![]() There really isn’t any way to hold it with pliers or skewers so I had to hold the end of one wing to spray the opposite side. Top coating the Force Silhouette is a pain in the rear. This thing always flies away after detaching the Force Silhouette… wonder how it gets back to Minerva? I didn’t bother detailing this thing because I knew it would go right back into the box (heck, I shouldn’t even have bothered building it). I have no idea what that red hatch is for. There’s this “hydraulic pump” in front of the ankle that does nothing but provide annoyance when it slips out if you bend the foot down too much. ![]() The legs are the only parts with some sophistication with some sliding mechanisms in them as they need to bend a certain (pointless) way to become the “Leg Flyer”. I didn’t care enough to put the armor schneider together ^^. The only foil sticker this kit comes with are the ones for the head (eyes and camera), I only used the eye sticker and painted in the head with clear blue paint. You have to attach separate mechanical legs if you want to display the chest flyer. Still, there isn’t anything sophisticated here. Probably one of the few parts of this model that actually have a gimmick and that is sliding open. You can probably build the beam rifle without the instruction and while blindfolded. Another pair of hands are included to hold the Excalibur (wish Bandai thought of that for the MG Sword Strike too). The 3-finger piece are cut apart to allow for some extra articuation this comes quite handy during posing (no pun intended ^^ ). This is more efficient and cost effective as the arms have no gimmicks of any sort. Actually, this is more like the “front side” of the body since the Core Splendor makes up the “back” and the Leg Flyer makes up the waist.Īgain, simple two layer construction but it works and the arms are solid. The body is very simple and doesn’t have much parts to it since it is hollow and one sided. Not really a big deal after the whole model is assembled but some modelers might find it to be quite an eyesore ^^ The cockpit hatch fogged up because I forgot to mask it when I sprayed top coat on it ^^ This is the Impulse’s core as this is where Shinn does the piloting and controlling the other parts of this Gundam.This is a nice looking jet but too bad I won’t be looking at it again once I put the Gundam together. So I decided to order the water decal and hope it has some more stylized markings… only to see that it’s the exact same as the decals but only 2x the amount. The most disappointing thing about this model is the incredibly dull set of decals and stickers the markings were basically “ZAFT” and random numbers in plain text in different size. Guess it’s not too difficult to engineer Impulse around this to conserve where it doesn’t matter. Oh Bandai, you sly, you… The PC runner for Impulse is the same as the one for the Strike. There’s something I noticed about the PC runner… A nice thing is that both V-fins for the Impulse won’t have any visible nub marks when you cut them (yay!). The beam parts for this Gundam is infused with glitter and although I don’t really notice it, I’m not too sure if I like it when I actually do see it. Runners are plentiful in this kit (16 full and 4 little ones). It might not be “canonical” but who cares, it looks awesome! That’s all it matters. This is one of the best boxart I’ve seen this year. Not to mention it comes with the Excalibur! It became a must-have for me and so got it when it was released… but took me almost half a year to get started on it ^^. It sure seems like Bandai deliberately went all out on the proportions of this Gundam as it was drastically slimmer than its anime and most (if not all) Gundams’ MG counterpart. Then the MG model was announced and… wow. I have the 1/60 Impulse and I wasn’t too fond of that model and made it the last Impulse I’ll ever look at. It’s not ugly… but it’s not too attractive either. ![]() ![]() I’ve never really liked the Impulse this gundam was nothing but a “Strike 2.0” (Gundam Mk II) for me when SEED Destiny first aired. ![]()
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