The grand daddy of all Gundams is coming together bit by bit. It’s the Ver.2.0, liked it a bit more then the MG version of the RG, but that’s all just personal preference.
Next time some pictures of the completed model 😉
WOW!!!!!!!! looking awesome! you should’ve bought two kits so you could display one with just the frame and the amount of detail you’re putting into it. The completed kits is going to be a master piece man.
Thank you very much, you’re making me blush 🙂
Yes, it’s almost a shame to put the armor on the frame, hence I took a lot of pictures of it.
Fortunately the knees still shows some detailing, but maybe a kit with just half armored up is an idea…
Thanks again for your nice comment!
A bit late (almost finished the RX-78-2) but nevertheless, a few more kits for the backlog and my first Japanese hobby magazine 🙂 And some little small stuff, like extra verniers, mono eyes and action bases
Unfortunately one has to be able to read Japanese, although you can pick up a lot from the pictures. Not gonna spoil anything for you, but it is a very nice magazine!
Please do share some pictures when your package comes in
When did this happen…? The PG Banshee up for pre-order? Almost everyday at HLJ to check it, didn’t see any announcement on the Gundam page, thought; click on the PG page for fun. ORDER STOP. Nooooo 🙁
Alzard and myself had the same issue. Only found out that the page for it existed through Facebook. It was never posted on the HLJ Gundam page, and still isnt. Luckily, few days after the initial Order Stop happened, it became available for Pre-order again. I kept checking every day. I suggest you keep an eye on it daily, they might get some more.…[Read more]
Only on FaceBook??? Well, HLJ has dropped the ball on that one in my opinion.
Have to be vigilant then I guess and check the site day in day out, hour after hour. And if that brings no luck, I’m sorry to say, but then someone else will get my money for it 😛
I managed to get a pre order in when I was seeing future releases on HLJ mid-last week. It was lucky because that’s the only time I had internet access for the next 4 days 😛
So, I’m throwing this out there just as I’m hoping for it dearly, please don’t hate me for asking about something related to Seed.
Since there is a HG Revive Freedom on it’s way, anyone think it’ll rub off to a new MG Freedom 2.0/RM?
I can see that happening, they’re also releasing a robot Damashii Freedom and Justice soon so those two are definitely on Bandai’s mind. I hope we’ll see a new MG of each soon.
There’s nothing wrong with liking Seed, i know there were major faults in the storyline alone and the characters seems to be a bit questionable but heck the mechs from that series are one of my favorites.
Another this i wish they make is MG of of the Meteor Unit for either Freedom or Justice. I know they came one on HG version, but i want MG!
Even though I think original MG Freedom is great as it is. I’m all for RM Version, only if that mean’s we’ll get MG Justice as well. Oh and I want MG Forbidden, Calamity and Raider Gundams too.
Yes, the original MG Freedom looks fine, apart from some design flaws, IMO, like the all joints for the hips and stickers for the beam riffle…
And I have to concur, a MG Forbidden, Calamity and Raider would be awesome. Being on the subject, how about a MG GINN, BuCue, Skygrasper and Mebius Zero?
But a Meteor Unit in MG form…? If I have to be…[Read more]
I’d love it if they made a MG GINN and the Waltfeld LaGowe and a BuCue. The Skygrasper would also be awesome if it could hook up with the striker packs
I agree that the METEOR units are huge, and probably costly but if enough interest is there, Bandai would probably make one, after all it is still a business for them.
Yes, I can’t understand why Bandai didn’t made a Sky Grasper with the release of the Strike Gundam RM. And release it with the Sword and Striker Pack like they did with the RG. I guess selling the packs as a P-Bandai exclusive brings them more money???
Also, nobody would have ever guessed they’d do a Neo Zeong, but they did. So maybe we would be…[Read more]
I really don’t think P-Bandai Items would really make that much profit for Bandai. They’re not really that expensive compared to where the original kits they’re based from plus they’re only limited run. The people who really benefit from them are the shops in Ebay or other online shops who sell them for twice the original price.
Yeah, that’s what I meant, selling the Packs as a normal release would make them more money. I guess that’s their controversial way of thinking…
I’m not too sure about using the older Packs on the RM. I believe there is a difference in the mounting parts on the shoulders, but have to check some reviews to be sure.
