3 Gundams, 3 weeks!

2 RG Zeta-III and 1 MG Nu Ver. Ka Double Fin Funnels... RG is easy to built, however, the small size (1/144) means tough time panel painting (very delicate). Worst of all, RG is famous for its stickers, and there are lots of them for 1/144. As a comparison, there are more stickers in RG than the 1/100 MG Nu that I've also built! Roughly, 2.5 times more. The transformation instruction is tough to follow as well, since the transformation is in 3D, and the instruction booklet is in 2D. Many times, I've to guess, "does it mean, turn side way, or turn to the back?"



MG Nu is super easy to built, but extremely tough to post, even with the provided Action Base. Problem is the heavy fin funnels. They are so heavy, and you put 6 together on each side. Worst of all, it's just a tiny little hatch of 1 fin funnel supporting the weight of the rest of the fin funnels (5 others for inner most one, than 4 others for the 2nd inner most, etc.). This is in sharp contrast to the Hi-Nu where there are 2 big supporting pods, each holding 3 fin funnels. Those fin funnels come off so easily, and those water peel stickers make the attachment (many repeat) even tougher! The stickers will come off, or torn (as they are extremely brittle after drying - you aren't supposed to "touch" the Gundam after you've put stickers on them - water peel stickers Gundams are for show, not to play with). I even put gloves off, and still several of them came apart. Oh, the Hyper Bazooka won't attach to the back either, so pudding I need to use. It's due to the weight, and how it's position. You can stick the H.B. w/o problem if you've the Nu standing up, but if you use the Action Base, Nu will actually face downward, as if you are just about to dive into the pool. Because of that, and due to the ability of an "extension" of the H.B., it creates a leverage and the tip of the H.B. becomes too heavy (in terms of physics) and the attachment will just cause the H.B. to drop down at that end, which result in unhooking of the attachment. Again, multiple that problem with those darn water peel stickers, plus the fin funnels (the vibration of attaching the H.B. again, will just cause the rest of those F.F. to come right off!). Anyhow, they are done! Finally. Now, should I go for the BB Senshi Hi-Nu Gundam?