These 2 scratchbuilds were featured in 10/1998 issue of Hobby Japan. The first being a 1/10 scale sculpt of the G-pilots and the sceond being of Relena Peacecraft!
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Lastly is 1/100 HG Deathscythe Hell that was an entry entry into JAF Con’s 1998’s modeling contest. The reason I’m posting it is because of the scratch built beam blade which the builder decided to create some unique whisps of energy, something I hadn’t seen before.
Alright, freshly pressed is the second mook (magazing+book) for the Wing series in Hobby Japan’s series “Gundam Weapons.” Titled: “Gundam Weapons :Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Engless Waltz Special Edition” Adding in the Volume 2 part to avoid confusion with the older one that was later reissued with the same title.
Edit: appologies in advance, Word Press for some reason decides to rotate a few of the images for whatever reason. 😛
This one has all new builds. The books rundown is as so.
2-sided poster. One featuring MG Epyon and WZC on a white backdrop and the other featuring all the MG Early type gundams on a city ruins backdrop. Almost positive this exact poster is the same as the one in the reissue of the first Gundam Weapons W EW SE mook.
– The first 5 builds are of the recently released MG “Early type” Katoki kits. Wing Gundam EW, Deathscythe EW, Heavy Arms EW, Sandrock EW and Shenlong EW. All builds are pretty much OOB with only silght changes in a few body portions.
– The next build are Katoki’s version of the Maganac Corps in 1/100 Master Grade Format! WMS-03 and Rasheed’s commander unit!
– 2 MG Tallgeese 1 EW builds. The first being pretty much OOB with Katoki’s Glory Of The Losers color Pallet. The 2nd kit being modified slightly and matching the black and white color scheme of the original TV show’s.
– 1/100 MG (Tallgeese EW based) Vayate and Mercurius scratchbuilds!
– OOB Master Grade Proto Zero
– 1/100 scratch built Virgo (MG Tallgeese EW based)
– A beautiful build of Bandai’s Online Exclusive 1/100 MG Tallgeese 2! RIP Treize!
– a MG Epyon EW (basicly OOB with very, very light additional detailing.)
– 1/100 MG Tallgeese 3 build. (MG Tallgeese EW+ HG Tallgeese 3)
-MG Wing Zero Custom! At first glance OOB, 2nd glance you will notice many light mods, and probably the best modeling of WZC angle wings TO DATE! He resulpted the wings where the 2 halves meet to add a layered featherd look. Probably the best WZC I’ve seen to date!
– OOB MG Deathscythe Hell EW
– MG Heavy Arms Custom (Endless Waltz version.) Build from the MG Heavyarms EW (early type.) An outstanding job done on the dueal gattling guns with a perfect heat color distortion on the barrels!
– MG Sandrock Custom (Endless Waltz version.) Again built from the MG Sandrock EW (early type.) Scratch build shield matching some of katoki’s early artwork and cloak included.
– MG Nataku (Endless Waltz version.) Again built from the MG Shenlong EW. Nice and clean.
– 1/144 High Grade fighting Action WZC. This kit has been modified to basicly have MG articulation and frame at a 1/144 scale. The kit has some serious under-skirt detailing done but still retains an OOB look on the exterior.
– Gundam LOVE’s MG Altron TV build which is made from MG Shenlong EW + HG Altron Gundam + MG Wing Gundam EW. This is the same kit we saw on modelers-g.jp a while back. Still not sure how I feel about the shoulder. He used the HG kit’s and didn’t modify them so they are HUGELY OVERSIZED on the MG shenlong kit.
– Also from Gundam LOVE is a very cool MG Heavyarms EW H-2 build. H2 was the 2nd version of Heavyarms in the TV series after it was upgraded for space combat. The main changes on the TV series were a DUAL gattling gun and a bunch of thrusters for space manuverability. This the a space version of the Katoki design (which I expect to appear in GOL shortly if they don’t just skip to the version that appeared in EW OVA…)
– Next up is one wicked MG Epyon EW from Gundam LOVE. This thing has been modified and detailed to match the fan artwork of what Epyon might have looked like had it appeared in the Endless Waltz OVA. Yeah, that same artwork that has been floating around the internet since the original release of Endless Waltz. Looks fantastic.
-The last work from Gundam LOVE is a MG Proto Zero that has been detailed and outfitted in a WZC paint scheme. After seeing so many people use the old MG WZC kit to modify their old HG 1/100 Wing Zero TV kits, it is funny to see the opposite being done in a way. 😛
-Last up is a few pages of “Level Up” of basic techniques you can use to help build and improve your skills while building the MG Proto Zero. The finished demo kit is also done in a WZC paint scheme.
And that pretty much covers this mook~
It really is nice to have a burst in the Gundam W series, before the latest anniversary and new MG kit releases it wasn’t often we got to see the kits featured in recent publications. Hopefully this is far from the last as well…
Do I reccomend this book? If your a gundam modelers and a fan of Wing… mega buy now! For the occaional gundam modeler who doesn’t care for Wing (IDK maybe Seed fans… :P) then these pictures will probably be enough.
I really enjoyed this book the only 2 things I didn’t like is they completely left out 2 recent ‘big’ Gundam Wing kit releases. The 2 kits being B-Clubs 1/100 Leo and Aries. Secondly I was hoping to see the Glory of the Loosers Add-on equipment featured like Deathscythe’s Rousette, Sandrock’s Armadillo Armor, HeavyArms extra throw-a-way missle packs, Tank tread mobility attachment, or arial ‘copter equipment…
Mission Complete!
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