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Saw this on Ngee Khiong. The kids will like seeing it.

Ngee Khiong always has good coverage on most things Gundam related and I’m constantly looking there to see what’s new.

Edit: Sunrise took it down. Bummer.

Lately I have been catching up on my Gunpla stash pretty well. Here’s the start I got on the MG Gundam Exia. The picture above shows I needs to straighten out the decals.  As with all of the current Gunpla, this one looks like it has a lot of potential.

I’m returning back to work tomorrow after a week off, so I don’t expect a lot of progress on this model this week.

This one was rated “Okay”.  The stiffness in some of the joints is a huge problem. On the original (and virtually identical) MG F91, I did not have that worry.

Now I am moving on to the MG Gundam Exia Ignition mode version.  I’ll take more photos.

I had some down time today, so I continued to work on the Harrison Madyn blue F91. All that’s left now is the weapons.  I’ll pose the assembled model next to the Crossbone Gundam as well as the original F91.

The lack of poly caps is good for posing the model but bad for moving the pieces.  The right wrist was so tight that I was afraid I was going to snap the plastic just rotating the hand.

I can’t read the Japanese text, but this method for lighting up the MG Exia’s head is very cool. See the YouTube video for the finished work.

The arms and shoulder are completed.

Next up come the legs.

I’m continuing to go through my backlog of master grade Gundam models and I am now working on the Harrison Madyn blue F91. When I built the other MG F91, I left off all the decals. This time I plan to put on most of them.

I’ll post more photos as I continue building this one. After this one is built I may assemble the MG Gundam Exia Ignition Mode next.

After I completed the Crossbone Gundam I started the 1/144 HG 00 Raiser designer colors version. Not a bad build and I put on almost all of the decals.

My son built the 1/100 00 Gundam and this one had shared a lot of the same flexibility. With HG models, the build time is very quick so I did not take any in progress pictures. My next model will be the Harrison Madyn’s custom F91 so I may take some in progress pictures.

And the struggle to reduce my Gunpla backlog continues! I’ve just finished assembling the MG Crossbone Gundam X-1. It’s the pirate Gundam and it’s very cool.

Things to consider with this model:

1. No poly caps! Cool since models are meant to be posed and not played with. The F91 is the same way.
2. It’s very difficult to pose holding it’s weapons.
3. It needs a stand.
4. It cries out to be painted and touched up.

The stand I can buy and Stefan has a trick for holding the weapons. I don’t know when I can paint it, if ever.  Like most of the current MG and HG models the seam lines are in good locations and the assembly was not difficult.

I’ve been trying to catch up on my back log of Gunpla and I assembled the MG Gyan. As master grades go, it was “Eh”.  The build was not particularly difficult and there were not many surprises.

It’s a heavy model and posing it is difficult.  The shield is huge. If I wanted to pose it like the box art, I would need to get another stand just for the shield. The beam sword lights up but I have not gotten the battery yet. Once I have it, I’ll post another picture.

I’m now moving onto the MG Crossbone Gundam X-1. Like the F91 before it, this one has no rubber joint parts so it should be an interesting build.