I built the same one.It’s easy to transform, but not without scratching paints off. It’s Hinge Grade. 🙂 Everything hangs onto a hinge. I think Bandai intended this kit to be unpainted & played with. Ideally, buy two & build one as mecha & another as fighter jet & paint them the same colors.
I don’t know where to buy the Belkits seatbelts. They’re wovern fiber. No adhesives. I used wood glue. You can buy the other PE seatbelts in different colors (I don’t paint them, but you can). 1 side is adhesive. Like stickers. Cut to size & install. + PE buckles. You need 2 pairs of tweezers or needle-nose pilers to bend them. A magnifier would…[Read more]
1 thing for sure is the 3rd party merchandises or grade-up kits can & will cost more than the model kits. If you care about details, it’s worth it. Like you can detail gunplas with metal parts & whatnots. Or military kits with aftermarket upgrades. Insane details.
1/24 NAC Ghost in the Shell Arise DR Porsche (911 GT3R) by Fujimi + carbon fiber decal + PE hood pins, brake rotors & windshield wiper + 6-point PE seatbelt.
“Go, go, go… right 4, onto jump…, for hairpin left, slow down…, left 3, and finish.” Hasegawa 1/24 Lancia 037 (1984 Tour De Corse Rally Winner) + hoses/wires + PE pins + Baremetal + metal screws/balls.
It’s not that Bandai doesn’t want to upgrade the antagonists. It’s just that everyone can’t not make a me-too Gundom model. They probably have reason to believe the bad guy kits won’t sell as much as the good guy kits. RX-78 is now like 3.0. I can’t blame them. Blame ourselves.
The bundled 6-point seatbelts & tire belt were a nightmare.
I bought a set for my 1981 Audi Quattro Ralleycar. Got some tips for the belts?
I don’t know where to buy the Belkits seatbelts. They’re wovern fiber. No adhesives. I used wood glue. You can buy the other PE seatbelts in different colors (I don’t paint them, but you can). 1 side is adhesive. Like stickers. Cut to size & install. + PE buckles. You need 2 pairs of tweezers or needle-nose pilers to bend them. A magnifier would…[Read more]
1 thing for sure is the 3rd party merchandises or grade-up kits can & will cost more than the model kits. If you care about details, it’s worth it. Like you can detail gunplas with metal parts & whatnots. Or military kits with aftermarket upgrades. Insane details.
Ok you bought it. So wood glue for belts & CA (instant glue) for PE buckles. Have patience.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=photo+etch
They explain it better than I do.