Gunpla Stuff # 7Â MS-09R-2 Rick Dom II
As you can see I’ve been doing a lot of Airbrushing practice lately and if you noticed my progress I’m abruptly changing my style to Airbrush, as of this moment I’ve already quit doing Spraycans except for topcoating and primer, then I discovered that there are alternatives for primer by using this Mr surfacer 1500 by thinning it using tamiya laquer, however I haven't found any alternative for topcoating...Â
One of the few things I hate about spraycans is that it rans out quickly and sometimes petrifies my kit due to the thickness of the paint, compare to airbrush... yet.. when it comes to handpainting, its still needed if you want to add details on your kit, I discovered that enamel based paint are more into handpainting compare to acrylic and laquer...
And that’s just about it, honestly there much more to learn.
While some people are doing withering style to paint their kit, my style is more into glossy metallics and I dont think you will see much of withering or flat/matt based dirty type kit on my blog...
so without further adiue, I would like you to introduce my first custom made resin conversion kit
MS-09R-2 Rick Dom zwei custom...Â
and a simple metallic out of the box buildÂ
Not to be confused to the old Dom I have years ago...Â
So errr.... that’s Rick Dom and Dom... Know the Difference...
Forgot to mention, I made a mini photoshoot for my model kits after I cleaned my work area, its a total mess if you ask me, imagine stardust memory 0083.
here’s a size comparison....
Yes I know, Rick Dom Zwei has one big butt, yet love the propellers anyway...
back side, replace the boosters using gunplabuilder parts, never really like small boosters anyway.
Its basically a resin conversion kit with some add-ons from gunplabuilder parts and added some metallic screws and beads, I never intended to overload it because  it may kinda look steampunkish.
This is the first time I am doing this type of customization, the only thing I hate about this conversion kit is its proportion, small shoulders, small head and some other stuff will get to that later.
And also dont mind the Rick Dom Zwei’s visor, I just made that thing using recycled transparent plastic, the original Dom visor made by bandai doesn't fit on the recast resin mold, bad mold I guess... hey at least I’ve tried...
I never really like the Rick Dom II Bazooka, also known as 880mmRB-T27 Raketen Bazooka.
So I decided to give it to Rick Dom instead.
It looks pretty cool if you ask me...
I know what you’re thinking,Â
what did I gave to Rick Dom Zwei?
I gave him this...
Ex-T2-2 Beam Bazooka
Its suppose to be a custom type rifle but I decided to give that rifle to a Gelgoog class, and yes I ordered a Gelgoog conversion kit, you’ll just have to wait for a couple of months to see it.
Besides it looks better when this dude wields it....
Compare to this thingie....
It really depends on the preference, you’ll be the judge.
Rick Dom Zwei has the same articulation as the Dom, however it loves to hides stuff due to its bulkiness and size, its not a brick kit I can tell you that, it can do some poses but its not as good as the original Rick Dom...
To be honest the poses you see above are almost the same pose I made for the original rick Dom, its just that kinda look like giving an illusion that it looks like a brick kit but its really not, I believe its the proportion that made it look that way or again, probably its bulkiness.
I also added some few features of this kit, I added magnets I kinda make some of them attachable and detachable at the same time using the power of magnets, some I purposely glued due to the fact I realized too late that I can use magnets to attach and detached things and I never thought I can find a magnet vendor on my place...
There will be more of this magnet stuff in the future...
So final thoughts so far....
although admittedly some of the parts are badly mold, this is something common if you buy a recast resin, most of the parts there needs glue or a pin to completely sealed because all the parts there are loose and almost all of the parts there are re-customized and reinforced by putty to make it look cool...
I guess that’s all for now....
Doms are really nice when they are in packs...
So after Rick Dom Zwei, what will be the next project?
Hyakushiki KaiÂ
I failed to pre-order the P-bandai ones and I miss the deadline, but luckily a friend sell me this one...
Some of the cool kits are P-bandai, I hate P-bandai....