Real Grade - MS-06FS Zaku II "Garma Zabi Custom" - WiP 6 - Decaled

The almost completed Garma's Zaku, all recently decaled over the last week. You can just see the Zabi famliy logo on the shield which i got form the minelayer kit and ive numbered up the suit using the numbers that appear on Garma's Dopp 401 and you can just about see the gold heat hawk on the side.

Last to be seen of the HGUC kit i got the heat hawk from, really prefer my painted dark orange which is alot more like the art on the box front and the MSV art.

That HGUC look a little weighty.
Ian

Real Grade - MS-06FS Zaku II "Garma Zabi Custom" - WiP 5 - Assembled

Taken after applying one decal (radioactive one on the chest) just to show the painted parts put together before decaling, which is now almost done.

The green applied to the shield is my own idea to break up the colour there and so that the Zabi logo shows up more cleary, its half red and would be swamped by the orange.

Really very happy with the way the orange has turned out, form the start getting a darker orange correct worried me but alas, vallejo air work out great for me.

Ian

Gundam MSV - 1/144 - MS-06F Zaku Minelayer -

Bought this way old gunpla purely for a single decal supplied with the kit, a Zabi family symbol which i will be using on Garma's RG MS-06FS Zaku II i'm in the middle of decaling.

Decal number 9 is he decal i require, looks like the Zabi's palace in Zum City. Bit concerned about the white looking yellow, must be over 20 year old decals.

Can find no information as to what decals 11 and 13 are meant to be but these sort of little logos seem to show up on all Zeon MSV kits?



When i come to model a RG MS-06F Zaku Minelayer i wont to copying the paint scheme for the mine laying backpack shown here, will most likely copy the MG kit.



Will also a model an RG MS-06F Zaku Minelayer in the not too distant future, looking at the mine laying backpack it looks like it would only need a little updating to bring in up to spec for a Real Grade Zaku and to look more like the MG version.

Ian

Real Grade - MS-06FS Zaku II "Garma Zabi Custom" - WiP 4 - Painted

Painted in what is a record time for me, mostly due to total rain here meaning i have nothing better to do during the weekend except watch the 6 nations Rugby.

Really happy with the orange, looks about perfect for Garmas zaku. No need to mix any up, this is straight Valleyo Air Orange from the bottle, which when received i was surprised to see was so dark and not your orange fruit bright.

Next is to decal, still waiting for the Zabi symbol to decal for the shield logo.
Ian

Real Grade - MS-06FS Zaku II "Garma Zabi Custom" - WiP -

All the parts modelled for Garma's Zaku, Head with the 4 vulcan cannons, ceremonial heathawk with the holder fitted onto the skirt guard, Megallan-Attack cannon is the more detailed version from the Model Ex kit and the sharper spikes on the shoulder guard which is the old Char custom with the paint stripped off.

Now got to mix a dark orange which i hope i can get right.
Ian

Real Grade - MS-06FS Zaku II "Garma Zabi Custom" - WiP - Vulcan cannons

This the only major mod for Garma's Zaku II, the 4 Vulcan cannons. Took quite a bit of patience and more than enough time to drill each one in these correct position, had to walk away from it a few times knowing that if i rushed this i'd end up with a failure.

This is the original Char Zaku head with the paint striped off with the extra antenna which comes with the MS-06F. Really nifty looking antenna, for such a small piece its got alot of detail and something only ever seen on MSV.



Originally only going to drill out the holes and leave it at that but then found this holo tubing in the bit stash. Cut to about 2mm long, cut ALOT of pieces because i lost alot trying to fit them in each hole.

Patience is a virtue.
Ian

Next Real Grade - MS-06FS Zaku II "Garma Zabi Custom" -

Bought this HGUC kit purely for the custom giant heat hawk to model my next RG, Garma Zabi's personal MS-06FS Zaku II. A cross between the MS-06F + MS-06S for commanders.

Plan to model this using the green RG MS-06F as the main body with the backpack from Chars MS-06S. The head needs to have 4 vulcan cannons added which i know will be the trickiest part to achieve and i need to acquire a decal of the Zabi family emblem to display on the shield which i think ive tracked down on a old 1/144 Zaku Minelayer. (which i will then also model as a RG)

This what i hope to be the first of many MSV zakus to be modelled, looking forward to the new HGUC MS-06R High Maneuver Zaku II coming out soon which should be alot easier to adapt to the RG than the old versions from the 80's

Ian