SRW Dygenguar & Aubenseiter Pferd Mode

Ok now is time to update this blog with my latest latest giant SRW kit! Dygenguar and Aubenseiter Pferd Mode!!! Gigantic SRW box that has never been show before with super shocking box art that someone may not be able to resist (I know of someone tat really cant resist it)

The kit itself is large, they have printed the width and height of the kit behind the box! And you will really be shock! It is 400mm height with the width up to 260mm! Definitely a kit that used the most space!

Now let us look at the box! The size of the box is even bigger than a PS3 box, although they may not be longer then a MG Sazabi or Ex-S box but the thickness is total of 2 MG box stacking together!

so thick it is!

This box really has some good art on it! It is the best i have so far! I think i wouldnt throw it away like my others.

This is wat u see when u open up the cover

wow if they did not separate this into 2 boxes i would make it a poster

The amount of runners.......although they may not be as much as those PG but those runner are giant size one! Really giant size for the horse Aubenseiter!

Guess what else is in it beside the standard runner and parts. A big cape for Dygenguar and the white hair part for the horse mode Aubenseiter. They used the same material for those PVC figures to make them and it feel really heavy!

There is also the giant stand for the horse to do the 2 leg standing pose! Without this stand it is impossible to do the same pose as the box art one (due to the freaking weight it has).

Like the Gurren Lagann kit you get separate color on a single part! They even directly printed the logo of the Aubenseiter on its armor!!! Now i am thinking how to AB this part......

Dygenguar's face! Look at its expression

The logo and the detail....speecless!

The manual does not have the cool art like the gurren one but they did include the same type of ordering form with it! Look at the list of parts, it is so long.....

Although the box is really nice but i face a problem with it! That is i cant placed it under my bed! OMG now need to figure where to keep it before i build it!

Now that all for now! Time to show my total collection of my SRW kits! 5 kits already build four 1/144 and two 1/100 (not including the Dygenguar set) not build yet!!!

Wonder what should i do with this small box of Dygenguar now......sell it or just build 2 of them?

Kotobukiya Gurren Langan

Yesterday i just bought the biggest haul of my life time........I nvr bought any giant kits before. The price and the thickness is bigger than Ex-S, Sazabi, and even those PG cant be compare with it!

I bought the Dygenguar & Aubenseiter Pfred Mode model kit along with a Kotobukiya Gurren Langann! This is the biggest Kotobukiya combination purchase i have ever made and it is also hard to believe the 2 super robot class mecha will be launch together!

The box that comes with Dygenguar even comes with a handler

I know some of you are must be really excited on the Dygenguar set but there is really a lot of thing to tidy up before i can post it here! So i will start with Gurren Langann first!

This model kit got a really cool manual book! Black in color and with some sketches of Gurren Langann! In it as usual some introduction of the anime and the pilots, the theme is also the classic gurren style!

Oh the sunglasses are included too! It comes in 2 size one is for the chest one the other is for the boomerang weapon (when he remove it from his chest).

The color of the kit is 90% accurate to the original! Just some minor paint job required, most of them are yellow and black color which usually located at the corner and some small parts.

It has been few months since I bought any new SRW kit, now they include a slip for you to order all the lost parts, it include the price of the thing rather then you have to write a letter or request the price from their office!

This time Kotobukiya include a giant piece of card that has the printing of the a giant drill. Anyone here play paper craft before? If not here a good start for you! It was really briliant of them doing so, since i would be impossible to make a giant plastic drill and as you know without giant drill it aint called gurren langann!

This time i am really surprise by Koto! We all know that Kotobukiya dun come with any decal, so it would really be a big problem for us fans that want to have the classic Gurren logo on the mecha! Kotobukiya directly make the logo into a separate pieces of plastic allowing you to AB and do some simple painting to it!

yeah gurren langann logo make easy for noob style! Nice go Koto, i like ur style! (no wonder their kits so expensive they separate almost every color part making a big increase in the amount of plastic)! So now doing this logo wont be hard!

