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Plastic Scale Modelling |OT| Gunpla and Everything Else
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I've always liked the design of this mobile suit, and time spent on the small details paid off I think. It's a shame the effect part only has 3 plumes but it still looks pretty coolMaguro Gundam does nothing for me. Maybe once I've had the opportunity to watch Narrative my opinion will change.
Anyway, recent build of the Master Grade YMS-15 Gyan. Applying the numerous little eject signs visible in the shoulders and lower legs was a chore.
A cartoonish MS design for the most cartoonish villain in the original MSG.
I got the Voltron "super minipla" for xmas. Pretty excited to put it together later this week.
Diary of a plamo addict - Day XX
Today I took advantage of the holidays to do a thorough dusting of the plamo cabinets. This involved taking the models out of their shelves, dusting the shelf itself, using a soft brush to dust the models (I'm not doing the compressed air thing), and placing the models back in the shelf. One shelf at a time because I'd like to avoid the chaos of numerous kits on the various tables of the house.
Needless to say, this took forever and I won't be doing it again, at the earliest, until next year.
Fortunately, no piece was lost or broken, so all is good.
Today I took advantage of the holidays to do a thorough dusting of the plamo cabinets. This involved taking the models out of their shelves, dusting the shelf itself, using a soft brush to dust the models (I'm not doing the compressed air thing), and placing the models back in the shelf. One shelf at a time because I'd like to avoid the chaos of numerous kits on the various tables of the house.
Needless to say, this took forever and I won't be doing it again, at the earliest, until next year.
Fortunately, no piece was lost or broken, so all is good.
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With the coming holidays (which also means some nice free time) I decided to do something I've been meaning to do for a while: get back into building gunpla. I picked up a couple of kits a few weeks back and started with the HG RGZ-95 ReZEL Type-C (Defenser B Unit) (GR):
It's a pretty nice kit. The high number of parts makes building it fun, and the white parts make for some nice color variation. It also manages to stand up quite well even without a stand. The biggest issue are the mega beam launchers - considering they are the main feature of this variant they just don't look very impressive, and the big seam running down the middle is quite ugly (though there's not much that Bandai could have done there). The backpack also relies entirely on stickers for color separation, which is a bit disappointing considering the rest of the kit doesn't.
The above build is missing the stickers. That's because the real reason I wanted to start building gunpla again was because I finally wanted to try some scratch-building/detailing/panel-line scribing/customizing. Back when I started with gunpla a couple of years ago I thought that was awesome, but I didn't quite have the skills to do it. I still probably don't, but I'm quite used to messing things up at this point, so I figured I'd give it a go.
The result after the first day is some added detail on the legs:
It's quite rough at the moment. There's lots of pencil marks and putty from where I screwed up with the panel lines (which is a lot of places), but those won't matter when I start painting. The panel lines could definitely use a lot of work, but they aren't a complete disaster at least. Granted, this probably wasn't the best kit to try this out on since it already has a lot going on, but this does mean I'm not particularly worried about going overboard with the things I add. It will also let me fix the seams on the mega beam launchers, so that's nice as well.
I honestly barely have a clue on what I'm doing but I'm hoping the end result will be good. I'm quite enjoying the fact that I can pretty much do anything, which is quite the change from just following the instructions.
It's a pretty nice kit. The high number of parts makes building it fun, and the white parts make for some nice color variation. It also manages to stand up quite well even without a stand. The biggest issue are the mega beam launchers - considering they are the main feature of this variant they just don't look very impressive, and the big seam running down the middle is quite ugly (though there's not much that Bandai could have done there). The backpack also relies entirely on stickers for color separation, which is a bit disappointing considering the rest of the kit doesn't.
The above build is missing the stickers. That's because the real reason I wanted to start building gunpla again was because I finally wanted to try some scratch-building/detailing/panel-line scribing/customizing. Back when I started with gunpla a couple of years ago I thought that was awesome, but I didn't quite have the skills to do it. I still probably don't, but I'm quite used to messing things up at this point, so I figured I'd give it a go.
