#Gundam MK. II

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Thank you for protecting my estradiol valerate, Char Aznable 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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A personal favorite project of mine, kitbashing the hg Tristan and MK II together for a really fun look

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Starting my first RG gunpla! This was a present from my boyfriend when I finished university last year, I love Gundam Zeta!

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TOP 5 Favorite Gundam

Honorable mention:

Gundam Mk II (A.E.U.G. Colors)

I really like the color scheme and the elements of its design that makes it look more bulky and solid. Personally I think that it’s a great improvement over it’s predecessor the RX-78-2. It also happens to have some of the best pilots (Kamille, Emma and Elle).

5. Tequila Gundam

As a Mexican, I suspect that I’ll lose my nationality if I said that I didn’t like the Tequila Gundam, XD. (And frankly it’s silly to complain about the stereotypes when G Gundam’s basically “National stereotypes: The anime”).

Love the colors for this mobile suit, the Tequila Gundam doesn’t need to be strident to impress. My favorite elements are the shoulder and arm spikes and the mustache, of course. I think that they went overboard with the sombrero but it doesn’t look that bad either. Realistically speaking a Mobile Suit from Neo-Mexico would include Aztec and/or Mayan elements, but as far as a Japanese interpretation of Mexico goes, this one’s pretty decent, flattering, even.

Also, why haven’t we gotten the HG Tequila Gundam kit yet?

4. Nu Gundam

It’s huge, it’s elegant and it has funnels in the shape of a single wing that makes it look truly iconic. What else do you want? It’s design uses both elements from previous Gundams as well as new additions, which turns it into a great representation of Amuro’s evolution as he goes to his ultimate battle.

Also it carried Char as a basketball and that's always good on my list.

3. Turn A Gundam

I’ve only watched a few episodes of the titular series, however I really love this guy. His design is absolutely unique and it makes him stand out from other Gundams. Love the mustache, but also, who doesn’t love the mustache?

The preponderance of curved lines on his structure gives the Turn A a very sophisticated and retro-futuristic look that’s very pleasing to the eye, and even if it’s supposed to be an artifact from a lost era, his aesthetic doesn’t look out of place in the Turn of the Century world of the series. I just think he’s neat.

2. G-Self

Look at him! He’s just sooo cute!! Big eyes! Round features! He’s definitely friend-shaped!

(I don’t care that this is a weapon of mass destruction, he made me very happy).

The G-Self almost looks like a toy, and don’t you find it very suspicious? It also has multiple backpacks that are only used once and some of them are extremely bulky and unpractical. With the exception of the perfect pack, they don’t affect the plot at all. However, you can get their model kit versions of these packs as p-bandai exclusives. I wonder what was Tomino trying to tell us with all this…well, it’s a mystery just as G-Reco’s plot, I guess.

Gundam Aerial

She happens to be my first Gundam + first model kit, so there’s that. Aerial also has a unique design that combines both curved and sharp elements, it gives her a nice contrast. The shade of blue in her chest armor and gund-bits is very eye-pleasing and it makes a good contrast with the red permet lights. It’s a very elegant and dynamic design. And the similarities with the G-Self make her pretty cute.

But she can also look scary, she has the range!

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The Gundam Mk-II from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.

I thoroughly enjoyed Zeta and thought the Mk-II was a terrific design. So, of course, I had to build one. And this Real Grade kit gets terrific reviews - so that's what I chose.

As usual, we've got the Real Grade's Advanced MS Joint B-runner.

I'm amazed every time I build one of these old RG kits. I don't understand how or why they'd mold these moving parts into a runner like this. It's an amazing technical feat... But it can't actually improve manufacturing costs, can it?

There's a runner of ABS parts in this kit, which I don't love. There's nothing wrong with ABS... It's actually great for hard-wearing parts that need to be more durable. But the flow-type panel-liners I like to use absolutely destroy ABS, so I have to be very careful with them.

