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

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.

Back

Finally, the job's done ^^

let's pray so I don't have to make some revisions :P

Here's some shots of my RG RX 78-2

Not too much pose though. Coz I'm too afraid to ruin the decals (it's not coated yet :P)

 The 'realistic decals' is nice.

Thinner and sturdier than regular decals, with several metallic tones here and there.

 Awkward pose -__-

The skirt parts fall easily, and the ankle joints aren't too tight...

And the peg on the beam sword didn't fit with the arm's peg hole :P

The bazooka is nice.

incominggg....

en garde...

 for some reason, for me, one of the most remembered part of gundam is the shield...

big red stretched hexagon plate with yellow stars.

remember this epic pose? ^^

 Setsuna: "Get lost gramps!"

Amuro: "Gramps? I came from the future. Do the math!"

 dont forget our little fella'

 

 run out of gundam marker here.. so, no panel linings  :(

Well, this is my first RX 78-2 model after all those years building gunpla.

The design is old (of course), but this new RG line really hides that fact. With those new inner frame design and articulations, I felt like having a PG miniature.

Of course its not as sturdy as the PG line and I have to move the joints with extra cautions.

Drawbacks: some parts easily fell off, the hip and ankle joints are a bit loose (maybe it's just mine)

RG RX 78-2 WIP2

Managed to finish the waist and body ^_^ V

Crotch's parts.

The front and back armors are identical

and see those tiny red part? 

One sneeze is enough to blow it to nowhere...

Waist's parts

 Lower body complete!

Body & backpack parts.

I never built an RX 78 before,
so I wonder how the core fighter will fit into that body?

The backpack has amazing detail & part separations

...and dangerously small parts too

Front body

The backpack

Only the arms, head, and weapons left...

RG RX 78-2 Get!!!

Finally, my 1st RG arrived! ^__^

Why RX 78-2? Not much choices for RG model though.
It's the only model available when I ordered it four months ago.

Yup! Four months ago. Why so long? 

I don't really know why, but it looks like my usual seller got some  problem
with the shipping process, customs, holidays, yada..yada..yada..

Now let's see what we've got here...

 

One manual booklet, ten runners, one sheet of 'realistic' decal/stickers.

I didn't get the blue stand base ~_~

I think that's a bonus for the first batch. Aww.. never mind...

 Two tone of red and white color!

And the so called 'realistic' decal/sticker was a great addition (and will give me a hard time for sure)

  

This is the most interesting parts.

Pre-cast inner frame for the legs, body, arms, even the palms! Just like the Perfect Grade's palms.

I wonder how they work and how much articulation they had in those tiny frames

 Well, that's all for now.

Let's hope I can find some spare time this weekend to start building it 

^__^