The result after the first day is some added detail on the legs:
It's quite rough at the moment. There's lots of pencil marks and putty from where I screwed up with the panel lines (which is a lot of places), but those won't matter when I start painting. The panel lines could definitely use a lot of work, but they aren't a complete disaster at least. Granted, this probably wasn't the best kit to try this out on since it already has a lot going on, but this does mean I'm not particularly worried about going overboard with the things I add. It will also let me fix the seams on the mega beam launchers, so that's nice as well.
I honestly barely have a clue on what I'm doing but I'm hoping the end result will be good. I'm quite enjoying the fact that I can pretty much do anything, which is quite the change from just following the instructions.
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got This from my sister for Christmas! Can't wait to build it. Also still have a 100$ to spend at b&n so I may grab a mg and perhaps astray no name... question is what edit: so I'm open to suggestions on recommended kits available at Barnes and nobles. Also considering making Psycho there my first panel lining project so could use advice on those two(have the standard federation set of gunpla markers)
got This from my sister for Christmas! Can't wait to build it. Also still have a 100$ to spend at b&n so I may grab a mg and perhaps astray no name... question is what edit: so I'm open to suggestions on recommended kits available at Barnes and nobles. Also considering making Psycho there my first panel lining project so could use advice on those two(have the standard federation set of gunpla markers)
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I'll never stop recommending the Mk-II Ver 2.0 as a very decent starting point to Master Grades at a relatively affordable price.
Titans or AEUG colors is up to you. The AEUG one comes with an Argama hangar display base but is slightly more expensive.
Sorry to say I meant at Barnes and nobles in store, I'm not doing any orders at the moment. ZZ Kai is the most common mg I've seen, although I've seen wing tv as well. I'll probably do a hg or two as well. Want a small backlog so I don't have to deal with ordering anything for a few months
I wouldn't know what to tell you. Searching for gunpla in their website to get an idea on what they might have in stock seems to be useless and I don't live in the US.
The Ver Ka ZZ is probably a solid choice even though I don't own it.
The Ver Ka ZZ is probably a solid choice even though I don't own it.
Ok this is never for sure but it seems MGs currently available at my store are:
Gundam wing tv
00 QAN[T] full saber
Gundam F91 ver 2
And like I said I've seen ZZ KAI a lot but who knows. Got a good grip on what I want hg though XD
F91 might be a bit underwhelming because the mobile suit itself is quite small (some 15m compared to the 18-20m of other UC MS)
Among the others, I'd say choose the one you like the looks of.
Among the others, I'd say choose the one you like the looks of.
My best friend mailed me a Christmas package containing two System Base 001 kits and a General Grievous 1/12 bandai kit. Got it snapped together and I think it looks improved despite only painting so little. It says it can hold HG and RG size kits but it makes my RG Sazabi and Sinanju look like they're couched in a throne haha. Please forgive those massive nub marks on the front
I want to do more painting on the second system base, maybe some lines on the floor or more blacks and greys on the structure itself. I need a better paintbrush, first. I hope everyone had a good holiday break!
I want to do more painting on the second system base, maybe some lines on the floor or more blacks and greys on the structure itself. I need a better paintbrush, first. I hope everyone had a good holiday break!
xEik this is all your fault! /jk
I'm kidding but you did give me a thought. Barnes & Nobles was pretty wiped out from the Christmas rush, still had 7 or so hg choices and 2 mg and sadly I couldn't find the wing gundam mg they supposedly out and they were out of ZZ Kai, astray no name and moon gundam. However I had a 100$ gift card saved and with my member bonus got 10% off so it only cost me 7 bucks. While the f91 is on the smaller side it gives me a smaller one to start with before the 00 so I can adapt to mg. And with that I have 1 order to put in I can get stateside then my backlog is set till summer. I'm moving to a family place for the year that's remote so I only do runs to a place with b&n once and a while and I don't want to deal with Japan orders till summer due to snow levels.
