Friday, October 23, 2015

Gunpla - 1/144 HG - RTX-65 Guntank Early Type - Out of Box Build

After watching the first episode of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I purchased the Guntank Early Type kit.  All thanks to Char's badassery when his sister Artesia are escaping their space colony.


 This was a very simple kit to put together.  Some of the engineering choices made for the Guntank were very surprising and well done.  This kit actually has quite a few small pieces that are not typical for a HG.  One of the best parts about this kit are the canons on the shoulders.  They have a very cool gimick with some simple pistons (which are going to be difficult to paint and not scratch).


I really appreciate the thought given to the barrels on the hands that are actually a seperate piece of plastic from the rest of the hand.  This will make it very easy to airbrush instead of worrying about screwing up with handpainting.


The treads of the Guntank are on a swivel polycap with a ball joint and a ball joint connecting to the tread.  This makes for some dynamic poses that give the Guntank some attitude.



This was a very fun kit to put together.  If you notice in the pictures I did not put on the smaller pieces because...well...I plan on painting the kit a different color and doing battle damage and weathering.  This is a kit design that surely lends itself to battle damage.  Keep an eye out for any works in progress updates or the final product.

For some other pictures visit my album.

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