Kit Review

Straight build +
partial painting + panel lining + decals

1/60 Real Detail Freedom Gundam - The universal standard for size comparison — next to a cigarette pack. At this scale, it lo

The universal standard for size comparison — next to a cigarette pack. At this scale, it looks absolutely massive.

1/60 Real Detail Freedom Gundam - The joints are incredibly stiff, so even with those heavy wings on its back, it barely ever

The joints are incredibly stiff, so even with those heavy wings on its back, it barely ever topples over.

View from below

The cockpit hatch opens via a sliding mechanism.

All the verniers are color-separated in red.

The beam sabers and the dark blue areas on the sides are also perfectly color-separated.

Compared to the Strike, the inner skirt mold is a bit plain.

Typical 1/60 fingers with two-segment articulation

1/60 Real Detail Freedom Gundam - The blue section of the rifle finally gets color separation! Even the MG glossed over this

The blue section of the rifle finally gets color separation! Even the MG glossed over this area, so this is definitely a win for the larger scale.

The rifle can be stored on the rear skirt.

1/60 Real Detail Freedom Gundam - True to the 1/60 scale, both the rifle and beam sabers have pegs stored inside them that pl

True to the 1/60 scale, both the rifle and beam sabers have pegs stored inside them that plug into the palm to keep them secure.

Inner mold of the shield.

1/60 Real Detail Freedom Gundam - The shield mounting point on the forearm is normally covered up, and the cover only gets re

The shield mounting point on the forearm is normally covered up,
and the cover only gets removed when attaching the shield.
A nice little touch befitting the big scale.

When you fully extend the rail guns on the sides, they're quite long.

1/60 Real Detail Freedom Gundam - One unique feature of the RF Freedom. Since it has to carry those massive wings on its back

One unique feature of the RF Freedom.
Since it has to carry those massive wings on its back, the connection points need to be really solid.
So instead of a plain polycap or just tight plastic-on-plastic friction, they went with a clever solution.
On both sides of the plastic socket at each connection point, there are protruding polycap-material pegs pressed in.
This way the wings plug in nice and tight, and the friction from those protruding polycap pegs keeps everything from going loose.

Every single wing connection point uses these peg-type polycaps.

1/60 Real Detail Freedom Gundam - Wings spread open. The style and structure are almost identical to the 1/100 Freedom. The d

Wings spread open. The style and structure are almost identical to the 1/100 Freedom.
The difference with the 1/60 RD is that the dark blue sections of the wings are perfectly color-separated.

Arms are still 90 degrees;; but the legs bend quite a bit more.

High M.A.T. mode seen from the rear.
Incredibly large and wide.

Getting it into a kneeling pose isn't too difficult.

Beam saber action

Remove the tip pieces from both beam sabers and plug in the separate connector piece, and...

You get this. It's about 50cm long — absolutely massive.

Rail cannon and plasma beam cannon attack mode. The sheer size gives it incredible presence.

Next to the 1/100 Freedom. The 1/100 looks tiny;;

Next to the 1/60 Strike Gundam Aile pack version. The Freedom has a much bigger presence.

Straight build shots — front / rear

The second main protagonist's mobile suit, Freedom Gundam, has now gotten the 1/60 RD treatment. Just like the Strike before it, the 1/60 Freedom gives off the feeling of being an enlarged copy of the existing 1/100 scale kit. The proportions, articulation, and overall style are nearly identical to the 1/100.

The biggest difference would probably be the more refined color separation compared to the 1/100. Areas that were glossed over even in the 1/100 — the verniers, the dark blue on the sides and beam sabers, the dark blue sections of the wings, the blue stripe on the rifle, and more — are all cleanly color-separated here, hitting 100% of the design colors. And as you'd expect from a larger scale, panel lines and details throughout are rendered with a bit more precision.

The standout feature of the 1/60 Freedom has to be the joints. By nature, this kit is carrying a huge load on its back, so weak joints would be a real problem. That goes double for a large-scale kit. The 1/60 Freedom has noticeably stiffer joints than even the 1/60 Strike — every single joint, arms, legs, feet, is stiff across the board. So as long as you get the center of gravity roughly right, it stands up straight without budging. Thankfully, it almost never falls over from being back-heavy. ^^

That said, large backpack pieces like the rear wings can loosen up over time no matter how stiff they start out. To address this, the 1/60 Freedom uses a pretty unique connection system — not a standard polycap, and not just plain plastic friction either. Grooves are cut into the round connection points at intervals, and slightly protruding polycaps are inserted into those grooves to create friction. So when you plug that round piece into the socket, the protruding polycap pegs create this perfect feel — smooth yet stiff at the same time. It's a clever bit of engineering that nails both joint strength and durability at once. Nice~

1/60 scale kits in general live and die by their visual presence, but the Freedom's presence easily overwhelms the Strike. Stand them side by side and the Freedom just looks so much more voluminous. (Which is also why it costs more, of course.) Even just sitting on a shelf, this kit commands serious attention.

With its massive presence, stiff joints, and perfect color separation, this is a solid big-scale kit all around. There's really nothing major to complain about in terms of quality, so if you like the look and style, go ahead and grab it without hesitation. ^^

1/60 Real Detail Freedom Gundam | 2003. 7 | ¥5,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.