Runner C · Deep Dives
Start with a topic
Each hub gathers the guides, gear, and vocabulary for one thread of the hobby — a guided path instead of a search box.
Airbrushing 101
The airbrush is the most feared tool on the bench and the most transformative. This hub is the whole on-ramp: what the parts do, what pressure to run, how thin is thin enough, and the cleaning ritual that keeps a $150 tool spraying for a decade.
5 guides · 6 terms
Nub Removal
Every kit is a thousand tiny cuts, and the difference between amateur and clean is what those cuts leave behind. This hub covers the two-stage cut, the sanding ladder, and the tools — from $18 gateway nippers to the single-blade endgame — that make nub marks disappear.
5 guides · 6 terms
Painting Without an Airbrush
No compressor, no booth, no problem: brush painting is a complete craft with its own ceiling — and that ceiling is museum-high. This hub covers the brush-and-palette core, one-coat paints that shade themselves, and the highlight techniques that make hand-painted work pop.
4 guides · 5 terms
Gunpla Grades
Grades are the hobby’s tier system — entry kits that build in an evening, mainstream 1/144 lines, dense engineering showcases, and flagship 1/60 projects. This hub explains what each tier actually asks of you, and which one your next build should come from.
3 guides · 5 terms
Weathering
Weathering is storytelling with pigment: where a machine rusts, where boots scuff it, where rain streaks the hull. This hub starts with the panel wash — the one weathering step that cannot fail — and builds toward chipping, streaking, and dust that reads as history instead of dirt.
3 guides · 4 terms
Decals & Markings
Markings are what make a hand-sized model read as a real machine with a maintenance manual. This hub covers the three marking systems, the setter-and-softener ritual that makes waterslides look painted on, and the gloss-coat trick that prevents silvering forever.
3 guides · 5 terms
The Apartment-Safe Hobby
You can run this entire hobby — airbrush included — from a spare corner of a small apartment, if the gear respects your neighbors and your lungs. This hub is the quiet-compressor, vented-booth, mild-chemistry playbook for benches that share a wall.
3 guides · 4 terms
Bench Setup
A good bench is the difference between building on weeknights and building someday: light that shows true color, a mat that defines the workspace, and storage that makes setup a one-minute ritual. This hub covers the bench itself — the tool that holds all the others.
3 guides · 2 terms