matter as the hobby shop is the one I’m after.

The Gunze Sangyo acrylic paints and Mr Surfacer was bought in City Square but the Future Floor Acrylics was bought from Ace Hardware in Ikano Power Center. The Bandai Modelling Tools kinda neat and don’t cost too much. I got that from Toy’s R Us in City Square Basement. That shop was there for ages.

The Future Floor Acrylics retails at RM 56.50, almost bought two but decided to see how long that one bottle will last. If you are wondering what on earth does a modeller do with a floor cleaner, you can google it. Basically I use it for the final coating of the model. You can make your model shine or you can add Tamiya X-21 ( Flat base acrylic) to it and get a satin finish to. The MK-II gundam’s final coating was not done using Future, but a mixture of Tamiya clear gloss (X-22) and Tamiya Flat Base (X-21). I use the ratio of 1 part flat base and 10 part clear gloss.. add thinner to it at a ratio 1 to 1 and voila, you’ll get a nice satin finish to it.

Apart from making a final coating for your model, Future can also be use to make clear plastic parts shine. Just dump it in a Future liquid, making sure all the parts are submerged and leave it overnight. Come tomorrow morning your clear part will be clear and shiny.