Since this is an RG kit we get a tiny little pilot figure - Kamille Bidan. At this scale, though, you can barely make out any detail. And since I won't actually be using this figure in the kit, I'm not going to bother painting it.

This kit includes a length of wire and some braided cloth tubing for added detail. It's honestly pretty annoying to work with, and I'm not convinced it adds much to the model. I'm pretty sure you could just do a molded plastic detail instead.

This kit has you build the entire inner-frame first, which was kind of neat. Of course I had to grab a quick picture of the thing under-construction because I'll never see that stripped-down inner-frame again.

Unfortunately, due to the way this inner-frame is built, disassembling the kit for decals and topcoat later is going to be a pain.

Once the inner-frame is built there's a great process of layering the armor up over it. It was very satisfying. There's some fantastic detail and color-separation. And unlike some other RG kits there wasn't anything I really felt I needed to glue in place.

This kit comes with the usual RG sticker-style decals, which I don't generally love. I used the shiny green ones for the eyes and some cameras. I stuck a couple of the gold ones on inner-frame bits of the legs. But that's about it.

I picked up some G-Rework waterslide decals for this kit. Broadly speaking, I like the added flair of G-Rework's designs. They're a little more interesting than the standard Bandai decals. They seem to be easier to apply, and stick better, too.

Unlike the last batch of G-Rework decals - these seem to basically follow Bandai's numbering which made them much easier to apply.

This was a very satisfying build.

I really enjoyed building the entire inner-frame first and then layering the armor over it. The kit feels pretty solid... There's a couple bits I keep pulling off when posing... But nothing that really feels that loose or fragile. Nothing I think I'm going to need to glue in place.

Again, I find myself wishing for more pre-posed hands. There's some in this kit - a couple closed fists, one open hand, and one gun-holding hand. But, again, we're going to be stuck with those semi-poseable RG hands a lot of the time. Like there isn't even a pre-posed hand we can use to hold a beamsaber.

I'm definitely going to have to pick up the Titans version of this kit - just for the excuse to build it again.

And I'm actually debating trying the RG Zeta Gundam kit... I don't love the design of the Zeta Gundam in the first place. And I've heard it called one of the worst RG kits out there. But it kind of feels like I should build it just for completion.

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HGUC 1/144 MSN-00100 "Hyaku-Shiki"

It's finally here!!! The pearl gold looks really really good, and it's still really reflective and shiny under the right lighting. Still a little disappointed I couldn't get a metallic finish but I'm reluctant to pay $100 for anything less than MG.

The poseability on this kit is really really good, and the joints are a lot stiffer and easier to work with than with the Zeta Gundam (posted here earlier).

The clay bazooka also looks really sleek and fits nicely onto the model's back. As with a lot of older kids a little bit of painting is required to get the kit looking anime-accurate; I had to paint the yellow and blue details on the beam rifle.

The kit comes with 3 eye options: blank, normal red, and the unique scanlines the Hyaku-Shiki sometimes had in the anime. I chose the scanlines of course (I couldn't find a gif of the red scanlines unfortunately).

Now I finally have the complete Gundam crew from the AEUG!!

My photos of the Mk-II and Zeta are linked.

And yes. The Hyaku-Shiki does count as a Gundam, as it was built from the same Mk-II Gundam parts as the Zeta. I will die on this hill.

Anyway if you're a Zeta fan I definitely recommend this kit.

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Gundam loves its references

Kamille pilots the Gundam Mk-II for the 1st time (Zeta) Norea pilots the Gundam Pharact for the 1st time (Witch From Mercury)

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Random thought

Aerial and RX 78

Aerial rebuild and nu gundam

Pharact and gundam Mk II

Calibarn and Unicorn

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FIGURING OUT CAPCUT, LIGHTBOXES, AND A TURNTABLE!!

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RX-178 Gundam Mk-ii

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RX-178+FXA-05D Super Gundam by Youichi Ueda