I received a lot of model and craft kits – of several types – for Christmas. This past month I’ve spent weekends building a few of them.
KLS got me the above Gundam since I had told her I’d build any kit she bought me! I don’t know anything about it, and the design tends a bit too much toward the standard Gundam type for me but… this kit has a secret!
Here it is finished:
Flashy isn’t it? Almost all of it is metallic gold, and it’s quite garish under a bright light! It’s one of the small kits (1/144 scale) and was an easy build, only taking about two hours.
The above was from Joyce and Jim and at 1685 pieces is the biggest Tie Fighter Lego has ever made. I’d had my eye on this for a while and was very much looking forward to assembling it. Note the size of the box, photographed for scale next to one of the world’s largest silver sausages.
The kit was great fun to put together and took much less time than I expected. This is perhaps due to me having built only technic kits recently. Once completed, it looks great:
It’s massive! The mini figure on the base gives you an idea, but I’d say the panels are about 40 cm high. I had to make space to display this one, which meant the Lego Death Star II had to be put in storage (after about 9 years).
Lastly another model kit, this time of a girl:
This isn’t the first in the ‘Frame Arms Girl’ series, but I didn’t much like the previous. It’s by the same company that released the Etrian Odyssey kits I’ve blogged about previously, and features the same level of detail and wealth of options (such as weapons, armor pieces, hands and faces).
She was a slightly challenging build – I’d say harder than Gundam but easier than a Zoid – but I think I did a good job.
Amusingly I bought this from Japan, and it was shipped simply wrapped in transparent bubble wrap with an address label attached! Despite the lack of a shipping box, it arrived in perfect condition 🙂