HGBF Lightning Gundam Full Burnern

I'll start this small gallery off by saying I have an extreme love-hate relationship with this kit.  On one hand; I like the aesthetics and overall look that this ReGZ/Zeta Gundam variant offers, on the other hand; it's a floppy mess and even after doing some severe joint tightening surgery this thing was still a pain to pose.  I'm honestly a little disappointed that this kit was the one I chose to start this blog up again with.  But, I'm just going through the kits I've done in the past couple months in chronological order of when I got them.  By the end of taking photos this HG was ready to fall apart so I didn't even bother with posing it with its beam sabers.  Melee isn't really what this thing is known for anyway.

The Good:
-Nice looks and decent shelf presence because of its size.

-Not many color apps missing out of the box and the stickers they do give you are decent.

The Bad:

-LOOSE joints.  Particularly the waist joint.  It barely holds up the huge backpack.  Furthermore, when transformed the kit just wants to fall in half because of this joint.

WIP Notes:

-Used Gundam Markers for every paint app on this guy, ie. the yellow throughout the kit, gray in various places, gun-metal (not sure of the actual Gundam Marker name of this color) for the rail gun and cannons.

-I did keep the original eye stickers, sensor stickers (minus the main camera on the gun, there wasn't one), and the light blue-gray around the feet.

Size comparison next to a standard size HGUC Zaku II

Final Thoughts:

Well, like I said at the beginning, this kit looks nice but is a pain to do pretty much anything with.  The base Lightning Gundam itself is OK for holding together.  It still feels kinda loose in your hands.  Then you add the Lightning Back Weapon System Mk. II to the back to make the Full Burnern and you run into heaps and heaps of weight issues.  On a side note I feel like the proportions of the LBWS Mk. II are a bit on the large side compared to the anime.  Also, its quite heavy.  About as heavy as some smaller HG's actually.  Throw this on a tall kit with a weak waist joint and its not surprising it has problems holding together.  The large rail gun attachment for the beam rifle is pretty heavy as well.  Truth is I have problems getting this thing to even stand.  Putting it on a display base fixes all of the top heavy balance issues, but two major issues remain.  The weak waist joint, which means the dynamic waist poses modern HG's are known for is not happening.  The wrist joint.  That rail gun is pretty cool, but the wrist has some serious issues holding it most of the time.

All that aside.  Joint tightening with super glue and tape solved most of the issues on my kit.  It is still very top heavy and the balance on the ground is garbage.  The kit looks great if you can get it in a good pose, if.  If you like the design or the anime then I can recommend it to you.  The aesthetics keep the Lightning Gundam Full Burnern from being just a big, floppy kit.  Its one of the few Gundam Build Fighters designs that feel could be canon for its respected base series.  Universal Century in this case.  Keep in mind that either 'version' of the Lightning Gundam requires a separate kit purchase for the backpack.  As for regular collectors I cannot recommend this kit(s).  You'll just be disappointed at having another unbalanced floppy kit on your shelf.  

If you like the Lightning itself or the pilot/builder Yuuma Kousaka, or even Gundam Build Fighters Try then you may want to pick up the HGBF Lightning Gundam and the HG Lightning Back Weapon System Mk. II to make the Lightning Gundam Full Burnern.  Otherwise feel free to pass on this kit, or at least this version of it.

  

HGAC (HGBF) Wing Gundam Zero Repulsor

Here it is, finally.  My Wing Zero Repulsor.  I'll explain about the model as we go.  Just a heads up, this is a pretty picture heavy post.

OVERVIEW

I guess I'll talk about the color scheme first.  I basically wanted a Proto RX-78-1 color scheme minus the green.  Ended up adding the light gray as a color towards the end.

The back pack is a bit crowded with the swords and rifles attached.  Doesn't really matter though, as the binders will pretty much only be to point back like that.  Just not enough clearance between them and the shoulders.. sigh.

I'd say I'm 95% happy with the paint job.  The 5% unhappy being the visible brushstrokes from hand painting.

WEAPONS

You have to lift the binders up to remove the Twin Buster Rifles.  Not too big a deal me thinks.

TWIN BUSTER RIFLE

I left these pretty much 'stock'.  Really all I did on these was some painting.  I figured why fix what ain't broke.

And of course they can still combine.

TWIN BUSTER SWORD

The swords gave me some problems but in the end they came together pretty nicely.  Since they're just thin pla plate and a handle they're very light too.

OVERVIEW (NO WEAPONS)

I have to say: I like the Repulsor a lot more without the weapons mounted.  

DISPLAY

I made this thing as a build fighters custom so why wouldn't I get a GP Base for it? :P

I find myself having a lot more fun with the twin buster if its in its separate form.  I just picture this MS duel wielding the busters as rifles instead of using them as a beam cannon.  Also, I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure the Wing Zero's Twin Buster (and the Wing's Buster for that matter) could be fired at a lower output if the pilot wanted to.

I call these effect parts ZERO System Burst Mode.  For those who don't know the ZERO (Zoning & Emotional Range Omitted) System is a technology for interfacing the brain of the pilot with the mobile suit's computer.  Basically it uses that huge search eye/camera on the chest and gathers as much information as possible from the battlefield and forces it into the pilots mind.  

In ZERO System Burst Mode, the binders emit a beam saber like wing.  These wings change and improve the AMBAC (Active Mass Balance And Control) of the Repulsor.  They also feed information about the Repulsor's immediate surroundings into the ZERO system.

The wings are a bit awkward.  Mainly due to the backpack binders' lack of side to side movement.  So they're always swept back.  Either way, I still think it looks cool and I'm happy with them.

It can still do the classic Wing Zero pose.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot...

SWOARDSS

Favorite Shot:

Probably my only real complaint about this kit and I touched on it earlier.  Things get crowded on the back real quick if you throw the weapons on there.

Quick comparison to a standard colored Wing Gundam Zero.  No they're not in scale, the Robot Damashii Wing Zero is a bit bigger than it's HG counterpart.

Well that's all for my Wing Gundam Zero Repulsor.  Thanks for checking it out.

Til next time...