Snapbuilt: MG Zeta Gundam Unit 3 part 1

good day everyone. finally, i had the time to start snapbuilding my Master Grade 1/100 Zeta Gundam Unit 3 [White Unicorn ver] last night. this unit is piloted by White Unicorn (aka Amuro Ray) and its featured in Gundam Evolve../Omega number 9. the episode also featured 2 more Zeta Gundams piloted by Red Snake and Grey Wolf.


BOXART
to start off my snapbuilt kit review, here's the boxart of the MG kit:

CONTENT & CATAPULT DISPLAY BASE
next are the contents and the catapult display base. one of the reason what i like with this kit, it includes a display base. ^^, and since Bandai included a display base, they ignored putting a landing gear for the Wave Rider mode. it's ok... but it's also sucks at the same time. o_O




HEAD UNIT
so far in my experience with building Master Grade kits, this is the first time i've build a head without worrying about seamlines. practically, there's no seamlines on its head. you just have to clean and sand the cut marks, that's it. what's good is, the head parts consists of left and right side, the face plate, main camera block and the v-fins. not like with the other Gundam heads (e.g. RX-78-2), it consists of front and back side. that's why you need to sand and clean the seam lines located on the top of the head. with the Zeta, they eliminated that by building it sidewards. hope next time, Bandai will do this format on their next and upcoming releases -- esp on Gundam Unicorn. ^^,



TORSO UNIT
now, this is the part when i started to notice that i will going to have a hard time building this kit. i also noticed that the transformation mechanism are complicated. o_O next photo is the cockpit with the Amuro figure. then after building the main torso, i attached the shoulder joints on both sides.



ARM & WAIST UNIT
here's the finished arm parts with the manipulators. then just for the fun of it, i tried transforming the torso part to its Wave Rider form. so far, so good. now, i'm starting to like where this kit is going. ^^,

next are the waist unit. although this consists of small individual parts, i find this one also complicated. because this part happens to hold the main transforming sequence for the leg units. i just hope they put some diecast metal parts for it. ^^,




i think that's it for now. will continue this with the leg units hopefully tomorrow evening after work.

thanks for dropping by. ^^,

MG UNICORN Gundam

good day everyone. finally i had the time to post some updates on my blogsite. it's almost a month since my last post. got so busy with work and some sidelines. i know i owe you guys some updates on my Master Grade Zeta Gundam Unit 3. don't worry, i'll post soon since i'm planning on starting building that kit later this week. ^^,

for now, i'll just update you guys on this upcoming Master Grade kit from Bandai. i know this is an old news na since some Gundam sites posted this one already. you can't blame me for sharing this. i'm just so excited with it. ^^, that MG kit is none other than the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam featured on the Gundam Unicorn Novel. written by Harutoshi Fukui and designed by Katoki Hajime.

it was unveiled last 2007 Chara Hobby Convention held in Japan. and announced to be the december year-ender Master Grade kit. cool huh? and for that i salute Bandai for making this an MG kit. ^^,

ok, here's some photos from Danny Choo, taken from the last Chara Hobby Convention.




some magazine scans that i found online from the November issue of Dengeki Hobby Magazine showing the details of the upcoming MG kit. it also says that this one will transform to its Destroy Mode. now, how COOL is that? ^^, so i decided that i will buy 2 kits just to achieve both modes. i don't want my kits to transform from one form to another. the paints might scratch when it transforms. too bad they don't reveal yet model kit photos of the Destroy Mode. but don't fret, we have some artwork of the Destroy Mode so you guys will have some ideas how cool this kit will be. ^^,



after seeing these photos i also wish that Bandai would release a Gundam Fix Figuration version for this kit. since the GFF line is Katoki Hajime based, there's a chance that we will see this one soon. and definitely i'll also buy 2 figures to have both modes. oh, and i also wish that the Shinanju will get a Master Grade and Gundam Fix Figuration treatment too. ^^,

seeing here is the profile artworks of Unicorn Gundam and the Shinanju. promo art for the novel and an artwork of Unicorn Gundam in Destroy Mode while battling the Shinanju. oh boy, i really can't wait for december. ^^,

thanks for dropping by. ^^,