Rise of the Principality of Zeon.
When Zeon Zum Deikun, the leader of the republic, became gravely ill in UC 0068, he mentioned only one name on his deathbed: “Degwin Zabi.”
The people of Side 3 took this to mean that Deikun was naming Degwin to succeed him as leader of the Republic in that year. After being appointed as the leader of the Republic of Zeon, Degwin Zabi adopted the title of Sodo, meaning “Lord,” and was referred to them on as Degwin Sodo Zabi. Seizing control of the government, Degwin maintained the only way for the colonies to be independent of the Earth Federation was for the Principality to fight (though in reality, Side 3 was already independent of Earth at that time).
To this end, Degwin appointed his own children into military and political offices and pushed for the rapid development of military technology.
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FG-02 MS-06S Char’s Zaku II “Mobile suit Gundam” First Grade 1/144 Model Kit
- Bandai First Grade Gundam FG-02 MS-06S CHAR’S ZAKU II
- Scale: 1/144
- Gundam First Grade Series Model Kit
- Item is a plastic model kit and assembly is required
- Our items are Bandai original items distributed in Japan and come with Japanese instructions (illustrated diagram is included)
- Made in Japan
- Street Price in the USA: $7.95 to $9.95
Another weekend project finished and added to my growing collection goes to my shelf ob BANDAI Gundam model kits. This time was for ZAKU II in 1/144. Mobile Suits have had a loyal fan base in the USA. But thanks to streaming services like HULU+, the Mobile Suits are gaining feverish popularity. Although I have a few favorite characters, I’ mostly driven to build and collect based on character designs.
These mini kits are very affordable and can basically be built while watching the show. The instructions are in Japanese but thanks to the well known Bandai engineering, coupled with nice illustrations, they are very easy to build. This is a First Grade Model from Bandai but the articulation is quite decent considering the simplicity of the model and the price point.
I was going to mix colors from Mission Models to achieve that ”terracotta” color. But then I noticed that I had a very similar color in the shop in the form of primer. For the base color I used SNR-218 Terracota from STYNYLREZ and the other colors are from
Mission Models US applied on a Badger Patriot 105. The black outlines were made via black pencil from Prismacolor.
Painted or straight out of the box, you can’t go wrong with this model. This model was purchased for $16.99 at my local hobby shop. Always support your local hobby shops 😉
Highly Recommended!
