Thanks to TwoAi, Build Club is back, in newsletter form! The archive, if you want to check it out, is here. What follows is my post for Update 2 for the first round, with the theme of Under Construction
So, I have two in-progress kits right now.
The first is the Koumei Re-GZ SD BB Senshi, which I’ve had on hold for about a year and a half now. My adventures in Gunpla and plamo started many years back with SD Gundams, and specifically BB Senshis, a bunch of which I was able to get for cheap via one of Hobby Search’s sales, back when they were still allowed to sell Gunpla. Even now, I still rely on them for practice and experimentation.
After several years of only building kits every once in a blue moon, I got Serious in 2023, and started off with this BB Senshi, mainly to see how my hand painting was doing and to try out a gold Gundam Marker EX. I didn’t like said marker, mainly because I couldn’t get an even, consistent coat, and wasn’t happy with how the rest of my painting was going, so I boxed up this kit and shifted my attention elsewhere. Haven’t really touched it since, and don’t feel like going back to it anytime soon.
On the other hand, there’s my second in-progress kit: MS General’s Raider of Shadow Yin Hu. Last year, I built the Suit Type body, which puts her in a waitress outfit, and plan to build the Armed Type body this year. In case you’re wondering, to save space, I collapsed her box and put all the leftover pieces for said Armed Type in a smaller one.
The building of the Suit Type went all right. The manual is one of the best I’ve ever seen, with multiple languages and lists of runners needed for each section, not to mention clear instructions for just about everything. However, the quality of the kit itself is so-so, with obvious seam lines, lower-grade plastic than what’s found in Japanese kits, and nub marks that could be a little better hidden—I had to do quite a bit of touching up on the prepainted silver and gold parts. I mostly like the end result, though, and hope that the Armed Type version doesn’t give me too much trouble later on.
That’s everything for now! Planning to get back into building when the weather warms up, and already have a handful of kits I’d like to tackle. Hopefully one or more of them will match up with the next Build Club theme.