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RX-78-1 Gundam ver. Ka:
This project was a fairly simple one. I took a Bandai master grade RX-78-2 Gundam ver. Ka model kit and converted it to an RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam ver. Ka. When I originally bought the Gundam ver. Ka master grade kit, I had planned to build it as an RX-78-2 Gundam as sort of an homage to the original Gundam. But then Bandai when ahead and came out with the RX-78-2 Gundam OYW version, which of course I bought. So now that kit will be my homage to the original Gundam. Anyway, back to the kit at hand. There were only three modifications I needed to do to convert this kit to an RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam. First I needed to modify the forearms, second was the ankle guards, and last was the right-side skirt armor. You can see how I did this by clicking on the links below. There were a couple of other modifications I did to this kit to get the look I wanted. One modification was the right hand. I needed to angle it a little bit more to get the mid-swing motions I wanted, so I added a piece of styrene to it to get the length I needed. The last modification was to the mace weapon. Instead of using the plastic chain that came with the kit, I went with a cable look for two reasons. The first reason was because it would be easy to pose, and two, Gundam takes place in the future; who uses chains anymore? For the paint, I used two different types on this kit. For the internals, joints, and thrusters I used Alclad Lacquers. I used Alclad's Magnesium mixed with a little of their black prime to paint the internals and joints. The outside of the thrusters were painted with Duraluminum and the inside was sprayed with Jet Exhaust. The rest of the kit was painted with Tamiya Acrylics and then flat coated with a mixture of Future and Tamiya Flat. I used a combination of decals on this kit. All the warning labels were from Bandai's master grade RX-78-2 Gundam ver. Ka set, and the identification markings came from Michael Fichtenmayer's G3 decals. He just converted them to work with the RX-78-1 theme. Then I had Phil Goodwin print them out for me. You can check out Michael's site here and Phil's site here. Kit Modifications: |
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© 2005 Ron Keener |