MG Strike Gundam +IWSP - Final Phase

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Behold! My Strike Gundam IWSP !

Finally after a long delay I'm putting everything together for this photoshot (This Kit is actually completed 1st Jan this year) . I'm the type who likes to do too many things and easily procastinate things, something which I wished to change, hopefully this year would be a good year.

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Wonder how many of you have noticed that I did not follow exactly the color scheme that comes with this kit. Not that it is something new nor it matters much but I feel the reason of buying a model kit instead of manufactured fixation version, is the flexibility in customizing the kit to however you like, however you want, however you can dream of. Perhaps this is the real fun in Gunpla-ing .

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Looking back,this is the biggest(box) and most expansive kit I've done so far. The construction is not much of an engineering challenge. The instructions is detailed, even if all the wordings is in japanese but a picture tells a thousand words. And like what I've been telling people, assembly the kit is not as challenging as compared to painting it. May be it's because there is no instruction manual for that?

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I must say I quite like the flight pack. The wings are like the fighter jet one and looks really powerful. The only gripe I have for it is its weight. It could be better that if the pack provides a socket at the bottom of the pack so that the display stand can support the pack instead of the Gundam itself. Just a thought.

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This is one of my best looking kit to date.
A fun kit to play with as there is a number of weapons.
The bad point is not all the weapons can be mounted on to the kit at 1 time.
Not really a difficult kit. Work is mostly wasted in trying to correct the previous mistake in painting.
The provided display stand is only basic. Due to its fixation nature, there is not many dynamic poses I can derive from it.

After thoughts : The Feeling of project completion is always good. A good sense of accomplishment and self worthiness. Or is it more like I'm sick and tired of facing the same thing and so glad that it can finally be put away ? Ironic.