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About The Kit »
Several damaged Earth Federation
GM mobile suits were captured and salvaged by
the Principality of Zeon. These GMs were combined
to creat a few dozen workable units. These units
were used for testing against Zakus and other
Zeon MS and MA. The Zeon would use both EFSF and
their own weaponry in these tests. This particulat
Z-GM is outfitted with an MMP-80 machine gun,
Zaku bazooka, Gelgoog shield, and beam saber.
About the Build »
This is another of my cheap kits
found at Amazons clearance sale. I picked up 2
of these GMs for $5 each. Not too bad!
The kit itself is not up to the
level of detail one would expect from MGs. There
is very little internal detail. As such, I decided
to make more Jeep
styled mods so enhance the look. Looking back
I should had made some mobility mods for posability,
but that'll be a task for my next one. Below is
what I did to modify the original kit:
- Painted visor with
clear yellow-orange with Alclad chrome on the
internal part.
- Added 2mm MechaSkunk
bead to forehead visor to simulate camera.
- Added 2 small MechaSkunk
screws to chest for detail.
- Added various 1mm MechaSkunk
beads to detail the armor and simulate small
vernier.
- Modified ankle pistons
with Aluminum tubing. Removed molded in plastic
pistons.
- Spun all thruster bells
on my drill (used like a lathe) and sharpened
the edges with a razor to create thinner looking
walls.
- Used 2 bells from other
GM kit to make a 4 booster backpack.
- Added details to all
verniers in the way of additional bells, beads,
and tubes.
- Drilled/cut open soles
of feet to detail thruster bells.
- Bazooka sensor/scope
modified using large wave-eye and round vernier.
- Cut apart Bazooka and
made it seperable using aluminum tubing and
magnets.
- Modified Ruck Mount
to attach Zeon Bazooka with magnets.
- Replaced gun barrels
on MMP-80 with aluminum tubes.
- Added minus molds to
shield interior to cover up injector pin-marks.
- Modified shield handle
with Aluminum tubing
- Made new shield mount
on shield and forearm using magnets and aluminum
tubing.
- Added 1mm MechaSkunk
balls to shield face for detail.
- All aluminum tubing
polished to a shine using drill and steel wool.
- Custom Color Scheme
- Custom Decals designed
by me.
- More!!!
More images on the in-progress
page.
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