I gotta say that Bandai did a pretty good job in designing this kit. There are no seamlines at all since everything is stepped, and I also can’t recall any major mold lines, there might be one on the biceps and maybe one part of the beam rifle but they aren’t that noticeable. There are some detailing needed though like the grey parts on the red inserts in the shoulders, the black section on the yellow crotch piece as well as the red pipes on the beam rifle.
It was pretty hard coming up with a decal scheme since the shape of the armor is pretty curvy. In the end I just kept it pretty simple and used mostly Red/White decals from Axis Modelling Studio.
The pegs on part D1-6 on the foot are visible externally and they do have a pretty big nub on them so remember to clean and paint those properly!
Painting
Black – Mr Color GX Ueno Black base coat, followed by Phantom Grey + bit of red for highlight
Yellow – Base coat Mr Color Orange (100%), followed by starter white technique, then Mr Color GX Yellow (30%) + Mr Color Orange Yellow (70%) mist coat. White and yellow added for further hightlights.
Red – Mr Color Russet base coat, I then added some black and postshaded the edges.
Silver – Mr Color GX Ueno Black base coat, followed by Mr Color Super Metallic Silver
Internals – Gaianotes Star Bright Iron
