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Gundam

PG 00 Raiser Gundam WIP and Review (Part 2)

by Joseph Lim
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Alright, continuing from where we left off, I’ll move on to complete the chest and head units. We’ll start with the chest unit first right now. When building the chest you’ll feel like you are actually adding more and more layers of support into the O-ring styled frame. The left and right parts stack on [...]

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PG 00 Raiser Gundam WIP and Review (Part 1)

by Joseph Lim
PG 00 Gundam WIP and Review part 1

I’ll build this kit in the order shown in the manual. So, I’ll start with the 00 Gundam, followed by the weapons and finally the 0 Raiser. With the 00 Gundam, I’ll start building the feet and then work through the legs. As this is my first time building a PG kit, I wasn’t very [...]

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PG 00 Raiser Gundam WIP and Review (Part 0)

by Joseph Lim
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So here it is, my first Perfect Grade (PG) kit, the 00 Raiser Gundam. I ordered it through HobbySearch and they sent it to my house while I was having my holiday in Japan. I went over to Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara to check out some of the Gundams and modelling tools that they have [...]

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MG RX-178 Gundam Mk-II

by Joseph Lim
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I built several parts and shelved it before going on my trip to Japan. I had more time now that I’ve graduated and I just felt like building this kit fast as I wanted to get started on the PG 00 Gundam as soon as I can. For this build, I didn’t use any spray [...]

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Chiaki Kuriyama Singing Debut in Gundam Unicorn

by Joseph Lim
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Only a few months left till the release of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OVA series and we have new information that Chiaki Kuriyama [栗山千明] will be singing the theme song called Ryusei no Namida. There will be a limited-time Gundam edition of the single in addition to the regular and CD+DVD edition. She’s quite a [...]

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Gundam 00 Qan[T] by Keita

by Joseph Lim
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Master Keita, one of the best Gundam modelers in my opinion, has recently completed his work for 00 Qan [T] Gundam, which is piloted by Setsuna F. Seiei in the upcoming Gundam 00 movie. Superb detail and his works always have the clean, sharp look.

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Interest in Gundam

by Joseph Lim
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I still remember the first Gundam kit that my mom bought for me and my brother in a departmental store. It was one of the earlier HG kits, the RX-178 Gundam Mk-II. We used to just use our hands and pull the parts off the runners, not caring about sanding or even painting it. I [...]

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