Gundam Calibarn Complete - The Witch from Mercury (水星の魔女) Chogokin Alternative 

Thanks for your kind words. I haven't seen the Damashii version myself, but I heard a lot of good feedback about them on youtube. The HG Calibarn is actually quite easy to make. You don't need that much time, it took me on and off around 3 to 4 days. In terms of tools, what you really need is just a pair of good nipper and a glass file, you don't really need to add panel lines as the Calibarn has quite deep panel lines molded already. 😊👍🏼 Give the HG, RG or MG a chance, you will love them. As you would make the effort to build them, you would appreciate them even more.

Thank you very much. Glad you like it. I'm sure you will love yours when it arrives. It is a very nice build and yours will look just as good, just make sure you take your time with it, don't rush. 😊👍🏼

To be fair, the kit is simply awesome. Even without polishing, it will look good. It is just me being picky and wanting the model to look smoother and better. The kit itself is pretty easy to build, and it comes with all the colour separation, so it doesn't take much effort to make it looks good. How have you been buddy? You been keeping well? 😊👍🏼

@jjshobbypower9091 Yeah, been busy. Glad to see you're still at. Hope to pick up here in a bit!

@redvikinghobbies glad to hear that you've been keeping yourself busy also. Look forward to your next video bud. 😊👍🏼

This Calibarn is definitely worth getting. It looks fantastic!! 😊👍🏼

This is the High Grade. He's saying it can be a reasonable alternative to the Soul of Chogokin figure on a budget if your willing to put in some extra effort. I personally prefer my Robot Spirits very. ANIME figure. It's more expensive than the HG, but only a third of the price of a Chogokin figure, and has plenty of accessories and detail out of box.

@@slyfawkes7772 thanks! I didn’t catch that thanks for the explanation. I Googled Calibarn Chogokin and a new Calibarn will be released later this year so I thought he had like an early release version or something. I was holding out for Bandai to release a 1/100 version of Calibarn but at that price I’ll pass. I went to Hobbytown and caved in to the HG Calibarn. Panel lined it and assembled it and the result is great. I do like it and holds well on the shelf next to my other 1/100 and VerKa models. I’m happy 😊

Thanks! Glad you like it. To be honest, my glass nail file gives a good shine on it own, but it also depends on the type of glass file. There are a lot of filing sticks available, to achieve that gloss shine, you will need at least 4000 grit. My recommendation is get a glass nail file plus a sending stick of 4000 grit, both would last a long time, as glass file only requires water to rinse off the file powder, and the 4000 grit is just for polishing so it won't wear out too quickly. To answer your second question, I applied Tamiya Panel Line directly onto the plastic parts cut out from the runner. There is no requirement of additional layer of protection. I always apply panel liner directly onto the model, and I haven't come across any plastic cracking in my experience. Hope you will find the above useful. Just word of advice, don't polish the whole gundam as it would look odd being all glossy, also, some of the areas you might not be able to polish due to restrictions and shape of the molding. 😊👍🏼

@@jjshobbypower9091 thank you for the tips! Its rainy season here so humidity is way too high for any top coating. At least i know now I can get good results with minimal effort. Again huge thanks!

@@Alucifer555 you are most welcome!! Good luck with the build. 😊👍🏼