Why Katoki, Why!? Why would you put a decal placement on an uneven surface? It makes no sense and just begging for the decal to be ruined by inexperienced modelers (me ^^ ). It’s here where applying the decal perfectly is almost impossibly and completely absurd. The biggest royal PITA are the armaments… basically only the shield and Buster Rifle. Wing’s orb got the same treatment as Exia’s and loved the result, especially when I compared it to my old MG Wing Zero Custom. I didn’t like the brownish gray plastic so I was thinking of painting it all dark metal but then realize its shown throughout the whole Gundam so I scrapped the idea. If it weren’t for the stickers, I would’ve completed this model two days earlier I bet. They’re just there for the sake of being there and making the Gundam look pretty.
The placements of the stickers also doesn’t even make any sense. Ka is basically the word “caution” and “danger blast”. C’mon… do you need TEN “Caution” labels on each shoulder?! Most of the stickers on this Ver. It is totally unnecessary and extremely excessive. Although this kit is rather easy by itself, the real punishment comes from applying the stickers and decals… … AND THEY ARE RIDICULOUS. For the most part, you’re just snapping halves together.
I could almost say that current 1/100 models from 00 (hello Avalanche) requires more work than the Wing Ver. There’s really nothing complicated or difficult. It’s like his trademark or something -_- Ĭonstruction is very simple. Ka, you get this enormous sheet of clear marking stickers. The white is the same as the white used on the RX-78-2 Ver. Since this is an original model and not a recolor/variant of another suit, all the pieces are used. That’s a fair amount for this simplistic Gundam. Out of the box, there’s fourteen runners of parts in total. Ka with a different mindset I focused less on the actual construction and concentrated a lot more on applying the clear stickers and decals. In other words, this model was fitting as a practice for the MG Unicorn xD.
Since I already have the MG Wing Zero Custom, I bought this model solely as a learning tool for practicing extensive clear sticker and decal application. I respect the guy and admired many of his designs, especially the GP03D and the Ex-S. He also used to (or still?) do the proportions for the MG line-up. This is the Wing Gundam redesigned by Hajime Katoki, famous for his Fix Figuration line-up, mech design in Gundam Sentinel, Endless Waltz, and V Gundam among many others.
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