SCI-FI F.A.Q.

AK Interactive · AK8160 · Written by Lincoln Wright

Sold through. Restock list open — the list is notified first, before any public announcement.

✦ What This Book Is

428 pages. Full colour. Gatefold softcover in heavy card. English edition.

Published by AK Interactive in 2021 under their international imprint. Commissioned directly by Fernando, President of AK Interactive.

This is the reference book for sci-fi scale modeling — Gundam, Maschinen Krieger, Macross, and Warhammer 40K in a single volume. Not a gallery book. Not a single-technique showcase. A full curriculum: kit selection, first builds, paint systems, techniques from foundational to advanced, groundwork, figures, and a contributed gallery from the best sci-fi modelers working today.

Kow Yokoyama personally reviewed and approved the Maschinen Krieger content — his message appears at the front of the book.

Written by Lincoln Wright.

Sold through at every major US retailer — and now sold through here. The last direct run went in days. The restock list below is the only queue there is.

📘 What's Inside

SCI-FI F.A.Q. · 428 Pages · Full Colour · Gatefold Softcover · English

How to Choose a Kit

Types of kits, brands, and sci-fi genre overview. Gundam, Ma.K., Macross, 40K — the landscape is larger than most newcomers expect and larger than most veterans have fully mapped. This section orients you before you spend money on the wrong kit.

How to Approach a Basic Build

Entry-level build methodology without the condescension. Tools, kit upgrades, a brief introduction to scratchbuilding. Designed to get a new sci-fi modeler to a finished model without detours.

What We Need to Paint

Paint types, layering logic, and application systems — from enamel to lacquer, hand brushing to airbrush. The most frequently asked questions in sci-fi modeling, answered systematically.

Painting Techniques

The full range — foundational to current practice. Priming, base coats, weathering sequences, and advanced technique. Contributed examples from working modelers alongside the core methodology. Every technique included has been used, tested, or specifically contributed by someone who uses it professionally.

Groundwork & Figures

Practical coverage to get you started. Bases, groundwork construction, figure painting fundamentals.

Gallery

Contributed works from the best sci-fi modelers currently active. Assembled through direct network.

Special content: Kow Yokoyama's personal message and official approval of the Maschinen Krieger content appears at the front of the book.

✦ A Note on the Ma.K. Content

This is not a Maschinen Krieger book. It covers four subjects, and Ma.K. is one of them.

That said — it contains more Ma.K. coverage than any comparable publication, written by someone with direct studio experience in the SF3D/Ma.K. universe. Yokoyama Sensei reviewed the content, approved it, and contributed a personal message that opens the section. That approval does not exist in any other English-language publication.

If Ma.K. is your primary interest: this book contains the most authoritative English-language treatment of the subject currently in print.

⚙️ Why Join the Restock List

The next print run comes direct from AK Interactive to the Paint on Plastic US warehouse — and it's sized by this list. Every signup is counted when the reorder is placed. This isn't a marketing list; it's how the order quantity gets decided.

Joining means:

The list is emailed first — before Patreon, before social
Stock ships from the US (NJ) — no import fees for US customers
Purchased direct from the author
No middleman markup

The last run sold through before most people knew it existed. The list is how you don't repeat that.

📦 Shipping & Availability

All stock ships from the Paint on Plastic US warehouse, New Jersey.

US — $9.95 flat rate
International — calculated at checkout, ships from NJ

Physical book only. No digital component.

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From my bench to yours. 👊 — Lincoln Wright