HG Trans-Am Raiser- Completed!

Finally completed the Trans-Am Raiser! No paints or linings are needed for this kit, just a simple snap fit build ^^ Although I screwed up one of the binders of the 0 Raiser, some super glue and sandpaper saved the day. Hmm... I will talk about that later on.

00 Gundam

Front view. The gloss injection looks awesome ^^

Rear view.

Articulation/ Clear parts

The 00 Gundam shines for its articulation and well, I did some painting for the clear parts. Painted it with clear red for the Trans-Am effect. ^^ Other than that, there's a glittering foil sticker underneath those clear pieces, they near blinded my eyes.

Head

The head is pretty simple. It can move all the way up and all the way down, no flaws for articulation ^^ But then, the stickers ob the V-Fin are a pain =(

Torso

A simple torso with 2 ball joints that allows it to move to the front, back and to the sides.

Arms and Waist

The shoulder allows the arms to go oall the way out and of course, all the way round. The elbow bends at awesome 180 degrees ^^ There's a extra joints which allow the wrist to go up and down even further.

Nothing special about the waist. The front and side skirts are connected to the waist with a tiny ball joint which is really very loose. =(

Legs

The legs was one of the major selling points for the 00 Gundam ever since it was released. The legs can split all the way out and bend 180 degrees. The feet can go in and out with no problem.

Some poses before continuing on to the 0 Raiser. ^^

And a small comparision with the original 00 Gundam I got a year back.

0 Raiser

Hmm..... looks pretty cool, but nothing special. Haha ^^

Anyway, here's the part which I broke. That grey piece there got stuck to the wings and it can't go in and not go out. The piece then shattered after forcing it out and I had to glue those pieces back. I then sanded down those lines =(

Anyways, here's a small comparision with the original ^^

00 Raiser

And now, it's time to show off the awesome 00 Raiser! Basically, the 0 Raiser just mounts onto the back of 00 Gundam and it's binders are mounted to 00 Gundam's Twin GN Drives.

Front view.

Rear view.

Accessories

This kit came with a crap load of stuff. And firstly, lets get to the best weapon of all ^^

GN-Sword III

Nice clear green piece there ^^

The GN-Sword III, like other GN-Sword types, can be transformed into both rifle and sword mode. ^^

But what is different for this sword is that it emmits a HUGE beam, which can easily destroy a few ships ^^

Raiser Sword!

GN-Sword II

Again, the swords can be transform between the sword and rifle mode. ^^ But then, I think this design is kinda funny O_O

The swords can also form a huge spear, lance thingy ^^

Other than that, the GN-Sword IIs can also emmit huge beams. It destroyed the fearsome Memento Mori and Empruss by doing so ^^

Beam Sabers

Nothing special about the beam sabers. Just an add-on beam effect part for this kit ^^

GN Daggers

The shield can mounted onto the GN-Drives holders, 0 Raiser wings, 00 Gundam's elbow and even form a shield when put together ^^

So that's all for the Trans-Am Raiser. If you really like the 00 Raiser and haven't get a kit of it. Get this rather than the recent PG release and the 1/100 scales. This is alot cheaper and doesn't require any paintings at all ^^

Till the next post!

HGUC Nu Gundam- Completed!

This guy is finally completed! Some parts of it gave me lots of trouble while building it last few days, but they are nothing compared to the awesomeness of this guy ^^

Front view.

Rear view.

Lets start with the head first ^^

Head

The head is really good. There's a neck joint connected to it which allows it to look really high but it's really very stiff. I fear breaking the V-Fin when moving it. One of the best head articulation design I've ever seen. ^^

Torso

The torso is really huge and bulky. It has a ball joint that allows it to move a little to the front and the back. Not bad. Hmm.. I did a pretty bad job for the linings there 0.0

Arms

The joints for the arms are really strong and they also comes with many different types of palms too. Too bad, there's only a closed fist and a open palm for the left hand, so don't even think about having the left hand to hold anything. =X

But what's cool about the left arm is that there's a beam saber stored in it. Just slide the piece beneath the arm out and it reveals the beam saber ^^

Legs

The articulation fot the legs are okay, but the feet is quite bad The feets can't bend left and right very much, what's more, the legs don't split much. I guess this is the only flaw for this kit. =(

I did quite a fair bit of detailing to this kit, which are mostly thrusters and the pipes, but well, I think I screwed up abit here.

Some sliver and gold on the shoulders.

Same goes to the thighs and pipes on the leg.

Thrusters are painted silver on the outside and gold on the inside.

The accessories it came with are quite alot. ^^

Beam Rifle

A small beam rifle. Nothing special about it.

New Hyber Bazooka

A huge and bulky bazooka with a nice movable handle. It's too bad that it is so big that it's hard to pose it and what's more, it needs serious painting and detailing. For me, I only painted some parts black.

Beam sabers

There are basically 2 beam sabers on the Nu. One on the left arm and the other at the back.

But what's different is that the on on the back is a customised one from what I know. It gives of a more dynamic beam effect part too. ^^

Shield

Quite a cool looking shield design. There's 4 small missiles underneath the shield too ^^

Fin Funnels

And of course, the famous Fin Funnels of Nu Gundam! Looks really good when everything is put together, but I think it's only a matter of time those locking joints and clips get loose. D=

So yeaps, that's all for HGUC Nu Gundam! But what's coming behind....

....is of course Nu's arch enemy, Sazabi!

Hehe... got Sazabi last year, didn't even do any detailing or painting to it then.

Clash of the rivals! =D

That's all for Nu Gundam's post. Overall, it's a really really great kit. If you're a fan of the UC series, this kit would be great for you. And from the look of it, I can say that it can easily topple over a regular 1/144 HG kit. Exia has no chance at all! ^^

Till the next post!