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About The Designs »
I acquired this new MG Rick Dias
in a trade. I liked the design, but I wasn't sure
how I wanted to color it. I really didn't know
much about the Rick Dias before I saw Zeta Gundam.
Even after that I needed more information to build
this kit as it's been a year or more since I saw
the series. I went to MAHQ for more details and
found the following:
Originally intended to be
called the "Gundam γ" ("γ"
being the Greek symbol "gamma"), the
MSA-099 sported a more Zeonic look, so it was
named "Rick Dias" instead ("Rick"
is derived from "remake", and was
a term first used on the MS-09R Rick Dom to
distinguish it as a space-use remake of the
MS-09 Dom; "Dias" was the name of
the discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope on Earth).
--MAHQ
Having read that I decided to base
my decal designs on the "Gamma Gundam"
idea. I also decided to keep a similar look to
my Type 100 Afterburner
as I thought it'd work well here. I also decided
to make Jeep
styled mods so enhance the look. Shiny metal parts.
About the Build »
The kit itself is pretty nice and
goes together well. It's rather big and bulky
as well, but is still quite posable I found. Below
is what I did to modify the kit:
- Scribed additional
panel lines on forehead, chest, skirts, feet,
hands, and elsewhere.
- Added 1.5mm MechaSkunk
balls on rear skirt.
- Added small MechaSkunk
screws to skirts and legs for detail.
- Added various 1mm MechaSkunk
beads to detail the armor and simulate small
vernier.
- Spun all thruster bells
on my drill (used like a lathe) and sharpened
the edges with a razor to create thinner looking
walls.
- Painted bells with
Alclad Polished Aluminum and then with Tamiya
Clear Blue.
- Added details to all
verniers in the way of additional bells, beads,
and tubes.
- Detailed bazooka barrel
using aluminum tubing.
- Replaced beam-gun barrels
with aluminum tubes.
- All aluminum tubing
polished to a shine using drill and steel wool.
- Custom Color Scheme
- Custom Decals designed
by me.
- More!!!
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