A 1/2400 small-scale warship kit has been released — the Gwazine, the Zeon forces' sleek and stylish battleship. According to the official specs, the Gwazine measures 440 meters long, which means even at 1/2400 scale it should come out to over 16cm — but the actual kit is only about 10cm long.
I'm not sure whether to call this a lore break or a scale break, but at a price of around 300 yen, it seems like they intentionally sized it to match the previously released 1/2400 White Base in terms of volume. Still, small as it is, the kit does a decent job of capturing the feel of the original — the streamlined hull and the many gun barrels are nicely reproduced. There are no articulation gimmicks to speak of; you just glue everything together and you're done.
From the photos alone, the single orange molded color makes the detail look a bit plain, but with some shading and paint work it could look pretty sharp. Either way, since this is the only injection-molded Gwazine kit out there, it's got plenty of collector value — and as an affordable warship kit you can have fun painting, it's got even more going for it. :-)
[ Updated at 2016.3.11 ]
AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.
