0.3mm or 0.5 mm pla plates? It is a question that I thought about when I wanted to buy pla plates for the first time. After working with both thickness, I find 0.3 mm plates are like thick sheets of paper so they are good for detailing and good for curve surfaces as they are flexible enough. For 0.5 mm plates, they are more stiff so they are good for scratch building rigid structures and detailing parts where you want the details to protrude out more but are not good for curved surfaces.
The shoulder shields are built from 0.5 mm pla plates and the external lines on the shields are made from 0.3 mm plates.
After pla plating, painting is another headache as with all the added details, they would need to be masked if you want them in different colours. There are two ways of masking, namely masking tape from tamiya or masking solution from mr hobby. After working with both ways, I find it more reassuring to use masking tape over masking solution as the masking solution turns translucent after a while so sometimes I will missed out some edges. The masking solution is also hard to control where you apply it to especially on raised surface and uneven surfaces.
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