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Gunpla Build - High Grade Blazing Gundam (Part 1) 2022-01-21

Let’s crack our knuckles and get ready to build this Burning.

We’ll start off with our usual shot of the runners, though to be honest, I didn’t really take a close look at them before starting the build. Without knowing exactly how many pieces it will or won’t use from the HG God Gundam, it’s hard to make any meaning from these parts:

Gunpla Build - High Grade Blazing Gundam 2022-01-17

I’ve already built one model kit from Gundam Breaker: Battlelogue, but the USA Gundam is tame in comparison to some of the other custom mobile suits that pop up in the show. Some of them are wild remixes and mashups of classic mecha, and today I’m ready to tackle one of them. Meet the Blazing Gundam:

But before we dive in, let’s talk a bit about Battlelogue. I didn’t go into much detail previously, and I think a little bit of context would help us better understand and appreciate this new mobile suit.

Gunpla Build: High Grade Zaku II F2 (Part 2) 2022-01-13

Now that we have a plan of attack, let’s build:

Feet

These are built the same as most of the other Zaku’s I own. Nice and simple.

I went all out when it came to detailing the bottoms of the feet. That’s what happens when I have a plan of attack ahead of time:

It’s not much, but we can already see a hint of the amazing color contrast we’re going to get with this model.

Gunpla Build: High Grade Zaku II F2 (Part 1) 2022-01-09

Alright grunts, let’s roll up our sleeves and make this Zeon abomination into the pride of Earth Federation!

This is the part where I show you the runners, which is normally something I do in the name of tradition more than anything. But this time I’m excited to talk about them. When we last left off, we talked about how this Zaku’s coloring isn’t exactly consistent between different depictions and illustrations. Now we get to see what colors they molded the model itself in. Which, if any depiction will it line up with?

Gunpla Build - Real Grade Nu Gundam - Jet Effect Parts 2021-12-11

Today we are going to take a look at Bandai’s Jet Effect accessory set:

Basically, they are a bunch of parts that can look either like energy blasts or thruster exhaust, along with as clear parts that let you hook them up to an Action Base.

As the packaging shows, you can use them with everything from mobile suits to Dragonball Z figures, but it is not a coincidence that they were released right around the same time as the Real Grade Nu Gundam and RG Sazabi, as these were (literally) tailor made to use with their funnels.