This is my quick review of the stedi water-based panel liner based on my Bandai MG Sazabi Ver Ka [Special Coating] experience.
The “stedi” branded hobby tools (and more specifically, gunpla tools) and supplies have started appearing in my social feeds earlier this year (or perhaps it was last year). At first, it was their glass files, panel line scribers, nippers and what not.
In essence, stedi offers a variety of the same product categories that Dispae, Ray Studio, Tamiya, Sujiborido and whatever brand produces but at lower price points. My impression is they are positioning themselves as the budget, but still quality brand option brand did everything hobby tools and supplies.
None of their products have caught my eyes until I saw their water-based panel liners! A product line that promises to deliver the same result of enamel-based panel liners like the Tamiya options with zero risk of plastic cracking, little odor and the same ease of use and cleanup. Not to mention, fluorescence colour options outside the standard shades of brown, grey and black that glow under UV light!
Here’s stedi’s marketing slide on the panel liners:
