Bandai Hobby #116 MSN-06S Sinanju 144 HGUC (165297)

Wow it looks awesome when finished, it was a tough build though! Colors are great, tons of detail, you won't regret getting this!It's big for a 1/144, too, it's almost as big as the 1/100 Deathscythe! Took me probably twice as long as some of the other 1/144's I've built, due to a lot of complex parts and lots of stickers (all the gold bits are stickers, and need to be placed carefully).Good weapon options, gun/shield, beam swords, or a double bladed axe/spear.One downsize is the hands need to be switched out to outfit it with each weapon.

Bandai went all out with this kit you'll notice that the moment you see how big the box is, unlike many HGs Bandai didn't cheap out by having some parts like thrusters or the grey pieces under the red pieces of the chest just be molded onto others in a single color requiring paint or stickers this along with all the extra moving details (the thrusters on the side of the legs can move, another thruster is concealed on the back of leg and can be pulled out, the wings on the backpack can be extended) make this feel closer to a RG than a typical HG, even the way the head is built (a middle piece with the eye and a mouthplate piece under it sandwiched between two pieces of the head) is a trademark of RG build design. Build process is easy nothing popped out to me as annoying just be prepared for a lengthy build time, it has nearly 50 steps and that's not counting the steps for some of the limb that tell you immediately repeat the step for the other limb as it counts those as single step. The biggest elephant in the room here is of course the stickers, I avoided them completely because everything that requires a sticker is sculpted so I went over it with a gold sharpie, I opted for that over a gundam marker because the metallic gold GM's tip is simply too big the fine tip on the sharpie was the perfect size, if you really can't handle doing this or a reverse wash you could always just use the gold gundam maker to paint the whole piece that probably will look decent and better than just leaving them completely black though of course not accurate but Gunpla is all about freedom.The RG brilliantly solves the gold problem and has bunch of neat extras but still sculpt wise it's very similar to the HG, the RG is also sadly plagued with stability and fragility problems whereas the HG is pretty sturdy so if you want a 144 Sinanju and feel iffy about the RG I say go with this one.Update: To my annoyance the sharpie rubs off when handled so I went and redid everything with my metallic gold Gundam marker and honestly it wasn't really that hard plus it's not going to rub off, the trick is to very lightly use the smallest bit tip along the trim and not to panic over excess paint as you scrap it with a toothpick this is very easy and safe to do thanks to the raised areas being clearly defined you'll run no risk of scrapping them off instead, if you miss some areas on the trims afterwards you can touch them up easily with another toothpick or fine tip brush dipped in a bit of the marker paint. I'll also take this time to throw in one of my annoyances of this kit the bizzare ball jointed cables between the front and rear skirts, this on paper is a cool idea but bizzare because Bandai didn't make this a secure connection and it tends to pop out a lot, a better solution would have been a mushroom peg that would be locked in by the black and gold pieces rather than a weak ball joint.

5 Stars for the incredible delivery time. Arrived almost an entire week earlier than the anticipated date from over seas! I absolutely love the quality of this kit. From observing the box and it's contents, everything looked perfect. Haven't built it yet, but as an experienced Gundam/Gunpla hobbyist, it's going to be great. (There are plenty of reviews out there already on this product).Excellent place to buy this product. Best price, box was in perfect condition, and a friendly note inside the box from the store- plus a free bookmark! Keep in mind if you want that real finished look on Sinanju, order the water slide decals too.

I found building this was a challenge. I found numerous steps tricky. Some had triple poly-caps needed. I'm new to Gundam building. I have recently built three other HG kits including Sazabi which was great. I just wanted this build to be over. It can be tricky and the stickers I flunked on. I guess I was lacking patients on this build.I just finished the model and have his shield(more stickers) and weapons to build.My Sananju looks great otherwise. This is a good kit, but long build for a HG.I have my unbuilt Master Grade. I do not know when I'll be ready for that build though this Sinanju kit will help my experience

First of all let me state that this kit is more along the lines of a 4.5. It's incredible but it has some flaws. First of all the amount of parts included with it are stunning. You'll get a few more plates than your usual High Grade. Next be ready to decal this thing, A LOT, if you want to get it anywhere near it's OVA counterpart in terms of looks and style you HAVE to decal it, otherwise this will look like an upgraded Sazabi or Nightingale. Assembly wise its straightforward and requires a lot more patience than your average HGUC. When i built this thing it took me about six hours and by this time I'd built several kits including a Master Grade and a Real Grade. So be ready to work on this one. Finally it does have some great articulation and storage space on it, the Bazooka undermount attachment and a pair of it's Beam Axes can be stored in the shield and unless you mounted the actual beam plastics you wouldn't know they were there. This is a good kit, but I would recommend this to a beginner who's had some practice or higher skill

if the like gundam suits this is a very nice design,i chose this as my first build,and it wasn't to bad.the colors are nice and bright,a lot of red,and some black pieces that if you are good at painting you could get a gold marker or brush and apply the detailing,or you better learn to love foil stickers because there are a lot of them,on the chest,knees,lower arms,and the front flaps.he has flaps,and thrusters everywhere,two long fuel tanks that connect with the backpack,two large thrusters on top that really dosen't make it back heavy because it stands pretty well on it's own.he also comes with a beam rifle,two nice beam sabers,two wicked looking beam axes that you can plug into the shield for a really cool effect,and two ax handles that connect together to make i large double edged spear thing(sorry i'm not sure what it is really called)over all i had a lot of fun building it in a day because i wanted to take my time,most of it was applying the dang foil stickers,but i do suggest you invest in a pair of model nippers because they will be very handy.well thank you for reading this long-winded review,if the get it please enjoy it and have fun.