Work in Progress: HGUC MS-06S Zaku II


Hi all, I’ve just started working today on another HGUC kit. This time, I’ll be building another enemy mobile suit. This is from the Universal Century timeline (according to what I’ve found on Google) and it is the Commander Type.

This kit was dated way back in 2002 as we all know beforehand of old kit series. Anyway, I still haven’t decided if I will follow the original color scheme of the kit since I am still not able to find the nearest color to its semi-red main armor color scheme. I might check some reference builds on popular Gunpla blogs. Maybe grey, white, purple, green or something, I don’t know.

Here are some pics on my unboxing and cutting parts. There were just three major runners it just took me a few to finish cutting them off and clean cut the excess plastic.

The kit's box art.


 

The runners and the building manual.


 

The main armor parts cut and separated.

Following the building method from the HG Heavy Arms, I’ve decided to use Super Glue again to stick the parts, sand it, and then paint it. As of this posting, I’ve already started with the feet part.

Anyhow, I’ll follow this with a second post on the paint job part and assembly. Until next time.

*the banner depicts a Real Grade version so it might confuse you a bit. I’d wish I can get the RG one if not on the budget constraints.