There’s no one way to build a Gunpla kit—and that’s true for every step of the process. For example, take panel lining: who says you have to do it in one particular way? Follow along with Gunpla 101 contributor chennerbot as he experiments with multiple panel-lining methods. One of the great things about this hobby...
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