WELCOME TO 4PAK!!

Friday, April 2, 2010 KOALA 1 comments
From General




more photos later
busy working on Overflag mod for BAKUC
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Prototypes

Saturday, March 27, 2010 T0fu 0 comments
(: with the big day coming soon i thought id put up some pictures and a few notes on my prototypes.


From Drop Box


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Three were made, 2 using the same batchh at a 140/250 ratio and the other at 100/200 ratio of water to flour. Both were cooked in around 4 minutes give or take 30s. the 140/250 came out much better than the toe-in-a-hole despite what the pictures show. The former, was over-proofed, stuck to the pan and didnt have enough breadish taste to it. it was also undercoooked in the middle but that could be because i used the grill rather than the oven.
The first two were very good. The dough was slightly undercooked on one of the pizzas however when rolled thinly(arnd 3-5mm) like the other it came out perfectly. Crisp base, fluffy and soft chewy.

overall am very happy with results. i leave u with a cooking pic (:

http://picasaweb.google.com/fungt89/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCJOX_drzhuKbfQ#5452936969699223282

next post will prolly be abt food, and then after a huge delay i can start discussing my BAKUC project (:
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Undergoing renovations

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 KOALA 3 comments
I guess Sum and I were getting bored of this old layout
Hence once again, 4PAK is getting a facelift
So for now, you'll guys would have to put up with this boring white and grey background and simple flash banner while we pull some ideas together for our new designs.


As usual, we are open to suggestions, so feel free to leave a comment about the things we should or shouldnt add in
Look forward to hearing your comments
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OUR PATH TO WORLD DOMINATION!

Saturday, March 20, 2010 KOALA 1 comments
I am happy to declare that 4PAK is now armed with the necessary weapons to take over the world of gunpla
From Gunpla
Sparmax airpump, with a CO2 tank
Unfortunately, as we're all a bunch of lazy/stingy azns and have yet to get airbrushes for this pump =/

From Gunpla
Still working on holiday photos
need more time for that....
keep you guys updated.
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We are a lazy group

Sunday, March 7, 2010 KOALA 0 comments
Yes, i know i know
We havent been doing much stuff recently.
But i do promise you, once everything of mine is all organised together, then something BIG may come ^^
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ems is fast

Friday, March 5, 2010 T0fu 0 comments
payment cleared monday parcel arrived friday. i think ems and ami ami may be a winning combination!
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I liek mario carts

Sunday, February 21, 2010 CK 9 comments



Who needs friends when you can do this?
=)
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Holiday Photos

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 KOALA 4 comments
So...now that im back in HK, no more stupid firewalls and unrestricted net.
Also getting a new optical fibre connection in May (which i wont be able to use until my next visit to hk)
Heres the results which i got during my one day trial
HK internet is nice ^^

So anyways, the main reason for this post
Since i've taken so many photos during my China trip, i was thinking of dividing them into a few separate posts. Some containing nice scenic photos, while other catergories would be for the 4PAK stuff in China.

So which should i post first?
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Dendrobium part 1

Friday, February 5, 2010 Onderon 1 comments
Hey guys! Been a while since my last post as I was overseas and blogspot was blocked lawl (china rofl) So as a way to make up for my extended absence I'll start off with something big. Thanks too everyone who pitched in and got me this wonderful gunpla for my 21st and after many months of contemplation I've started putting it together and it's quite overwhelming.

For those you didn't get a good look at it during the present opening or for those who want a size comparison, I am assisted by Char's ZakuII 2.0 and the dendrobium box dwarfs the red comet!
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A quick look of the contents reveals the construction manual and my first time encountering one which is made from really thick and super glossy paper
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Shiny!
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Zaku II sneaking a peak into the box and dun dun dun the runners are divided into 2 compartments
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If you put the 2 boxes next to each other with A on the left they for a profile image of the kit
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Kudos for Bandai here. Runners are arranged in such a way that when building you start from box A and lift out the runners as you go through the steps without having to randomly dig through a gigantic mess
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Just showing off the shear size of some of the pieces and these arent even near the largest!
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Contents of box A
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and B
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Most bags contain 2 runners with some being multiple copies while some are just placed together for convenience

Oh and here's the runners for the GPO3 codenamed "Stamen" while the bigass mobile armor is codenamed "Orchis" and combined we get...the Dendrobium.
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A little trivia for those interested the Gundam's from the 0083 series are named after flowers like the GPO2 FB "Zephyranthes" and the GPO2A "Physalis" N.b. not syphilis.

Here are the runners for the GPO3 all laid out and yeah its a tiny kit but remember it is in 1/144 scale
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I wont be doing a proper WIP but I'll try to document the more interesting parts as I go along so bare with me and try to stick till the end!

Found in box A are 5 types of screws and 2 springs
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Bandai shuns from using screws with their newest products but with the dendrobium it's clearly a must with really heavy moving parts heavy duty joints are required
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First off is the S runner x2 and as you can see 1 entire runner + some screws and polycaps are needed just to build the internals of appendage which later on we'll see that it connects to the primary weapon and defense equipment of this mobile armor
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Some more comparison photos and as you may notice I'm working on a cutting mat which has 1cm squares on it for easy size estimations
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More randoms
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Guest featuring my left hand!

Incase of emergency you may throw this block of plastic for massive damage!
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2 "appendages" one for each side and is it jsut me or do they look like a pair of handguns? DUAL WIELDING !!!
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PEW PEW
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Moving on these 2 enormous parts make up the core of the armor
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and for something so big the molding is very good with lots of detailing

I forgot to mention earlier but the kit also comes with 3 pieces of metal plating which are used to secure multiple sections of the core together as well as adding strength and relieving stress off the plastic.
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the stuff is thick!
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And fits like so
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Here we have a part of the hull
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Kinda reminds me of a space shuttle
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...oh what? Your telling me its a space ship?

No gunpla kit is complete without a hip joint and presenting the heavy duty version
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construction is slow with trimming and carving parts so atm it just looks like some space debris
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The other 2 pieces of metal as used for the bow of the armor
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Because its gotta support this as well
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8 Screws of 2 different sizes are used to secure this half to the core
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And here's a shitty picture of it supporting itself on its handgun wannabe appendages
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It would be illogical of Bandai not to include a stand for this as it does not have legs wheels or a come ontop of a cushion lawl
Base
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and the support
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TAH DAH ready for some massive head trauma?
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I was worried for my poor desk as it looked like it was gonna cave under the all that weight but fear not all is well
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Thats all for now oh and did I mention this will be picture intensive?
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Fighter of the Year

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 CK 1 comments
Move over Tekken, Street Fighter, KoF etc.

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