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Aug 04

MG Blue Frame Astray 2nd Revise

This was my birthday gift from my wife. ^_^ (i managed to tricker into buying me one. hehehe). Just kidding, anyway, of all the gunpla I have, she liked my master grade red frame so much, i manage to convince her that the master grade blue frame will be a perfect display shelf partner to him. And the rest is history. She didn’t know what to get me for my birthday, so I used the inception method (yes, the movie) and lead her to believe that this is what “she wants” to give me, but we all know that, it is what “I want” her to give me.

Head is very detailed. Unlike the red frame, his V-fin is inside his head armor (or helmet). which means it wont fall of very easily (like the red frame does). I almost resembles the helmet of a dirt bike rider.

Arms are exactly like the MG red frame (its just blue instead of red). that means it comes with all is awesome articulation, details and glory (if there are any).

Legs are also the same. With a few exemptions. like a retracting blades on the feet and daggers on its hips. Other that that (and the blue color), its molded the same way.

He is the blue frame side by side with the red rame. even thought its obvious that they are suppose to be the same. I still don’t feel like they are. small details make a big difference. tactical arms, shoulder armor, helmet, etc.

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Jul 05

SD Strike Gundam Review

I was looking for this kit for a while now. And The moment I saw it on the hobby store near my home, I bought it immediately.

On most of the 1st part of this post, you will see an unpainted version of this kit. Built straight out of the box. As expected, like most SD kits, most colors are wrong and you have to paint it to make it look just right.

Like all other SD, this kit was very very easy to build. Its a good practice for me to practice my brush painting skills. (i still suck by the way). Hopefully with a little patience and alot of time, i’ll be better.

After adding some paint. here is my SD strike gundam.

Trying a few more poses, to show some articulation of this kit.

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Jun 08

HG 1/144 Gundam Throne Trinity (Eins, Zwei and Drei)

This is my 1st 1/144 scale gundams. I normally prefer 1/100 NG (no grades) over the 1/144 HG (high grades). I seems to me that Bandai have no plans of making a bigger scale for these 3 amazing kits.

They as basically very easy to build. especially if you build them all at the same day. Except for the head, color scheme and weapons, these three basically have the same mold. Even so, they are still fun to build.

Since my Eins is a resin kit. i experienced some problems with it. loose joints and pegs that dont fit. Fortunately its something that a little super glue can fix. I may consider getting a bandai one for this model.

As for Zwei. Even though its a bandai brand, I still have some small complains for this kit. Whenever you want to make a pose of him holding his sword, you have to disassemble his hand 1st, so that you can have him pose like that i did below.

As for the drei. i dont have complain (so far). i like the color scheme, like its cool poses and i like how its head look alot like from that alien movie. But im pretty sure this would even look better if i painted some details into it. Hopefully on my next post, (if i find the time to work on them).

Now i guess your asking why would i buy a resin kit of eins, when i have the other 2 (zwei and drei) from bandai. Its simple reason actually, I couldn’t find any Eins, on my local stores. Plus, I guess i also want to try experiencing on how to make HG 1/144 TT Hongli brands. And for the record, the bandai ones are far far superior especially on how accurately one mold fits into the other. For the TTHongli brand, 50% of the time, I have to either add super glue to thicken a part or shave of some parts with my hobby knife to make a part fit to one another.

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May 17

MG Strike Freedom ZGMF-X20A (head, legs and arms)

I started working on the head. i just made it as is, i haven’t done any filing and painting yet. Actually for the head, i’ll just add panel lines and a touch or ‘top coat’ only. it looks good as it is anyway.

next will be the arms and hands. i noticed how big the hands are compared to the strike gundam. but i dont mind. its suppose to be a giant robot anyway. more gripping action (i guess).

