MG Astray Blue Frame 2nd Revise Review

Well, looks like it is a miracle on this blog afterall. In just a week, I’ve managed to start and finish the MG Astray Blue Frame, complete with its review all up (that alone would usually take me 1-3 days). The usual end-of-review bonus is a bit uncoordinated and sloppy this time around as I was shooting the photos between 1-4 AM (I had a hard time figuring out what was going on when I was uploading the photos). Hope it is still understandable ^^;. I think I can do this more often (pump out more reviews) if I don’t always take an 8 hour break for every 15 minutes I work on a project… haha just kidding. Anyway, here’s the review and hope you have fun scrolling. Thanks for looking =)

Astray Blue Frame Straight Assemble

I was gone over the weekend so didn’t get to work on the model till today and thought I wrap things up. Here it is in its bare plastic glory! I can say it is already many times better than its regular 1/100 counterpart. Will begin working on the details and stuff soon enough… and of course, top coat it. It’ll be a miracle on this blog if I can pump out the review by the end of this week… ^^;

Time to Go Astray

Beginning with the Blue Frame first. I just started on it last night and man, I can’t believe all the little gritty details I have to ink in o_o. If I do the panel line for one part, then I have to do it everywhere otherwise it looks half-assed. I’m just glad I got the damn hands out of the way at least; I remember how much it sucked to paint the 1/100 Red Frame’s hands. I di d a crappy job on it but oh well >_>.

The Swords have Arrived…

With finals being just around the corner and last minute assignments due, I won’t have the time to work on anything until Spring break. Heck, I’m not even done with the Unicorn head display yet haha! All the parts are still a mess on the floor. Anyway… A rather unsurprising loot came a few days ago and I only took a glance over one of them…

February- Month of the Swords

Bring in the swords! February is gonna be an awesome Gunpla month. You know it and I know it! The MG Astray Red Frame is looking more and more gorgeous with each new scan! The above seems to be a straight build and from what I can tell/speculate, the Gerbera Straight will have gold parts (not exactly plated it seems… just shiny gold?) so no need to paint! Actually… I probably will just for the sake of using my own gold. I’m going to hate painting the fingers again though…

YES! Another sword model! I don’t like the 00 but swords are always welcome so I might pick him up and scrap the so-far-a-disappointment new MG Unicorn model. However… I won’t doubt that there will be quite some weight issue with this model after some play though. I don’t believe that GN drive can actually support the weight of that Buster Sword so well after a short while…

Not in February but worth a mention. The new MG Unicorn seems to be a recoloring troll so far but I can patiently wait to see if it has anything more special than an open v-fin and a different shade of white… okay, so it even has better articulation too >_>. But we’ll see…

Images from Ngee Khiong ^^

MG Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai

It seems like someone from Bandai had dropped by this blog at one point in time and read my 1/100 Red Frame review and probably thought my lame “kitbash” was a great idea for a MG treatment ^^;.

Or maybe it’s purely coincidental. The world may never know. Whatever the case is… two gerbera straight AND Tactical Arms? SOLD!

… I would’ve much appreciate a 1/100 150 meter Gerbera Straight though. It would only be about 5 feet long…

Image taken from Ngee Khiong

Perfect Grade Gundam Astray

OMG… OMG… OMG!!! PERFECT GRADE RED FRAME! BANDAI!! YOU FINALLY DID IT!!! ^O^ YOU FINALLY FREAKIN’ DID IT!!… *ahem* So anyway, it’ll be based on the PG Strike frame and will be released in March ’09. This is already on my pre-order list. I can already imagine the 1/60 Gerbera Straight and all the poses it can pull off. Sweet!

And with that, I’m officially broke for 2009 already… orz

GOLD RUSH!

Here’s my biggest update for the week! Nothing but gold. I have reviews and galleries for the following:

MG Hyaku Shiki

MG Hyper Mode God Gundam

HCM Pro Akatsuki

1/100 Gold Frame

1/100 Gold Frame Amatsu