Gundam - MS-06 ZAKU II

[The_Snowman]

To start the year off, I decided to build a “simple” 1/144 Gundam kit that did not require any painting.

To my surprise and delight, this has turned out to be enjoyably complex.
Having watched a couple of the Gundam movies on streaming, the Zaku featured extensively and was tantilised to find a little kit at the local comic emporium for £19. Compared to similar Macross kits, which are my main interest was very reasonable.
I started the build yesterday and was blown away by the complexity of what was meant to be a simple mecha build to start my year off with.

Had some initial issue with breaking a locating peg, but that is minor.
Overall, I am sold and I will be building more!
Next time I will post the sequential build of the left leg which I have started just to give you insight to the complexity of the kit.
Till next time!

[Karl187]

Some rather nice details on that Gavin- I assume that it is posable when it is fully assembled?

[The_Snowman]

Hi Karl, yeah apparently it is posable. I’ll include a snap shot of the poses shown on the instruction sheet.

Till later.

[The_Snowman]

As promised, here is the left leg assembly followed by the pose sheet.

That was for one leg only, pretty impressive, eh?
Well thats all for now, till later.

[Karl187]

Thanks for showing the poses sheet .I also wanted to ask- does it need glue or is it a kind of ‘push to fit’ assembly?

[The_Snowman]

That is all part of the charm, it’s all push fit.

Easy-peasy.

Till later.

[phantom_phanatic]

Looks good. I’ve had one of these for years moulded in bright pink plastic. I’ve always thought about repainting it WW2 German 3-tone Panzer cammo.
I’ve never seen any of the cartoons, so want to go a bit wild with it.

[MoramarthT]

@phantom_phanatic

I’ve had one of these for years moulded in bright pink plastic.

Do it in multi-tone pink digital - San Francisco urban camo?

Cheers,

M