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MG RX-78-2 Gundam Ver. 3.0 – Review – Updated 5/16

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Welcome to my review of Bandai’s latest Master Grade Gundam model, the RX-78-2 Gundam Version 3.0. The redesigned kit takes after Bandai’s new and improved vision of the original Gundam, matching the giant statue in Tokyo and the previous Real Grade release. While it features a more traditional frame than the RG, the MG is, for better or worse, simply a scaled up version of its little brother.

I should point out that I don’t have a RG RX-78-2 so I can’t compare the two directly. While I could compare the RG and MG based on other RG kits I figure it be best to make most of my comparisons within the same product line. Though I will reiterate that the MG and RG look exactly alike (other than the size and some panel gap issues, more on that later), even down to the included markings. Between the Mega Size, Real Grade, and Master Grade it wouldn’t surprise me if Bandai re-released the Perfect Grade in this scheme as well… anyhow, I digress… read more

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PG Zaku II ver. Reprise – Fin


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Finally complete, yay!

For those of you new to the project, a little background first. After a long hiatus from Gunpla I returned to the hobby with this, Char’s Zaku II, back in 2008. Being my first kit in a long time, and a Perfect Grade one to boot, my Haro did it turn out like shit. Poor lining job, no details, stickers, and an orange peel gloss coat on top. I’d often thought about tearing the whole thing apart and giving it a proper paint and detail make over. Between my ever growing backlog of kits, and the difficultly of sanding down such a gloss coat, the thought never came to fruition. Instead I decided to revise it and complete another idea I’ve been bouncing around, a clear – yet frosted – Perfect Grade kit. read more

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PG Zaku II ver. Reprise – Update 02

I’ve been making decent progress on my clear PG Zaku, though I ran into issues.


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The torso and waist armor were both given coats of Tamiya’s Smoke, clear black paint. They booth looked exactly the same prior to the dull coat, but one received the tail end of a Mr. Super Clear Flat can while the other was coated with a fresh one. For whatever reason the waist armor stayed the proper colour and the torso developed an odd blue tint. This is the first time I’ve applied top coat over a piece using clear paint so I’m not sure where to begin in identifying the project. Since this kit is something I’m doing to just work the idea out of my system, and there’s nothing I can really do to fix the pieces aside from ordering new ones, I’ve decided fretting over it isn’t worth the time. There are plenty of other gunpla projects to be anal over! read more

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PG Zaku II ver. Reprise – Update 01

Long ago, in the depths of 2008, I built a Perfect Grade Char’s Zaku II. It was horrible. A travesty of all things great. A concoction of orange peel’d gloss and stickers. Thus, 2012 being the end of the world, the only proper thing to do would be to light it on fire and sing a sad song in remembrance. Or I could cover it in awesome.


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Yeah, I’ll do go with the awesome option instead. Okay, maybe I’m being a bit presumptuous of myself. read more

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