A glimpse into the adventure of building Gundam.
I want to drill out the eyes of the skull in the chest and put in some pla-tube so it looks like machine guns. Debating about making a larger scar on the face though. I have not seen this particular gundam in action so I am just making it what I think it should be. Not like I haven't been doing that all along.
Core fighter is pretty cool on this guy. I need to paint the pilot so he isn't just a grey guy.
I am still working on the lighting for the photographs. These look better, I think my best pictures come out when I am using natural light, but it is about 1am here and moonlight is a little lacking.
The gold pieces are all up and ready to go outside for paint. Eventually I will get a paint booth, but until then I am devoted to the sun being nice to me for the time I need to paint.
The new version of the gold is done, just a tiny bit of red added to give it a little more pop and go with the red theme of the Shin Musha.
Here is the completed red theme. I did my best to get the darker red to come out looking more like a wash than normal. I like it; it does not overwhelm the other colors, but adds to the over all look. IMHO any way.
Its hard to see some of the scribe work I did the entire back waist panel, but just did it to reinforce the lines that were already there so it looked more like the front. Added some pla-tube to the back pack and then modified the head piece to allow for more movement. 
35 pages of instructions just for the 00, should be fun.
SWEET it comes with batteries. That is a plus! The PG Strike did not come with them and luckily I don't care if the eyes light up; mostly because I can not find that battery any where in Okinawa.
One side is done and came out nicely I used a trick I found on the Internet of course to give it a molded look into the body. If you are interested its simply. I use Tamiya liquid cement normally and once I got down to about a half jar I took a bunch of small pieces of sprue and put them in the glue bottle and let it sit for a day or two. It became this nice looking purple goo. (I used pieces from the Kampher.)
As you can see it is much thicker than the normal glue so it does not dry the same as normal. In this case it makes the tube look like it is molded into the piece. Once primed and painted it will look all nice. I added some other pla-plate to the backpack, also scribed, and chiseled out some of the top to break up all the flat space. I still need to add some place to the body itself not to much though. I like it and the basic design of the legs the way they are.
Kitchen scene snuck in again. lol. My next challenge will be what to do about the scabbard. From a little research it does not look like a traditional one had very much detailing. I don't necessarily like that though, but I can't make it so oddly shaped that it can't be held onto. Ah the joys of Gundam. Until next time thanks for reading. 
Below is my first attempt to do a multi-angle panel. I used my hobby knife to mark out the initial lines, followed by a scribing tool very lightly progressing to more and more pressure until it was deep enough. I need to find a good way to clean up all the extra debris around it, but all in all I am happy with the results.
Like my stand. I know its awesome and a little unconventional, but when the kitchen has the best light you got to use what you have. One day I will end up getting all the fancy photography equipment, but until then crock pot lids will be the order of the day.
As you can see I started laying out my rough design on the armor. I am going to make it match to the plating on the back of his head. Still debating if I want the panels to be large or a little smaller. I will end up drawing them smaller on the other side so I can compare.
Only other complication is how to mount the sheath ( I don't remember the Japanese name for it). I will figure something out though.
Well I am off to work some more, slow going for the next few days. Planning is fun, but sometimes very tedious.
The back is plain, but there is a back pack that will cover all that up. I am not sure if I want to attempt to make all the red look like it is samurai style panel armor or just leave it with a few added lines. I am still making up my mind about the final look, and will wait for the final build to make any decisions.
Articulation isn't bad at all, my main complaint would be the ankles.
And then there is this question, why make each layer separate in the front;
and not the back. I will have to figure something out to remedy this issue for sure.
Well its the fourth I might sneak in some armor building time today who knows anything is possible.
Oh well a lot of movement in the knee. This one is going to require a lot of dis assembly to paint though. I do not like the gold color it looks very cheap. That is what they make paint for though.
On another note. I decided that when I build a PG I will attempt to locate and build all the models of that one for comparison, and for the cool look the group will have once all assembled. I located a SD 00 Raiser, HG 0 Raiser, HG 00 Raiser, and an SD Strike so that will start the process.
I am normally not a fan of anything less then MG, for the size and detail they have, but change can be fun right.
