Gundam Mk.II (ver. 2.0)
March 3, 2008 at 1:34 pm | Posted in Master Grade | 1 CommentTags: gundam, Master Grade, mkII, spray can, titan's, ver.2.0
This is only my third MG I built myself. This Mk-II is actually the AEUG version. ‘But why go through the trouble painting it with Titans color when Bandai has already produced a Titans version?’ Well I bought this kit before Bandai released the Titans version, and I don’t think I can afford another Mk-II. On the plus side, it came with a stand, which the Titans ver doesn’t have. On the downside, it doesn’t have the rotating hips which they had in the Titans version.
This was basically an out-of-box (OOB) build. I sprayed the inner skeleton with Gunship Grey and painted some internal details with gold + silver paint. The leg + arm armour was sprayed with titans body color spray. For the chest + hip armour, I handpainted with midnight blue. The eyes were painted with clear green, with a reflective sheet (from used CD-R) glued at the back. For panel lines, I used brown accylic paint thinned with ethanol. Some slight mods included slicing a pipette tip and gluing them to the Vulcan Pod. I applied a mix of 3 types of decals: the original that came with the kit, Samuel’s decal (ordered online) and Bandai waterslide decals (for RX-78 ver. Ka use). Finally I applied a generous amount of flat coat.
I’m pretty satisfied with my work on this one. The only thing I regretted was separating the groin joint so that they move independently. Now they became too loose. Also, I accidentally broke the Vulcan Pod antennae. Luckily it can be glued back. Except for the hip, this kit has great articulation, until you put on the armour. The movements become restricted, especially at the shoulder. Overall, it’s well worth my time and money.
Zeta Plus A1
March 1, 2008 at 2:36 pm | Posted in Master Grade | 1 CommentTags: anaheim, hummingbird, Master Grade, plaplate, spray can, 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.
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