This will be a my first entry for BAKUC 2008.

I'm using this latest RX-78-2, ver2.0. Its a very nice kit from Bandai, beautiful inner frame, every joint is fully detail and well design, you can do multiple post, even 90 degree front and side kick. :lol:

Well, let see some photo...

The inner flame.



Far more biger than the F-91



'Backside' look :lol:



Finger already saw by using photo etched saw.



Close up on the shoulder.






Close up on the ventilation at the chest.




Will upload some close up photo of the head and modification plan later.

To be continued...

OK, let show some photo with my initial planning.
Pencil line - scribe for panel line.
Black marker line - cut, saw or add pla-plate.

Head


Plan to take away the 'neck' its looks too fat. will do a modification/replacement for the piston inside here.



Dunnoe what to add...



Component that form the armor of the head. Take photo for refference before it kena saw/chop/cut . :D



The mask look very thick for me...

With marker pen, draw a 1mm line inside the mask. Will do a sanding work here until the marker line gone to have a even thickness at both side.





To be continued

Initial plan for the panel line...









To be continued...

Continued

Leg and Arm













C&C are welcome.

Update.

The original jaw is too short, so I added 0.6mm by using tamiya pla-plate





A 0.5 x 0.2mm hole made to intall a rivet and a minus mold later.



50% of the panel line added on the head. pending for sanding and trimming.







To be continued...

Continue.

Due to the longer jaw, the cap unit will need to add another 0.5mm



Personally I feel that the cannon on the head is very short and not attractive. So, I replace it with brass rod.





Note the changes made on the cap, it cover further of the eyes and make it look more 'yeng'



Arm unit, chop, sand and 'engrave'!!!! 1mm panel line added. The square little holt at the right arm will add another rivet later.







It looks better when fix to the frame, isn't it?



To be continued...

Here come some progress on the back pack.

This is the original part, come with only little detail and a short thruster.



Sand off the detail with Tamoya #180 adbrasive paper.



With a tamiya router, I cut away the joint for the thruster and make a new hole for the new thruster.





Shorten 1mm at the joint.



New metal thruster.




To be continued...

Very detail modding, keep it up bro :lol:

Like the metal thruster alot.

Thanks Becky.

Feel a bit slack after coming back form my biz tour, have to double my speed as the dateline is closing in... :o

kampate, u can do it.