#Astray red frame

[gatormeister]

Real Grade Gundam Astray Red Frame!

My first real grade kit! And an early real grade at that.

This was a shockingly easy build. The armor just smoothly slid into place nice and tightly, paneling lining was mostly fine save for a few cluttered details that ended up being covered up by other pieces anyways, and most surprising the advanced ms joint didn’t give me any issues whatsoever save for a single stubborn piece that needed a little extra force to click together. There was one loose armor piece on the belly, but it was simple enough to glue in once I noticed it could easily fall off.

I used Gundam markers for the first time, the metallic set to color in the eyes and sensors. They were great for those, but I also used the silver marker on the katana since I wanted to clean up the nubs on the back of the blade, and the silver looked nice, but up close it’s very easy to see that the markers just weren’t meant for something that big.

I did also use a single bladed nipper for the first time as well, which made the clean up so much easier than just the double bladed nipper and sanding sticks from my first beginner modeling tools, though I still did use those to get through the thicker plastic on the runners.

Action Base 6 is really nice and simple, I like these a lot, bouncy as they can be. They feel very sturdy and hold together beautifully.

Building this has definitely given me more confidence in the older real grade lines considering how many complaints I’ve seen about the rg red frame. I had an absolute blast with it.

[erika-mr]

The PG I originally intended to get but I wasn't for sure they would re-release it. I put in the order for Angry Goose and soon after it was announced 😂

[patmax17]

Finally got my hands on an MG Astray Red Frame ❤️

This will take me AGES (took me around an hour for the torso, then another half an hour to panel line it, and another hour to build the head... And I'm exhausted now. But man, does it look cool, the right amount of edgy for me

[sylviegunpla]

Gunpla: Completed Collection of Minis: Part 4: Gundam SEED

Next is the SEED Figures. These guys will have a lot of cockpit shots because i already finished off most of their models (though a couple of them were back before i was doing water slides, and just using the decal-stickers and dry-rubs that came with most non-ver-ka MGs)

PG Astray Red Frame: Lowe Gule

This was done before i had access to my magnifying binoculars. The panel lining was actually done with gundam panel line marker, over Mr. Super Clear Gloss. This kinda turned out well. However, his "brother" (the pilot figurine) wasn't so lucky: (under the cut)

This one i started panel lining, then messed up and erased, and it wound up not coming off right. So i just didn't bother and went ahead and finished it with a flat coat, no nuln oil for detailing or anything. BTW, the way i captured that backshot gives me an idea for what i could do with suit-less pilots.... but i'll leave that for another day. Anyway, i actually already water slide decaled his suit, so i could take pictures of him in the cockpit!

Oops, got a little carried away there.

moving on...

MG Strike Rouge + Ootori: Cagalli Yula Athha

This was THE first figure i tried nuln oil on. However, it turned out kinda messy, because it was a tutorial my friend was showing me. HOWEVER HOWEVER, i managed to recover it without too much work! I think she looks decent overall.

The pilot figurine was also finished with Nuln Oil, but after i knew what i was doing. I think she turned out a bit better.

Next, we're gonna go behind the scenes and see some of the movie magic i use to make it seem like these guys are in fully constructed models (I already tricked you with the post about the Hi-nu!)

Some basic shots showing the cockpit hatch structure.

And now you can't tell again that it's not complete!

The hatch is now closed. We move onto another pink gundam:

MG Infinite Justice: Athrun Zala

I finished him with only a little bit of panel liner, down the middle of his chest, and nuln oil on the face. A little blobby/messy but still achieves a decent effect from afar.

Here's the pilot figurine. No backshot because i pretty much left his back unfinished. You have to constantly change the thing holding the figure in order to paint certain sections and i was getting tired of trying to do the back.

His cockpit operates very simply, so i only have a few shots:

Yup, there he is. He's actually mostly fully built because i had to detach him from the sick ass plane he normally hangs from. Yes, the mecha suit i mean hangs from a plane. It's so sick, i'll have pictures in another post dedicates to this kit.

