Pose with Aile Strike ver RM, can't wait for my cutie bearguy3 to arrive. 

Hahahaha.....
After this sure a lot of guys will look for you.
You come to the right thread girl.

My bf got me into gundam. No worries

luckily ur married already huh?

ooo, TS listen to this hardcore TS, he's really good at opening new threads. 

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That aside, anyone here owns the EX-S Gundam? 

How much i spend? Hmm roughly 250 for the kit (bought when yen was 0.032) and another 200-300 for paints,thinner,masking tape,custom decals, etc etc. Cant giv u actual figure since its quite long ago.

As for review, its an old kit so dun expect it'll compare well against new stuff like Nu or 3.0. It has very limited articulation due to design aka a brick; its a beautiful brick but a brick nonetheless. The external fuel tank connection is extremely week since the joint is so small and the tank is so heavy, it'll end up loose and droopy. The BFG is hard to pose with in hand and dull looking if u dun paint it. The big booster is also quite dull looking without paint to bring out the detail. It cant stand on its own (well technically it can but it'll stand with a weird angle and ridiculously unstable). Major seam lines along the external fuel tank, but thats the only major panel line on the kit though the rest r hidden quite well. Nub marks r ok for a 2004 kit. Bloody crappy sticker for the wing flap. Pain in the arse transformation process. Other then that overall its ok considering its a 2004 kit, its quite solid as well despite being a transformable kit. Its the best bang for buck kit out there, u'll get lots and lots of plastic for a 8000yen kit. The only "modern" kit thats is comparable in size and amount of plastic is The-O but thats way more expensive and even then not as much plastic as Ex-S. Its build time is about that of a PG, not because of its complexity but because of its sheer amount of plastic. Give it a try if u r curious, but only if u hav experience building transformable kit and/or old kit.

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limfreelance bro, u have amazing skill, i as a casual newbie modeller really want to learn from u leh!

I really like the red color chest piece on the S Gundam but sadly it's not on the EX-S. Only the coming FW made it possible.

Eh.....no lah.

all i did is just repainting the kits with other color scheme. The have plenty of sifu here who modifies kits & created diorama for Gundam competition...for represented Malaysia.  Their arkwork truly awesome.   

but u mod ur ex-s parts, i like the shoulder part, never know how to do that like urs.

thanks! will compare it.
for now, i think i will go for HGUC Zaku II F2 first, i prefer this zaku head.. lol..

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Pose with Aile Strike ver RM, can't wait for my cutie bearguy3 to arrive. 

salute bro.

can i know how you panel line the face part ( vendors)

is it achievable with marker? or you recommend paint for panel lining?

lol....   

bro which one to pick?
HGUC MS-06 Zaku vs HG MS-06F2 Zaku II (both ground type)

or MG better?

How much did you spent on the kit and what's your views on the kit?

MG has better articulation of course, but more pricey.
If your budget is limited, go for HGUC S or EX-S. Both are bricks like the MG but at least they won't burn a hole in your wallet. You won't miss the transformation gimmick because how many times are you going to muck around with it? They are huge enough to tower over most other 1/144s too.

^ in addition to that, the transformation on MG Ex-S is a fiddly mess, most people (like myself) never even bother with it, so buying HGUC wont cause you to miss out on much