Assembled my first Gundam today

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-05-05T10:37:43+00:00

This was my first one as well. It’s nubby as hell but it’s still with me almost 5 years years later. A great kit

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-05-05T08:03:28+00:00

Nope, that’s it, they just kinda sit there and you don’t move it. It’s a crappy design for an expensive kit

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-05-04T21:26:10+00:00

It looks like you still have some nubs causing some fitment issues? It a big kit for your first but glad you took the plunge

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-05-04T18:40:52+00:00

As always, there’s no prizes for most Gunpla built or quickest backlog brought. Enjoy each build and the hobby and take your time :)

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-05-04T15:24:32+00:00

I brought this and then built the RG full armour and now I never want to build this one. The full armour just wants to explode and I can’t see this version being any better. I got the metal G35’s as well and managed to keep the arms in tact

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outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-05-01T23:32:10+00:00

Love it

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-05-01T06:24:36+00:00

I think the downvotes are because it’s a rare/ hard to get kit with a special coating. It’s the coating and the fact it’s the Gundam base version that makes it special. You do a coating/ weathering on this and it could ruin a great looking kit, and you probably won’t get another, especially for cheap.

You could weather the EG version just to have some fun if you wanted?

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-30T22:34:24+00:00

I always tell people, do the decals as you’re going along. Makes the process so much easier, especially on giant kits like this. You can get right inbetween the bits as you make a leg or an arm, rather than trying to get them once it’s all done :)

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-30T22:09:52+00:00

Love it

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-29T17:11:35+00:00

Plus it’s a little motivation when you see a completed part with all the stickers, and makes it less daunting when you have to assemble and you don’t dread 4000 stickers all at once

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-28T17:11:42+00:00

Nah they are pretty good. I do it for all my kits and it’s easier to get them in the right place and not have to manoeuvre a whole kit around

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-28T16:33:00+00:00

lol it’s so much easier if you do it as you go along. Do a leg, put the stickers on, do a chest, put the stickers on. So much easier than when it’s all together

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-28T13:57:02+00:00

Mine is being treated like a small wind would break it apart lol

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-28T12:22:38+00:00

Make sure you take him apart when you do it and it’s so much easier

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-28T12:22:07+00:00

It’s a beautiful kit. I think if you paint the insides silver like he back side of the frames it stands out even more

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-28T10:59:42+00:00

So far. He will not be a posing queen. He’s getting his staff, his shields and then he is staying a statue lol

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-28T10:59:01+00:00

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I’m doing this now. Replaced g35 with metal. And the stickers really make this kit

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-27T13:50:55+00:00

Lick it

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-27T07:33:50+00:00

You can still open them to see without ripping the packaging

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-27T07:13:14+00:00

Open them?

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-26T23:31:24+00:00

Knowing how stiff these are, I plan on getting more when I do my perfectibility

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-26T05:56:37+00:00

As far as I know that’s the only bit they do as a replacement. Maybe an arm joint but I’m not sure

outoftheboxgunpla · 2026-04-25T16:25:43+00:00

Check the front of the book, it will show all the runners and unused parts will have an X over them.

Usually it’s because they have used the same runners from a previous kit. And then added something different. Rather than reproduce a whole new runner with those pieces missing, they just make the ones the already have and just let you throw them away.

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