Gunpla, Gunpla Everywhere
'Armless? Not anymore!!
It’s been a few weeks since I did anymore to this kit, but I really wanted to get this build cleared as it has been sitting around for a while so whilst Warren & co were nattering away in this weeks XLBS I decided to sit down and plow on through.
The next stage was construction of the arms:
So the first shot there is the “skeleton” for the arms as it comes on the frame. as you can see, each one is cast as a single piece, but once clipped away it is fully articulated. In fact, there are pieces that you pull off either to reattach later (like the fists) or are used for completely different assemblies (more on that later)…
So that’s the right arm (the left is an exact mirror), and it comes in at over 20 separate pieces. I do recommend having a file on hand as some of the panels are reliant on extremely precise fits (and on the externally facing panels it just helps it look a bit nicer 😉 )
A little more work building the head (itself another 15 pieces) and here we have the RX-78-2 Gundam complete in all it’s glory. Now I’ve not applied any decals or used any panel-lining, but I dig it.
We’re not done though, oh no. Next up is constructing the Gundam’s sizeable and iconic arsenal. Once that’s done I’ll see if I can’t get some nicer pictures uploaded with the lightbox, maybe use a stand to get some action poses in 🙂
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