So here's my current backlog:
Hg Psycho Gundam,
Chopper mech series 1 x3 (tank, mole, sardine)
Mg 00
Mg F91 ver 2
Choppers make nice spacers although the real challenge is the number of stickers. Oh and to wrap things up I plan to order the final series one mech I don't have and astray no name hg(both are available on Amazon with prime shipping) but other wise I'm sparing my budget till I clear this all out, and we'll all the gundams I have left are at least 2 day builds
Still need some marker tips... trying to decide if on one of the new kits or revisit a completed one
I'm kidding but you did give me a thought. Barnes & Nobles was pretty wiped out from the Christmas rush, still had 7 or so hg choices and 2 mg and sadly I couldn't find the wing gundam mg they supposedly out and they were out of ZZ Kai, astray no name and moon gundam. However I had a 100$ gift card saved and with my member bonus got 10% off so it only cost me 7 bucks. While the f91 is on the smaller side it gives me a smaller one to start with before the 00 so I can adapt to mg. And with that I have 1 order to put in I can get stateside then my backlog is set till summer. I'm moving to a family place for the year that's remote so I only do runs to a place with b&n once and a while and I don't want to deal with Japan orders till summer due to snow levels.
So here's my current backlog:
Hg Psycho Gundam,
Chopper mech series 1 x3 (tank, mole, sardine)
Mg 00
Mg F91 ver 2
Choppers make nice spacers although the real challenge is the number of stickers. Oh and to wrap things up I plan to order the final series one mech I don't have and astray no name hg(both are available on Amazon with prime shipping) but other wise I'm sparing my budget till I clear this all out, and we'll all the gundams I have left are at least 2 day builds
Still need some marker tips... trying to decide if on one of the new kits or revisit a completed one
Enjoy! I guess? :P
This post of mine has aged poorly in less than 10 days. I suppose that some people received duplicated PG Unicorn gifts this Christmas because I couldn't resist the 50% pre-owned discount that I found today. No idea how much shipping is going to be but I'm sure it is going to hurt.
The joke is you said the f91 would be disappointing as a first mg so I decided to get both because they didn't have any hg that spoke to me
I was talking mostly about size. My first MG was Victory Gundam and that one is also quite small. Specially coming from building a Mega Size RX-78-2. That my next HG was Gundam ZZ whose beam sabers at 1/144 dwarf the 1/100 beam sabers of Victory was also something a bit surprising.
If you build the Psycho before F91 I can guarantee it will look huge compared to it.
xEik well yeah, the Pyscho is bigger than most hg's and even a lot of MGs other than say perfect Zeong
Also here's my BanPla backlog in all its glory!
Plan to build probably the sardine chopper mech tomorrow. Still need to order the chopper crab mech and I'm considering the hg astray no name but otherwise I'm set summer, especially with the time and effort the three big guys
Say I could use a gundam marker guide I think I'm going to finally try and do it
Also here's my BanPla backlog in all its glory!
Plan to build probably the sardine chopper mech tomorrow. Still need to order the chopper crab mech and I'm considering the hg astray no name but otherwise I'm set summer, especially with the time and effort the three big guys
Say I could use a gundam marker guide I think I'm going to finally try and do it
Finished the Waist and Torso of the Freedom 2.0, Arms head and backpack left.
I'm trying to do a woodgrain type thing for the wings with oil paint as per this guide. So far results are mixed, it does look alright looking close up but its really dark and doesn't look as good in pictures, I haven't done the clear yellow/orang top coat because I'm still waiting for it to dry, the other side of the wings still need doing so I'll try those with a lighter oil base and we'll see.
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There's some guides online (here's one example, and here's another) but it's pretty straightforward. You take the marker (general rule of the thumb is grey for lighter parts and black for darker parts, but other colors can work as well) and use it to paint the panel lines. After you paint a line, clean it up a bit with an eraser or a cotton bud, which you can also use to clean up any mistakes you make. This also means that you don't really have to be afraid of messing up since mistakes can be corrected quite easily.
That's assuming you're just talking about panel lining. You can also use the markers to paint small details.
This looks really nice. Wood grain on the wings sounds like a very interesting choice so I'm quite interested in seeing how that will turn out.
Since the year is about over I thought I'd ask everyone, if they want, to list every kit they've finished in 2018.
Typing mine up, er, definitely a productive year but I may have gone overboard...
Finished kits in 2018:
Typing mine up, er, definitely a productive year but I may have gone overboard...
