Journey into Gunpla #002

A good day for Gunpla post here at Terror-Byte Gaming HQ. The postman has no idea what he’s in for!

Two from Amazon and a kit from our boys at Gundam Gateway. Let’s start with the Amazon packages.

Tamiya X-20A Thinner. I’ve seen this product in pretty much all the build videos on the Studio G YouTube channel, this is used to clean down parts after applying Panel Line Accent paint (still waiting on delivery). This adds a surprising amount of detail to the finished build.

Next up is a much-needed workstation tool. An LED Magnifying Lamp with swivel arm and desk clamp. The lighting in the office isn’t fantastic and I forever have a shadow in front of me when building and a lot of the smaller parts on runners are cast into darkness.

The x5 magnification is also rather convenient when working with the more detailed components and when applying stickers/decals.

Assembly is very straight forward and simply clamps to the side of the desk.

Gunpla time. This is a big kit! The RG RX-93 Nu Gundam from Gundam Gateway. A Real Grade kit this early on you say? After taking a quick peek inside, I don’t feel confident enough to build this quite yet but it’s something to aspire towards…

There are more High Grade and Master Grade kits inbound. Once I work my way through those, I’ll hopefully be ready to tackle this.

This is a sizeable kit, much larger than your usual 1/144 scale Mobile Suits. An absolute joy to build with outstanding quality plastic and solid pose-ability even with the fin-funnels attached.

If you are looking to graduate from High Grade, this kit will show you everything Real Grade has to offer with amazing details and armor gimmicks.