Prometheus Rising Studios   Ben Mininberg's models, toy customs, and design work.

The Gundam MkII is one of the two lead machines in Zeta Gundam. This is the version 2 Master Grade kit, which has a full interior skeleton/frame and is incredibly articulated.  I finished this kit a few years ago, when it came out.  I added a slightly modified paint scheme with some extra color trim, and used Bandai’s waterslide decal sheet to spruce up the machine.  This was an early attempt at a more subtle  amount of battle damage and weathering on my larger scale mecha models.  I think the effect here works much better than the harsher techniques used on my GP-01FB.    The MkII is a jack of all trades mobile suit, able to function as a ground combat machine as well as in space.  Most of Z Gundam takes place in space, so I did not do any dirty and rust on this mecha.

This is Bandai’s Perfect Grade Gundam GP-01FB, from the series Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memories.  Perfect Grade kits from Bandai are (for Gundam at least) 1/60 scale, which makes them around a foot tall, and feature the most detailed representation of the mecha.  PG kits include complete internal skeletons, with all of the armor assembled around the frame, providing an extremely posable and detailed model to work with.  This model is from a few years ago now, but I’m still quite pleased with how it came out.  It won Best of Show at a local hobby shop competition, and is now on display there.

The GP-01FB is the space-optimized upgrade of the GP-01 testbed prototype Unit 1.  Because it is a space mecha, I did not add any dirt or rust to the weathering.  I did all marks from small debris impacts, which I imagine would happen often as the Unit 1 FB is zipping around in space blowing stuff up.