Gundamaniac

Started to build the Strike Freedom a few days ago but was fed up with sifting though the box for parts letters. I wonder if most gundam model builders face this kind of problem as well. the truth is sifting and searching for parts might just eat up just a few minutes from your gundam building time, but then again, wouldn’t those few minutes be better off used on actual gundam building? ^^
I always thought the problem with searching for parts arises from the lack of being organized. So what I used to do is to arrange the parts by stacking them up together by alphabetical order. However the problem is getting parts at the bottom. this would mean I’d have to take out the ones on top, checking the letters as you go down. then after using the part sheet, I’d have to put it back onto the stack again. everything of which might have took more time than just sifting through the box for a parts letter. I guess what I needed was a way to get the part in the middle without having to pull the rest out.

luckily enough I wound this nifty little file organizer down at Japan Home Center. they sell everything for 88 pesos, thats about $2, about the same price as items on Daiso. Unfortunately I couldn’t find their website, but the closes thing I could find was this blog entry.

now I have my parts stacked diagonally, so I can find and take out the numbered parts with ease then just stick them back in when done. it saves me a bit more time and makes the job of finding parts a whole lot easier. the only problem I can think of now is that with the number of lettered parts the strike freedom has, I got myself only one organizer. doh! :p

having the file organizer for stacking parts helped me on my gunpla building, but I would guess that more gunpla builders out there might have better ways of organizing their parts. if so feel free to share your wisdom and drop a comment or link on this post. ^^