EX-19 Archangel (LCAM-01XA) - Preview
This is it, the long legs, the almighty "LCAM-01XA Archangel" which is handled by the special operation team lead by the beautiful Captain Murrue Ramius.
The box...
All the runners... 7 of them... all in white... no foil sticker or water decals what so ever, what you see is what you get...
What amazed me the most are the tiny Aile Strike Gundam, Buster Gundam, Mobius Zero and the Sky Grasper all in 1/1700 scale I guess.... these tiny bastards is damn too small and for a beginners like me - I think it is extremely difficult to paint them and get the exact result like what you see on the box below...
There, have a look at it... damn tiny...
Comparison with my mobile phone - Sony Ericsson C702....
The exact size is 1cm tall.... well, it's not totally impossible, but quite challenging...
This runners was first produced in 2004 so you Bandai didn't really think about helping us hiding the cutting marks back then...
These few areas I marked with black circles need extra care and precision during cutting... I can foresee that one will need to use the hobby knife a lot...
A close up look...
And also on the area here....
From the manual.... the straight assembly seems easy... but unfortunately there is no painting guide what so ever... so you do need to see the picture on the box as your main reference...
In fact you don't really need lots of color... just the standard Ail Strike Gundam color is good enough - White, Red, Blue, Black and a little bit of Yellow... though it has to be said that the full complete panel lining work needed for this model can be daunting...
The box is not that big... almost the same as 1/144 HGUC MSN-04 Sazabi...
In fact it is slightly less thicker than Sazabi...
As at today (8th June 2010) this item still available in HLJ for 4,500 yen (about SGD 70.00)
I hope we can do the review of this model by end of this month, let's wait and pray....
Update - 29 June 2010 - The review of 1/1700 EX-19 Archangel (LCAM-01XA) is now available in Shewsbury Land. Click here to read it.
The box...
All the runners... 7 of them... all in white... no foil sticker or water decals what so ever, what you see is what you get...
What amazed me the most are the tiny Aile Strike Gundam, Buster Gundam, Mobius Zero and the Sky Grasper all in 1/1700 scale I guess.... these tiny bastards is damn too small and for a beginners like me - I think it is extremely difficult to paint them and get the exact result like what you see on the box below...
There, have a look at it... damn tiny...
Comparison with my mobile phone - Sony Ericsson C702....
The exact size is 1cm tall.... well, it's not totally impossible, but quite challenging...
This runners was first produced in 2004 so you Bandai didn't really think about helping us hiding the cutting marks back then...
These few areas I marked with black circles need extra care and precision during cutting... I can foresee that one will need to use the hobby knife a lot...
A close up look...
And also on the area here....
From the manual.... the straight assembly seems easy... but unfortunately there is no painting guide what so ever... so you do need to see the picture on the box as your main reference...
In fact you don't really need lots of color... just the standard Ail Strike Gundam color is good enough - White, Red, Blue, Black and a little bit of Yellow... though it has to be said that the full complete panel lining work needed for this model can be daunting...
The box is not that big... almost the same as 1/144 HGUC MSN-04 Sazabi...
In fact it is slightly less thicker than Sazabi...
As at today (8th June 2010) this item still available in HLJ for 4,500 yen (about SGD 70.00)
I hope we can do the review of this model by end of this month, let's wait and pray....
Update - 29 June 2010 - The review of 1/1700 EX-19 Archangel (LCAM-01XA) is now available in Shewsbury Land. Click here to read it.
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