Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Bottom view.
There are 5 stand holes on it.

Together with the HG Gundam Portent.
Even though it's called the Portent Flyer,

Mounted on a stand.

A variety of different wings are included.

The main body can be broken down as shown above and combined with the various wing accessories.

Assembled in blade type

Assembled in wing type.

Joint parts for attaching to other kits are also included.

You attach the joint parts to the back like this, then mount the wings.

Attached to the HGUC Sinanju.

Attached to the HG Zaku Warrior Lunamaria Hawke custom.

You can combine the smaller wings to create a two-tier wing configuration.

Attached to the HG Reborns Gundam.

The 21st Build Custom kit is the Portent Flyer, a flight unit. It comes with a variety of wing shapes that can be combined in different configurations, though honestly they all end up looking pretty similar.

Just going by the name "Portent Flyer," you'd think it was made to pair perfectly with the Gundam Portent — but it's actually kind of awkward to attach to it, and the manual doesn't even recommend doing so. To be honest, even the example combinations shown in the manual — the HGUC Sinanju, HG Reborns Gundam, and Zaku Warrior — don't really feel like a great fit either.

On top of that, it's molded entirely in a single light gray color, so in straight build form it has almost no visual presence at all. Without painting it somehow, you'd have a hard time telling whether this is a brand-new kit or some old kit from 20 years ago...

Anyway, unless you're really into this kind of flight unit accessory and are willing to put in some paint work or at least some panel lining, this isn't a kit I can really recommend. :-)

HGBF Portent Flyer | 2015.3 | ¥600

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.