Kusakusa Gunpla

Freedom Gundam

This model was another put under the category ‘build n forget’. After months serving as a dust collector I decided to give some Justice (pun intended) to this kit. Several color schemes were considered (e.g. pink Rouge Freedom, salmon pink Char’s Freedom, military green freedom) before I decided to replicate the color scheme from this image:

Unfortunately I ran out of dark grey spray can, so I went to Tamiya and the closest color they had was mica dark blue. Also bought a can of mica red paint. The only noticeable modification was to the shield. Out goes the red thing in the middle and gaps were filled with epoxy putty. Also took the liberty to remove the beam rifle cover. [sarcasm] Did I mention how fun sanding & filing the wing beam cannons were? [/sarcasm] Also, I broke the white V-fin not once, but twice. Hopefully the glue stays on this time.

The most enjoyable part building this kit was applying the decals. I used dry transfer decals along with some Seed & Strike Noir water slide decals. Thinking about where & how to place them was somewhat gratifying. The spray paints used were glossy and in order to protect the decals I needed to apply some topcoat. Unfortunately only flat topcoat was available so I had to forsake the glossiness of the red & dark blue paints.

Please forgive the long rant for this might be the last MG I’ll be posting in a while. So then, enjoy the pics…