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HGUC 1/144 Principality of Zeon Mass Production Amphibious Mobile Suit Zeon Remnants Use MSM-07 "Z'Gok" (Unicorn Ver.)

A third Z'gok has hit the collection! This kit is a knockoff of the old 1999 HGUC kit, which I've built twice before (here and here), recoloured to the brief cameo of the suit in the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OVA (and I mean brief - see here for all 27 seconds of screentime). It seems to be the only way to get this colour scheme in the 1/144 scale, as the only official Unicorn scheme kit is an out of production P-Bandai MG.

Despite being a knockoff, the kit quality was fairly on par with the official high grades. It had the same colour separation, done in a really nice brown and olive green, and there weren't really any issues with parts fitting together, apart from with the hands, which I had to cut and glue together to fit. It's not perfectly screen accurate, but it's very close. I even found the foil stickers to be higher quality than the official kit, with a nice level of metalllic shine to them that makes them look less toyetic.

I put a lot more work into this kit, given that it's so simple to put together otherwise. As usual I gave it a panel line and a quick matte topcoat, as well as painting the forehead missiles (this time in a lighter grey), and added the white bands around the hands as seen in the OVA episode.

I also decided to try out using a clear gloss lacquer for the eye-visor part, which I think helps it to look more like a transparent sensor cover. The HGUC Z'gok is a bit of a plain kit, without too many panel lines or other surface detail, so I added some spare white water decals to provide further accents, which I think turned out quite nicely. I think I've improved a lot on water decal placement.

I also threw on some sponge chipping and rust effects, given that this is meant to be a Zeon remnants suit kept hidden for well over a decade since its deployment. I've outlined my sponge chipping process before, in this post, but in addition, I applied some of Tamiya's "oil stain" pigment powder over some of the black spongeing to provide a more muted, sooty look around the vents, hand weapons, and missile ports. For the rust, I used a flat brown as a base, sponging it on heavily, and then added a layer of clear rust sponged lightly on top. I topped this with Tamiya's rust pigment powder, spreading it out around the areas of paint and over the top of the decals to acentuate the effect of rust staining.

And yeah, it faceplants just as well as the other two kits.

You can really see the level of progress I've made in terms of weathering when comparing the previous versions of the kit.

I really love the HGUC Z'gok. It's such a simple design and a quick, starter-friendly build, and yet you can take it so far even without repainting the kit or learning how to scribe panel lines.

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New Papercraft has been published at PaperCraftSquare: Link: http://www.papercraftsquare.com/sd-msm-10-zock-ver-2-free-gundam-papercraft-download.html Paper Craft Name: SD MSM-10 Zock Ver.2 Free Gundam Papercraft Download Description:

This paper model is a SD MSM-10 Zock, the Principality of Zeon's last amphibious design mobile suit built during the One Year War, the papercraft is created by Terrace.

There is another SD version paper model on the site: SD MSM-10 Zock Gundam Papercraft Ver.1; and also a regular scale version available: MSM-10 Zock Gundam Papercraft.

You can download this paper model template here [Note: Missing Instruction!!!]: SD MSM-10 Zock Ver.2 Free Gundam Papercraft Download [Gavitex] [Box]

New Papercraft has been published at PaperCraftSquare: Link: http://www.papercraftsquare.com/msm-07e-zgok-e-gundam-papercraft-free-template-download.html Paper Craft Name: MSM-07E Z'Gok-E Gundam Papercraft Free Template Download Description:

This gundam paper model is a MSM-07E Z'Gok-E (aka MSM-07E Z'Gok Experiment), a mass-produced amphibious mobile suit created by the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War, the papercraft is created by Luisifer Chavez-Calderon. Z'Gok-E is first featured in the Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket anime OVA series.

The Z'Gok E was intended to be a test unit improved on the standard MSM-07 Z'Gok. Its data was later used to develop the MSM-07S Z'Gok Commander Type. The Z'Gok-E's propellant storage were moved into tanks mounted inside the arms, allowing it to store up power from the generator and perform a rapid-fire from its hand beam cannon. It also replaced the head-mounted missile launcher with torpedo tubes for additional firepower when operating underwater.

To allow for better mobility underwater, structurally redesigned joints and other parts were introduced. The arm units can be withdrawn to assume a streamlined form for improved underwater cruising. The mobile suit would also include a standardized cockpit with the introduction of the United Maintenance Plan. It was powered by an improved generator which gave the Z'Gok-E ample performance. [Source: wikia]

You can download this papercraft template here: MSM-07E Z'Gok-E Gundam Papercraft Free Template Download

New Papercraft has been published at PaperCraftSquare: Link: http://www.papercraftsquare.com/a-zgok-like-robot-paper-model-free-template-download.html Paper Craft Name: A Z'Gok-like Robot Paper Model Free Template Download Description:

This paper model is a Z'Gok-like Robot, created by Tsukai. This unit looks like a customized version of MSM-07 Amphibious Mobile Suit.

You can download this papercraft model template here: A Z'Gok-like Robot Paper Model Free Template Download