Sunday, January 20, 2008

MG Strike Freedom - Starting

Just started to work on the assembly of MG Strike Freedom. It is going to be a hard one because there are a lot of smaller parts that needed to deal with. Despite this, after reading the manual for MG Hi-v Gundam, I changed my opinion on this gunpla because MG Hi-v Gundam is much more harder to built thanks to all the gimmicks. Even though both are hard to build, it still worth the effort to see it to be completed :D

Starting from Strike Freedom, I wanted to give it a change by not using the Tamiya spray paint anymore. The reason is because I have bought a lot of spray can until now, and the amount of money that I spent can be used to buy an entry level Tamiya Basic Spraywork unit. I have set my goal to get this Tamiya HG Spray-work Compressor Revo w/HG Airbrush Trigger that due to release in March. Still, I have other things to deal with before I could get my hand on this unit.

I thought that it will be better for me to start to snap out the parts from the runners and to prepare it for assembly. This way, it will save me a lot of times. What I have done up until now is that I gathered the parts into different plastic bag; the head parts in 1 plastic bag, the upper torso in 1 plastic bag, left arm in 1 plastic bag, right arm in 1 plastic bag, etc. I have done until the left leg. Right now I'm waiting for another time to do the sanding on the parts for the right leg, and then the lower torso.

Plus, I may try to follow some advice from Dengeki Hobby to process certain parts. I wanted to try to increase my skill to another level, so why not give it a try? With that currently underway, my list of Gunpla that still in the line would be:


  1. MG Hi-Nu Gundam RX-93-2
  2. MG Strike Noir
  3. Armored Core
  4. Gundam 00 1/60 Gundam Exia


I haven't bought any new Gunpla lately because I don't have any extra cash to spare :-(. But it's no harm to have a wish list :D. Here it is:


  1. Soul of Chogokin - God Mars (First in the list, because this can stop production anytime with very limited unit, and it's the most expensive one - about RM 800 without pre-order)
  2. MG Turn A Gundam
  3. MG Destiny Gundam Extreme Burst Mode
  4. MG Unicorn Gundam