As I’m holding back from…[Read more]
I think I rather have a MG Saviour then a 2.0 Freedom. Unfortunately it’s not nearly as popular so Freedom seems way more likely. I wouldn’t mind though with a MG Justice too hopefully!
I agree with you that there are too much suits that deserve a MG but didn’t get one. A MG Saviour would be very nice, let alone a MG Justice. Still can’t believe why they didn’t made one at the time. But maybe we get lucky
The next badge. Still a GM RX-78-2 2.0(Every Gundam collection needs the grand daddy IMO) and the MG Aile Strike R.M. in private warehouse at HLJ. Damn those restocks LOL. Thanks to HLJ for creating me a backlog 😀
Oh, and why not the Strike Freedom Full Burst Mode? Going to do ‘Mechie Plating’ myself. With the FBM there are a lot of parts that need to be plated anyways and this way I don’t have to strip the Bandai plated parts….
@tehbanshee13, well, that’s rather simple. First a gloss black enamel in preparation for the Alclad chrome. Then a mix of 85% clear yellow with 15% orange. Used it in the past for the yellow parts on my MG Destiny and MG Nu Ver.Ka. (on the latter it was hand painted, didn’t have an airbrush at the time). The only tricky thing is not to spray too…[Read more]
thanks but i had the idea of what u meant i meant was i was curious to see if u were using that metal powder stuff for the strike freedom because that would be even nicer lol 🙂 but happy building
At last, my first Gunpla since the PG Unicorn last X-mas. Have to finish a commission before I can start building this beast. Not going to be Red or Yellow ( 😉 @Syd). Keeping it a surprise LOL
Also ordered some builder parts Verniers and some action bases
Thanks guys!
@daverb Yeah, like the Stein too, and that riffle sets me off a little too! @thebanshee13 I was contemplating it, ordered decals from Samuel a month ago for a commission I was working on, but wasn’t too pleased about the quality. When cutting them, one needs to be really careful not to touch them as the ink smudges really fast. Looked…[Read more]
Finally, here are some pictures of my completed PG Unicorn.
And as a special guest, I would like to introduce you to my first Gunpla, the PG Astray Red Frame. He is here for…
Thanks @Nick. If I’ll be building more PG’s in the future? Yes, I’m sure I will. I owe it to myself to build a RX-78 2. As he’s the granddaddy of them all. And put a Zaku II against him of course. But the choice is hard….. Love the Strike, but it shares the same frame as the Astray. Same with the Strike Freedom…
But how ’bout that Zeta. Or the…[Read more]
Here are some pictures of the work in progress on my PG Unicorn. All parts are painted using an airbrush, except for the pilot and cockpit. These are just some teasers as the…
I would imagine that it would work just fine with the PG as long as you used clear red. I am building the MG and I painted a part of the clear runner with clear red as a test spray and it kept the clear effect.
@thebanshee13, no, I didn’t paint the psycho frame. I was also worried it would ruin the clear effect, as some are unfortunate to get an opaque color.
@JoeMac, the pilot doesn’t come that way. He is all white out of the box. And thanks, it took me about two hours to get him that way
Finally got the MG Hi-Nu Ver.Ka. done. It took its sweet time, but IMO the result shows for it. Didn’t use the water slides for the Fin Funnels, but used the airbrush to do…
nice nice nice nice im gettin mine done this christmas break i think im gunna add alittle more blue and alittle more coloring on the white to break it up though but urs looks good too
anyways happy holidays!
Thank you very much! Hope yours turns out the way you like it to. Can’t wait to see it! Good luck and lots of fun with it. Happy holidays to you and your loved ones
Thanks! I’ll do that. Will take some time though, as I have to finish the MG Hi-Nu Ver.Ka first. Only the fin funnels have to get a spray of faded purple….
Hope your one gets quickly to you. Hope you’ll enjoy it as well
Thanks man. Yeah I’m working on the HGUC Full armor Unicorn at the moment to set things off. This is going to be my first PG how about yourself? I was going to pick up the MK2 for an Xmas gift for myself then they announced this and I was like yeah MK2 can wait another year.
Looking good, it’s looking like I’ll be waiting a little longer on mine as customs may be trying to charge me for the Unicorn. Fortunately not the LEDs as well.
