MG 1/100 Psycho Zaku Ver Ka

The hands and skirts are the only gripes but overall, one of the best kits. Will need a new shelf just for it.

It's as good as everyone says it is, and all those complaints about the dust sleeves being difficult is honestly unnecessary and here's the best way to do it, so don't be put off! They are my favorite part!

1. Open up the sleeve slowly FIRST with a small hobby knife by picking at the end and open it up with a spare beam saber effect part (Yes, those work, I tried!)
2. Carefully flatten the folded seam line using a dowel peg as a guide rod
3. Slowly round out the profile of the sleeve (as tubular as you can manage)
4. Crinkle it up bit by bit, start at one end, work your way down (for the largest leg parts, use a sharpie pen. It's the right diameter to crinkle.
5. Un-crinkle it slightly and work it into over the pipe and joints
6. For the power-pipes, don't just push, rotate it slightly while you are pushing
7. Re-crinkle / apply final crinkling, it's easier once its in place
8. WATCH THOSE BICEP JOINTS - you may need to trim, those f*ckers have an extraordinarily close fit and hard to fit right.

Absolutely beautiful kit. They did an outstanding job designing everything to look its best. The main body has lovely white and orange accents with little pops of gold boosters and black joint tubing, and then you slap on the massive booster engines and what you have is a gorgeous centerpiece for any collection. The assembly takes awhile, but comes together smart, with the only headache really being the shrink tubing that goes over certain joints and tubes. It's a little frustrating, but it's all durable enough that you won't break anything figuring it out. Lastly, the water decals ot comes with provide more than mere generic white scribbles to throw on random places on the suit, (it still does have those) but also provides these lines to add detail to the boosters and MS armor plates. You need to patient enough to apply water decals well, but it really elevates the finished kit. Not an entry level kit for SURE but if you feel confident enough to build MG kits, I urge you to pick this kit up. You will love it!
I'll mention a few issues with the kit just to keep the review complete: the beam bazooka does not work. It's too heavy for the arms to easily hold up and won't fit over the elaborate shoulder guards. On top of this, the hands are a very simple "swap this part for these fingers" type with a ball jointed thumb that does not have a slot in it to attach weapons to. It expects this set up to just hold the handles well, but weapons are more likely than not going to sit weirdly in the hands if they will stay at all! Also, you'll see size is mentioned in the other reviews. They are not incorrect. The box is the same size as the PG freedom gundam box I have, and if you're a kit queuer, this guy is going to take up quite a lot of space waiting for you to build it. The kit itself is large too. The Zaku by itself is a full MG sized MS, but then you put a 2ft long engine onto its back and suddenly it's taking up all the space on your desk! You should probably make sure you have some space to fit this into your display area.
Other than that, I'll attach some pictures, and hope that you get it and wish you the best of luck! Now I just need the Full Armor Gundam to Restock!

Came in a day early. This thing is huge. My son wants it. I will use his tears to prewash before painting.

super fun to build