kotobukiya modeling support goods trailer base 004 and customized hg 1/144 rgm-79gs gm command-space

I bought a kotobukiya trailer base that I'd been wanting for a while, once it was finished I realized I didn't really have anything to put in it to have it carry so I bought a hg 1/144 scale rgm-79gs gm command-space (otherwise known as a gm command space type), I swapped out a few parts on the gm because I wanted it to be a little bit more custom.

what I changed:

the bottom half of the foot and ankle guard: from the gm cold districts type

the right hand, gun and center chest piece: from the gm sniper k9

the left hand: from the jackedge

the side skirt armor: from the altron gundam 

as of right now neither kit has been painted or panel lined and there have been no stickers applied, although I might paint the gm later on but for now I'm happy with it as is.

Phantasy Star Blue Burst RAcaseal: redria ver. APSY

I recently bought two Phantasy Star Blue Burst RAcaseal: redria ver. APSY model kits, this kit has the option of allowing the builder to build a shorter version of the character if they so desire.

as you can see in the picture above I built both heights, the difference in assembling the different heights wasn't very difficult.

a friend of mine asked me if these model kits were around the same height as a busou shinki figure so I took this picture as a comparison picture.

the Phantasy Star Blue Burst RAcaseal: redria ver. APSY model kit is almost identical to the Phantasy Star Blue Burst RAcaseal: yellowboze ver. APSY model kit, the main difference is the color but redria also comes with more weapons and has the height option, but aside from that they are basically the same kit, so if you want a yellowboze kit but can't find one you can simply repaint a redria kit and vice versa (in my opinion: the only difficult part would be the eyes as they are different colors, but you could always due a "blank eyes" version).

all in all I am very happy with these models and I would definitely purchase this kit again.

Phantasy Star Blue Burst RAcaseal: yellowboze ver. APSY

I recently bought a PHANTASY STAR ONLINE Blue Burst – RAcaseal: Yellowboze Ver.APSY 1/12 plastic model kit by Kotobukiya, I'm not really a fan of phantasy star but I really liked the look of the kit and decided to buy it, it took about two days to assemble (I started late at night so I only got the arms done then I went to sleep, when I woke up I built the rest of it). it is unpainted (I don't plan on painting it), the skirt piece that comes pre-painted in this kit was not very well prepared before it was painted as you can see where it was clipped out from the plastic tree so having it already painted is pointless because you would have to sand it down and repaint it if you wanted it to be perfect, but it comes with some extra parts that aren't used (a chest, torso, toes, knee joints, shoulder armor, skirt armor, and eye plate (I think that was everything, I may have forgotten something)) so you can change the color of a few parts and build a perfect skirt armor, she also comes with a variety of hands (some are already done and ready to use (I think they are actually made of pvc) and there are some that are in a plastic tree and need to be assembled).

the articulation of the model is really nice and it is very poseable the only trouble is keeping her from falling over as she does not come with a stand (apparently this kit is compatible with a stand that kotobukiya makes, not sure what one though). the weapon and back unit pieces in the pictures shown are from 1/144 scale gundam kits (gun: rx-79 ground gundam, back units: amx-107 bawoo), the kit does come with its own weapons but I thought she'd look better with some gundam parts.

this kit also has four different hair/head pieces to choose from so you can pick the one you like best, but sadly she only comes with one face plate so you can only have one full head (unless you buy four kits).

(these head shots are not my pictures)

all in all, I am very happy I bought this model kit.