After combining the head, arms and body together. i really like how the gold paint came out. looks good when its properly lighten. The only fall back is how stiff the joint become. But hey, im not complaining. Its just a ‘warning’ for those who want to make the inner frame of this kit look more gold.

as for the legs. i started working on them, but i noticed how late it was, and my wife’s making that ‘face’ again. you know, that face. anyway, took some photos before i went to bed.

as i woke up the next day, i started adding the armors and feet.

up next would be the weapons and accessories

i haven’t done any significant panel lining yet (just did some parts on the head and inner frame). will try to continue that some other day. Plus i’ll also add the decals next. (right after i panel lined it).

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May 12

MG Strike Freedom ZGMF-X20A (body)

Today I started with the body part. and just like those other gunpla-ers (if there is such a word) who tired making the MG freedom strike’s inner frame look shiny gold, all the joints became “super” (and i mean super) stiff. i literally had to disassemble the model just to scrape off some plastic parts within the pegs and its connector. so far, so good. i guess when i reach the “legs and arms” part, i’ll do the same scraping method before i plug them in.

Anyway, here are some photos i took after constructing the body part.

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May 12

MG Strike Freedom ZGMF-X20A (custom paint)

I just started painting the parts for my strike freedom today. It took about a month trying to find the “best” gold color i can use to convert and make this dull and yellowish non-shiny more eye candy. I tried not to put on too much paint cause based from other reviews I’ve read who tried painting this model kit, got a very stiff joints (which then made the model significantly hard to move). Anyway, i’ll try to post more photos if my fate will be the same as the others ^_^

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Apr 27

MG Red Frame Astray (stickers and decals)

After a few days i finally got the time to sit and finish this master grade kit. the only problems i had with this was, some of the stickers and decals are super tiny. that i manage to accidentally transfered it to my fingers or clippers. :-( anyway, at least the “important” ones… like the one on his legs and shoulders i got right :-)

Click Here to view the previous part, head and body (part 1).
Click Here to view the waist and legs part (part 2).
Click Here to view the weapons and other equipments (part 3)

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Apr 20

SD (Super Deformed) Gundam 00 (Double 0)

I am not a big fan of the SD Gundams. But this one really caught my eye. Plus its not that really expensive. ^_^ I bought it here at SM Clark for PHP 360.

Here are the Construction manual (even has an awesome “cute” images and poses). Unfortunately out of the box most of the parts are just plain blue (particularly the body, sword and shield part. And to add, the arms dont move (unlike other SD), and its ALL white as the legs and feet.

My wife and I have to color those parts which needs coloring. (upper waist, side of the body, backpack, elbow, side armor (or the blades attached to the GN drives)

Here is the back part. oh yeah, I colored the gun/sword attached to his waist to chrome. ^_^

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Apr 19

MG Red Frame Astray (weapons and equipment)

Now that we have the mobile suit done. next is the weapons. I know im slow. but I dont mind. Im not in a hurry. As they say. its not the destination, its the journey. ^_^ Let do this. I assume it wont be as intricate as the mobile suit. i dont see tiny parts here.

His massive weapon (tactical arms). Turns into a bow (not a fan of it though)

Doin some posin. :-) I’ve yet to use the decals and stickers. just got to excited to pose him due to his awesome articulation (did i mention he has awesome articulation).

Tomorrow, (hopefully) I’ll try to start with the decals and stickers. ^_^

Click Here to view the previous part, head and body (part 1).
Click Here to view the waist and legs part (part 2).
Click Here to view the decals and stickers (part 4)

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Apr 18

MG Red Frame Astray (waist and legs)

now that we have had our beauty sleep. :-) time to continue with the legs and feet.
Me attempting to showoff the red frame’s awesome leg articulation (it even has tons of other mechanical detail inside its armor). Waist area was simple to assemble. I was so excited to put them together, i forgot to add panel lining.

All thats left now is connect the upper part and lower part.
Showing off the panel lining. I know I’m not great. Its just a hobby anyway (something to take my mind off work and stress related stuff)
Will be BACK (get it? “back”, uhmmmm, nevermind)… anyway, next part would be the weapons (Tactical Arms and the Swords)

Click Here to view the previous part, head and body (part 1).
Click Here to view the weapons and other equipments (part 3)
Click Here to view the decals and stickers (part 4)

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