Moving forward! I ordered this a bit on a whim, but I knew I couldn't miss this...
Dengeki (Monthly) Gundam A (Ace) No. 101, January 2011.
Now, you're probably thinking "It's not a first issue and you can't read Japanese (perfectly)?" Which you're right about, Person Who Quoted Me Exactly. No. I had other reasons for this purchase...
... Curious, now?
(Also note the thickness of the mag itself! This is a monthly publication!?)
Included with the magazine is a Bandai 1/48 scale MSN-06S Sinanju Head Display Base, to be used by the HGUC 1/144 MSN-06S Sinanju model kit!
As you can see it's a kit in itself! Although, I have no qualms about that. Though this has larger parts needing painted than I'm used to, it was still a quick build.
The assembly instructions were printed inside the magazine, and (not at fault to my lack of Japanese-e-ing) was not listed in the contents. So it took me a minute to find, because these pages are thin! But construction is fairly simple, and allowed me to do something to make this a little special...
I painted the parts after removing all of them from their runners, instead of one at a time. Which, by the way, I see so many Gunpla reviewers do and don't understand how they don't lose track of the parts O_O'
Anyway, heeeeeerrrrre's the final product:
I know you can't tell from the one photo at the end, but the monoeye can turn with the head, in lieu to how the Master Grade 2.0 Zaku kits have been. However, it sticks way easier (i.e., the MG Zaku's eyes don't), and in result, kept looking to the right more than centered >__<. So... I glued it, 'cause I'd rather it be centered than perpetually to the right.
And, as you can see, I do not yet own the HGUC Sinanju, so a very confused Sazabi will have to make due for now...
In closing, this is an awesome stand, and I definitely can't wait to get the Unicorn Gundam one with it's HGUC kit!
Rating: 4 out of 5
1 comment:
Thank you so much for this! I got a grab bag of some Gundam stuff hoping to get a basic model kit in there for an inexpensive price for my first time building a Gundam model. Unfortunately, I got the box with the model and no magazine with instructions!! D: Eventually I'll get the actual model to go on top of this bad boy, haha.
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