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.
