This is an old build circa 2013- one of the final builds I did before the great hiatus.

The kit is a monster to build but it comes together well. I don’t really remember any of the finer points of the process except that the waterslide decals on Sazabi’s bits were a royal pain to get lined up right and how disappointed I was that there weren’t any display parts included for said bits.

The kit is made from that lighter plastic that Bandai was all about in 2013-2015ish, and I can’t say I’m a fan. Both Sazabi and the Nu Gundam (and the Sinanju and Sinanju Stein) that share this material just feel kind of….flimsy? I built the original MG Sazabi and Nu gundam and both of those kits felt like bricks in comparison. To be fair, they also posed like bricks.

Anyway, this was a fun experiment with layering different kinds of blacks/greys on top of each other and it definitely went well. The red LED was a really nice final touch that I’m glad I did. This thing will probably still look really cool next to the Hi-Nu I’m working on but I’d certainly like to take another crack at Char’s last mobile suit with what I’m capable of now!