#dilanza

I'm running out of regular, retail-release HGWFM kits to build... Which is kind of bittersweet. It'll be very cool to have the full collection built, but then I won't have any more to build!

The Dilanza Sol is definitely not my favorite design. I don't love these Dilanzas in general... They're just too chonky for my tastes. And these very dark kits are hard to panel-line so they wind up looking a little dull.

But it's hard to complain too much about these HGWFM kits - they're all such fantastic builds.

We get some stickers in the box. Of course there's the big visor as is typical with these Dilanza kits... And a camera lens for the rifle... And then some little purple discs for the backpack. Honestly - not too bad.

The bulk of the kit is molded in these two colors.

There's an olive grey kind of plastic for the inner-frame and some weapon details. It's got a very soft finish to it and seems very resistant to nub-marks. It's fantastic.

Then there's a super-dark blue/black. This is way too dark to show my usual panel-lines so it winds up looking kind of dull. And there's lots of big, rounded surfaces that are hard to clean up. And this plastic really likes to show nub-marks. I didn't enjoy this stuff at all.

The A-runner has a single white bit for the chest, and some beautifully bright purple bits. I really wish there was more of that color in the kit.

The visor in the head looks nice, but I thought it looked awfully plain over all... So I stuck some tiny little dots of metallic red in some recesses on the forehead and I think it turned out pretty well.

The build on this kit is pretty familiar at this point - I've already built two other Dilanzas. It's the usual all-plastic construction that we've been seeing in the HGWFM line. No polycaps at all.

There's no alternate hands in this kit but we do get some decent weapons. There's the same beam torch and rifle we've seen with previous Dilanza kits... But we also get some kind of barrel-extender thing for the rifle and it can mount a beam bayonet as well.

One of the things I really like with these Dilanza kits is how they can store their weapons up under their shoulder shields. It's very believable and practical in-world... And it's a great solution to storing accessories from a builder's perspective.

Here you can see the two variations on the rifle - with and without the barrel extender.

I think these might be my favorite version of the Dilanza's shoulder shields? They look the most practical. The most defensive.

I really like how the beam bayonet looks. That's a very neat feature.

Really, at this point, there just isn't a ton to say about the Dilanza Sol.

It's another fantastic HGWFM kit. I don't think I've had a genuinely bad thing to say about any of them. If you like the design of the Dilanza, you'll enjoy this one too. If not - maybe give it a skip.

This kit really looks almost identical to Guel's Dilanza. Different color, obviously. Some different accessories. The head, shoulders, and backpack are all a little different. But that's really it. The basic build is just about identical.

This kit can be built as either a standard Dilanza, or Lauda's Dilanza. There's not a huge difference between the two. And unlike some kits that have multiple versions - it's easy to swap between the two.

The standard version is vaguely reminiscent of the good old Zaku II. It's got the blade antenna and the single shoulder-shield. It's got the same kind of chonky vibe to it. Hell - it's even a shade of green.