I decided to go ahead and do the preliminary build of the 3.0 I ordered a while back. It's been 10+ years since I attempted a gundam model so this one took me around 10 hours over 2 days.
I like what I see in person so far, definitely way more solid feeling and detailed than the old kits I built back around the turn of the century. Some parts are going to need some epoxy treatment I feel. The leg connections in particular are really unstable, and some of the clasping arms within the elbows keep popping loose for me at least. The head antenna loves to pop off as well.
Will smooth the parts, paint it up, decal and weather it and take real nice pics using the DSLR-- eventually. Putting copper colored stickers over the elbow and back of knee joints just seems stupid when the parts are separate, so I'll make sure to paint those copper.
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I like what I see in person so far, definitely way more solid feeling and detailed than the old kits I built back around the turn of the century. Some parts are going to need some epoxy treatment I feel. The leg connections in particular are really unstable, and some of the clasping arms within the elbows keep popping loose for me at least. The head antenna loves to pop off as well.
Will smooth the parts, paint it up, decal and weather it and take real nice pics using the DSLR-- eventually. Putting copper colored stickers over the elbow and back of knee joints just seems stupid when the parts are separate, so I'll make sure to paint those copper.