Finished kits in 2018:
- MG S Gundam
- HGFC God Gundam
- MG Justice Gundam
- MG Deep Striker
- RG Unicorn Gundam [Bandee Dessinee Ver.]
- RG Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Norn
- HG G-Saviour
- MG Wing Gundam
- HGUC ZZ Gundam
- HGAC Leo
- FMP 1/60 Arbalest Ver.IV
- Super Mini-Pla King Brachion/Titanus
- HGUC V2 Assault Buster Gundam
- HGUC Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex [Narrative Ver.]
- HGBD Gundam 00 Sky
- HGBD Gundam 00 Sky [Higher Than Sky Phase]
- Super Mini-Pla GoLion/Voltron
- RG Sazabi
- Figure-rise Standard Super Saiyan Vegito
- Figure-rise Standard Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Son Goku
- Figure-rise Standard Legendary Super Saiyan Broly
- HGUC Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex [Narrative Ver.] [Gold Coating]
- HGUC Moon Gundam
This isn't 100% accurate since I just went through my Tweeter timeline, so technically it's the kits I posted on social media in 2018 and sometimes I procrastinate on taking photos of already finished kits. This means that kit number one might not have been finished in 2018 but on the last days of 2017. It's OK because I have a couple of kits finished this year that I still haven't posted so it kind of compensates itself.
- HG VGMM-Gf10 G-Lucifer
- HGUC RX-0 Full Armor Unicorn Gundam (Destroy Mode) Green psychoframe
- HGIBO STH-14s Hyakuri
- MG MSA-003 Nemo
- MG MSM-04 Acguy
- MG RX-79[G] Gundam Ground Type
- HG VGMM-La01b Dahack
- SD RX-77-2 Guncannon
- HGUC MSA-005 Methuss
- 1/100 ASW-G-66 Gundam Kimaris
- HG VGMM-Git01 Kabakali
- Accel World's Black Lotus
- RE/100 MS-08TX [EXAM] Efreet Custom
- MG MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam
- HG VGMM-Sc02 Gastima
- MG RGM-79 [E] GM Early Type (used a MG RGM-79C GM Kai Space Type)
- HGUC AMX-003 Gaza C
- MG XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero ver. EW
- HG MSAM-YM03 Montero
- MG RGM-79N GM Custom
- MG RMS-106 Hi-Zack
- HG MSAM-033 Gundam G-Arcane
- 1/100 EB-06 Graze
- 1/72 UCR-10/L AGNI
- MG YMS-15 Gyan
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So, they are not in order, but these should be all. I think I did some of Nu in 2017, but waterslides and topcoating in 2018.
- 1/100 Grimgerde
- HG Reginlaze Julia
- HG Grimoire
- HG Zaku 2-C the Origin
- MG God Gundam
- MG Gundam Spiegel
- MG Master Gundam
- HG Master Gundam + Fuunsaiki
- Hi-Nu Gundam ver. Ka
- Nu Gundam ver. Ka
- PG Exia Lighting version (yet to put on decals and topcoat though)
- HG Tieren Ground Type
- MG 00 XN Raiser
- (not bandai but MG-style) Raftclans Faunea
- (not bandai but big HG-style) Alteisen
- M9 Gernsback ver. IV (not complete yet, yet to weather it)
- Bandai Star wars Tie Advanced
- Bandai Star wars X-wing red squadron
- RG Z'gok Char colors
- RG Astray red frame special plating edition
- RG Unicorn Gundam
- Hobbymission MG Astraea Avalanche Type-F
- HG Denial Gundam
- RG Justice Gundam
Well obviously this is my first year, especially since I started in May, but I think I've done pretty good, this should be in order. All builds are HGUC where applicable
And that's it for this year but I had a great time... real question is what order am I going to build F91(mg), 00 saber(mg), and Psycho Gundam(hg) in.... I'm thinking I may save the Psycho for last as everything else will be so small after it. Also need to take some good shots of all my built gundam
- Char's Zaku 2(origins)
- Mobile suit Gundam '78(revive)
- Guncannon (revive)
- Gouf(revive)
- Black beards ship(one piece grand line)
- Going Merry (one piece grand line)
- Gun tank
- Zeong
- Thousand Sunny (one piece grand line)
- Rick-Dias
- Chopper's Duck mech(one piece mech line #1)
- Law's Submarine. (one piece grand line)
- Gundam mk2(revive)
- Messala
And that's it for this year but I had a great time... real question is what order am I going to build F91(mg), 00 saber(mg), and Psycho Gundam(hg) in.... I'm thinking I may save the Psycho for last as everything else will be so small after it. Also need to take some good shots of all my built gundam
HG RGZ-95 ReZEL Type-C (Defenser B Unit) (GR):
It's a pretty nice kit. The high number of parts makes building it fun.
