SDCS RX-78-2 Gundam (Gundam Base Colors) - First Build of 2023
First build of the year is one I’m more than familiar with yet still somehow managed to trip me up. I have a love of the Super Deformed Cross Silhouette line of Gunpla so, when the recent online Gundam event came up, I decided to toss a special color version in with another order I had. After a bit of waiting, that order came in a couple of days before the writing of this and I couldn’t wait to get started.
Without further ado… here’s the write up for my SDCS RX-78 Gundam (Gundam Base Colors).
The basic unboxing was pretty standard. Seeing this is like my… 7th(?) SDCS kit and my 5th RX-78, I was well versed in this and had a solid idea as to what to expect… or so I thought. o.O
Things this very nice blue kit did right:
1) No extra parts. Both the book and the runner only had the basic larger CS-style frame. It seems to be a standard runner – the A2 runner – and it lacked any of the smaller SD parts to make this particular kit the smaller version that find in other Cross Silhouette kits.
2) The colors! I knew this was the “Gundam Base” version of the kit. This means it’s rocking a lot of blue tones. The main hue being a very nice dark blue. I have a G-Base colored Haro so I Kinda’ knew what to expect but those kits are just funky ball-shaped mascots. This looks Way better with the bright white armor parts offset against the weird grayish off-white of the frame most RX-78’s I’ve built have come with. The key is a cornflower blue (a light blueish purple) that was used for the chest vents and hip panels. It makes the whole thing work. = )
What it did wrong:
1) Still just the old RX-78 runners. It may have nicer colors but it’s still the old runner. This means you will need some cutters to take off the hands and the beam rifle. They bumped up those connections beyond the rest of the kits and it’s impossible to simply pop off like the rest of the pieces.
2) No extra parts. See… I did a broadcast for this and I always make a backup recording for possible time-lapse shenanigans. When I got the leg section of the build, I noticed I have one less foot frame part. I thought it had fell off the runner in transit and I yeeted it into the middle distance when I went to move the bags out of the way. Nope! It was missing from the start. Having the SD parts would’ve actually been a Good thing this time around.
Time for a sweet Photo Montage! = D
With a little luck, I managed to dig out some replacement feet frame parts and fix that aspect of the kit. It was a fun little build that came out great. Being a straight build, I stuck (Ha!) to just the included stickers. I did keep to a long running tradition with my kits and left the stickers off of the shield. The cross is supposed to be in that cornflower blue like the chest vents and skirt panels. It’s just that it’s a very complex set of tickers to cover that complex shape. I rarely use complex stickers on my kits as they never live up to a nice paint job or, like in this case, the raw plastic. I also left off the Gundam Base branding ‘cause… yeah. I like the shop and their choice of colors. I have no intention of slapping their logo on my Gundam. It makes it feel like an 80’s plastic smock and mask costume kit where you’re not dressed as Orko from Masters of the Universe. You’re dressed as Orko wearing a shirt with his face on it for some odd reason. o.o
Needless to say… this is going to be part of my desk toys alongside my (now fixed) G-3 kit. I Might just see if I can max out this frame and get the expansions for it. That will make it ever-so-slightly taller and give it a more mobile set of hips. A task for a later date.
Anyhoo! If You want a neat little G-Base exclusive SDCS RX-78 kit of your own… you might be out of luck unless you can make it over to Tokyo, know someone who can or P-Bandai adds it to their next Gundam Online sale.
