McModel HG 1/144 Hi-Nu Gundoom Review - Part 2

I think my reviews are getting longer as time goes by or maybe model kits, models, figures and so on are getting more and more complex? At any rate, this review will be pretty long with the 200+ photos. I think some are overdone as I took some extra angles but the shots look good enough to be part of the review and be a waste to simply not show.

Thus, enjoy the long-ish part 2 of the review. You can read the 1st part here.

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Back to School (University)

There ends my short break in June. Had fun, got decent results for my last semester, met lots of new faces, built some Gunpla, played some games and finally decided it is time to get a smartphone.

I'm having a very tight schedule over at Swinburne for the next month and a half. 6 weeks of study for 2 subjects and the finals immediately after. O.o How will it be, I'm sure it won't be a fun roller-coaster ride.

The Gundoom review should be published by night of today (4th July). I already typed most of it but I need a bit more time to finish the last section. Right now, it is time to sleep for the long Monday ahead. Monday unfortunately has the longest day of class. From morning until night. D:

Also, a happy Independence Day to those who live in the USA!

Until the big post later on. Time to sleep! >.<

Filler: Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXal Generation Force Booster Pack (Japanese)

To be perfectly honest, this was a random get since a friend of mine happen to have thechance of getting some booster packs while he was at a Yu-Gi-Oh! competition over at Miri (IRC) a few months back. Just got it from him just now and kept it nicely after seeing the contents. Nothing much so I'm happy with the standard set of cards I got. :3 (Not gonna suddenly start collecting the cards anytime soon due to current budget plans BTW.)

Had to borrow one beam part from the HGUC, yes, HGUC beams are FULLY COMPATIBLE!

If you're wondering why this sudden random post, it is because I can't finish the photo-shoot of the Gundoom just yet (waited for the sun to be up and around for the WoL shots, for best effect). A lot of shots I wanna take still haven't been taken (being particular about it). I might even add some more minor decals after the review (as some parts feel a little bare after taking the shots but I don't want to re-shoot them so as said, after review).

Until the next post. Phew, lots of stuff need to be done. Haven't even touched the RG Aile Strike even. ^^;

McModel HG 1/144 Hi-Nu Gundoom Decal Teaser

Just a little preview as I haven't done any real photo-shooting for the finalized Hi-Nu Gundoom. At any rate, here are two blurry preview shots of things to come. I'll admit early that I didn't do the decal work very well this time so you'll see some inconsistencies in the final part of the review soon enough.

Just putting this up here as well.

VS Bandai HGUC 1/144 Hi-Nu Gundam.

VS Bandai NG 1/100 00 Gundam.

That's all for this additional teaser post~

Filler: Evening Drive Out

I don't drive enough even though I've obtained my license a little over 2 years ago. Thus, today, I decided to go out to "un-rust" myself with the better vehicle in the house. After driving the Toyota, I feel like the Proton(s) I used to drive were, well, crap comparatively. At any rate, I should drive more often. For the benefit of my moving freedom that is. :P
I hope to get a car soon, even if it'll be the new secondary family car at that point. With that possibility, I'll be given a few driving responsibilities. Still a while for that to happen however.

I'll be doing the water-slide decals on the Hi-Nu Gundoom tomorrow if I'm not too busy. There isn't any decal instruction as far as I've looked through the manual so I'll have to be creative for most of it. The only one I'm sure where to put is the Amuro Ray insignia. XP

Thought I could filter through the 705 shots I took of her, yes 705 shots. I'll see if I can do that successfully tomorrow. O.o I'll be posting her review over at the WP blog due to the possible length as it is my first Figma review and all. Can't think of an omake at the moment. Lacking proper hentai character... should I make Unicorn fish again? :P

That's all for this filler post. More coming up in the next one, hopefully tomorrow. Tired~

McModel HG 1/144 Hi-Nu Gundoom Review - Part 1

This will be a long review as evident as it is for me to post another review over on my WP blog instead. Took me a while to build it due to events popping out left and right. To this very moment of typing this part, I haven’t put on the decals for the Gundoom. Before continuing on, some explanations are in order.

McModel (Model Comprehend) is a China based company. The kits they make can be considered a bootleg yet not so. They are model kits of resin kits for certain Gundams made prior. As such, they aren’t official or anything. There is some copyright issue on that but I wouldn’t want to debate on it. So, please, don’t thrash it because of the kit’s bootleg status as I shall review it as a kit. For this particular Gundoom, it is based on this resin kit.

