Tuesday 13 September 2022

Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00 [Final Assembly plus Weapons & Accessories]

 Final assembly of the Bandai Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00 was done in less than 20 minutes as all the hard work - namely the major sub-assemblies such as the head, torso, and limbs - had already been completed earlier. Apart from final assembly of the Evangelion itself, I also put together Unit-00's weapons and accessories i.e. power plug and cable. But these weren't as difficult to put together as the major sub-assemblies. All in all this Real Grade kit is an easy enough project for an experienced scale modeler to tackle over a dedicated free hobby-weekend (or throughout a busy week), at least it should be if it was a straight out-of-the-box build with no painting involved.


Bandai Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00, fully assembled sans weapons and accessories

 However, the time frame mentioned in the preceding paragraph is only a guesstimate at best. For you see, I tend to work slowly on projects due to my OCD tendencies as well as my reduced energy levels as I grow older. Complicating matters further is the time factor involved in chronicling the progress of a scale model/miniature project. In projects I undertake, the effort to record/edit the kit's work-in-progress photos/videos can be just as time consuming as (if not more than) the build/painting process itself. It all adds up in what I'd term as the FourEyedMonster Hobby-Time Continuum.


Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00 head and torso sub-assemblies

Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00 arms, legs, and shoulder sub-assemblies

 Putting together Evangelion Unit-00 in the final phase of assembly was a straightforward process seeing that the sub-assemblies comprising the head, torso, and limbs were already completed earlier. One would think this was a pointless to seemingly drag on the assembly process. I wouldn't blame you for thinking so. But I've always felt it necessary to take a breath once the main sub-assemblies were completed, and appreciate the separate parts - in this case the head, torso, and limbs - in isolation, before specific details are lost to the eye when it all comes together. 


Main sub-assemblies of the Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00 prior to the final assembly process

Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00, fully assembled with all the non-weapon related hand options

 As mentioned earlier, apart from the final assembly itself I had also proceeded to assemble, and detail the weapons and accessories. One key thing I forgot to do was to panel line them both. But as you can se from the photos below, they still look relatively good regardless.


Evangelion Unit-00 pallet rifle, and progressive knives, as well as hand options to hold said weapons

Power plug and umbilical cable, both serve as a direct power supply for the Evangelion

A fully assembled Evangelion Unit-00 together with its weapons and accessories

 If you have yet to watch it, and are interested in a video of an unboxing of the Bandai Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00 model kit, and a detailed look at the sprues included in the kit, then please check out Part 1 of 3 of the Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00 YouTube series (see below).



 Meanwhile, the following video chronicles the assembly of the Evangelion itself sans its weapons and accessories. In Part 2 of 3 of the Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00 YouTube series (see below), I look at individual sub-assemblies in detail and point out the work I had done on them. Then I proceed to put these sub-assemblies (head/torso/limbs) together in the final phase of assembly.



 Last but not least, in Part 3 of 3 of the Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00 YouTube video series (see below) we take a look at the pallet rifle, the progressive knives, the power plug and umbilical cable, as well as show a 360 degree view of the Evangelion with its weapons.



 By next week I should've finished editing the final photographs I took of the Evangelion Unit-00 in a myriad of poses with and without its weapons/accessories.That should also be the last blog update of the Real Grade Evangelion Unit-00 project, opening a slot for a new project to fill. Until we meet again next week it's time for me to sign off and bid you no evil. Stay safe, be well, be happy.


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8 comments:

  1. Great work Kuan ! Looking forward to your next post to see the final result.
    Greetings

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    1. Thank you Mario ... but I always feel like a cheat with any OOB build as I feel I haven't done any 'real' work at all, the minimal work nothwithstanding.

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    1. That's all due to the quality of Bandai's Real Grade kits ... all I did in this particular project is to panel line certain areas and apply selected sticker/decals.

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  3. What a cool project and what a hell of a work! I love it!

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    1. Thank you Suber ... It's not as much work as it looks, and that's the beauty of these Real Grade kits.

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  4. Very precise painting as always, Kuan! Love the color combination.

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    1. This is so embarrassing for me ... I barely did any work on this kit other than some panel lining and sticker/decal application. This shows how good these Real Grade kits are though. Thank you though for liking this project.

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