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--- blog:models_mak_melusine [2021/07/25 12:42] – john
+++ blog:models_mak_melusine [2021/08/06 16:00] (current) – [Box Contents] john
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   * Series: Maschinen Krieger / SF3D
   * Kit type: Large scale kit, poseable with polycaps
-  * In-universe role: Powered Armoured Suit - ver.M
+  * In-universe role: Powered Armoured Suit - ver.M, //Strahl Democratic Republic forces//
   * Build date: ???
+I bought this kit, un-assembled, from [[http://www.buyee.com|Buyee.com]] in July 2021. I paid a reasonable sum (£31); less than a lot of others were reselling them for (bearing in mind it was a 10+ year old kit at the time), but obviously with shipping and import taxes to them have to pay. Still, for something relatively rare and expensive in the west, it was a pretty good deal.
 **Manufacturers images below:**
 {{:blog:models:melusine_boxart.png?400|}} {{:blog:models:610wfkepyol._ac_sl1115_.jpg?140|}}
-===== Background Info =====
 ===== Tools Used =====
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 ===== Colours Used =====
+===== Background Info =====
+The //Melusine// is a later-model armoured fighting suit of the //Strahl Democratic Republic// (SDR) within the Maschinen Krieger universe. It was developed to combat the later models of the mercenary army's //SAFS// suits. It's very heavily armoured compared to the earlier suits, with a powerful laser mounted in place of the left arm and remote visual sensors (no glass face-plate).
+The //Melusine// shares a lot of similarities with the [[:blog:models_mak_kauz|Kauz]], since the Melusine is intended to have been a later, ground-only suit developed from the //Kauz//. The silhouette is mostly unaltered, except for the removal of the Kauz' thrusters and flight sensors.
+I absolutely love the twin designs of the //Kauz// and the //Melusine//; they are probably the two favourites of the //SDR// forces - I think it's the really bulky, forward-sloping upper torso that does it...
+===== Box Contents =====
+The Melusine kit is a mixture of re-used Nitto parts and newly designed frames specific to the Melusine by Wave.
+   * Instruction manual
+   * Addendum/correction notice sheet
+   * Painting guide / info card
+   * 1x Waterslide decal sheet
+   * 7x Parts sprues
+     * A (Melusine), green, main body (//Melusine// variant) - //new Wave parts//
+     * A (Gustav), green, main body (//Gustav// variant), inner joints, panzerfaust
+     * B (Melusine), green, pilot, inner cockpit, main body front (//Melusine// variant) - //new Wave parts//
+     * B (Gustav), green, legs, laser cannon
+     * C (Gustav), green, main body top cover
+     * D (Gustav), smoked transparent, cockpit glass for the Gustav variant //only//
+     * Figure, beige
+   * 1x Bag multimedia parts, brass mesh, wire, rubber hoses
+   * 1x Set of (12) nylon spacers
+Box artwork:
+{{:blog:models:img_2255.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:img_2256.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:img_2257.jpg?400|}}
+{{:blog:models:img_2258.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:img_2259.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:img_2260.jpg?400|}}
+Instructions:
+{{:blog:models:img_2261.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:img_2262.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:img_2263.jpg?400|}}
+Addendum/correction notice:
+{{:blog:models:img_2266.jpg?400|}}
+Painting guide:
+{{:blog:models:img_2264.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:img_2265.jpg?400|}}
+Waterslide decals:
+{{:blog:models:img_2267.jpg?400|}}
+Parts sprues:
+{{:blog:models:melusine_a_gustav_img_2274.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:melusine_a_img_2269.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:melusine_b_gustav_img_2275.jpg?400|}}
+{{:blog:models:melusine_b_img_2270.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:melusine_c_gustav_img_2273.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:melusine_d_gustav_img_2272.jpg?400|}}
+{{:blog:models:melusine_figure_img_2271.jpg?400|}}
+Multimedia and other small parts:
+{{:blog:models:melusine_media_img_2268.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:melusine_nylon_img_2276.jpg?400|}}
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