RG Strike & Weapon Packs

RG Strike + Aile, Sword, & Launcher Packs

Bought this kit about two years ago, and the sword/launcher packs last year.
Strike is one of my favorite mobile suit. It's design are quite simple but not too plain, muscled but not too bulky. With the extra packs, it can be used as an all round weapon.

Took almost two days to finish strike and aile pack alone, plus another two days for sword and launcher packs. As with usual RG kits, it came with tons of decals, and the time to put it on the sword and launcher packs are longer than the time to build those packs XD

No WIP photos this time (except several mobile phone photos that I won't bother to upload)
And I haven't build the Skygrasper yet. Got no action base nor space to display it :(
So, enjoy next tons of photos I took ^___^

出撃への準備 !!!

出撃への準備 !!!

 (prepare to sortie !!!)

This time, just a series of photos I took after repairing the Sinanju,

using Mechanical Action Bases as the background.

Darkness Prevail...

Since I've got the RG Skygrasper last month, I had a plan to build it along with the RG Aile Strike last weekend. This will be my 3rd RG after RG Zaku II a couple months ago.

I'm preparing the tools on Friday night when a dark presence came (by a courier) to seduce me...

RG Char's Zaku II (Done!)

Got a short time to take pics of the Zaku II (and forced to end it when my cam's battery runs out XD)

Lost several decals here and there due of posing, but I had fun ^^

RG Char's Zaku II (WISP4)

Finished decaling the Zaku II ^^

It takes hours to put all of those tiny decals (plus eye sore and backache)

I think the red/pink colors are too light, the decals on that parts aren't too visible.

Front view

Accidentally flipped a pair of decals here :P

Seravee WIP: Decaling

Finished decaling Seravee Designer Color.. Finally it doesn't look boring white or black anymore haha..
I smeared glossy coat before applying decals.
Here some photos to enjoy :)

All lined up and ready

Please refer to manual.

Some close up

Right shoulder is jealous of left shoulder, why nothing for the right?

Another big one on left foot (and yes nothing for the right)

Left foot

Designer color decals is just nice :)

Seraphim got some nice greeneries

I wish it glows in the dark XD

a little close up

Weapon of overly-mass destruction!

Another top coat and ready for some pose shootings ^^.

RG Char's Zaku II (WISP3)

Head parts

Forgot to take pic of the complete head.

RG Char's Zaku II (WISP 2)

Crotch parts.
Not much, with little color sepparations.
The inner frame is almost identic with RG RX 78-2.

RG Char's Zaku II (WISP 1)

 When did I get this kit? A year ago? How time flies.. hahaha...

Got a little free time this Saturday, so I guess I can start building this kit.

I don't expect to finish it this weekend though. 

The 'three times faster' MS will be done in 'three times slower' XD

 I always amazed with RG box illustration. Shiny!

Seravee WIP: Painting

Finally finished (partly) repainting Seravee ^^/ In the midst of top coat now..

Repainted the Whites, can't really see the difference.. need to go macro ^^;;

Before

After

Before

Close up on hand

Repainted the black parts :) Except the chest, can't unsnap it..

After top coat is decals and panel wash, until then ^^/

Gundam Room: The beginning

I haven't really got the time into gunpla again since married. And it's really burning inside XD
Anyway I moved to new house for my marriage life.. and since I got no (real) babies at the moment, I can have one room dedicated for my "babies" :p We call it, "Gundam Room". Yes, my wife calls like that also hihi..

Still filling the space only, nothing like fancy illuminated glass board :P So I'm keeping all my collections here, Gundam & Manga that is.. Well I do my coding work in this room as well.. But..must..start..gunpla-ing..also...

Till next time, from Gundam Room! ^^/

The Green Dwarf

 "BB Senshi SD Gundam Kshatriya,"
got this little guy weeks ago. My very first SD grade gunpla ^^.

Actually, I don't quite fond with SD designs, except the Sangokuden series.

IMHO they looked childish or too cute. Then why I picked this guy?

Maybe because he (she?) has relative smaller head than other SD out there, not like that "hydrochepalus" tiny gundams. It helps to keep the "menacing" look without loosing it's cuteness.

The box contains three runners, three PC runner, stickers, manual sheet,
and something like a glass coaster with ZEON emblem on it.

 Runner A

Contains almost all of the Kshatriya's body parts.

Runner B

 Contains the wings and head parts.

Runner C

 Contains several body and wings parts, also Loto parts.

(Geez, that Loto looks very simple.)

The PC parts, foil sticker, clear sticker, and glass coaster.

( I think the glass coaster is a kind of bonus for the first batch product?)

Head and body parts

 Head and body, assembled.

Hands

 Legs and waist

 Wings

No funnels there... -__-

 Ready to 'gattai'  ^_^

Completely assembled! Front side.

No stickers applied yet. Plain out of box.

 Back side 

Those 'back collar' reminds me of Zeta design.

 See the difference between the artwork and the out of box (OOB) kit?

He/she really needs a lot of color detailing. 

I don't like the stickers, maybe I'll try to paint him/her later.

That's it! My first SD Gundam ^^

Cutted, cleaned, and assembled in 80 minutes at a sleepless night last weekend (on my bed)

I thought SD Gundams are for childs, but with this minimum details and colors, I changed my mind, hahaha.

Gunpla Tools Shopping

This weekend I had to go shopping for 'pulang kampung' next week.. So it's a chance for a visit to the gunpla store! ^^/ Here's what I bought:

Tamiya File set (for sanding)	Plastic cement for seam line removal
Weathering Kit	Thinner
Mr. Hobby Mr.Base White 1000	Black Color

I tried the tamiya file, and it's really convenient *throw away sanding disc* ^^ Use it for initial sanding.
I meant to buy Tamiya XF-21 Flat base for mixing with future to produce glossy top coat, but instead I bought Mr.base white 1000 -_- So I red some articles about base white 1000 and turn out it's good for priming and surfacing (mixed with thinner), read from here and here. Maybe I'll try someday :)
Bought black spray paint for Seravee when I do seam line removal on the kit. And for the weathering kit, hehe I'm saving for the future. All of this are worth of a 1/100 NG gunpla ^^;;


AND THIS WEEK WORK LOG, I did seam line removal practicing on RX-78 03 legs. Here's the result:

The right is ok, but left one failed. I tried with unknown plastic cement from Ace's hardware, turned out it doesn't melt.
Better stick with Tamiya/Mr.Hobby cement

Both are ok :) My sanding skill (or patience) still not good enough, scratches still noticeable :(

Seam line removed and primed! :D They say model kit look great in prime, it's true ^^
Notice, I didn't do sprue cleaning (lazy me) :p

What's happening to me? I'm changing..

My legs!?! what they've done to my legs!?

The shoulder have been primed and painted. It doesn't look like plastic anymore,
but it doesn't look like made of steel also. It's gritty, looks like made of clay or stone.
Is it the primer? I need to try different primer to find out.

That's all.. I'll be busy next two weeks, marriage preparation ^^