The final form of the original Gundam Astray Gold Frame… What an awesome looking Gundam it was when it came out and it still is. I recalled many people wanting Bandai to make a 1/100 Gold Frame Amatsu long before the actual model came out and here it is!
Besides the gold plating, another nice thing to take note of are the gloss black runners. The gloss black pieces run very well with the gold pieces and you can already tell that it’s going to be an attractive display… until you see that you have to slap on huge amounts of foil stickers to get the right detail on the gloss black pieces. Most of them are red and you stick them on the head, shoulders, wings… basically any red you see on the black pieces are mostly foil stickers. Lame. Though from far away, you probably won’t be able to tell if you can apply them on smoothly. The head has the most amount of foil stickers unfortunately (a total of 8 including the eyes). Half of the construction is building the basic Red/Gold Frame, the rest consists of assembling Blitz’s arm, the wings (it has a very long Japanese name), and new Amatsu parts like the outer leg plates (inside is basic gold frame) and feet.
Judging from the way it looks, you would probably think this is a very back heavy model. And in a way, it kinda is. Just look at the photos and you can see how it sticks its chest out and the way the legs curve. This model has a lot of ankle restrictions and a little surface on the sole for it to stand so it looks a bit weird from the front. The wings on its back are semi-solid so it has quite a weight relative to the model. It can definitely stand without much problems though.
Posing this model is troublesome due to the massive weight on its back but even then, the ankle issue mentioned above does not help either. The best I can do is make it do some standing action pose with its wings opened. Don’t expect it to balance well with its knee bent. The last thing you can probably do is put it on an action base and pose it from there. The foil sticker sheet even included name tag stickers for it.
This model is a bit lacking in articulation compared to the Red/Gold Frame but that’s understandable but it still makes a good display on the shelf with its wings wide open.
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July 28, 2008 at 12:24 AM
how dusty does this kit get over time?
i paint my kits, aside from the gloss black, and gold. do you think that it would look alright if i painted the red insted of placing the foil stickers on the kit?
it looks absolutely gorgious. and very attractive to have on a black table or glass top of somesort.
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thanks.
July 28, 2008 at 1:51 AM
I don’t know how to tell you about the dust since my models are in a display cases xD
I would definitely say screw the red foil stickers and paint the red parts yourself! the foil stickers stick out in a bad way. Use a few layers of gloss/pearl red and it should match up nicely with the gloss black.
October 8, 2008 at 8:45 AM
Is there an existing beam blade part that can be used with Trikeros arm? (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, that thing on its right arm is a combination shield, dart launcher, beam rifle and beam saber that belonged to the Blitz Gundam. Though it was redesigned so I don’t know if Blitz’s beam part would work anymore)
October 8, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Sorry I don’t know ^^; I haven’t tried before.
January 5, 2009 at 12:21 AM
hey can u tell me the peg u used to put it on the action base? cuz i duno which peg to use to put it on my action base….the 1 that fits sort of limits the legs movements..which do u use…thx!
January 5, 2009 at 11:03 PM
I don’t actually remembered ^^;. I just used whichever one fits the best that came with the base. Most likely is the one you mentioned because all other ones fail.
April 6, 2009 at 8:20 AM
ok, Z…. hhmm… only 1 peg can be used for the display stand… and it restricts the leg’s movement… ok… I’m out of here… XD
Thanks for helping me to save money :)
April 6, 2009 at 7:26 PM
I actually mount my Gold Frame on the “tail”-like part behind the legs with the same peg. Works much better IMO.
June 21, 2009 at 6:32 AM
Have you guys seen the White Amatsu Mina? It looks cool to me…
October 17, 2009 at 5:14 AM
too expensive…I prefer the Master Grade than this…
October 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM
but there’s no Master Grade of this… yet >_>
December 2, 2009 at 3:32 AM
z how much did this kit cost you?
December 2, 2009 at 11:06 AM
if i remember correctly, ~$35
December 23, 2009 at 3:52 AM
Something I may do is use a metallic red gundam marker for the stickers.
December 23, 2009 at 3:54 AM
Think we’ll get a Master Grade? Probably not way too pricey.
January 3, 2010 at 7:58 PM
@Kefka, We might, since theres a blue frame, and a red frame is coming out, theres a good chance we’ll see a gold frame and then a Amatsu.
September 30, 2010 at 6:08 AM
wow no need for gold painting? bet you wish u had this lately
February 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM
how much does it cost
February 21, 2011 at 9:40 AM
i want to buy it and i need to know how much.
May 28, 2011 at 6:44 PM
Different online sellers sell it for different prices, check what your local shop sells it for, usually no more than $50.
July 3, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Hey Z, I know this might seem like kind of an odd question, but do you know if the right arm and backpack of this kit can be attached to the MG Red Frame? I want to make myself a custom MG Gold Frame Amatsu, and I don’t know where else to get the necessary parts…
Thanks in advance!
July 4, 2011 at 6:54 PM
I haven’t tried… but I am pretty sure you can’t straight-on because the pegs are different (size or otherwise). Of course, you can always do some slight mods to get the parts to fit since this is gunpla afterall. However, I think the proportions might be just a bit off.
July 5, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Thanks Z! I’m sure I’ll figure something out :)
October 27, 2011 at 12:02 PM
I like this one!!