MG? yeah i do.

Btw nazrul90 soniamdisappoint.jpg, I thought the new thread pic would of been Sazabi rather then Fenice, where's there monoeye love?

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.

u can do it in mg. Just remove the white armor chest attachment and voila.

its a neograde resin conversion

yes its old. They dont sell well cuz its scale is unpopular not because of the design. The main scale for gunpla has always been 1/144, 1/100 and 1/60, that Neue Ziel is 1/550 hence only the selective hardcore fans would purchase it since its so out of place from all other kits scale wise. It doesnt translate well into the popular line due to its size, the smallest of the main line; 1/144, if Neue Ziel were to be made into that scale it'll be as big as Dendrobium.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Dec 3 2013, 08:54 AM

Looks can be deceiving, it may look good at first but most of em hav big flaws that end up disappointing u. Newer MG can rival and sometimes surpass PG engineering and enjoyment wise. If u dun like Strike and ARF (as this is the only good PG out there) then u r out of luck. Take this into consideration b4 making any purchases.

fix that for u.

Absolutely.

No. Bandai dont send out goods in advance to its world wide distributor, they send out at the same date as release date. Big stock shipment to local distributor are done via sea for costing reasons hence there will be a delay, generally stuff that is releases in X month will be arriving in the following month.

1. Submerge the can in warm water, just take it from ur shower heater at max temperature would suffice. Also dun worry about the frosting issue. If it frost due to low temperature, u can fix it by spraying light coat of thinner over it. It'll even out the coat giving u the flat finish that its suppose to be.

2. Normal atmosphere pressure is 1bar = 14.something psi. How did u get 5 or even 10psi? Unless ur talking about psig which is the 14.something psi + whatever reading u c on the meter in which case the true psi u r applying is 20 - 25 which is way to high. So which is it, the improbable, the insanely high or did u read it wrongly? 15psi is the standard for ab btw.

3. Thinning of paint is mostly try and error, pour 50:50 first and try. There is no standard to this, if its too thick it'll not spray out so just thin it somemore. If its too thin just apply more layer or add more paint into the mixture.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Dec 8 2013, 01:26 AM

well 1st u need to kno what unit its in, 30 without a unit is pretty useless. Surely the unit is written on the gauge, every measurement device has 1 even a basic ruler has atleast cm and/or inch. If it doesnt state any unit then u can pretty much throw that meter out the window.

both pretty much the same other then scale and mg is the more flexible platform to work on, its the much easier to mod/custom in and has larger selections of kits.

khai is right, that bottom right is the most powerful robot ever conceived in science fiction.

- those innerframe details r individual parts and its molded in silver; well not really blink blink, more like flat silver but still its better then nothing. Also made it easier for ppl hu wanted to paint it up, which is good.

- alot of huge polycaps

- rounded 3.0 hands as expected

- the fuel tank is not assembled side to side but up to down; meaning there will only be 1 seam line across the tank horizontally in the middle and not like the usual vertical lines across the whole tank. Which is good news as cleaning these kind of lines is pita.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Dec 12 2013, 07:20 PM

Thats because he whole 0079 is basically allied vs axis in space, Zeon in particular shares alot of commonality with the Germans so no surprise the design of its suits resembled those of the Wehrmacht and SS.

In the novel he is. He is implanted with Char's memory, undergo cyber newtype and plastic surgery to make him look, behave, think and fight like Char. The sleeves did this so that the Zeon remnants have some1 of note tying to the very foundation of Zeon as their leader/figurehead to rally them to continue fighting for their causes. It is even stated that Zeon is like a religion to the spacenoid now, so having some1 like Char; whom is the son of the founder of their religion be this leader that fights for their freedom and independence makes a pretty good propaganda tools to garner supports from both loyalist and sympathizers alike.

Of course the ova could derailed this completely, but if they portray Full Frontal as the real Char it'll just be lame and uninspired writing. Char's is not very true to Zeon causes, he hardly ever cared, but now all of a sudden he is gung-ho about it? Its very out of character and pretty bs if u ask me. Even in the ova itself Minerva notices his motivation is not very Char like and dismisses him. I doubt the Ova would stray from the novel in this aspect.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Dec 17 2013, 02:39 PM

its too late to go 180 on it now. Minerva herself says it out loud FF does not have the same intention as the Char that she knows. FF plans run contrary to what Char preaches in CCA, if he is the real Char then whats with the sudden change in mindset and in such a short period of time no less? If the ova make him the real Char, I think it is a disservice to the entire CCA itself.

also if he is the real Char then all the drama involving capturing Minerva, etc is pretty much pointless. If he is the real Char then his lineage is more valuable status wise then the granddaughter of the man whom murdered the founder of Zeon. If he is the real Char he wouldn't have gone through all this trouble to get back Minerva, he dont even need her status as a Zabi to justify his leadership. The Sleeves wanted the Zabi because FF is not the real deal, he is just a figurehead. They wanted a real Zabi as a backup plan in case FF true identity is found. But if the OVA is going for FF = Char route then Minerva role is pretty much pointless. Also the real Char cares for Minerva, she is the only Zabi he spared since she is young, innocent and has nothing to do with the Zabi darker past. The real Char would have keep Minerva out of this mess and let her live an ordinary life, not drag her in it, ala ZZ.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Dec 17 2013, 02:59 PM

Warning!

Do not simply grab any off counter spray paint and paint it directly on ur gunpla without testing it or verification by others. Those stuff, while cheap is intended for more harden material ie wood, metal, concrete, hard plastics, etc. Gunpla plastic is very soft, chemicals inside those generic spray paint could melt gunpla plastics. Heck even paint design for gunpla could melt gunpla plastic if u spam long enuf.

This post has been edited by TheAdmiral: Dec 18 2013, 04:31 PM

no its not rubber sealant, its this:


get it at daiso.

also dun ever use rubber sealant. For doors, wood cabinets, drawers, fine, on a glass cabinet where the glass itself is in contact directly to the rubber to form the seal? Bad idea.