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I ended up doing that last night. I had some super cheap Chinese LED "tea lights" which I took the batteries from. After experimenting I've found 2 Ag4s would light a LED for 12+ hours well and now it's been 18 and it's just starting to become a dull glow. Size wise I doubt I'm going to find much smaller than 2 of those able to reach 3 volts and keep them going for such a long time.

I'm looking to install small LEDs in the heads of robots. Their heads are about the size of grapes and usually require a bit of cutting and carving to get them to fit. I can then thread the wires down into the torso but I'm struggling to find batteries of a suitable size. Currently I have coin batteries but they're a bit large and I'm wondering if there's any more compact options.

This is my main genre so I know a bit.. Gundams are robots known as mobile suits from the Mobile Suit Gundam Franchise. Not all mobile suits are Gundams though, Gundams are one off prototypes (or very limited production runs) which work as test beds for mass production units. Modern series hand out Gundams like candy so every faction has some of them in some fashion. Their distinct features are the large V-fin on the forehead and the humanoid face with a goat-e on the bottom. Outside of that they can be almost any size and shape. The one you got is the Super Gundam, which is a mid season upgrade to the Gundam MK-II, where it gets the G Defensor support unit. It appears in Zeta Gundam and ZZ Gundam as the hero's first Gundam and then later the hand me down when the newer machines start rolling out. You can find a video here covering the base MK-II, turn on Closed captions for subtitles. The video shows it in Titans colours, which is then repainted into AEUG colours which is the only colour scheme the Super Gundam comes in. I think you got the High Grade Universal Century version, unless you posted the wrong picture in the post since it comes in different size kits. I did a brief article on it on my website if you want a quick run down of grades and scales here. In your case you got the most common and one of the easiest to build scales, the High Grade Universal Century is the work horse line of Gundam kits, sees a new release or two every month and is great for learning the fundamentals. The Super Gundam is a few years old so it doesn't have as many modern gimmicks but it's a great first build to learn how things go together and figure out things like panel lining. It will be snap fit and won't require any glue, but the V-fin benefits from it so it doesn't end up accidentally getting lost. If you're not comfortable painting then it comes with stickers which can be applied to the head to make it closer to the shows look. All the details molded so a steady hand will work better if you're comfortable with it. If you want to know know what you're in for or research any kits in the future Dalong.net has everything stock built and panel lined. Here's the HGUC Super Gundam page. If you're searching it make sure to set the language to English as it defaults to Korean.

Now the fun begins! Decals and then a bit of weathering. I want to see how good I can make this train wreck.

The Tamiya sprays I've used I found to have poor coverage. I think the local shop stocks it though so I'll pick up and can and try. Thanks for the help.

Had some trouble with this guy but he's starting to come along. Been out of the hobby for ages and I'm just returning with a fun easy build.

Well that sucks. Are there any good alternatives?

What's the best place to get Testors Dullcoat from in the UK? I've been trying army painters stuff and it butchered a kit. I would of been better off spraying it with paint than the results I got. Looking to go back to trusty ol' Dullcoat and not sure wheres the best place to pick it up these days. Aerosol postage is nasty when ordering a few small cans.

That's amazing. How heavy is it to carry one handed?

The X wing game from Fantasy Flight goes pretty deep into Star wars lore, if you don't mind miniatures rather than model kits. There's so much money in making cheap X-wings and Falcons with slightly different details they don't seem interested in making the larger ships. The Star Destroyer already fills the big expensive christmas gift slot and there's very few non-fighters with the screen time to get people invested.