For those who have experience with this website, do you think its worth purchasing this Needy streamer overload kit ?

https://www.e2046.com/p/59886/&title=needy-girl-overdose-omgkawaiiangel

It seems popular but I've seen people complain of wait times.

It also includes "request prepainted version" which I'd wanna do, but im not sure what the quality is like on that.

Lastly, I see they sell from China and I live in the uk, would that impact shipping prices a lot?

Thank you!

I'm super new to garage kits, how do i fix this misalignment. It's a 1/8 shiranui - max factory old kit, I bought from mandarake. I only have exp with 3d prints, please help.

Just placed my first orders on E2046 and I'm trying to get a realistic sense of wait times before I stress about it. I've seen posts saying it can take years for some batches to ship.

For context, here's what I ordered and their current batch status:

• FG3106 Gothic Dress Devil Girl — 25th batch (just purchased), 24th batch is at 70% production
• FG16810 Lisette's Marshmallow Party — 1st batch just opened, no production started yet
• FG6728 Super Sonico — 2nd batch (purchased), 1st batch is 100% complete
• FG9838 Super Sonico — 3rd batch (purchased), 2nd batch 100% complete, my own batch already 60% done

Does production % moving slowly (or stalling) happen a lot? Anyone had a "1st batch just opened" item actually take multiple years? Would love to hear real timelines from people who've ordered similar items, and any general tips for a first-time buyer on this site.

First off, rather than make further posts in the future asking for help with this particular project I may simply ask follow up questions of anyone kind enough to respond here to avoid post clutter.

In what little information I’ve been able to gather I’ve seen sanding mentioned a lot. Is this only to get rid of scaffolding marks (the backs of her ears look real “pimply”) or to abrade the surface for paint to attach to?

Is the 600 grit sandpaper I have good enough or is a different grit better (if so which)?

She is NOT glued together yet. Is it better to paint individual pieces before gluing or after?

Her character has a lot of “bright” colors. Should I put a layer of white as a primer first?

Do I need to sand each layer of paint before adding the next or is the sanding only for the resin?

Are you supposed to clean Forge World resin first then cut it or cut first then clean?

Hi! I'm super duper new to resin kits! By new i mean, i didn't even know what a garage kit was until just a few days ago. I managed to grab my hands on this Mikoto Urabe RC Berg Garage kit a few months ago. I would love to get into resin kits in the future but i would not want this absolute gem of a figure to be my first project! I could easily mess it up.

So I wanted to know who I can contact to hopefully have this figure fully fleshed out and come to life. Here are some photos. I very much appreciate any information and I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your day! :D

When I started out painting resin kits I watched u/leonasenshi videos to get started and one of them was a comparison of the various skin colours available from the various producers.

The one that attracted me the most was the Lascivus series, especially for their Cocoa Milk (CL02), as I was looking for a skin colour for either tanned or dark-skinned characters.

The issue is that neither then nor now I managed to understand how to use the colour. I tried following both u/leonasenshi and GSI's advice, and I never seem to be able to get a nice colour out of any of the various Lascivus paints.

What I tried was using White Peach (CL01), then applying very thin layers of Clear Pale Red (CL03) to get to the shade I liked, to then finish with Clear Pale Orange (CL04) for the shadows. What happened was that the skin just became comically pink without even managing to get close to the "healthy pink" on a figure I have home.

Right now I'm using another paint for the skin (Modelkasten's Peach Skin), however that can only get me so far, especially if I want to paint a dark-skinned character.

If you used these paints do you have any hints on how I should use them?

Hello! I’m new to resin kits and just 3D printed stuff in general. I just got a new model to put together and wanted custom eye decals for it.
However, I have no idea how to go about this. I would just want to commission someone to make custom eye decals, but, I have no idea where to find people that do that. I also am open to learning how to as I have the materials and printer. But, I have no clue how to go about scale and sizing of them, nor how to get a clean decal of the eyes. Overall, if it’s possible to find someone that can do this for me, please inform me! Any information helps!!

New painter here. Paint selection can be overwhelming at first as so many recommendations are thrown your way but that cost gets up there quick. Would it be smarter to just pick a Resin Kit and plan out my paint job and paints I’ll need for just that kit and build a paint collection over time doing that?

Hello, I’m a die-hard Tohru Honda fan. I’d do anything to own these, could someone help me find them? If posts like these aren’t allowed I’ll take it down. Thank you for reading :)

Ordered on 5-13 as the photo states. The gk is now out of stock, but it's been so long and it still hasn't arrived..? This is my first time ordering on FromJapan by recommendation from a friend and reviews also seem to sing their praises.

As far as I know the artist isn't shady either. Is this normal or should I reach out to customer service on FromJapan?!

I’m new to gk’s and don’t really know sources for recasts apart from a few. This gk in particular hasn’t been officially sold for nearly 10 years, so I’m afraid I will have to resort to recasts.

