I honestly haven't had a new master grade for quite a while now. So I was itching to crack this guy open and get started.
Some notes upon opening.
One small runner of polycaps and some of them are huge
A single screw which goes in the left hand. I think it's there mostly to help hold the hand together as the shield just clips onto the hand guard.
Small sheet of sticker decals and dry transfers. They're ok. Pretty much the only one of note is the large ZEON that goes on the sheild. I might look into getting waterslides from somewhere.
One thing I should mention about this build is that I'm going to build the frame up by itself first. No real reason, just because.
Getting to it, the manual has you start with the torso.
It's pretty straight forward. Nothing too small or complicated so far.
It all goes together smoothly and feels solid when it's done.
Next we move onto the head.
Slightly more complex than the torso. The geared mono eye gimmick is present here just like the 2.0 Zakus.
I love how even the fin on the back of the head has some inner frame.
There's also some nice pistons under the neck.
They're a bit hard to make out but there's 4 total around the neck.
Next up is the arms.
The arms are mirror images of each other sans the left hand which has the screw in it. The build itself might be a bit on the simple side but the end result still looks great.
The arms are the most complex part of the kit so far. As I said before, the detail in the frame looks great. There's a moving piston at the bottom bend and a faux piston at the top bend. Both look really good regardless. I didn't bother with the screw in the left palm yet and I went ahead and used the 'armor' pieces for the hands to keep the fingers together. Pretty standard 2.0 hands by the way, maybe a bit larger than the Zaku's or RX-78's though.
Quick note: Be careful with the fingers on 2.0 kits (and kits of the Era that have similar hands), parts of the fingers are tiny and begging to get lost.
Now off to the shoulders.
Shoulders are simple and go together quickly. Besides the nice detail the only thing of note here is the flap/vent things that will go in between the body and shoulders.
Now to put what we have together.
The frame's looking great so far. I'd actually put it a step above the Zaku 2.0 frame in terms of looks alone. The fin things between the body and shoulders kind of just float there, which is unfortunate. Perhaps they'll fit more flush when the armor is on? Oh well, with the upper half of the frame done I'm gonna call it a night.
Merry Christmas to everyone and we'll pick up where we left off in a day or so.
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