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Gundam Forums 9 years, 1 month ago Dom: HG, RG, or MG?
Hi, everyone. I’ve finally completed my second kit (MG Sandrock) and would like to build a Dom or Rick Dom next. I only have experience with MG kits, but I think I’d like to try an HG or RG one this time. What are your opinions of the Dom kits? Thank you in advance.
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Just to inform you, there is no RG Dom. If you are looking at a HG or MG of it for that matter, they won’t be the same quality as the Sandrock and other recent kits. The articulation will be sorely lacking in the HG, and expect foil seals for some color apps. I suggest looking at more recent kits than the Doms, but if you really want one I recommend the MG.
Thanks for your reply. I think I’ll go for the MG.
I am currently building the mg and it had been a good build so far however there was a lot of flash on my kit for some reason
What is flash?
Model kits are made by injecting plastic into steel molds. The molds are usually two big halves that come together – “flash” occurs when the molds don’t fit together quite the way they should. Injected plastic is no longer confined to where it should be, and fills in some of the thin space between the mold halves, forming thin chips of plastic that hang off the sides of the runner, or even the parts themselves.
Between the MG and HGUC Dom, I’d say MG. HGUC seems like a pretty good kit, but HG’s usually take some short-cuts and don’t look quite as sharp. Among other things, the MG has a touch of asymmetry in the feet and legs that’s left out of the HGUC.
But if you can find it for a decent price, the 1:60 scale HY2M Rick Dom is a lot of fun. Thing’s a monster.
But personally, I’m not too happy with the design of these three kits. When it comes to the original Dom, I’d rather have something with the funky proportions of the anime version – so I got myself the old, early-1980s 1:100 scale Dom kit. It takes a bit of work to make it really nice but I enjoyed building it a lot. But the MG Dom has this kind of awkward design. It’s like it borrows enough elements of the Rick Dom II that I start wishing I were actually building a Rick Dom II instead of a MG-style Dom. It’s like an awkward half-way mix of design elements from the original Dom and the OVA designs that came later.
Thanks for your reply. I think I’ll go with the MG Dom.