HG RX-78-2 ‘Gundam’

This kit was made by Bandai in 2001. I bought this kit because I wanted the core-fighter and this is the only HG kit that comes with it.

I was initially not intending to put the RX-78 together since I have lots of Grand-daddy already and I struggle to come up with a unique colour scheme.

I painted my with Psycho Gundam in mind but ended up looking more like Negan from “The Walking Dead”! Thus I present to you my customised RX-78-Negan. It is equipped with “Origin” backpack, Alex’s rifle and Tristan’s shield. This my take on a early prototype version with ballistic weapons.
The build is relatively straight forward and it is a 2001 kit so it is simple and do not have much surface details compared to the Origin kit. But it actually has better knee part separation compared to the Revive version. The core-fighter is small hence I have to spend a bit more effort to mask the parts to get the colour scheme I wanted.
As said, the main reason for getting this kit was because of the Core-Fighter. I wanted to compete my “Operation V” project and all I am missing os the Core-Fighter that ties all the main 3 Federation suits together.
I also like to complete the core-fighters from Stardust memories. The scale is 1/144 and it is also quite comparable to my Macross fighters!
  • This is a photo with all the other RX-78 wannabes!
This is a series of photos to do a side to side comparison of the different variants of HG RX-78 made y Bandai since 2001. To be honest, I actually like the shape of this 2001 version over the Revive version. But I like the parts separation of Origin but I hate the head assembly. I actually dislike Global version. It looks awkward in shape and construction.