Retro: The 1/144 No Grade Wing Gundam Zero

Yeah, I know it's a lot more interesting to post new models of Gundams instead of using stuff that started back in 1995-1996, but hey, you still gotta give the old school some respect.

Like the Wing Gundam Zero Type, which in my opinion maybe one of the best kits in its generation.

Now this is a very old kit. My twin brother used to have one when we were starting out in our Gundam fandom, but we both lost our old kits when our house was renovated. Prolly they're now buried within the walls of our house. LOL.

Recently, Bandai has been releasing some old kits from old series such as Gundam Wing and Gundam X. These kits are no-grades, which, according to some collectors, were considered as High Grades during the '90s. Anyway, I was browsing the very few Gundam kits sold in a nearby mall, and when I saw this kit I instantly picked it up and bought it. You don't get to see brand new old kits sold these days.

And amazingly, it's got great articulation for its scale and generation. (Yeah like I haven't noticed that before LOL). Head moves 360°, arms rotate around the shoulder, so does the torso around the waist. Old kits used to have this one piece of rear skirt, so the legs doesn’t really go far back. No grades also have the knees bent on two joints, and the amount of detail on this old kits is tremendous. Considering that it is a No Grade, and a kit that was manufactured for more than ten years ago, this kit can do a lot of poses.

The only problem that I have with this kit is the elbow joint, where it bends forwards... and backwards, which can make it look like it dislocated its elbow. I think if you knew how to do a battle damaged detail on this kit it would be great to have that feature, but for a basic collector it's a problem, especially when carrying the buster rifle which is a bit heavy, so if you want to stabilize how it holds the rifle you'd have to apply either thick paint or thin cement on the joint (but not necessarily while it's assembled; you have to apply it ONLY on the hole where the polycap joint is pegged on the lower arm) to thicken the joint and make it less loose.

Ahh, the signature pose of the Wing Zero. Although this makes the buster rifle less heavy for either arm, but after applying thick paint on the elbow joint it can hold the rifles better now.

Another bargain for this kit is its ability to transform. Here we see the Wing Zero on its bird mode. Transformation is simple and easy to do. I just wish it could be mounted on an action base to be able to display this kit in this mode.

The wings were molded in white, and I only painted it based on the anime details. I was inspired by YouTube user vegeta8259 when I was browsing Gundam reviews and bumped into his review on the Wing Zero.

If you want a more detailed review on this kit, I recommend going into his video review on the Wing Zero.