This will be my 2nd PG. The first was the Astray Red Frame. And at the same time, it was my 1st Gunpla. I was also thinking of picking up an other PG, but couldn’t decide LOL. There are too many awesome PG’s….
Damn, that’s a shame. Hoped you could skip taxes all together by shipping them separately.
Dutch customs did a good number on me as well. About $100 US. Had to pay taxes over the kit, as well as over the shipping costs… And they billed me for “calculating” that amount. And then there is the postal office. They want money too for picking it up at…[Read more]
nice load im gunna wait for until next month or february to get it ive still got my own hi nu gundam i gotta do and my sazabi i gotta paint up might i ask u @teetee580 how r u planing on doing the faded purple i was thinking maybe do a section for the funnels line them all up and then use the airbrush to spray up the purple so it looks even and…[Read more]
Thanks @thebanshee13! Hahaha, I know I’ll have fun with that beast LOL.
I was thinking doing it the same way, but only starting with the white first. Being that the purple is a stronger color than the white, it’ll take more coats of white to cover the purple.
I hope the Unicorn will be in stock when you plan to order it, gonna order the LED’s…[Read more]
Sooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just got the payment request for the PG Unicorn and LED set! Payed right away and got it in my Private Warehouse a minute later!
Had it send out A.S.A.P. All bills payed, now waiting for my early Christmas present to come in. Thanks to the great folks at HLJ for the fast replies and early “In Stock”…[Read more]
Mines has been shipped so it says several hours ago. May I ask, are you in the US? If so, have you ordered from HLJ before? FedEx shipping says 2 to 5 days, I’m curious ad to how accurate that is. Congrats though! Can’t wait to find a beast being delivered to my home!
Congrats to you too! I hope you’ll enjoy it. Unfortunately I don’t live in the US, but in the Netherlands, so can’t say how accurate the shipping estimations are for you. However, this is my 5th order from HLJ, and for me the estimations are rather accurate. Not in two days, but mostly in 4 days. But you’ll get a tracking code via your mail, it…[Read more]
You’re welcome! Yeah, HLJ does a great job!!! Hope you get the money for the FA soon, guessing it’ll be sold out soon. Wish you all the luck with it. And of course, hope you’ll enjoy your build.
I just set mine up to ship, though I shipped the Unicorn and LEDs separately to try avoid NZ customs. The minimum price for customs fees to incur varies between NZD $300 and $400 so often it’s hard to know if anything will make it through…
it must be nice you two to have money for Gunpla as I ended up having to cancel my order because I had zero money to even pay for my PG Unicorn which really doesn’t amuse me at all
I’m very sorry to hear that. I hope things turn out for the better. It wasn’t my intention to offend you or anyone else. Hope you don’t hold a grudge against us. And if it makes you feel better, I worked my #ss off to get the extra money……. I sincerely hope you’ll be able to order one from the next batch and have a nice holiday despite your setback
As the Fin-Funnels are still “under construction” I decided to post pictures of the completed MG Hi-Nu Ver.Ka here. Hope you guys and girls don’t mind me doing so. Had issues…
The Hi-Nu itself is almost completed. Now working on the Fin-Funnels, getting rid of those awful gaps that where used on the Nu Gundam for placing them on the backpack on to…
After a lot of setbacks on the MG Destiny, I decided to take some time off on it and started working on the MG Hi-Nu. The frame is done in Alclad Gun Metal. The white and…
Hi @Nick, yes, it’s the Ver.Ka. On other kits you’ve seen, I think the waterslides don’t show that good is because they aren’t painted. The purple doesn’t deviate much from the purple that’s on the kit, but as you may have seen on some photo’s, that turns out really blue, maybe that’s the reason the waterslides don’t show that well on an unpainted kit.
WOW!!!!!!!! looking awesome! you should’ve bought two kits so you could display one with just the frame and the amount of detail you’re putting into it. The completed kits is going to be a master piece man.
Thank you very much, you’re making me blush 🙂
Yes, it’s almost a shame to put the armor on the frame, hence I took a lot of pictures of it.
Fortunately the knees still shows some detailing, but maybe a kit with just half armored up is an idea…
Thanks again for your nice comment!