Ban Dai Gundam 6 week challenge

[Ed S]

It's time for our local club Fall Challenge. To support our LHS, we each buy a kit during our 1st Saturday of September meeting and complete it for our 3rd Wednesday meeting in October. While wandering around the shop, I found this on the clearance shelf. It looks like a neat little kit for less than $20. Of course, I just can't build this Out Of The Box, so I'm working on ideas on how to modify it into something different.



Ed

[kerick]

What scale is it? I can't tell from the box pic. Is it possible to do a MaK crossover? Or perhaps steam punk it!

[jcf]

The seven U.C. Hardgraph vehicle/figure series kits are 1/35th.

http://www.gundamplanet.com/uchg-1-1-35-zeon-mobile-scout-set.html

http://www.gundamplanet.com/uchg-2-1-35-ramba-ral-commando-set.html

http://www.gundamplanet.com/uchg-3-1-35-ms-g-platoon-briefing-set.html
(I have two of these, got one for $10 the other for $20.  )

http://www.gundamplanet.com/uchg-4-1-35-anti-ms-squad-set.html

http://www.gundamplanet.com/uchg-5-1-35-zeon-cyclops-team-set.html

http://www.gundamplanet.com/uchg-6-1-35-m61a5-main-battle-tank.html
(Greg Ewald(RIP) did a nice build of this one: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23511.0.html)

http://www.gundamplanet.com/uchg-1-35-7-core-fighter.html

[Dizzyfugu]

Add spider legs? Or German WWII markings. Or a large cushion, so that you create a less spectacular hoovercraft? Or everything together?
I remember that when the kit came out it was featured in the Hobby Japan magazine, built by two or three modelers, slightly modified and put onto a diorama base.

[Ed S]

It's been a rather crazy couple months. But I did find time to finish this up on time. Didn't do a good job of updates however.

I don't really understand this whole resurrection of the Wehrmacht at some point in the future. But I have to admit I know almost nothing about Gundam and the universe it operates in.

Anyway, I figure the one thing that happens with every form of transportation that get developed is that somewhere along the line someone decides to race it. So I made this a racer. I left off the armament and added some engine pods on the aft lift fan cover. Found some automotive colors on the paint rack and some old stock car decals in the spares box.







Ed

[kerick]

Very nice!

[NARSES2]

Now I know now't about the genre at all, but I can recognise a future star of Disney/Pixar films when I see one  Great build

For those Brit's old enough - Cadbury's Smash anybody ?

[Steel Penguin]

looking good, it really stands out, compared to the greenness of the box.

and Narses  yes " with there little knifes, hahahahahhah! "

[PR19_Kit]

and Narses  yes " with there little knifes, hahahahahhah! "

Hehehe, I KNEW that reminded me of something, and you both got it dead on. 

[Captain Canada]

Very nice ! That's one way to shake up a kit that is ( probably ) mostly built OOB !