RX-78-2 Gundam

The Gundam that started it. The first one!! RX-78-2 Gundam. I was very happy with it when I got it. I looked at the runners, and with one guess, I knew it would be one great model to work with. The mecha for this model was amazing, and it also had the articulation which was much better than the previous MGs that I have, no wonder it was the best MG.

Front, Side and Rear veiw of the model, very simple, but the mecha shows otherwise. The model came with a lot of weapons, from the basic beam rifle to the beam javelin. However, you will not see any of the beam javelin photos, till I edit this post for the second time. The Hyper Bazooka was very nice. But it was quite difficult putting it on the gundam. The Hammer was something, looks pretty cool too. The Beam Rifle could also be fitted with a Super Napalm launcher a nice piece of equipment to be added to this model. The Beam Sabre was of course added.

I started work on at the second day after the return from KL. I actually wanted to delay making it, but I changed my mind. Didn't regret it one bit. This time I was extra careful with cutting the parts from the runners, and cut away the marks with a pen knife, the model looked better anyway. This time, unlike the previous ones, I panel lined the inner skeleton so it looked a lot better, and of course took more time to finish. The core fighter alone took a tiring 2 hours of continuous work.

The core fighter and in its folded form, the part goes into the torso as show above.

The Core fighter could be transform just by pulling the head down and the tail was made to fold inwards when this happened. The wings however had to be folded manually.






Farid

A Week

Man, it's been 2 weeks of holiday, this is the last week, and still I'm not that satisfied with my holiday. What could be missing? I keep asking myself that but I still can't get the answer. What is it that I have not accomplished?? And the results for my exam will be revealed on the first day at school. Hmmm.

All the stuff I did took quite a long time to finish. I made Gundam models, the RX-78-2 Gundam took at least 5 days to complete. I made 2 others which took 2 days to complete, 1 day each. Maybe what I have to do is draw!! Or maybe not. I play Starcraft every day, maybe that's what's bothering me... maybe not.

Arghhhhhhhh!!! My holiday in KL felt like 3 weeks instead of one. Maybe it was because of all the places I visited.

Anyway, I watched the 38th episode of Kamen Rider W. And the storyline has changed drastically, Wakana turned evil, just as soon as she was about to leave the city and her job with Phillip who also agreed to do so. It is getting very interesting, and surprisingly, I just noticed how many episodes were downloaded. And Accel has a new form, Accel Trial which allows him to move more quickly and dodge opponents attacks with his speed. It looks cool, his new form, maybe I will purchase the SH figurearts model. Oh, I so the Kamen Rider W models in KL, they were really nice, and S.I.C Dark Kabuto was there too. There were Heat Metal, Luna Trigger and Cyclone Joker. They all looked great.

A week of holiday left and down to 5 days of holiday. And not many people are online these days. Maybe they are on holiday...




Oh, and here are some of the pictures I took. I borrowed my bro's RX-78-2 Gundam SD for the picture of the trio. Looks good. Looking forward to buy the MG RX-75-2 Guntank.

So many maybes, I just wish I could spend this holiday to its fullest.




Farid

Stocked Up And Ready To Go!!

Yes!!! I have just come back from Kuala Lumpur today, and I thought maybe I should update my blog and I did. I did a lot of things there other than going to the shopping complexes such as, Midvalley, Time Square, Lowyat, Pavilion, One Utama and Ikea (bought quite a lot of furniture). I also went to Melaka or Melacca I guess the spelling changes from BM to English and Cameron Highlands. The only problem during that trip was the constant health problems I was having. I had a terrible headache, I sprained my arm, neck which also increased the headache pain. So travelling by car was of course a problem.

Now, I did buy Gundam Models there, they were cheaper too!!! I bought the Gundam Model I have always been looking for, RX-77-2 Guncannon, and even better with clear kit and its SD Model. I also bought Decal softener. This is used, if I am not mistaken, to make the decal stick much better and also make it not come off, you know because it seals it so any dust cannot interfere with the 'stickyness' of the decal. It costs RM 9.90. I wanted to buy Flat Clear Paint, but didn't and I regretted not buying it. Anyway, that costs RM 8.00.

I think I'll post more stuff tomorrow, need some sleep. 'Yawn'




Farid

Maybe Not As Good.

I'm having my exams this week, the following week and the week after the following week. So, my blog might not be updated that frequently as before, which is maybe not every week but I will try my best to update it like always. Anyway, I finished the Starcraft Battle between me and my bro but it is quite big in size, 400 MB for a 17 minute long video. Maybe I should decrease the size to 200 MB, but I'm afraid the quality will not be as good.


I will show the picture of my nice War Machine model I recently purchased the week before. It is actually very well painted but the eyes and the core in the centre is not that bright. But, it still looks good. Bwahahahaha!!!

The new picture for my picture!!!!




Farid

New Post? Yes. Good Post? Maybe.

A lot has been happening lately. And by a lot, I mean a lot of time wasted. Somehow, I played a lot of games during this weekend, but I doesn't feel worthwhile. I played Starcraft, I didn't feel any joy and fun that I used to have when playing it. So, I played with my elder brother, to "Regain my Honour" so to speak. It didn't work either, the weekend felt gloomy, boring, motionless although time passed by. I didn't work on my gundam models at all either, I guess I was mentally tired from the Military Units.

