MG 1/100 F-91 & F-91 Harrison

Now, after the Seed Destiny kit, let's talk about the revolutionary MG kit from Bandai - the MG 1/100 F-91 Gundam F91 and the MG 1/100 F-91 Gundam F91 Harrison Suit. The reason why I called these kits revolutionary is because Gundam F91 is only 15 Meter tall in the anime, so 1/100 would means that it will only be 15 cm tall. To make a MG at 15 cm tall would be a challenge because there are limitation on how much parts that can be used just to construct i.e. the leg and yet allowing it to do the trademark of the latest MG series - squatting. In order to do so, they opt for a new way to design the kit - not using any polycap.

Above is a shot for F91, the first prototype. F91 appears in the 1991 movie Mobile Suit Gundam F91, happening in UC 113, the continuation of the UC timeline. This Gundam is special because it wields a pair of VSBR (Variable Speed Beam Rifle) that could be adjusted according to situation, either to have a high speed penetrative beam or a slow wide range attack beam, which only F91 would have. Then, the amount of heat that this suit generated could actually dissipated through the whole suit and created some after image hologram that could be used as decoy, which it does in the final battle scene with the Rafflesia. The main pilot is Seabook Arno, a New Type pilot.

As for the kit, I'd say that Bandai did a good job with this kit because of the articulation of each join and the variety of pose that it could do. The down side? Well, if you try to spray it, do not spray the joint part because this kit doesn't have any of those polycap joint. That's why it's revolutionary because Bandai uses polycapless design for this kit. As a result, the joint are precisely meassured to make sure that it will not losen easily.

Sadly, as I said, do not try to spray the joint. The reason is because spraying the joint will cause the joint to be thicken by the color, and it may cause the joint to stuck inside the connecting point. It happened to this F91 kit. I tried to pull out the right hand from the main arm, and I broke the ball-joint part, and the damage I did is beyond repair. Too bad I'm not in Japan, otherwise I could have just mail in my order form to purchase the spare part. So, I have to discard the joint, glue some shorten stick to the hand, and use a polycap to join the arm to the hand. I must say that although it is not brilliantly done, it still looks alright.


As you can see from the above picture, the display stand is like some octopus thingy. Well, it is not a octopus, it is the main nemesis of the F91, the Mobile Armour Rafflesia. The stand is only showing the cockpit part, as the original Mobile Armor Rafflesia is actually 10 times or more bigger than F91.

And here is it posing the trademark selling point - squatting. I must say that this kit does what it does, but the front armor skirt sort of like spoiling the whole posture because it raises too high. The other comment that I have about this kit? The VSBR is restricted by the side armor skirt, making it very tedious to pose it with both of them together.

And now, here's a picture of the Harrison Suit of F91. Harrison is the name of the person who piloted this F91, and the color scheme is changed to show that it's his mobile suite. This is a modified color scheme, because the original color scheme is without white color. This color scheme is adapted after his suit is partially damaged during a war. What war?

Well, this F91 is produced few years after the first F91 that I mentioned above, and it's categorized as limited mass production unit, meaning it's only for ace pilot. It happens a few years after the original F91 story, and before the story of Victory Gundam. It involves in a war on the planet Jupiter, where the Jupiter empire is trying to conquer earth. Jupiter empire is another group of human that migrated into space colony, and decided to achieve independant on their own and would fight against the earth alliance. The story about this can only be found in the manga series Crossbone Gundam. It has never being make into an animation.






Above are some more pictures about this kit. I must say that because I didn't spray on the joint, thus the joints are a bit loose. This is also the first time I used Mr Color spray, and I like the texture that it provides because it's very smooth.

1/100 Seed Destiny - Legend Gundam

The last of the 4 most powerful Gundam in Seed Destiny, this Legend Gundam entered into the world of Gundam modelling after Destiny, Strike Freedom, and Infinite Justice. As with the previous batch, the first batch of this kit comes with a display stand as well. But, it is not the same stand included with the first 3, it is a special stand, the 'prototype' IMHO of the current Bandai Action Base.

