MG F91 Part 20

F91, I've returned!
The assembly of my MG F91 begins. ^^


I remember a few years back, when the MG series marched into its 10th anniversary, Dengeki Hobby had an article in one of its monthly issue exploring the possibility of the MG series to release smaller sized MSs, including Gundam F91 and V Gundam. As of today, of course we know that both MSs have indeed being released, for quite a while already too. Anyway, the magazine showed a heavily modified 1/144 scale Nu Gundam to illustrate the different design features that may be incorporated for such MG models.






I was quite fascinated by the idea actually, using a 1/144 scale Nu Gundam to make a comparison with a smaller sized MG. So I think I would like to use that idea as well, comparing between the completed HGUC Nu Gundam I have with MG F91. ^^

What was then "maybe" has now become reality. I look at the comparison as an answer to the question Dengeki Hobby posted years ago.

Assembly starts with the display base, which caused me quite a bit of trouble when I worked on it in the past. ^^;


All the parts of the display base.



Securing Iron Mask in the cockpit of MA Rafflesia.


Attaching the whip to the bottom of the base.


Plenty of pin holes allowing you to freely adjust the position from where the whips appear from the bottom of the base.


The string can be bent easily to create various movement for the whip.


Parts for the stand.


Part-swapping type connectors - will not wear out the joints, but are quite troublesome to adjust. ^^;


The completed display base.


I didn't push the base of the stand completely into the slot so that the parts can be removed easily later.


Just 4 parts for the "inner frame" of the beam rifle.
Armors will be put on much later.


Comparison with HGUC Nu Gundam's beam rifle - about the same size. ^^


All parts for the beam launcher.


Handle can be adjusted, and the magazine can be removed.


The gold painted inside the launcher's firing nozzle works out pretty well. ^^


Comparison with HGUC Nu Gundam's Hyper Bazooka.


Fluorescent green beam sabers of F91, no assembly required there.
And comparison with HGUC Nu Gundam's beam sword.


Inner frame parts of the VSBR.


They are shorter than the beam rifle at the moment because the front portion isn't assembled yet, but when that part comes in, the VSBR will be much longer than the beam rifle.


Gold and silver paint on the VBSR.
Done with the weapons, inner frame components of the body are the ones to be assembled next. ^^

MG Crossbone Full Cloth Part 13

Extremely dangerous business
I said the same thing about the parts of MG F91's head actually. ^^;

Working on the head of Crossbone Gundam Full Cloth this time.


The helmet and the mask.
The smaller part of the mask that can be lifted when assembled seems really fragile, so great care is needed so not to break it.



Just panel-lining for the mask. The "inner face" has very delicate details.


Painted black for the edges of the eye on the clear part to avoid any trace of the clear part revealing when the foil sticker is applied.


Put together with another part of the head.


Painted the red stripes on the helmet with a normal marker (with glossier color than Gundam Marker). The excessive paint is later scratched and the other places panel-lined.


The skull part for the forehead. The slightly smaller one on the right, with more menacing eye sockets is from Ver. Ka. I guess I'll be using that for the model.


All the parts for the head.
Done with all the parts of Crossbone Gundam Full Cloth, will move on to another project next. ^^

MG Crossbone Full Cloth Part 12

Size and number means nothing
Working on the "Full Cloth" part of MG Crossbone Gundam Full Cloth now.

4 sets of mantle armors, in front and behind the arms, 2 skull armors on the shoulders plus the "collars". Quite a lot of parts for all these components, but surprisingly (and luckily), the work isn't much at all.


All parts for the entire armor set.


Just simple panel-lining for the white parts


Painted black for the bar inside the shoulder skull armor to show more depth of when the armors are being put on.


Just simple panel-lining for the gray parts as well



Area around the "eyes" are painted in black, to make the "eyes" seem even more protruding.



Edges of the dark blue armors that will become the interior of the thrusters/verniers are painted in gray, although the effect isn't very visible.


Except for the minor painting of the thruster/vernier, everything is just simple panel-lining for all the dark blue and red parts of the armors, and done. ^^

Working on the last component, the head in the next review.