The modeling magazine for plastic kit fans returns! Model Art's "RR Mechanics" Vol. 4 releases today!

RR Mechanics No.4 Price: ¥1,890

■ Special feature: Charm them with painting!
Painting is a vital part of model-building. It can even be thought of as more important than basic construction.
A recolor is enough to add a touch of originality, while weathering contributes to the realism of a display. The possibilities of a simple splash of paint are endless. This issue, we feature a few brushed-up models. Learn the joy of painting for yourself!

○ Adding realism with properly-scaled effects
Building two differently-scaled kits of the same thing. How do we adjust our painting for the scale of each?

[Subjects]
1/20, 1/24, 1/35 Scopedog (from Armored Trooper Votoms)

○ Aging by faded colors
Whether deployed in space or on the surface, colors will fade with age, each in their own way. And what weathering will occur?

[Subjects]
1/100 Zaku (from Mobile Suit Gundam) 1/100 Walker Gallia (from Blue Gale Xabungle) ○ Expressing texture with paint
Different components are made of different materials. How can we express these differences in paint?

[Subjects]
1/35 Ingram (from Mobile Police Patlabor)
1/12 Mobile Infantry (from Starship Troopers)

○ Weathering scale models
How would these weather at full scale? How can we recreate that?

[Subjects]
1/72 VF-25 Nightmare (from Macross Frontier)

○ GSI Creos' new Acrision paint
　We test the new style of water-based paint.

[Subjects]
1/400 Evangelion Unit-01 (from Neon Genesis Evangelion)


■ Special interview
Max Watanabe (Max Factory)×Hiroyuki Komatsubara (studio RECKLESS)