Friday, December 11, 2009

Project MG RX-75 Guntank ~ Part IV: Arms + Lower Body

From Gunpla

From Gunpla

The arm units ~ very bulbous in proposition; gives the Guntank a very solid upper body stance
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From Gunpla

One of the gimmick of the 40mm Quadruplet Bob Missile Launcher ~ the reciprocating gattling cannon movement actuated by the rotating ring
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The core of the lower body part includes a very big piece for the housing
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From Gunpla

This is where the Guntank get its flexibility to lean forward & backward
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Decals to give it more depth of details
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Thats about 70% of the lower body completed, sans the track-train & tracks
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The add-on details in the form of hydraulic pistons on the waist accentuates the forward-backward leaning movement
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From Gunpla

The primary suspension units that will connect to the track trains ~ there's plenty of engineering that goes into the design that makes the Guntank an all-terrain ground mobile unit
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From Gunpla

Some of the other tractor like features to haul stuffs; i.e battle-damaged RX-78-2s
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The current state of progress
*Up to this point of assembly, i find it unusual that this kit doesn't utilize the usual PE Parts Connector at all (no such runner), as with other MG kits i've built.

3 comments:

Shaun said...

great progress! looking forward to the completed piece.

Valen said...

Love the details of this MG^^ Hope to see the completed kit soon.

cal81 said...

thanks for the encouragement, shaun & valen! =) just the wheels & track left to go before completion...