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About The Competition – http://hlj.com/plamo-2017
Beginner Category
For those who may be new to plastic modeling. Some panel-lines, decals, a touch of marker here or there and even hand painting is accepted.
Post at least 4 work in progress photos over the competition period into the group you have joined on hobbylink.tv. The first photo posted should be of the model kit box you intend to build.
Then Submit Final Entry – Make sure to read general rules before submitting –
http://hlj.com/plamo-2017#howto
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I had the same issue with this kit. I painted over it, but cheap and effective way is to use a touch up marker and top coat it. You should get a good result.
Unfortunately, that is a result of the injection molding process, where the injected plastic meets in the mold, those ripples will be right the way through the plastic, so sanding wont help.
The only real way to fix it is to paint the whole piece.
I had the same issue with those ripples with kits that are gold/silver injected. Nearly every kit with gold/silver injected color I built has this issue in some of their parts.
Black is the worst since it is the visible from my experience
I’ve never experienced black with those ripples on black colour but gold/silver injected are quite common
Painting is the only real way to get rid of the swirls, it happens on all plastic, it’s just a lot more visible on lame gold.
y mean injected gold?
Actually you can find this problem on any kits if you look hard enough, but it’s more common with large solid pieces with little surface sculpting, huge rounded pieces or older kits. This is due to injection technology, placement of the part on the runners, and/or the size of the gates.
I actually have this kit and ran into the same problem as Tatsuo.