Looks so cool. Been wanting the MG of this kit since I started building regularly. Maybe will be my next transforming kit.
Also been eyeing the Gundam 00 Seven Sword MG. That rifle is sweet~
Kits I made this year:
1. HG Kamiki Burning Gundam [Gundam Base Special Edition]
2. HG Reverseable Gundam
3. HG Papaguy
4. MG Sinanju Stien Ver. Ka
5. HG Star Burning Gundam
6. MG Hyaku Shiki + Ballute System
7. HG GM Intercept Cusom
8. HG Dreissen
9. 2 HG Petit Bear Guys
More than I thought I did this year!
Still never got to my Altron sadly. Wanted to do it this winter break but decided to go hard on my games/backlog instead. Also resisted buying more kits til I do. Not gonna lie the biggest reason I have not built it is, its one of my favorite kits, super rare, and man oh man if I mess it up I'll be devistated haha. My Dreissen gave me confidence in building though.
I started with gunpla in June (thanks in part to this thread). Let's see if I can do this from memory:
- HG RGM-79
- HG Cherudim Gundam SAGA type.gbf
- MG GM Sniper II
- HG GM Guard Custom
- RG Char's Z'gok
- HG Ground Gundam
- HG Zaku II Shin Matsunaga Custom
- HG Gaza-C
- RG Zaku II
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Here's my list of 2018, though it's pretty light on gunpla:
- Revell 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire MK V - A very basic kit, but a nice cheap choice for my first real attempt at painting. It went quite well considering I basically had no idea what I was doing.
- Tamiya 1/48 JGSDF light armored vehicle - A great kit, but I feel like I could have done more with it. I didn't really end up learning anything from it.
- Revell 1/72 BK117 ADAC - First kit I airbrushed, and the end result was quite bad. It made for some nice airbrush practice at least.
- Tamiya 1/35 T-62A Tank - This one was great. It was the first time I used things like shading and weathering and the result was much better than anything I've done before.
- Tamiya 1/48 F4D-1 Skyray - I quite like how this one ended up, but I do feel like I was a bit too conservative with the color variation and weathering.
- HG RGZ-95 ReZEL Type-C (Defenser B Unit) (GR) - This one maybe doesn't really count since I'm still trying to add some extra detail and I'm planning on painting it, but it looks ok even without that so I'm keeping it on the list.
So a Revive version of HG Destiny Gundam?
I guess some people will buy it as a cheaper alternative to the insanely overpriced RG wings of light if they are compatible.
I guess some people will buy it as a cheaper alternative to the insanely overpriced RG wings of light if they are compatible.
I know that HG are cheaper and generally more stable for having less moving parts but once an MS has an RG version, I'm not going to get the equivalent HG no matter how new. It's one of the reasons I'm never buying an HG Nu, the RG is sure to eventually come.
There have been instances of me buying an HG because I never thought a non P-Bandai RG would be released of them (case in point: Build Strike Gundam Full Package and Full Armor Unicorn Gundam) but that's a different situation.
There have been instances of me buying an HG because I never thought a non P-Bandai RG would be released of them (case in point: Build Strike Gundam Full Package and Full Armor Unicorn Gundam) but that's a different situation.