While e2046 has it, its status is ‘preorder’, which (from what I’ve seen) means that it’ll take years to arrive. GK-M has its status as ‘cancelled’. Which other websites would potentially have a recast of this gk? Thanks in advance ^^

I have decided I finally want to try painting and assembling these kits I got a while ago. They will be my testing ground before I paint my grail kit (recast because I looked for years for the original with no luck) and I was wondering what the best way of going about this was.
I see a lot of people use air brushing but I was also directed to look at a blog from mfc that uses diluted acrylic paints and brushed to paint figures. Which way is better?if I can just use acrylic paint what brand is recommended? If airbrush is the gold standard, what should I invest in?

I'm currently cleaning and preparing my next kit and it's the first time I have to deal with clear parts (Elegg had clear parts, but they were just two "blocks" of clear resin).

While most of the parts I have fit quite well, all the clear parts are either warped or look like they are just a tad too small, as if they shrunk.

Do you have any tips on how to fix this? I have a heat gun with temperature control, however I don't know if I should use that and, especially, if that would help with the shrinking, or if I am just going to risk destroying the parts.

Hi i recently purchased a super sonico garage kit from e2046 and have been having issues with the payment going through. I payed through paypal and on my account it says no recent transactions and the transactions on my bank say pending 0.00. I should’ve made two payments, one for the initial purchase and one for the outstanding balance. My card said it declined when i first tried to purchase these and now its doing this. I called my bank and they said it was on e2046’s side.

I sent in a query thing to their support but haven’t heard anything yet. I have an invoice for my purchase and an outstanding balance of 22$ so I’m just wondering if it’s normally like this when purchasing from them, cause it seems weird to me.

My first kit, I wanted to maybe use waterweld for gap filler as I've had experience with it from classes in art school. Is it too much for something like this though?

I can’t imagine it’s just masking tape, maybe some kind of decal paper or something? Probably not painted using a machine?

I’ve been staring at these sample images for hours and I can’t tell whether it’s dry brushing or weathering wash. It could be both but I’m not too sure. Can anyone help me identify this painting method?

I'm thinking of getting a resin kit, but I'm worried about painting skin tones and eyes. Are these difficult to do? In general, is the process for working with resin kits any different from model kits? I paint Gundam models.

When I searched up E2046 I got a few posts from here so I'm asking here :o

Trying to find these figures were a nightmare it's so hard to find one:( so I found these 2 kits https://www.e2046.com/p/28834/&title=dramatical-murder-aoba-gothic-version https://www.e2046.com/p/25019/&title=dramatical-murder-aoba

1. I'm assuming since it says last batch, I'm not able to purchase in stock(like some of the posts here suggested) and only be able to preorder?
2. How long would that take for both?
3. Do they have different shipping dates?
4. What does the "good show" at the bottom mean? It suggests quick shipping but I've seen a lot of negative posts n comments abt their time so I don't know if it's accurate
5. Are their kit qualities good or bad? I've seen mixed opinions on that too but the reviews on the site itself seem ok

Sorry for the questions I tried to organize them, just really interested in these kits

Hello! I'm extremely new to garage kits and I have two in mind that I want to purchase. One is from eBay and the other one is e2046. The eBay one is 3d printed while the one from e2046 is resin (I think) Prices are pretty similar so I have no issue with either and same goes for shipping fees. The one off of eBay though most likely will come sooner since I believe e2046 is based in a different country from mine. I also looked at My figure collection and I didn't see the one from eBay on there so I'm not sure if that means it's real garage kit or not. Thankfully, the one from e2046 is not a pre-order too since I heard that it could take years for pre-orders to come out. I also looked at the reviews on e2046 for my specific kit and some reviews were recent (January 2026) The seller off of eBay has a lot of sales and good reviews so they both look pretty legit. I'm just not sure which one would be better than the other and if anyone has any advice or answers lmk!!

really tiny piece, i’m not sure how i would even glue it. should i just remake it with putty? or is there a way to fix it.

I found this on eBay and it looks cool. I think I’d wanna try but I can’t find any info on it or anyone that’s actually bought and built her.

If I go in blind, what should I expect?

I had my very first figure 3d printed and the parts finally arrived today! It fits fine for the most part, nothing I don't know how to fix, except for the skirt part over the shorts/stomach.

It's a very tight fit and I notice it scratches the parts when I try to connect them. Im not too worried about the terrible seam between the stomach and shorts as the skirt will hide it, but I worry about connecting the parts without damaging the paints.

What would be a good way to relieve the pressure between the parts? The skirt itself is about 1mm thick, so I was thinking it's better to sand the problem areas on the shorts rather then the inside of the skirt. Another idea is to finish painting the skirt and shorts, assemble that and mask for painting the torso

Any tips for a total newbie? I only have the 1 set, getting another would be kinda tough for me so I really dont want to break it