I am starting to be more and more confident with those Kotobukiya kits, no matter in SRW series, Armored Core Series or even now the Gurren Langann! So far havent bought any Armored Core kits before but they do look good! May consider venture into it!

Ending this with a Gurren Langann official trailer!

Decal for Gunpla and Other Mecha

For those that have messed with Bandai model kit should be familar with the decal! What is decal anyway? Explanation here.

So basically Bandai has three types of Decal for their kits! They are differentiate by the color, White (Transparent), Green, and Blue.

White / Transparent type of Decal are know as Dry Transfer Decal. Usually included in most of Bandai MG kits. A very troublesome decal that can easily tear if not apply correctly on the kit. However if applied correctly it will look great on your kit.

Green type are Sticker / Glue type decal. Comes with MG kit and some HG kits. Similar to its name, this type of decal can easily be applied on to the model kits, but most of the time it has some extra bits of transparent decal on to your kit making the surface of the model kit not as smooth as it should be.

Blue type are water tranfer decal, the best out of the two mention. It is smooth and easy to apply, it is like a combination of the 2 mention above. Just cut our the decal and soak it in the water for awhile then place it on your model kit and tear of the transparent layer of the decal. This type of decal are sold separately!

Instruction are give behind of the packaging

Oh before i forget, there is always some sticker that come along with the model kits and most of the time modeller just ignore them because they look really ugly on the model kit! There is also times when you have no choice but to applied them (special effects), best example would be the HG Stargazer Gundam.

They are also a few tools to help us to applied improve the quality of the decal applied, there are Mr. Mark Settler and Mr. Mark Softener.

Mr Mark Settler is applied on the model kits (the area you are gonna place ur decal). It helps make the decal stick better on to the model kit and also prevent the decal from having air trap inside it.

Mr Mark Softener is used to soften the decal so it can stick better on the curves or bending aread of the model kit.

Ok thats all for the short tutorial on the knowledge and tools for applying decal. Wish you luck applying your decal.

Code Geass 1/35 Lancelot Air Cavalry

Code Geass Season 2 is going on Air this coming 6th of April 2008!!! The Hype is rising and code geass model kits are marching out to the market! I just got the Air Cavalry Lancelot and i can already feel the heat rising! (darn where is my Figma Lelouch)

The promo for the upcoming show

I didnt like the pilot of Lancelot! Suzaku is darn EMO! He can kill his own dad what kind of son is this and now he is going after his friend Lelouch! Shit i hope he dies this season, lol so much complain and i still bought the darn kit he pilots..........I must be EMO myself!

Basically this is the same kit tat was release a year ago, 1/35 Lancelot, just tat this time it comes with the Air Cavalry pack that was shown in the last few episode of season 1!

The add on back pack

The print 2 new color pages of instruction on to the original manual book

The standard of this kit is the same as those HG 1/144! The color of it is still ok just lacking some red and gold color! So here come the sticker (yuck i hate Bandai sticker they r too shinny), I will used my AB to take care of the job (or at least hand paint it).

shinny sticker that i hate

Ok when a kit tat has gold color on it and when that particular kit is not coated version! Bandai will give u their famous poo color! Tat is the suckest color of all kits, without coloring it you will definitely dun feel like placing them for display (for those tat dun have AB or paint go grab a Gold Color Gundam Marker).

Now dun be surprise about the size of the EMO boy! This is a 1/35 kit so the human are bigger than those Gundam MG one! But would you color him........I dun know i just hate to color human character they have too many color!

Code geass beam shield! Reminds me of the good old F91 and the rubbish GSD! This put me wondering which mecha will win when Lancelot fights a gundam!

Since Code Geass is getting such big response Bandai also has great plan to suck the money out of all the fans out there! A few model will be put into model kit form! Karen's Gurren Type 2 is already produced and prepared to be launch this month..