EX Model

S-Gundam Attacker

Kit Review

Straight build

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - The molded color is just plain white~ish. Great color for painting though ^^

The molded color is just plain white~ish. Great color for painting though ^^

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker (1/2) EX Model S-Gundam Attacker (2/2)

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker (1/2) EX Model S-Gundam Attacker (2/2)

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker (1/2) EX Model S-Gundam Attacker (2/2)

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Front and back. The detail is pretty good for a 1/144 scale. (1/2) EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Front and back. The detail is pretty good for a 1/144 scale. (2/2)

Front and back. The detail is pretty good for a 1/144 scale.

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Detail on the transformation section where the arms would be. The molding itself is more refined EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Detail on the transformation section where the arms would be. The molding itself is more refined

Detail on the transformation section where the arms would be.
The molding itself is more refined than the HGUC at the same scale.

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - The ducts and verniers have a nice sense of volume — almost resin-like. (1/2) EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - The ducts and verniers have a nice sense of volume — almost resin-like. (2/2)

The ducts and verniers have a nice sense of volume — almost resin-like.

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Top and bottom of the body (1/2) EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Top and bottom of the body (2/2)

Top and bottom of the body

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - The slide gimmick at the tip of the stabilizers is reproduced. Not like it's going to transform

The slide gimmick at the tip of the stabilizers is reproduced.
Not like it's going to transform anyway, so why bother including that..?

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Flying pose~ Actually this shot was taken while holding one of the wings ^^;

Flying pose~
Actually this shot was taken while holding one of the wings ^^;

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Together with the same-scale HGUC S-Gundam.

Together with the same-scale HGUC S-Gundam.

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - This time the MG S-Gundam is hoisting the Attacker up high! ^^

This time the MG S-Gundam is hoisting the Attacker up high! ^^

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Comparison with the 1/100 MG S-Gundam's Attacker. (1/2) EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Comparison with the 1/100 MG S-Gundam's Attacker. (2/2)

Comparison with the 1/100 MG S-Gundam's Attacker.

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker (1/2) EX Model S-Gundam Attacker (2/2)

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker - Together with the previous 1/144 Ex-model aircraft kits.

Together with the previous 1/144 Ex-model aircraft kits.

The 5th EX model release is a bit of an odd choice — it's the S-Gundam Attacker, the upper-body transformation form of the S-Gundam. Of course it's a fixed flight-form kit with no transformation, and every single part is molded in a blatantly plain white. That's basically screaming "paint me!" — and since color separation would've been a nightmare anyway, it seems like they just molded it in a paint-friendly color to match the EX concept... It's definitely a color that works in your favor when painting ^^

On the flip side, the overall detail is finer and bolder than HGUC level — it gives off an almost resin-like feel. Things that should stick out do, and things that should be recessed are. It's not the type of kit that goes crazy with panel lines; instead it relies on the three-dimensionality of the molding itself. And if this had been a transforming kit, the transformation gimmick would've made it wobbly and hard to keep in place — but since they gave up on transformation entirely and locked it in flight form, the proportions stay rock solid without a hint of wobble, which is actually a selling point in its own right.

Between the molded color and the detail, this kit definitely stirs up the urge to paint it — but the problem is that the Attacker itself feels like a pretty niche item.

For those who enjoy painting, think of it as a quirky little item that's somewhat interesting in its own way — pricier than usual since it's an Ex-model, but still cheaper than resin. ^^

EX Model S-Gundam Attacker | 2002.1 | ¥3,000 | 1/144

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.