HG GX-9900 Gundam X

I am not a big fan of 1/144 scale because it is too small to work on, but after watching the reviews on rrobert184's youtube, I decided to give HG GX-9900 Gundam X a try.


Surprisedly, I really enjoy the build on this kit. Some of the parts are really small because of the 1/144 scale, and it is not as detailed as the MG and PG. But because of the simplicity of it, it does not have the problem of the MG which have way too many joints which make MG really hard to pose.

I try not to use any stickers and I paint the eyes and the green parts instead of using stickers. Because I do not want to paint this kit, I finish it with Krylon's matt finish to get rid of the glossiness on the plastic, and it turn out pretty good.




What sold me on the kit is the overall proportion and the design of the Gundam X, and because of simple parts, I was able to build this kit in just few nights. Also the price of $20 for this kit, I can not be happier.





After building the HG Gundam X, I think I will be getting more HG kits, especially more of the recent release by Bandai.
Now I have done my first 1/44 scale, I think I am ready for the RG next....

Mr. Top Coat

I have been wanting to try finishing my Gundam with Mr. Top Coat for a while now. Since there is the spray can ban on oversea shipping, Mr. Top Coat has been a hard-to-get item. Thanks to Ebay, I got myself 2 cans just to try it out.
I have been using Krylon's matt finish as my top coat finish but it tend to dull the color of the model and it does not always dry clear if I gave a heavy coat. Krylon works good to make glossy paint become matt finish but does not look too good on unpainted plastic.
I am really excited about Mr. Top Coat and will be using it on my RG RX78-2...

Like Father Like Daughter

People always say Zoya really looks like me ever since she was born, but I always thought she looks like me only in some parts until I saw this picture.
Zoya not only looks like me, and her personality is too. It is amazing that each baby has his/her personality embedded like DNA.

Sweet Dreams

Janice woke me up 5:30am with Zech cover in vomit, and so much for sleeping in over the weekend. Because of that, Zoya has been up since 5:30, and during our worship practice, she fall asleep on my guitar case to recharge her energy......

J+Y Wedding Day

First wedding of this year and I was so tired by the end of the night. It remind of me what my wedding day was like 5 years back. Considering regular work, kids, church....and another side job ???? It was crazy and insane, but it is all for the love of photography. Being able to capture the love and the images become timeless is all worth it after all.

Congratulation J+Y, may God bless your marriage as you complete each other daily.

Gundam PG GP01

I have been waiting for this kit for a quite some time now. It was on backorder on HLJ and several vendors I dealt with for few month. Because of the size and the weight of this kit, it is really expensive to ship from Japan until HLJ had free shipping last month. Unfortunately many hobbist were eying on the same thing, and by the time I place my orders, GP01 were all gone, so that was a big disappointment. (of course I got many other things to make up for it and enjoyed my free shipping from HLJ). Thanks to AnimeRaro (http://www.animeraro.com/), they got some shipment of this kit and I reserved my copy and picked it up locally yesterday at Frank&son.


This kit is much bigger than I thought, and I think it is the same size as the PG OO. When I opened the kit, it has two boxes similar to the PG OO. PG GP01 was released 2003, one year before the PG Strike. It will be interesting to see how well GP01 was designed compare to the Strike since I am still building the Strike.


Box A

Box B


This kit is actually 2 in 1. Bandai, allows you to choose between GP01 or GP01fb. The reason I bought this kit is because I first saw it on Danny Choo's Gundam modeling Tutorial, and Choo build the GP01 version and I don't think he even bother to finish the rest of the kit. Therefore, I think I will just build the GP01.

I think GP01 is less skeletal compare to the Strike and it is closer to the original RX-78-2 design. I love the nice and simple line design of the GP01, the GP01fb is a bit too fat and fancy for me with all the armors. All in all, I am very excited about getting this kit, and the only question left is when am I going to get to build this........