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Hg GXuuuuuuX
I just finished this last night. Overall the build was super nice 9/10. My only complaint is that it has a decent amount of stickers. The foils were pretty okay, any sticker fit into a recess so no struggling there, but the red decal stickers and yellow marking stickers sucked. Over curbs, wrapping around, in weird spots. They were a 100% no go for me. Luckily I have testors enamel. First time free handing but I felt like it went ight. Some of my lines definitely need work though lol. Overall I used 3 stickers in total. The cheek pieces and lower stomach one. I did those before remembering how much I hate stickers lol.
As a warning I will say this kit had some REALLY tiny pieces, the head especially. Kinda felt more like building a RG Eva than a Hg Gundam. On the good side it’s articulation is nice, it’s possible and stable, and all the molds are super detailed. It even gives you parts for a whole second head so you can have the deployed or retracted look that’s easily swappable. I’d 100% build this again
Nice build. Looks really clean. Hand painting details is hard. That’s why I use waterslides. The learning curve is steeper than stickers but the decals slide around a little bit so that you can get the placement where you like it. With some practice and softening solution, even the one that go around corners aren’t too bad.
I love water slides! The only think keeping me from using them more is that you have to topcoat it after. I don’t like using the topcoat if I’m not doing a full paint since I’m lazy