Weekly WIP - 1/100 RX-93-v2 Hi-v E-V-O, (Part 5)

Quick update here. With the holidays coming up, haven't had much time work on this. And probably won't for at least another week. Did manage to get all of the panel lining and decals put on all the yellow, red, white, and blue parts. Here's were things stand now.

What else I'm into...

Christmas! Hope everyone gets a chance to spend some quality time with their loved ones. Happy Holidays!

Kit Building - 1/100 MG Aile Strike (Part 4)

Time to build the accessories.

First up, the gun.

As with all beam rifles, there's a nice solid seam line all the way around. I don't expect this to change in the 2.0 version.

Next up the shield.

Much like the back of the skirt armor, the back of the shield is meh. And the handle is just lazy by Bandai. Having to re-peg it just doesn't cut it for me. The SD has that! I really hope they improve this.

Last of the accessories are the Armor Schneider Combat Knives.

Never seen anyone actually pose their kit with these so whatever. Don't really care what Bandai does with these.

Next part will cover the Aile pack.

Kit Building - 1/100 MG Aile Strike (Part 3)

Continuing the build...

Next step is the waist.

This part I expect some major changes. The pegs to the legs are stationary. Seems unlikely that will still be the case. Other thing I really don't like the hollow skirt armor. There is detail on the other side, but they don't look good to me. I expect that they will add backing to these parts in the 2.0.

Next is the right leg...

Then the left leg...

For the most part I think the legs are good. Little seam line issue on the back of the legs, just below the knee. Hopefully they do something about it in the 2.0, but even if they don't it isn't a big deal.

Time to attach the legs and the side skirts.

I'm sure it was intentional, but the backing of the side skirts are hollow. I'm not a fan of this, but I guess that's how it's suppose to be.

Time to attach it to the upper body.

Well that's it for the Strike Gundam. Time to build the accessories...

Kit Building - 1/100 MG Aile Strike (Part 2)

Continuing the build...

Next step is the shoulder.

Pretty simple construction. I don't expect any changes here. Next are the arms.

Arms look ok to me. I assume the hands will be fix posed, but other than that, I don't know what else they would change.

Next step is some assembly of the parts that have been built thus far.

Kit is looking pretty solid so far.

So until next time...

Kit Building - 1/100 MG Aile Strike (Part 1)

Feeling the need to snap a kit together. Went to the backlog and pulled out the 1/100 MG Aile Strike. With the announcement of the 2.0 version, I wanted to see why a new version is needed. I mean the kit is only 10 years old. So in this build I will be pointing out things that I think will be different in the 2.0 and areas that I feel should be improved.

First up is the cockpit.

So the one thing I noticed here is difference in waist articulation. There's just a ball joint that I assume that plugs into the waist. I expect that they'll add some articulation just below the chest armor like so many of the newer kits. 

Moving on, the rest of the chest.

So the picture is a little blurry, but there are screws that go into the arm joints. I can't imagine that will be the case in the 2.0. Not even sure why they are even needed. Arms aren't that big and neither are the weapons. I'm guessing that this joint will fixed so that it can slide out.

Armor parts for the chest look good. I assume there's going to be some minor changes here to allow for some changes in the inner frame.

Up next is the head.

From the front the head looks good. But from the side, you can see a pretty nasty seam line. I suspect they'll redesign this, but I'm sure there will still be a seam line. Would be nice if this guy could have an LED, but that may be a bit of a reach.

Until the next part...

Weekly WIP - 1/100 RX-93-v2 Hi-v E-V-O, (Part 4)

Managed to do some more painting. Here are the colors I used.

For the white, I base coated with Model Masters Light Sea Gray and highlighted with Model Masters Classic White. 

For the yellow, I base coated with Model Masters Go Mango and highlighted with Model Masters Cadmium Yellow Light. 

For the yellow, I base coated with Model Masters Gloss Black and highlighted with Model Masters Grun RLM 72. 

For the red, I base coated with Model Masters Insignia Red and highlighted with Model Masters Guard Red. 

For the dark blue, I base coated with Model Masters Gloss Black and highlighted with A custom color. I didn't track the exact ratio, but it's probably about 60-70% Model Masters Dark Sea Blue and the rest is Model Masters Gloss Black. 

Last week, you saw what the red looked like. This week I managed to finish the yellow...

the dark blue...

and most of the white.

Still have one more tray to highlight. Shading takes so long :(

Plan for this week is to finish the white, apply a couple of gloss coats to level things out, apply a panel wash, and start applying the decals.

What else I'm into...

Capcom's Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tournament. Was a really great tournament with some of the best players around. For the past 4-5 months, Capcom ran 8 qualifier tournaments all over the world. Yesterday was the Grand Finals where all of the winners of the qualifiers competed. Very cool. Very high level play. Was a blast to watch. You can check out the archived footage here: http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters. If that wasn't enough, Capcom announced a new free PC game, Street Fighter x Mega Man. Game is to be released Dec. 17. So excited for this.