I bought the kit from Heng Kim Trading for about RM11X. Not as cheap as other sources but I decided to support the local shop on this one as well as keeping my reservation promise. IIRC, you can get it as low as RM80 from certain forums which directly challenges the price of a Bandai HGUC 1/144 Hi-Nu Gundam which can be obtained at about the same price range. As such, it can be summarized that, the McModel and Bandai HG of this particular Gundam are “priced the same“.

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Gundam AGE-1 Fan-Art + Figma KOS-MOS Ver.4 GET + HG Seravee Gundam GNHW/B & McModel HG 1/144 Hi-Nu Gundoom COMPLETE!

A quick rough sketch I did after seeing the promotional video of the series. Not so accurate but it has the basic silhouette of the Gundam AGE-1. I drew Frite yesterday as well... o.o

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Figma KOS-MOS Ver.4 from Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra

I got her on Tuesday night. More expensive than I expected but I luckily made an estimation if that happens so here she is. My very first Figma GET! Review on her after the following Gundam and Gundoom.

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HG 1/144 Seravee Gundam GNHW/B & HG 1/144 Seraphim Gundam

After months being in the box, quite ignored, I finished it as a "live build" during the Kyan!me 2011 anime convention held last week at The Hills Shopping Mall. Technically I finished it up at home but did most of it at the Sarawak Gunpla Meisters booth with some help from my friends' tools (markers mostly). Just in case you can see it clearly, yes, that is Seraphim on top. You'll need to buy it separately for the full experience unfortunately... a rather simple review for this later.

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McModel HG 1/144 Hi-Nu Gundoom

Finally finished it! I thought I could do that last week but time flew by faster than expected and I had to prepare myself for the Kyan!me event. At any rate, review on this up next, after I put some decals.

That's all for this simple "what's up" post. Another post to come shortly, hopefully by tomorrow, for the Gundoom.

Finals End, E3, Gundoom & Real Grade

My finals are finally over! Although I'm supposed to announce that on Monday afternoon earlier this week. I hope I did alright since my last paper wasn't done all as great as I hoped, tricky one that day. For the best. ^^;

Right after the last paper ended, I went back home and rested for the afternoon. Then I read my FB and other usual sites and realized the E3 live broadcast was gonna start at 12.30AM Tuesday (for M'sia time). I quickly made a search and found GameTrailers.com. Since I' talking about it, let me discuss about some of the highlights for the three big game companies, Microsoft (Xbox 360), Sony and Nintendo (Nintendo's one was on the 2nd day ofE3).

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But before that, since I don't think most of you wants to read a post full of E3 ramblings, I finally started on the McModel HG 1/144 Hi-Nu Gundoom.

Photo taken with a Samsung Champ Phone Camera @ 1.3MP at night with a too bright lamp for the sensor.

So far so good. The color accuracy is a bit off for silver parts mostly and the overall build was a smooth ride. Be careful of some wrong instructions in the manual such as the "I#" is actually "H#". I'll be talking more on it once I finish it later today or tomorrow.

Photo taken with a Samsung Champ Phone Camera @ 1.3MP at night.

I went to Heng Kim Trading last night for a Sarawak Gunpla Meisters meeting for the Kyan!me later this week at the Hills. It was practically a PSP party with some added randomness which made it fun to hang out with people. :)

Before I left the place, I bought a RG 1/144 Aile Strike Gundam and curiously bought a GaoGao action base. I'll blog about the base to see if it is good enough to mass buy for mass base usage.

Watch out for Kyan!me 2011 later this week from 9th June (Exhibition), 10th to 12the June at the Hills shopping mall in Kuching!

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Read on for a long post with lots of links regarding my E3 impressions! (Mainly just Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo TBH.)

Warning, you might not get what I'm saying, so how about reading the latest news up at Kotaku first beforehand? I'll be using Kotaku as a reference here, easier for me. :P (Read up other sites, even video sites to get a more clear idea of the event!)

Note: I didn't paste every single link available from Kotaku since some aren't from the keynotes themselves (I added a few for reference's sake though). It should be easy to find nonetheless.

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Mc Model HG 1/144 Hi-Nu Gundoom Manual Scans

Since I'm resting for a bit, I decided to scan the manual of the recent release from a China company - Mc Model, the Hi-Nu Gundoom. I just got it earlier this week but won't have time to build it until next month. At any rate, here are the scans.

Download 100DPI @ Mediafire

You totally must read this one! Unlike other bootlegs, if you'd like to call this one which it technically isn't, the English text is very interesting to read especially the Soul Cleaver System. Didn't know Amuro can do that...

Until the actual review~
(RD SF will come first of course.)