Bandai UNCF AAA-Class Set: amzn.to/3Wr8r83

Ah, the satisfying sound of Bandai kits going together. I'll have to keep an eye out for this set.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Lots of nice snaps and pops.

Good to see you using some of the more readily available paints for this. A lot of build videos include hard to find paint brands or even the specific SB Yamato paint sets for the Yamato and Andromed. Although they may be more authentic they are very hard to find and frequently highly priced if getting from Japan especially when adding postage to the equation.

Hey Sam, Love the split screen ASMR action. Nice choice of music too.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! Was quite a bit of work lining up all those clips to match, so I'm glad you like it.

Another great vid. I love any Space Battleship Yamato kit videos. I bought and made all the Dreadnought class Mecha variants, as well as the Space Battleship Ginga. The Andromeda and Gamilas ships I have in 1/1000, with the 1/350 Yamato as the display centrepiece. I need to get around to building the 1/72 fighters from the show as well.

Awesome. Nice to see some of your great work again Sam.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

I loved the sped up shots of the detail brush painting, plus the music was quite nice. Merry Christmas and happy New year. 😁👍🎄

You made me want to build them.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Cool, do it!

Awesome! I built this same kit a couple years ago along with the Yamato to go along with it.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Nice, would love to get the Yamato in this scale too!

Excellent builds! The ships from SBB Yamato/Star Blazers were always my favorite.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Great work!!!!! those look nice. saved this video, and dowloaded, for tips as i have some of these same kits, thank you!

Turned out awesome 👍 thanks for all the great tips.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Cheers bud, thanks for watching!

have to agree with you with on how darn easy it is clean up bandai parts. built a figure-rise standard amplified digimon from bandai and a frame arms kit from kotobukiya, and something about the former was just a joy to clip out, especially with a god hand nipper. legit bliss with the one-two cuts. the latter was also a fun build, but something about koto's plastic makes for nubs that take a good bit longer to clean up.

Nice work! I built a similar-scale Andromeda about 2 years ago, but used a black wash. After seeing your video, I feel that a gray wash would have been more effective.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Nice set, and well done. Looks like a great shelf filler.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

It would be cool to see some of the other Mecha Colle Andromeda variants done to round out the collection although after doing 5 of practically the same ship I would imagine you might be all Andromeda'd out for a while!

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm kinda done with the Andromeda for now! Would love to try out some other ships in this collection.

@Isteak80

Жыл бұрын

@@modelchili It would be cool to see you tackle some of the other big ships that didn't get a 1:1000 version in the Mecha Colle line like the Karakrum or the Dessula-II

Pointy swabs are sold for gun cleaning, I found some on Amazon.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Nice, yeah that makes sense.

nice build! I have a few of the stand-alone ones that need to be build. I did buy the water slide decals from this set though because the stickers that come with the normal ones are really bad. you should try to get your hands on the 1/1000 Andromeda kit with lights and sound. I think you might like it.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yep I'd love the 1/1000 scale version. Not easy to find unfortunately, and when I do it's rather pricey. Hopefully sometime down the track they become more available.

@jaturnley

Жыл бұрын

@@modelchili I got one of the DX kits from Hobbylink and even at retail it ended up costing more than what I paid on eBay for from a reseller in Japan for a second one. I then got lucky and got a really good price on eBay for a movie effects Apollo Norn, so I plan on doing Andromeda in the grey color with the Bandai electronics, Apollo Norn, and then Neu Balgrey with pico LEDs added in. Hopefully Bandai does a new run of some of these 2199 kits, they’re pretty scarce at this point and we still haven’t gotten a 1/1000 Hyuga, Desura III or Gaipellon.

I would be very interested to hear a "Top 10" of smaller scale kits you personally enjoyed or would recommend

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good idea!

I use these for gaming.

I want this

A very interesting build to say the least. When I saw the word Andromeda in the title I thought back to the TV series Andromeda. It would be nice if Bandai brought out a kit of the Andromeda Ascendant from that old series it was a very graceful ship. Curious to know what your next project will be. Keep up the good work.

@tehpw7574

9 ай бұрын

I would not be shocked the producers of the TV series 'Andy' back in the day were fans of Star Blazers or SBY and familiar with the name Andromeda...

Hey man great video love how u give attention to detail and what is the name of that electric spray

Yes, those small pointed pylons will break off. I built a set of the original ships (based on the original animated series) and they were “glue” kits. Those small pylons were the bane of my build time with the kits. I still would have glued them and painted certain parts like the pods separately and them attached them to the hulls - but then, that would be my choice only. Your method suits your build style which in almost every way is better than mine.

Great build, love those kits. I noticed a warning on the TS 80 saying don't spray on decals and stickers, did you overcoat the decals with TS 13 after application?

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! Yeah the TS-80 can affect decals, especially large ones. In this case I figured they were small enough to get away with it, and they turned out fine.

that plastic sounds really nice when it falls from the sprue. is it heavier than "normal" plastic kits?

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Bandai plastic has a certain density about it, not not much heavier than normal.

@modelchili what model of Tamiya clippers do you use?

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Sharp Pointed ones

@Falleen01

Жыл бұрын

@@modelchili there's a couple different models of sharp pointeds, but that puts me in the right direction. Thanks, appreciate it!

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Oh right didn't realise! These ones amzn.to/3Irm8QS

is this different from the 1/1000 scale battleship yamato line also from bandai?

@tonygreenfield7820

5 ай бұрын

Yes it's much smaller. There is a Yamato kit in both the 2199 and 2202 Mecha Collection ranges which is slightly smaller than the Mecha Andromeda kits although I have not seen a stated scale for them. As they are slightly smaller overall than the Andromeda I tend to think of them as comparable in scale if not exact. There are Andromeda and Apollo Norm kits in 1/1000 as well but they are eye wateringly expensive. Even the Mecha Collection models have gone up steeply in price and don't get me started on the 1/500 Yamato kit! I am glad I was able to pick up most of the range when they first came out. That being said, the older Mecha Collection models from the original Yamato/Starblazers series back in the 70s and 80s can be picked up at fairly reasonable prices if you are patient. I prefer these Mecha scale kits as they are nicely detailed for the size and don't take up a lot of display space. They were snapped up by table top gamers however. And as I noted, the prices are now pretty high.

Just curious why you always prime from a rattle can and not use an airbrush to prime? Tamiya Surface Primer is great out of the can but I buy jars of Mr. Surfacer 1500 and can really stretch them out by thinning and mixing and saves a ton over buying spray cans plus easier to control, less overspray and thinner coats.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Well it depends what I'm doing. I find the Tamiya primer is much more sturdy and sands really well compared to acrylic primers. In this case I primed with Vallejo acrylic out of the airbrush as I wasn't going to do any sanding or filling.

@johnblack9885

Жыл бұрын

@@modelchili ah makes sense. Yeah the Mr. Surfacer is a sandeable lacquer primer whereas other airbrush primer like Vallejo and Stynylrez are polyeurerhane acrylic and not sandeable. Those small Tamiya cans were getting expensive and always out of stock at my LHS so I mostly just use airbrush primers now.

@modelchili

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't have Mr Surfacer readily available in my local store so never had the chance to try it, a lot of it just comes down to what's in your area.

@johnblack9885

Жыл бұрын

@@modelchili if you ever come across it get it! Best primer I have ever used! Goes on nice and smooth! Dries fast too.