Not a Gundam or kit building guy myself but I did pick up this guy the other day. I mainly collect Godzilla and kaiju and MOTU stuff. Don't have a lot of room for Gundam stuff. Just mainly getting what I like and trying to stay with HG stuff as it's the best price with me with everything else I buy and collect. I have the HG Psycho Gundam, HG Hi-Zack, and the figuarts Epyon, and now the MG Gouf. Have a few others I want to get. Great video!
Outstanding review, you really went above and beyond and I really appreciate it Thank you I was concerned about getting this old kit but you really eased my nerves
@@oeufski yo finished the kit awhile ago Once again it was really helpful and I would love to see more in the future I coated the polycaps with topcoat before building and it fixed all of the loose joints 👍🙂👍
2008-2009 are the golden years for Master Grade kits. Even the high grades I've built from 2008-9 have been fantastic (Re-GZ, Kampfer, and Geara Doga). Bandai was on their A-game. Get yourself the master grade Zaku II, you won't regret it.
I used to kind of hate the look of this kit, I’ve always preferred the the Gouf Custom. Buuuuut, after picking up some old Hobby Japan issues from 2009 and seeing some of the pictures in there of really nicely done builds of this model I’m starting to warm up to it. And also the amount of weapons included too! And I have the MG 2.0 Zaku II, which is the majority of this kit’s frame as well, I was hesitant to consider this model cuz I wasn’t sure if it had the 2.0 frame but it’s nice to see so. Edit: and to add on to what you said at the end, I have so many different Gunpla projects going on all at the same time and I am not even close to finishing any. I got the DM Deathscythe Hell TV which has been a NIGHTMARE to just put together so I just stopped working on it because it pissed me off so bad, things just didn’t wanna fit together. Then I moved on to kitbashing the HG Kshatriya and MG Sinanju, which was fun but it’s very tedious as I’m swapping armor and joints, which needs a lot of gluing and otherwise fabrication work, and then I started a sculpture of an Evangelion. So I’m also drowning in projects 😂
You did an amazing job on this build - I can't even see the nub marks, it looks flawless. It took me probably over 10 hours to build this damn thing and clean it up. Fun fact I realized after having built it - the reason the waist rotation articulation is non-existant is that there are narrow channels cut out for the waist armor joints. Not the piping, or the waist armor, as I expected, but the channel cut out of the torso itself for rotation. It's not even 5 degrees in either direction. I suspect that shaving down this area would allow it to rotate quite a bit more. I may or may not modify this at some point. It would take quite a bit of filing, but fortunately, it's underneath the skirting sections and won't be visible. It seems they didn't want you to be able to turn the waist on the model, for whatever reason. I'm still curious what on earth you did to clean up the nubs on this because it looks perfect.
@@typesaad In the original anime, Goufs are seen flying around with Zaku machine guns. There's pictures on the Gundam Wiki. They have regular sized left hands to hold the machine gun handle. They even have one with a Zaku bazooka and even a heat hawk in the anime as well.
The legs on mine were so loose they refused to stay in the waist unit, I ended up having to take an entire bottle of superglue to both the house and pegs to get them to stay. *it couldn't even hold itself up
The nub marks have a tendency to be more visible with how dark the blue plastic is. However with a little care they are manageable. You could also use plastic glue to reactivate the plastic and get rid of the stress marks. All and all it’s a very fun kit and I wouldn’t let this dissuade you from getting it.
That’s strange, I just took mine out of the display case and it feels sturdy enough. Are you having trouble with the hip joints or another part of the leg assembly?
@oeufski Update: I fixed it with putting a huge amount of super inside the polycap, and then I let it dry before putting both legs in. It worked perfectly fine.
drives me crazy they have had the MG Gouf 2.0 out for years but wont do the Gouf Custom 2.0
Right? It’s just as deserving! I’d buy it.
I just built Gouf Custom. The build is fine. But the fucking right arm doesn't hold the galling worth a fuck.
@@Serprem The Gouf Custom is one of my favorite MS but the MG build is in desperate need of an update
The HG is the best! The MG which I just finished is in need of an update badly.
That was one thing nice about the HG Gouf Crimson Custom, it supported the Gatling shield well.
Not a Gundam or kit building guy myself but I did pick up this guy the other day. I mainly collect Godzilla and kaiju and MOTU stuff. Don't have a lot of room for Gundam stuff. Just mainly getting what I like and trying to stay with HG stuff as it's the best price with me with everything else I buy and collect. I have the HG Psycho Gundam, HG Hi-Zack, and the figuarts Epyon, and now the MG Gouf. Have a few others I want to get. Great video!
Thank you! That Kaiju stuff sounds cool!