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I was in that boat a couple months ago. I didnt think bandai would make a MG Stargazer so I had to settle for the HG. I've been told a 1/100 resin kit exists but I'm totally out of my depth there. I hear its toxic to breathe in, and I dont have a respirator...
latest build and last of 2018. took a bit of a break to focus on the job, but now I've got a backlog and I wanted to get this RX-78-2 Ver. 3 MG finished before the new year. Didnt go with the included decals, but I will be looking for some water slide decals, tho they seem to be sold out for this model in particular right now. I did go through and hit some parts with the metallic Gold and Silver pens and will retouch with the traditional color pens on the nub marks. Kinda like the clean look of it.
I also did the star insignia on the front as well (and the screws, tho I need to go back and retouch the shield entirely to get rid of white traces).
I've also got a metallic red pen, but I think that may be overkill if I did the full red shield.
The screws on the shield add a nice touch.
I cannot stop looking at the Golden Girls iconography, though. :P
Thread is a bit slow if I'm double posting with a three day interval.
First gunpla pictures of the year: HGBF GAT-X105B/FP Build Strike Gundam Full Package
The Real Grade is in the backlog since I bought the High Grade before the RG was announced.
I didn't bother painting those twin cannons that should be partly grey. The blue in the knees and the white in the wings being stickers is quite meh. There are a couple more but they aren't as noticeable.
First gunpla pictures of the year: HGBF GAT-X105B/FP Build Strike Gundam Full Package
The Real Grade is in the backlog since I bought the High Grade before the RG was announced.
I didn't bother painting those twin cannons that should be partly grey. The blue in the knees and the white in the wings being stickers is quite meh. There are a couple more but they aren't as noticeable.
Hm may do a small build to help today xEik but I'm not sure what order I'm going to do the big guys in although I think the Psycho will be last. Just don't know if I want to do the 00 or the f91 as my first master grade. Doing a little chopper mech today that's a quick hg ish build. Also will order the astray no name when I get my P.O. Box next week
Finished up the Gaza-C a while back, but I've been too lazy to post it.
Currently working on painting the pilot figure for my RG Zaku and detail painting on the MSD Guncannon Firepower Test Type. I also put together a display shelf over the holiday break. Still looks pretty empty for the time being.
Currently working on painting the pilot figure for my RG Zaku and detail painting on the MSD Guncannon Firepower Test Type. I also put together a display shelf over the holiday break. Still looks pretty empty for the time being.
The thing with gunpla shelves is that when you start them they look sparsely populated and you try to evenly place your kits to make it look fuller.
Then, a year or two later, before you realize, they are overcrowded and you have to rearrange kits just to make sure your latest build can fit in.
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I think I'm done with adding extra detail to the HG Rezel:
It came out looking a lot less clean than I'd ideally like, but comparing it to what I started off from the original appearance does seem a bit plain and empty now. There's also scratches and putty visible from removing some of the seams, but those should (hopefully) not be visible after painting.
It came out looking a lot less clean than I'd ideally like, but comparing it to what I started off from the original appearance does seem a bit plain and empty now. There's also scratches and putty visible from removing some of the seams, but those should (hopefully) not be visible after painting.
So I was passing through Memphis, Tennessee on Friday while me and family were heading to Missouri for a relatives' funeral. Stopped by this store called Animax, they had a great selection of Gunpla. Ended up getting this for only $20.
I've pretty much given up on finding the DX Wings of Light edition for a decent price, anyway.
I've pretty much given up on finding the DX Wings of Light edition for a decent price, anyway.
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First build of the new year!
Just a quick little chopper mech, although the payoff will be fun when I get the last one and build them all. Didn't build the two mini choppers yet, they are a pain in the butt due to sticker complexity
Got bigger guys to build but still have to decide if I'm doing the F91 or 00 saber mg
Just a quick little chopper mech, although the payoff will be fun when I get the last one and build them all. Didn't build the two mini choppers yet, they are a pain in the butt due to sticker complexity
Got bigger guys to build but still have to decide if I'm doing the F91 or 00 saber mg
Looks interesting. What model kit is this?First build of the new year!
Just a quick little chopper mech, although the payoff will be fun when I get the last one and build them all. Didn't build the two mini choppers yet, they are a pain in the butt due to sticker complexity
Got bigger guys to build but still have to decide if I'm doing the F91 or 00 saber mg