This Isn't no Zaku, Boy!

"This isn't no Zaku, Boy"

 This is a double negative... So it means that it is a zaku..? Hooray! That means I didn't botch the title! 

G'day folks, 

Wanted to show off my most recent build, the HG:O Tri star zaku II. This is going to be my first painted gunpla kit, so it's going to have a learning curve to it. Bear with me folks! :P 

Construction was quick, as I got the torso and head constructed and primed in under 45 minutes. With minimal time spent on this kit, I can already tell this is going to quickly become my favorite version of the Zaku, and my favorite kit out of the Hg lineup as well. 

The only things I can't say I like about the kit are very minor and shouldn't be an issue, just nitpicking. Lol. 

       >I would have preferred the arm polycaps to rotate upwards instead of forwards as the left and right torso move inwards and have this covered fairly well. 

       >The monoeye is just a sticker that is applied to a rounded plastic peice in the head. I would have preferred an indintation for the eye sticker so that I could paint it instead, but it's a highgrade kit, what can you do? 

Here are a few images of the primed kit as of yet. 

Gotta love that backpack's detail! 

I painted the backpack jumpjets in Testor's magnesium Buffing metalizer, here's a picture with one painted and one not. I think you'll agree the painted one is better ten fold. After this I applied a wash to dirty them up a bit. Sorry, forgot to snap a few pictures for you. 

I'll do an indepth review once I've got the kit fully assembled and painted, until then stay tuned. 

Thanks for looking and stay safe out there!