Hi, it's been quite long since my last guide. Today I would like to share some tips on how to choose your first gunpla kit:
Tips #1: Understand the difference in Grade and Scale
Gunpla kits generally come in High Grade (HG), Real Grade (RG), Master Grade (MG) and Perfect Grade (PG). Of course, there are also other grades like Advance Grade (AG) and some non-graded gunpla kits available.
With so many grades available, what are their difference actually? The grade of gunpla kits usually determine the size, amount of detailing ( number of parts. stickers & decals) and how posable the Gundam model is.
I will mainly focus on HG, RG, MG and PG in my discussing as they are more common available in the market nowadays.
HG usually come in scale 1/144 (there is some HG kits that come in scale 1/100), and of less detail compared to RG, MG and PG. It also take the least time to complete (I mean straight build) if compared to other kits. In my opinion, HG is more suitable for beginner to start with, because it looks as good as other types of kit (usually looks better than no grade / AG), moderately posable and easy to assemble. Also, there will probably less "weak joint" issues with HG kits as they are not intended for advance posing. You can probably start building a few HG kits as practice, before proceed to other kits of higher difficulty.
RG comes in scale 1/144. Highly detailed, highly posable and nice finishing. However, I would not suggest this as a starter kit as it is even more challenging to build a RG than MG, as its parts is smaller and more fragile as compared to MG (RG is just like a minimized version of MG), Also, it may have weak joint problem. Therefore, to have RG posable, posing stand is definitely a must. A RG kits is also comparatively more time consuming to build if compared to HG.
MG is a more detailed and more posable kit if compared to HG. However, the parts available in MG is more than in HG, therefore it will most likely to take a longer time to build a MG kit than a HG kit but it will not be much difficult. You can probably start investing in MG kits after you have gain more familiar in HG kits. The parts is also more solid is compared to RG kits.
PG comes in scale 1/60, and it is highly detailed and nicely finished. PG comes with many parts and it takes very long time to complete. In term of difficulty, I will rate it to be same as MG, only than it is much more time consuming.
Tips #2 Choose the Right Kit
As what I mentioned earlier, HG is probably the most suitable kit to start with, as it is usually nicely finished, moderate posable (newer kit even getting better), and it take shorter time to build. Of course, you can still start with other grade, as long as you pay extra careful as you build the kit (they are more costly).
Tips #3 Colour Scheme of Gunpla Kits
A lighter color scheme gunpla kits will be more preferable for a beginner. Take a HG Strike Gundam as example (please take a look at the profile picture of my blog), it is mainly white in colour. A light colour scheme will make nub mark and scratches on gunpla kits less visible (as beginner, I assume that your skills will not be too good). In short, lighter colour scheme can tolerate more mistakes (hopefully not so much).
Tips #4 Time to choose your favorite kit
After filter down into the right grade, the right colour scheme, now you can choose your favorite Gundam model. However, this guide only serves as a guide and my personal opinion. YOU CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE WHAT YOU FEEL BEST FOR YOURSELF.
Thank you. Hope you find this guide useful. By Gundam Kaiser.
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