Recently first series of Gundam celebrated 30 years from first time on air in Japan.
Was one of first series that included mechs (called mobile suits) that was not intended as super robot, but just used as military veichles.
The gb cover the timeline included in first series, then from uc (universal century) 0079 till uc 0080
heres rules:
allowed all vehicles of this period (mobile suits, mobile armor, tanks, ships etc.) included from oav 0080 war in the pocket , The 08th MS Team, ms igloo, and all MSV derivatives from these series.
Started kits till 50% allowed (just have some previous picture of progress)
Aftermarket, stratchbuild, dioramas are wellcome.
just try to put a good weathering on
no time restriction to join, just respect endline of GB
The Group Build will start on firts of may 2011 and will end on first may 2012 30 September 2012
Heres the badge, feel free to resize or mod!
and second ,by smeagol advice
many thanx to gamerabaenre to allow use this image [Y]
Builders List
Archangel571:
-MG EZ8 1/100
-MG Rx-79G Ground Type Gundam 1/100
SLW 45:
- MG EZ8 1/100
GreySnake:
- HG RX-79G Ground Type Gundam retired
HGUC MS-05 Zaku I “Black 3 star’s” 1/144 FINISHED!
Klik:
- RG MS-06S Char’s Zaku II 1/144 FINISHED!
MG Mobile Pod Ball (ver. Ka) 1/100 FINISHED!
Smeagol the vile:
- 1/144 Magella-Attack tank
Dupes:
HG MS-06j Zaku II 1/144
UCHG M61A5 main battle tank 1/35
Potchip:
- HGUC MSM-10 Zock 1/144 FINISHED!
Real G:
- MG MS-06K Zaku Cannon 1/100
HGUC MS-09 Dom
Musai class light cruiser 1/400
- HGUC MSM-03 Gogg 1/144
Tetsujin:
MS-06 Zaku II 1/144
Orkork:
-MG MS-06R-2 Zaku II Johnny Ridden 1/100
Badlanguage:#### - HG MS-7B Gouf Custom 1/144FINISHED!#### HG MS-7H8 Gouf Flight type 1/144 FINISHED!
These, and another set of EZ8 and RX-79G, were bought on Amazon when they had a massive sale for Bandai re-distributed/re-packaged Gundam kits here during the days when Gundam Wing was still popular. I still got another RX-79G in the original imported box without the silly ‘Skill Level’ defined.
Current Status as of Saturday night,
I guess a lot less was started than I remembered… from three to four years ago.
Those are beautiful kits. there basicly the same kit, but none the less, there great. They are perfect for doing all kinds of non anime weathering and paint jobs on.
Smeagol that’s one of the funniest pictures I’ve seen.
Started on my kit this morning, was to do some yard work but the weather is nasty. So what better thing to do then build? Got most of the kit together not much gluing done, just wanted to dry fit most of the parts. I have to say this kit is a world away from the newest HGUC. The fit while not bad is not very good. Only took me under two hours I believe to build this. Filling the seams and sanding is probably going to take longer. Anyway on to the pics
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Also would it be alright if I added this HGUC Zaku !? I have alot of work still to do on it. Fill in gaps, paint etc.
It is NOT cheating to cut off the snap together parts so you can remove the different colored parts while keeping it constructed then just gluing them back into place later.
Like the zaku I forearms take the purple part off, find out how it could go on WITHOUT snaps, cut the snaps off and modify it as you need, then fix the seams and paint them both seperatly, then glue it into place, no masking needed.
Gogg is one of the simpliest hguc kits, but hands, fingers and arms have great posability.
In mind to respect original colors, but i’ll add panel lines, inner armor structures, and some other details to be choise . Backpack sure need great detail work . as Monoeye i’ll use a cd player lens. Glass piece will heat-shaped using actual piece as mold.
Fortunately for painting ,knees joints have a good separation.
…[:|] this is a new standard real grade !!! [:D[ perfect grade are 1/60 . i see reviews of this , it’s outstanding kit that cost as …[:#]… whow… i’ll wait for confirm
Hey fellas! This GB is totally out of my normal building zone…but I’d love to get in on it!
Here’s what I’ve got, want to see if it qualifies: Bandai 11069 Gundam vs Zakui (1/144). I’ve also got an old Revell kit which is even more suspect: Revell Robotech Defender “Condar”.
Any luck with either of these?
And if any of you have a source for more mecha type kits, let me know! I’d love to snag some more.
The macross kit are not good for this GB [:(] , i hope in future to start an all mech GB.
even if out of your normal building zone, just think as an armor without track [:D], even me when i build my first gundam series kit just tried to use my old aircraft\helicopter weathering tecniques, i use same colors as normal kit [Y] and work good . Main differences are that these kits are not real but gundam series have an entire parallel history to
pick out ideas.
If you want to join are wellcomed , just speak which (or both) kit you want to sign
