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here are two other model kits I’m planning on getting next.

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I recently got a GM14 fluorescent pink paint marker. I painted the monoeye on my HG Zudah and my RG Zaku II. I’m very happy with the way it looks and I’m gonna use this for the monoeye on most other Zeon kits I get. I plan on eventually getting the RG mass production version Zaku II.

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these are the model kits that I plan on getting next.

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this is the Real Grade Sile Strike Gundam and Skygrasper. I really like this kit alot. sadly being an early Real Grade kit it also has ball joints in the thighs and shoulders. I definitely recommend getting this kit. I build my Strike as the Sword Strike since I like the color blue, and I put the Aile Strike on the Skygrasper since it make it look more like a plane.

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this is the Master Grade Fenice Rinascita. this kit is awesome, I love it. it uses the same inner frame as the MG Wing Gundam TV version. unlike that kit all of the clear parts here are molded in clear green. I didn’t use the foil stickers included with this kit, instead I cut out some foil stickers and placed them behind the clear parts so they shine.

if you like the Fenice Rinascita then you should definitely get this kit.

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this is the Real Grade Gundam Astray Red Frame. sadly I only took one picture of this kit. this kit is great and I highly recommend it. it can do pretty much any pose you want and even a ton of ground poses, it’s balance is surprisingly good. but to get the most out of this kit you should really get an action base for it.

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this is the High Grade Crossbone Full Cloth. you can skip this kit. there’s really no reason to even consider getting it. I bought this kit simply because I already had the Master Grade Ver Ka. the pearl plastic doesn’t look very good. in direct sunlight it looks great but any other time it’s just going to look very dull and grey. this kit requires a shitload of painting, so much so that I’m not even gonna bother going into it.

skip this kit and get the Master Grade.

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this is the HGUC Revive RX-78-2. this kit is nearly perfect. the only small problem with this kit is that there are some missing colors. I painted the head vulcans and vents, the V on the crotch, the grey on the knees, and the grey on the bottom of the feet.

if you like the RX-78 and 1/144th scale and want a more show accurate kit than the G30th then you need to get this kit.

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this is the HGUC Gundam F91. this is a really good kit but a huge problem with it is the fact that it basically has no yellow parts. the only yellow part in this kit is the V Fin. any other yellow details you see have been painted. if you want an F91 kit you’d be better off with the Master Grade version, this kit isn’t worth your time unless you want to practice some detail painting.

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this is the MG Crossbone X1 Kai Kai Ver Ka. I like this kit alot but I regret getting the Ver Ka instead of the Full Cloth. the cloak isn’t that great and I’d rather have all the extra Full Cloth parts. this kit is great except for a couple of problems. the only yellow parts on this kit are the chest vents, the knees, and the V Fin. any other yellow detail you see has been painted.

the second problem with this kit is that the knee joint is really weak, so if you get this kit you have to be very careful when rotating the legs.

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this is the High Grade Fenice Rinascita. this kit is pretty cool and it uses the same frame parts as the HGUC Wing Gundam TV version so if you’re familiar with that one you know what to expect here. I painted some small details on this kit like the yellow on the shoulders, the vents, and the grey parts on the crotch.

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this is the HGUC Zudah. this is an old kit, it’s from 2006 but don’t let it’s age fool you, it’s actually quite advanced for an HG kit. it has clear parts and a huge sheet of marking decals. the white lines around the suit was done with paint. you can actually see where I broke a part on the thigh while painting and I had to glue it back together. this is easily one of my favorite HG kits and I highly recommend picking it up.

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this is the HG Gouf R35. really nothing to say about this except that it’s a really good kit. this mold was actually reused for the Revive Gouf so if you would rather have a more classic design then get that one instead.

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this is the High Grade Graze, I also have the Graze Kai so I’m gonna lump that one into this review since they’re pretty much the same kit. any of the yellow details you see on these kits are paint but they include stickers for all of those missing colors. if you like the Graze then you’ll like this kit, it’s actually better than the 1/100 version in a few ways.

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this is the High Grade Try Burning Gundam. this is really great HG kit. it has fantastic articulation and it can do a variety of different martial arts moves. the only problem you might experience with this kit is that occasionally the ball joints in the shoulders might pop out, it’s not a big issue though.

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this is the High Grade Barbatos. this kit is missing alot of colors so expect to do a lot of painting on it. given that the 1/100 non-grade version is available(which I’m planning on getting eventually) there’s no reason for you to get this kit unless you prefer the 1/144th scale.

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this is the Master Grade Wing Gundam EW. this was my first Master Grade kit and admittedly I really should have just waited for the Real Grade version (which I will eventually get) this kit has a number of problems but the main one is that there’s no peg in the hand to hold the gun in place so it basically can’t hold it’s gun at all. I managed to get it to hold the gun simply by balancing the gun in the hand properly.

given the the RG version is out now this kit really isn’t worth your time or money unless you just want a 1/100 scale version.