BONUS: So, for a while, i had this figurine that i THOUGHT was the pilot figurine for this kit. But then one day i opened up the cockpit hatch and saw the figurine. So who is this guy? what kit does he come from? I'm not even sure if it comes from a PG (1/60) or an MG (1/100), it seems closer in size to the PGs though. You can see i attempted to start painting it in Athrun Zala colors. I actually finished it but it looked so weird trying to force the sculpt to match the image. My friend thinks the sculpt looks like it could be a specific pilot outfit that Kira Yamato wears. It's equally likely it might be a Mu from a PG Sky Grasper. Can anyone positively identify the kit this figurine comes from? The few possibilities we think it might be are kits my friend used to have, but lost due to Moving Shenanigans. so we cannot confirm that those kits are missing pilots. ANyway, moving on, to the final figures:

2x RG Strike Freedom: Kira Yamato

Why do i have two of these guys? Because i have two of the kits! The Strike Freedom was the first RG I assembled, in 2020. In 2021, i got P-Bandai's "Titanium Finish" release of the exact same kit. Thus, i had two Kira Yamatos to paint. These both were painted in my first run of minis in Fall 2023, and they are the last of such minis to be shown off here! I did not panel line them, hell you can tell that getting the stripes on their tiny pilot suits was hard enough. They're very messy and have bad color separation. Honestly, i might try redoing one of them now that i have magnifying goggles. It would be worth it. And as a reminder, since these came with an RG, they are 1/144 scale, so a bit tinier than most of the others i've shown off (which are 1/60 or 1/100).

I believe that does it for Part 4. I just barely had enough image slots for all these pictures, but sadly not enough for some "gags" i wanted to do. there would have been 3 more images in the set of 6 pictures of Lowe Gule boarding the Astray Red Frame, but i had to cut them for extra space. To read part 5, Click This Link!

[enkanomiya36]

Character design*

Name: Alice

(Enka's avatar)

Height: 145 cm

Date of birth: January 01

A wannabe shut-in. Prioritizes her hobbies above anything else. She likes online games and mecha. Alice is lazy and won't think twice about skipping school or any kind of responsibilities. She doesn't like interacting with others and would do anything to avoid such situations.

[cryingfunnyfox]

[patmax17]

Yes! I want a red frame so much. Not sure about the rg or one of the mgs actually

me starting the hobby: nah i'm fine with just 1/144 scale gunpla

me now: and here's my wishlist of MGs and the PG i really really want

(its the PG astray red frame)

[lonk-water]

MG 1/100 Gundam Astray Red Frame

Those Swords are Really Cool! And so Shiny!!

[gundamfight]

[feyronsk]

MG Gundam Astray Red Frame

Basic straight build of a classic Astray MG with a little bit painting on the fingers. This variant of MG Astray kit is Premium Bandai.

It still baffles me that this Red Frame is a P-Bandai, not the Kai variant.

[saintjoanofgunpla]

chaotic in here

tmr I'm gonna put some decals on my next custom experiment / test piece / etc. but tonight I gotta go to bed early 😩

[gatormeister]

Picked this up while I was out getting a stand for the ZZ once it’s finished. Never built a Real Grade before, but the person working there told me this and the Gold Frame were good ones, and I didn’t want to spend another $50+ on the Nu, High Nu, or Zeong just yet.

[rattshitt]

Gunpla pics that go (add yours)

MG Red Frame Kai (without backpack) + MG Barbatos

[patmax17]

Today was leg day!

Almost 2 hours and I didn't finish one leg xD this is my first MG and I love building it.

I'm also pretty satisfied by how the panel lining is turning out

EDIT: Lol, apparently this is my 3000th post here

[canofwormed]

Red astray politely waiting while I finish its weapons

[esperproject]

Relaxation between battles is important