This is my first Real Grade kit, and I cannot make it clear enough that I cannot recommend this for beginners due to the complexity and length of the build. But if you have the patience and the dexterity to work with extremely small parts, and easy-to-lose transparent plastic pieces, go for it: the finished product looks _fantastic_!
Here is a replica of Rainbow Dash's Wing Zero
This was genuinely the most painful kit I've ever had the displeasure of building.
At least it looks cool.
Yeah, I've been sitting on this for awhile. It takes time to figure things out, so let me share my wisdom with you here.
After the Arios, this felt like a much more straightforward build. Mind you, it still comes with its challenges: small stickers and long stickers. Boy, are there lots of these long, reflective stickers. Miss their alignment just a little and it throws the whole image out of whack, but hit the target and it looks fantastic.
Seven hours, nearly eight, really. That's how long it took me to complete the build on my very first Gunpla.
What are Gunpla and Gundam?
This one took me between 4.5 and 5 hours to build, partly because I was painting as I went. I used silver marker under the clear blue pieces, and of course I painted the sword and end of the scabbard. I would have used black marker instead of the stickers for the shoulders and ankles, but mine don't stay well if you're going to touch it often.
I finally got around to assembling the final pieces for my custom job on the HGBF Super Fumina, which I call the Star Wish. For this custom the kits I used are:
1. HGBF Super Fumina: the base unit.
2. HGBC Powered Arms Powereder: functional arm vulcans.
3. HGBC Kurenai Weapons: beam rifle and long blade.
Let me be clear: this is two kits, not one. The only way to get these two together is with the Trans-Am kit, which is either overly-expensive or sold-out. To do these two justice, I believe they must be reviewed together, since that is when they are truly complete. Annoyingly enough, I'm not even being symbolic here.
This is my first, and probably only, mono-eye model, considering most of them do not have as good articulation, or their accessories are incomplete or do not fit will. If there is one thing you can say about the Blue Giant, it is that it has great articulation for something so bulky, and its accessories fit it to a tee.
If you need background on Gunpla, please see my review on the Star Build Strike.
It has been awhile since I've done one of these, huh? I wanted to wait until I had some truly exciting news for you, so that's why it has taken until July is almost already over.
Update: First Gear
Lets get this off first thing: this is not a straight-build. This is also only the first portion of my plan for the Super Fumina. Fortunately, I need only wait for the third kit, which comprises the parts for Phase 2, to arrive.
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