Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Muv-Luv 1/144 Su-48pzX1 Berkut - Detail shots (1/4)

Muv-Luv 1/144 Su-48pzX1 Berkut - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Compact armament

Motor blade and folding blade recreation

Muv-Luv 1/144 Su-48pzX1 Berkut - Motor blade action (1/3)

Motor blade action

Muv-Luv 1/144 Su-48pzX1 Berkut - Motor blade + folding blade action (1/3)

Motor blade + folding blade action

Muv-Luv 1/144 Su-48pzX1 Berkut - Two-handed shooting pose (1/3)

Two-handed shooting pose

Together with the Su-47E Berkut.

This kit is the Su-47pzX1 Berkut, a color variant of the previously released Su-47E Berkut. As you can see, the entire lineup is 100% identical — it's a straight-up color variant with just the molded color swapped out to red.

So the basic characteristics are completely the same as the original dark gray Berkut — it's a solid 1/144 Muv-Luv kit with decent articulation and sturdy joint strength. That said, just like its predecessor, there's this awkward issue in standing mode where spreading the legs apart to get a stable stance feels weirdly tricky. It might be hard to understand without actually building it yourself, but basically the horizontal rotation at the hip joints is strangely narrow and stiff, so getting a nice wide stance with the legs spread out is a bit of a pain.

Anyway, since this is a pure and simple color variant kit there's not much else to say — but if you're a fan of Muv-Luv and love the Berkut, it's definitely worth building both color versions without feeling like you're getting tired of it. :-)

Muv-Luv 1/144 Su-47pzX1 Berkut | 2014.1 | ¥3,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.