Oh, I won against my elder brother 3 times. But, somehow it felt as if he was giving me a chance. I'm not really sure, but I want to battle him again, and this time I'm asking him to train a lot first. I guess that would be hard to do for him, because he has work and all. I guess I'll get a video of the battle against him up next week, I'll also try adding stuff to it to make it more interesting. Don't worry I won't change anything that happened during the battle. Last of all, the Starcraft Battle Net finally managed to update, so now it is possible to play using wireless network connection instead of having to attach cables to enable the game to play multiplayer games, IPX and UDP. IPX is cable and UDP is wireless network. And that's all for Starcraft. Wait, one more thing, Starcraft II is out this September, 27th of September 2010 to be exact. This can be preordered through a number of sites which you can find on the main website.

I have recently purchased a new Iron Man model to add to my collection but you won't see any of those on my blog. Should I post them?? Anyway, I now have Iron Man Mark I, Mark II, Mark III and Iron Monger. The new model I purchased was War Machine, It is quite small and has limited articulation but I looked special and better than the other models. I have always like robots with Gatling Guns anyway. The shop also sold other Iron Man models like Mark III, Mark IV and Mark V but they are not really painted that well. I guess it is also because of the price which is less than RM20. So, I might put it on my blog or just leave it in my collection. Oh, and I also saw an Iron Man model for the Marvel Universe Version not the one based on the movie. It really looked nice!!! I wanted to buy it but, after thinking back I didn't. I should save up first and then I buy it.

Games!!! I am now playing Starcraft, Brave Fencer Musashi, Digimon Rumble Arena and Megaman Legends. Except for Starcraft the others are for the Playstation. But I downloaded the emulator and played those games. The game that is still downloading is Army Men Sarge's Heroes and the other Army Men series. Brave Fencer Musashi is a very interesting game. Both needing you to think about solving the problems and skill to execute certain moves and reach your goal. This game is an old game, but usually the old games are fun. That's my opinion anyway and I don't mean the new ones are not fun. Megaman Legends to me lacks a lot of what Brave Fencer Musashi had, it is not very easy to execute moves. For example, the camera does not rotate to suit your view but you have to manually rotate. The other thing is you cannot fire while locked on target while moving. So you have to run, lock on, fire and repeat it over and over again. Brave Fencer Musashi is a better choice!!

Gundam Report!!! I am currently working on my Shiba-I Sazabi. But, I didn't work on it this weekend. It took a while to work on the colours, I had to mix red and white to get the right colour. It doesn't look exactly the same but it'll work. Other than that I am planning to fix up my MG Unicorn Gundam Ver.Ka. I would probably throw and remove the decals, they look horrible to me. I guess that's it. Ba bye.




Farid

Military Units: Finally in the Frontline!!

Yay!! I have successfully completed working on my Military Units. This was the longest model, or models I guess because there are 3 of them, I have worked on. Mainly because there are 3 units and it requires a lot of painting. I was actually a little disappointed with the articulation points this model had. I had only 4 articulation points!! But, it was a 3 in one model so I quess that can be expected. Now, I am working on my Shiba-I Sazabi. It would look great with him in front of the 3 Military Units.

(Above) Fully equipped Military Units!! All 3 of them!! The one in the middle is painted with titanium gold paint, the same gold I used on my Shiro Oni Zaku III.

(Above) The first Military Unit I worked on.

Actually there were 3 sets bought, but we, my bro me and my other bro, changed the units so we all work on 1 group like Phoenix, Tiger and Dragon. I picked Phoenix because I like the colour red a lot more than the other choices. I took a picture of the flag too so you can see the wordings on it. The Military Units were fun and tiring to finish but I was glad I could finally put them aside.




Farid

The Difference Is Clear.

A clear difference between my Choko Zaku III and Shiro Oni Zaku III. I just realized that this is my 102nd post on my blog... didn't think I posted that much. Anyway, the Choko Zaku III, was, well, better and easier to make than the Shiro Oni Zaku III and I didn't post about it I guess. I did a lot of customization for my Choko Zaku III as well, I coloured the knuckles red and painted what looked like rivets gold, mainly because it looked so plain just like that. I also used a different red for both Zakus, Metallic Red for Choko Zaku and Glossy Red for Shiro Oni. I actually had doubts painting with that red, because it looked dark when I painted it on my Blitz Gundam. It turned out better and nicer looking however.

(Above) Both Zakus side by side, maybe ready to fight some enemies. You can easily see the diffence in the gold paint used, Gold marker and Titanium Gold.

(Above) The weapons they both share, I wanted to cut the handle on the right for my Shiro Oni Zaku III but I had my doubts and I didn't have the heart to do it yet. Still making the decision whether to do it or not. Hmmmmm.

(Above) The helmet covers. Although I don't use the other one for my Shiro Oni Zaku III, but I painted it anyway just to see how it would turn out. I looks pretty nice, don't you think?

(Above) Another side by side picture.
Shiro Oni : Look there!! Enemies!!
Choko Zaku: Let's get them!!


'prepare to fight'
Shiro Oni: Hiya!!
Choko Zaku: Wahhhhh!!!

Shiro Oni: Let's show them our strength!!
Choko Zaku: Let's do it!!


(Above) A picture from the past. The picture taken right after completion!! Wow!! So cool!!

Well, I posted this a little late. By 1 day to be exact. So, now to continue with the Military Units. Yes, they still have yet to be finished. It is taking quite a while, maybe I should speed up the process.


'Fireworks!!'
'audience claps hands'
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! A happy 102 Post Day to you too. Enjoy reading my blog!
Ba Bye!!
'audience claps hands again as I leave the stage'




Farid