In comparison to all the previous kit, the proportion of this kit is more proportionly made. The head, the torso, the arms, the legs, the rifle, the dragoon pack, all just nicely fit together, making this kit outshine the other 3. Here are some pictures of the front and the back of this kit. Again, please forgive me of the poor background.




Articulation wise, I would say that it is the best out of the 4 kits. Honestly, I like the overall structure of this kit because it feels more solid and could really stand firm on its own. In every single angle, it looks fantastic. Here is a picture with it posing with the 'prototype' action base.


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In summary, this is a nice kit to get. Again, if there is a MG version, it would be better to get that instead. The Dragoons can be separated, so if you have time, you might be able to make a full burst mode of this kit, which I don't have the time to do so.

1/100 Seed Destiny - Infinite Justice Gundam

Finally I've been able to put up some pictures for this kit that I built 3 years ago. Not only this, the 1/100 Legend Gundam, 1/60 Gundam Exia, MG 1/100 F-91, MG 1/100 F-91 Harrison's Color, and MG 1/100 Crossbone Gundam X-1 ver. Ka will be updated here in my blog with pictures. Thanks to my friend who borrowed me her digital camera because without it, these second wave kit will not be able to show their faces in this blog. Now, I won't go into detail of what second wave means. I'll explain that after I've uploaded all the above.

Now, let's start off with some pictures of this 1/100 Inifnite Justice Kit. As you can see from the following pictures, the background is not as pleasant as it looks, so please forgive me. This kit is based on the fictional mobile suit in Gundam Seed Destiny with the same name Inifinite Justice Gundam, pilotted by one of the main protagonists called Athrun Zala. The base color scheme is pinky red, but instead of that I sprayed it with metallic red instead. Following are pictures taken from the front and the back of this kit.






The significant feature about this Gundam is the flight lifter at the back of it's body. As compare to the anime, the whole body slimmer, and the flight lifter is bigger, so one can consider this as out of proportion. But in my opinion, it is out of proportion but it still doesn't look extremely horrible like its twin brother, Strike Freedom. The reason for such a slim body figure is to accommodate for the flight lifter because the lifter can be moved upward with its head connected to the shoulder of the Gundam's body, thus the body has to be smaller to allow the Infinite Justice head to move around.

As compare to the previous Gundam Seed universe kit starting from the 1/100 Strike Gundam, this is the first kit in the line that has double joint in the elbow, allowing it to be more articulated. If the lifter is moved to connect to the shoulder of the kit, it won't be able to stand firm by itself because the back will be very heavy. It requires quite a few trial and error to make the legs to be in a position that could sustain the weight. Thank goodness that this is one of the first batch that being produced because the first batch comes with a display stand, that could allow it to be displayed with the lifter in flight mode (connected to shoulder of the Gundam's body). The picture above shows the Infinite Justice displayed with the display stand, with the flight lifter in flight mode.


Some not-so up close shot of this kit. Notice that the color scheme on the torso, where the silver lining from the upper chest towards the shoulder. The original color of that line is actually green, but because I don't have enough resources, namely money at that time to purchase a can of green color spray just for that purpose, I decided to spray it silver instead.


It comes with another palm for the left hand that could be used to show display it dispatching the anchor... whatever it is... from the shield. Speaking about the shield, it is another weapon that is out of proportion because it is too big, and the beam saber that comes with the beam boomerang is also too big in proportion. Despite of the proportion, it comes with the affect part for the flight lifter, the beam saber on the legs, and 2 for the beam boomerang.

Overall, it's not such a bad kit. The reason for me to get this kit is because I want to make up the collection of the 4 major Gundams that appear late in the Seed Destiny series, namely Strike Freedom, Destiny, Legend, and this one. But if one is thinking to buy this kit, if one have enough budget, I'd suggest to get the MG version of this kit, of which I've got one. The MG version is much more proportionly made, so it should be a better option as compare to this one.