• Manufacturer: Bandai
• Part number: BAN941924
• Year of production: 2006
• Gundam in-universe model number: RX-178
• Scale: 1/100
• Series: Zeta Gundam
• Kit type: MG
• In-universe role: Prototype mobile suit
• Build date: Summer 2018

• Iwata Neo TRN-1 airbrush
• Mr Hobby Mr Tools snips
• Badger Ultimate sanding sticks 400/800

• Inner frame: primed with Badger Ultimate Surface primer (dark grey)
• Outer dark armour: primed with Badger Ultimate Surface primer (dark grey)
• Outer lighter armour:
• Hands:
• Yellow accents:
• Red accents:
• Thrusters: primed with Badger Ultimate Surface primer (dark grey)
• Weapons: primed with Badger Ultimate Surface primer (dark grey)

An update to the original Master Grade RX-178 Gundam II kit that came out earlier. This version has greatly enhanced range of movement, neat sliding armour sections that move as you bend the arms and legs, and much more detail.

The bad points I've found is that it really feels 'loose' with all of the extra movement points, sliding sections and pivots. Although a neat looking design and clearly supposed to be the successor to the original RX-78-2 Gundam mobile suit, in real life the kit looks 'gangly'; with really long arms, thin legs. I'm not sure what I expected, but something about it just feels off.

This is only a dry-build so far (though it has sat that way for probably a year now). I need to make the effort to strip it back down and paint it.

Update Feb 2nd 2020: Started to disassemble the model in order to paint it.

Update Feb 3rd 2020: Primed inner frame and dark exterior armour parts.

Kit is looking a bit dusty here, it has sat like this for probably a year. Need to get the willpower (and a new spraybooth) to finish it…

Parts disassembled and ready for priming:

Inner frame and dark armour parts primed (Badger Ultimate Surface Primer - dark grey)