A side story to the Gundam 00 Series is the Mobile Suite Gundam 00F. The Astraea Type-F piloted by Fon Spaak. The manga never made it to the anime. I just hope Sunrise would do someday. This is an interesting piece of model kit compared to the other Non-grade gundam kits I have seen and have assembled. This one is far better than other older MG kits or equally at par with the current MG kits nowadays. The package has lots of runners! Also, since this is a different version of the Astraea, it has some parts of the Exia as well. Most of all, I like its articulations including its weapons - GN rifle and GN bazooka!
Because I custom made this, I veered away from its stock red color. I used a different paint scheme. I prepped the kit especially the joints with graphite spray paint and then have it finished with a Yamaha Red Spray paint. The tricky part in the painting is having the two mixtures of paint react evenly together. So in effect, the red translucent paint has to eat-up with the graphite's mixture.
But before I further discuss later the customisations I did, here are the pics! or see them featured at hobbylink.tv
