Kusakusa Gunpla

Zeta Plus A1

This was actually the 1st MG I bought. Someone snap-fitted the kit for me and it has been sitting on my shelf for at least 3 years. I decided to paint this kit to kill time while doing my HGUC Zaku II, but I ended up finishing this kit faster (3x faster???) than the Zaku.

This kit was an experiment on detailing. It basically involved some plaplate, sliced tubing, extra panel lines, drilled holes and a pin. I actually had to take apart the kit and rebuild it. I broke the V-fin antennae in the process, but thankfully the kit came with a spare one.

As for the color scheme, I tried to follow the Hummingbird colors from the Gundam Sentinel series, using whatever colors I have available in a spray can. For the brown parts, I used sand color spray, but the paint came out in sputters, resulting in fine spots instead of a uniform layer. But after spraying multiple layers, it wasn’t that obvious anymore. I sprayed a layer of smoke on top of that to give it a darker color, but that too resulted in spots. Quite a lot of masking to be done too. Panel lining was done using black acrylic wash (still can’t find some enamel paints). For the decals, I used the ones that came with the kit and some extra water-slide ones. The dry-transfer decal didn’t really came off to nicely, probably because it’s been left for too long. In conclusion, this kit served as a practice-bed for future detailing/modifying projects.