Second finished work in this year!
Started working on HGUC MK II as a side project of another side project.
Didn't expect to finish this kit first but Bandai announced HGUC MK II 2.0 this year so had to hurry up before losing interest and motivation like other WIP projects I have.
Replaced stock hands with regular size 1/144 HD Builders Parts ones from Bandai.
Tweaked the proportion a little.
Arms still look funny and thin without weapons.
The right trigger hand has movable index finger and could hold beam saber.
I cleared as much plastic as possible inside
and modded the saber handle so it wouldn't have problem squeezing through the tiny space.
yet I forgot to take thickness of the paint into consideration .....can only hold rifle and bazooka.
Duel wielding thanks to the left trigger hand from the builder parts.
I was a little reluctant to build and paint this bazooka because I just finished the same bazooka from GM Type C not long ago.
Close-up
You will notice the chest area has very rough surface.
I screwed up the first top coat and had to re-apply several clear coats to reverse the whitening and get the semi-gloss look.
By now you probably have noticed the sloppy job on seam line at several spots on top of everything.
There were more when I sprayed the base coat but I was able to remove many of them by gently sanding the uneven areas with 1000 grit sandpaper.
Don't have any finished gunpla from Zeta era except this Rick-Dias painted long time ago.
Glad I didn't get the AEUG version as my second RG MK II. Will probably convert the RG into prototype so only 3 units of MK II remains in my collection after buying the revive one.
With GM Kai finished last month.
Feel like I learned more about how to fix screw-up than the actual painting skills from this work.
I did try some shading but can hardly tell from these pictures or in person.
