Tuesday, March 04, 2008

PLAMO Review 29: MG Acguy Part 2

Part 2 of the review on MG Acguy is about assembling this model.

Arm

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As mentioned yesterday, the difference between the two arms is just the claws and torpedoes. The upper arms are identical.

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Retractable arms.
One of the torpedoes keep on falling out from the forearm. I just sticked a bit of paper tape into its back and then, problem solved! ^^

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Armor pieces fro Acguy's arms.

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There's a significant increase in length when the arms are extended.

Leg

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Without the armors, this is more like the number of parts for assembling the leg of a HG model.

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The legs might seem elephant-like, XD but the articulation of the knee is really good.

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That's right folks, each leg only has 4 parts for the armors.

Body & Backpack

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Separating the body and the waist. The design for the shoulder and hip joints are very similar. If you cut out all the parts first, be careful of seemingly identical parts among the joints. Refer to the construction manual at all time.

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Another layer of inner frame.

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The pilot figure, and armors for the backpack and abdomen.

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Three of the biggest parts in this kit to complete the body unit.

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Some limited movement of the backpack.

Head

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With so many big parts, watch out for tiny ones like the mono-camera eye and the connectors for the armors.
For the eye, I paint a layer of silver first, followed by red. This makes the eye to be a bit shiny, and can be seen when it's behind the clear part.

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Separating the components for the head. Comparison with Char's Zaku II always seem funny ^^

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Acguy's completed head, shall I say it looks like a mushroom? XD

Inner Frame

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The complete inner frame for Acguy.

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Even with the inner frame itself, Acguy is a lot bigger than other 'normal' models.

Completed

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My completed Acguy ^^ and his signature action pose ^^

Part 3 is coming up soon!