Real Grade 1/144 - RX-178 Gundam Mk.II - TITANS - Completed

Latest RG finished and ready for action. This is my 3rd completed Real Grade and what was the the most straight forward and quickest to complete even though it felt like the most number of parts ive had modelled on a RG.



About the most articulated pose i went for, so as not to ruin the paint.

Changed the colour of the bazooka, original the barrel was the same colour as the gundam, dark blue but felt it look off so changed it to black .



Only mod done can be seen here, rear of the wrists there was a panel line thathas  been eliminated. Like all the fibre cables you can see from the rear, might paint them when i do the AEUG version.



However you pose this Mk,II, i get the feeling of strength.



Next up will be the AEUG Mk.II and Chars Zaku which im working on and then the awesome Zeta.
Ian

Real Grade 1/144 - RX-178 Gundam Mk.II - TITANS - On Parade

Completed Mk.II on parade in Green Noah.

Really like doing this sort of on parade photo as the first for a completed RG, done it for the last 2 and will make it routine now as the first photo of a finished RG. This is the fourth completed Real Grade ive done and defiantly not the last, got 2 on the go right know with alot more waiting to be model, mostly Zakus.

Was a great little build to model, alot of parts to make the 14cm high mecha but made easier by a simple paint scheme and a decals copying what appeared on screen, except for the addition of the cool TITAN's eagle on the shoulder and shield.

More completed shots coming soon.
Ian

Real Grade 1/144 - RX-178 Gundam Mk.II - TITANS - WiP 5 - Assembled + Decaled

First time ive assembled the Mk.II and im thinking it looking awesome, went together like a dream with all the parts fitting perfectly

The Black Gundam basically all done and waiting for a final matt finish, only a handful of decals added copying how it look in the first few episodes of Zeta Gundam with extra TITANS logo added just because that eagle looks cool.

As soon as i get this one matted up i will start work on the much more detailed RX-178 Kamille's AUEG Mk.II and another RG Zaku.

Ian

Real Grade 1/144 - RX-178 Gundam Mk.II - TITANS - WiP 4 - Inner Frame

Inner frame or movable skeleton ready for the all the parts to be assembled onto. Unlike the other RG ive built, you build the inner frame as a whole first then add all the the other parts on top. Most of the ABS parts have not been painted, which luckily is hidden by the painted parts.

Cool spherical cockpit which is nicely detailed and looks great but will never be seen again after the very first part of assemble. Not even sure what the little red ball is called after destruction of the suit, life pod?



Should get the entire Gundam assembled today.
Ian

Real Grade 1/144 - RX-178 Gundam Mk.II - TITANS - WiP 3 - Painted

Every part of the Mk.II painted yesterday, will now wait 2 days to make sure the gloss sets before doing the panel lines and applying the few decals i want to add.

Painting went smoothly, used Tamiya paints on the blue parts which sprayed perfectly with the airbrush and made airbrushing the majority of the parts quick and easy.

Reckon that i should be able to assemble the RG this weekend.

Ian

Real Grade 1/144 - RX-178 Gundam Mk.II - TITANS - WiP 2 - primed

Took me over a hour to get every individual part evenly primed on a kebab stick and ready to be painted on my free Sunday afternoon. That is if the Tamiya royal blue i ordered arrives in the next couple days.

So many parts to this RG, feels like alot more than the RX-78-2 and Zaku which i think is down to the inner frame the Mk.II sports.

Ian

Real Grade 1/144 - RX-178 Gundam Mk.II - TITANS - WiP 1

First time on a Real Grade kit ive had to join and fill a seam line and this seems to be the mod that nearly all modeller who's painted this kit have done.This is done on the rear of the fore arm where 2 parts come together and leave a panel line that looks wrong and looks out of place on a RG kit.

What needs to be done is to glue the 2 pieces together then using the panel line as a guide cut off this section and sand to finish. Once done it makes it a little difficult to get all the parts assembled again but with a little easing fits perfectly and remove the nasty seem line. Once painted you only have one chance to assemble these parts again without ruining the paint work.

Plan on making this a fast build and got all the other parts sanded and ready to be primed so to be painted next weekend.
Ian

Next Real Grade - RX-178 GUNDAM Mk.II - TITANS -

My next gunpla is the first RG from Zeta Gundam, the original gundams successor the RX-178 Gundam Mk.II and in the cool dark colours of the TITANS. I plan on building both this "black gundam" and the AEUG version but got this one first because to me i reckon it will be the easier but plan on getting both done by the years out before staring the upcoming Zeta.

Only going for a handful of decals compared to what the kit can be marked up in, like in the anime im only going with the numbering and maybe the titans logo. Not too keen on all the little white warning decals on really dark gunpla, find it makes it look fake it such a thing can be send of mecha.

Ian