BFG

The gun is one of the distinct features of the GP-04 and I can't say no to big guns. The only change I made is the stock of the gun. The barrel are made from two styrene tubes. The hardest thing is scribe the mid lines on the outer tube. Once this is done, it serves as a reference. I take a piece of tape 1cm long and 6mm wide and mark out the mid line of the tape with fine tip gundam marker. The location of the minus molds are from the mid line. Aligning the mid line of the tape with the mid line of the barrel to transfer the location of the minus mold.

sturm units

Extra engines and nozzles are added to help the propulsion when sturm units are added. I tried to limit the weight by using styrene sheets to build the hollowed structure before using the putty to fill in the corners. The tanks are still too heavy for the knee joints so I have to add two more tanks below the backpack for support like the Hi-Nu Gundam.

Stabilizer/Saber holder

I am not quite sure why I made a new stabilizer. I do prefer the triangle shape over the rectangular stabilizer of Mk-II. However, I felt the design need more detail. I actually took pictures of the build. Surprise!!







The saber holder is hinged to the stabilizer with a 2mm poly rod I cut from the spruse of a Kotobukyia MSG. A T joint connects the stabilizer and the backpack.

experimental backpack

I did not like the GP-04 backpack. The double nozzle and the stablizer designs are too close to the Gundam Mk-II. I figure, if the MS is designed by a zeon engineer, why not make it more similar to the GerberaTetra design. So, in place of the third sturm unit under the backpack, I made a large nozzle. I still kept the two side modules, but eliminated one nozzle on each side.



One more thing added to the todo list:

two energy pack under the side modules.

HW

GPO4 inproge 6/6/05

This is a project I have been working on for a long time. So far everything looks good, but I have to do a better job of document the works.


Things to come:

1) Conversion of HGUC GP02Fb side skirt armor to GP04 style.

2) Conversion of HGUC GP02Fb back skirt armor to GP04 style.

3) Design and scratch of experimental GP04 backpack.