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.
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 .
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?
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.
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.
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Showing posts with label IWSP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IWSP. Show all posts
Friday, January 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
MG Strike Gundam + IWSP - Phase 03
Inner Frame snapshot
The assembly of the inner frame gives me the rough scale of how big this scale model turns out to be . The wonderful thing about joining up the limbs and torso pieces is that they can be disassembled for future purposes such as painting , transportation , posing(unlikely) etc.
I was fascinated with the big long sword that comes with this kit which is part of the reason I got this kit out of so many choices . The sword is probably shown in one of the side anime of the Gundam Seed Series and I have never seen it in action before . The sword can be folded backward but it does not seem to fit into any part of the IWSP system nor any other parts of the mecha itself other than carry it in the gundam's hands ....
Feet Assembly
The One gripe I have for these feet is that they can though the assembly seem very flexible, it is really only a 1 direction thingy : tilting the toes upward , no downwards . That's already some limitation in pose already .
Hands
The hands are at MG best , movable thumb , index finger and the rest of the fingers as a whole . Only 1 plane of movement here . Only the Perfect Grade features the full movement of a real hand I think . I'm so getting those . . .
Still , the seperation of hand guard and the hand itself is a boon for painting .
Leg Assembly
Pretty sturdy legs I must say . 2 ball joints for the ankle to allow a teenee weenee bit more movement than the classic common HG single ball joint feet to leg. The biggest gimmick IMHO is the thigh armour plate inner frame assembly . The front plate sorts of slide "open" from the hind plate when the leg is bend at the knee .
The headless warrior
I must apologized as I am now skipping forward through the details of waist , chest , shoulders and arms assembly as I am practically losing patience . I am so tempted to see how all these actually turns out and man the number of parts are quite a killer.
Although I have organized them over and over countless times , hundreds are still hundreds (ok , sorry I exaggerated here) . It is tough trying to spray paint and saving paint at the same time .
Still I'm far from being done . There is only like 2 weeks left till 2009 is over and I really doubt I will be able to finish this kit by this year .
The chain gun shield + beam boomerang attachment
Kudos to the kit designer. The chain gun shield seems quite overwhelming in terms of size (it is nearly up to the shoulder of the gundam's height itself in length and pretty bulky ) . But the strike gundam hold up the gun with ease . It is really unlike any of the HG Kits that I have gotten before this . I must say it is even better than that of the MG RX-78 kit that I've got before this.
The assembly of the inner frame gives me the rough scale of how big this scale model turns out to be . The wonderful thing about joining up the limbs and torso pieces is that they can be disassembled for future purposes such as painting , transportation , posing(unlikely) etc.
I was fascinated with the big long sword that comes with this kit which is part of the reason I got this kit out of so many choices . The sword is probably shown in one of the side anime of the Gundam Seed Series and I have never seen it in action before . The sword can be folded backward but it does not seem to fit into any part of the IWSP system nor any other parts of the mecha itself other than carry it in the gundam's hands ....
Feet Assembly
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The One gripe I have for these feet is that they can though the assembly seem very flexible, it is really only a 1 direction thingy : tilting the toes upward , no downwards . That's already some limitation in pose already .
Hands
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The hands are at MG best , movable thumb , index finger and the rest of the fingers as a whole . Only 1 plane of movement here . Only the Perfect Grade features the full movement of a real hand I think . I'm so getting those . . .
Still , the seperation of hand guard and the hand itself is a boon for painting .
Leg Assembly
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Pretty sturdy legs I must say . 2 ball joints for the ankle to allow a teenee weenee bit more movement than the classic common HG single ball joint feet to leg. The biggest gimmick IMHO is the thigh armour plate inner frame assembly . The front plate sorts of slide "open" from the hind plate when the leg is bend at the knee .
The headless warrior
I must apologized as I am now skipping forward through the details of waist , chest , shoulders and arms assembly as I am practically losing patience . I am so tempted to see how all these actually turns out and man the number of parts are quite a killer.
Although I have organized them over and over countless times , hundreds are still hundreds (ok , sorry I exaggerated here) . It is tough trying to spray paint and saving paint at the same time .
Still I'm far from being done . There is only like 2 weeks left till 2009 is over and I really doubt I will be able to finish this kit by this year .
The chain gun shield + beam boomerang attachment
Kudos to the kit designer. The chain gun shield seems quite overwhelming in terms of size (it is nearly up to the shoulder of the gundam's height itself in length and pretty bulky ) . But the strike gundam hold up the gun with ease . It is really unlike any of the HG Kits that I have gotten before this . I must say it is even better than that of the MG RX-78 kit that I've got before this.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
MG Strike Gundam + IWSP - Phase 02
Ran out of black metal and steel colour spray . Dang . Bought another steel spray can and the shop don't have the black metal spray ! Sigh .
Flat black will have to do for now .
The spraying job seems never ending . Happily I thought I am done with the steel parts. And then I went back to the room and open the kit box and find more !!!
This is like the pain when running 2.4km .
The Tamiya P400 sand paper is good . Try it on the feet parts and seems to remove the nip mark pretty well .
Re-coated the red colour on the feet parts .
Shall finally able to assemble the full inner frame tomorrow .
Flat black will have to do for now .
The spraying job seems never ending . Happily I thought I am done with the steel parts. And then I went back to the room and open the kit box and find more !!!
This is like the pain when running 2.4km .
The Tamiya P400 sand paper is good . Try it on the feet parts and seems to remove the nip mark pretty well .
Re-coated the red colour on the feet parts .
Shall finally able to assemble the full inner frame tomorrow .
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