Outstanding review, you really went above and beyond and I really appreciate it
Thank you I was concerned about getting this old kit but you really eased my nerves
Thank you! I’m glad it was helpful.
@@oeufski yo finished the kit awhile ago
Once again it was really helpful and I would love to see more in the future
I coated the polycaps with topcoat before building and it fixed all of the loose joints 👍🙂👍
2008-2009 are the golden years for Master Grade kits. Even the high grades I've built from 2008-9 have been fantastic (Re-GZ, Kampfer, and Geara Doga). Bandai was on their A-game. Get yourself the master grade Zaku II, you won't regret it.
I used to kind of hate the look of this kit, I’ve always preferred the the Gouf Custom. Buuuuut, after picking up some old Hobby Japan issues from 2009 and seeing some of the pictures in there of really nicely done builds of this model I’m starting to warm up to it. And also the amount of weapons included too! And I have the MG 2.0 Zaku II, which is the majority of this kit’s frame as well, I was hesitant to consider this model cuz I wasn’t sure if it had the 2.0 frame but it’s nice to see so.
Edit: and to add on to what you said at the end, I have so many different Gunpla projects going on all at the same time and I am not even close to finishing any. I got the DM Deathscythe Hell TV which has been a NIGHTMARE to just put together so I just stopped working on it because it pissed me off so bad, things just didn’t wanna fit together. Then I moved on to kitbashing the HG Kshatriya and MG Sinanju, which was fun but it’s very tedious as I’m swapping armor and joints, which needs a lot of gluing and otherwise fabrication work, and then I started a sculpture of an Evangelion. So I’m also drowning in projects 😂
You did an amazing job on this build - I can't even see the nub marks, it looks flawless. It took me probably over 10 hours to build this damn thing and clean it up. Fun fact I realized after having built it - the reason the waist rotation articulation is non-existant is that there are narrow channels cut out for the waist armor joints. Not the piping, or the waist armor, as I expected, but the channel cut out of the torso itself for rotation. It's not even 5 degrees in either direction. I suspect that shaving down this area would allow it to rotate quite a bit more. I may or may not modify this at some point. It would take quite a bit of filing, but fortunately, it's underneath the skirting sections and won't be visible. It seems they didn't want you to be able to turn the waist on the model, for whatever reason. I'm still curious what on earth you did to clean up the nubs on this because it looks perfect.
This video made me bout the gouf as my first master grade but I was wondering where you bought the decals?
I tend to use Delpi decal and G-Rework 3rd party brands.
Very good video of my comrade - char approves
Thank you!
Can you build a left hand inside of the one on the kit ?
Yes, there are leftover hand parts to make a normal hand instead of the cannon fingers.
@@oeufski like what happened in the anime after Ramba Ral death they made some goufs with normal hands to use Zaku weapons
That sounds right, keeping things to the universal standard.
@@typesaad In the original anime, Goufs are seen flying around with Zaku machine guns. There's pictures on the Gundam Wiki. They have regular sized left hands to hold the machine gun handle. They even have one with a Zaku bazooka and even a heat hawk in the anime as well.
@@tedhodge4830 I remember that I’ve seen it in the anime and some of the games
The legs on mine were so loose they refused to stay in the waist unit, I ended up having to take an entire bottle of superglue to both the house and pegs to get them to stay. *it couldn't even hold itself up
Yikes! That’s crazy, did the superglue work out well?
@oeufski yes and because I moved them every 3 minutes they're still posable. Now the the joints nice and tight
That’s good! Glad it was successful.
@@oeufski thanks
You probably didn't push in the pegs all the way into the hip socket, my Zaku II required quite a bit of extra oomph to get it fully seated.
is there an alternate Left hand other than the Cannon one?, I know the HG version has some
Yes there is a normal left hand you can replace the cannon with.
ah sweet thanks, kinda odd that it’s almost completely hidden in the product pictures
Agreed, I had to dig around in the extra sprues to figure it out haha
How are the nubmarks on this kit? Thinking of getting it.
The nub marks have a tendency to be more visible with how dark the blue plastic is. However with a little care they are manageable. You could also use plastic glue to reactivate the plastic and get rid of the stress marks. All and all it’s a very fun kit and I wouldn’t let this dissuade you from getting it.
@oeufski I just got it and the legs are FRUSTRATING as hell. They're loose, and they keep going off everytime I rotate them.
That’s strange, I just took mine out of the display case and it feels sturdy enough. Are you having trouble with the hip joints or another part of the leg assembly?
@@oeufski Another part of the leg assembly
@oeufski Update: I fixed it with putting a huge amount of super inside the polycap, and then I let it dry before putting both legs in. It worked perfectly fine.