HGUC 1/144 E.F.F. Mass-Produced Mobile Suit RGM-79 "GM [Shoulder Cannon/Missile Pod]" (MSD Ver.)
Another GM!! I got this one especially for a special GM night at my uni model building club and I'm really glad I did! Some time ago I built the older original HGUC GM, which is really starting to show its age.
The Origin/MSD version is a lot more detailed, with some really nice built-in detail as well as sticker detail almost on par with RG kits. Despite sharing a lot of parts with the Origin RX-78-02, the kit has some nice new moulds that give it a unique look even next to the grandpa. The colour has also been toned down to a less saturated blue-green (so I didn't have to give this one a shoddy paint job 😭)
This kit comes with parts for both a shoulder cannon GM as well as the missile pod GM, which adds extra pods on the side-skirts as well as shoulders, and relocates the beam saber to the back skirt.
It also comes with three beam rifles: a rework of the classic beam spray gun, a cool new beam spray gun that looks a little like a combat shotgun, and the origin-style beam rifle (which i think was just extra parts so I've added it to my bits box)
It also comes with the classic gundam hyper-bazooka, in the GM's mint green color scheme.
The kit comes with a ton of dry decals, with 6 numbering options and tons of spare detail stickers. I chose to augment my old GM with some of these to help it pop a little and fit in with my Origin kits.
Definitely enjoyed collecting the Origin series is gunpla and I'm looking forward to seeing what other kits they release!
