Can I Build a Gundam Kit In 1 HOUR?

[@snazzydazzy]

It took me three hours to make a 30mm. A HG takes me three to five hours.

[@heerosefffinchannel5387]

Yeah its wierd but if i dont play a yt video it goes faster

[@SnowTheGoon]

you should only have 30 minutes for a 30mm as the name implies

[@OoyZaza-ze8bw]

​@SnowTheGoon it's took me only 25 minutes because once I know of of the part is finished example the legs then I memories how I did it and boom I finished.

[@JYMBO]

yeah some HG's can take me 4 to 6 hours! but i tend to have videos playing in the background so distract me

[@SharpieSkunk]

@@SnowTheGoon sometimes you wanna get things done really fine

[@arpkahn670]

On the note of "plastic on plastic vs polycaps", I've also noticed that plastic on plastic joints seem to hold up better if I just leave them in a pose on a shelf compared to polycaps, but they also seem to loosen up way faster if I'm handling and re-posing them repeatedly.

[@First-Name_Last-Name]

@@arpkahn670 yep. Hard plastic on hard plastic is even worse. The non-gunpla HG Kyoukai Senki kits joints is best example. Build it, pose it, but don't try to play with it. The joints rubs together too much and will wear faster compared to soft plastic or polycaps.

[@TheSickening1]

Yeah, the kits with polycaps are mostly pretty nice to play with, but can be hard to hold a pose. The opposite happens with plastic on plastic, like my witch from mercury kits, everytime I pose them, I carefully move the joints till they are not squeaky before trying anything else

[@NeoSlashott]

I have same plastic to plastic issue with my 1/144 HG Overflag when hip ball joints' plastic surface just wear and tear becoming not grippy anymore. But anyways, other figures with stable plastics has the tiny creak sound meaning it has good grip.

[@hurricaneb6243]

I still remember when I said I need to finish my RG Evangelion kit in 3 hours. It was at the 6th hour mark that I realized, with my half-built Eva, that I will not finish in 3 hours.

[@YU_ZU98]

The most recent HG that I built still took me four hours to build and that's probably my fastest time yet. That's just straight building, with very minimal sanding and no panel lining lol. And it was a very simple kit too, the HG Deathscythe.

[@jamesleung2450]

I'm a huge fan of the Dijeh because of this kit, excellent posability for such a chunky boy

[@bafflinbook9345]

A HG will take me 3 days to one week.I clean up easy nub marks,panel line and use sandind sponge on every surface for a matte finish.

[@detonate8753]

why don’t u just spray them with a matte coat spray can, would save u a lot of time instead of having to sand everything

[@danielk9906]

And it will be a more cohesive matte probably, but dont ruin their fun

[@bafflinbook9345]

@@danielk9906 Thank. I'm truly happy with my creation.

[@bafflinbook9345]

@@detonate8753 two different finish. Sand down every surface of a part is a habit born out of trying to make the nub marks look same in colour.

[@sabinecannon2836]

The Dijeh is genuinely one of my favorite mobile suit designs to have come out of Zeta, a show filled to the brim with amazing MS designs. The HG also happens to be one of my favorite HGs too, so glad you enjoyed building my beloved baby!

[@arpkahn670]

I'd really strongly suggest checking out some of the older HGs from Zeta at some point, especially the Asshimar (transforming donut boy). Some of them are really old (dating back to the mid 00s to coincide with AoZ and the Zeta New Translation movies) but the engineering is really unique and way ahead of its time, a fair few of the transforming ones managed to fully work their transformations in without parts swaps, and its obvious whoever was designing them REALLY loved Zeta.

[@danielk9906]

As someone who has a lot of Zeta HGs i agree, and the asshimar is the definition of "old but gold" solid and quick transformation and pretty good looking kit. But fair warning, some suits like the gaplant are really fragile because of their long and sleek design and said transformation. Mine had a broken upper arm part out of the box (my only broken part to date) and its front skirt broke also when i bent it with one finger to pose...

[@First-Name_Last-Name]

My body says "yes,we can" My brain says "no, this is not the way"

[@DonMenelo]

Deffo a cool challenge, but for me building kits is a total escape . My PG Exia took over a month of tinkering for me. I would cut out the parts, for the arms(etc) a 4pack of beer and just get to cutting/scribing and de-nubbing. While i didn't paint it i did a lot of scribing and panel lining.. It was the 1st kit i decided to finish in 3 tone top coat and it pop's so much, it's my fave build to date. Ty for being an awesome voice in this community and inspiring people to check out this hobby! cheers =^)

[@fattiger6957]

When you say 3 tone top coat, do you mean matte, gloss and satin? That's very interesting. I usually gloss coat inner frames and matte the armour plates on my MGs. I never tried doing satin as well.

[@DonMenelo]

@fattiger6957 I do the exact opposite ^^ full matt frame, then mask it and do gloss on any pipes and hydraulics. Then i look what the main color on the armor is and do it in gloss, the main white also gloss and the accents in matt or high gloss so it looks more pronounced depending on the kit.

[@fattiger6957]

@@DonMenelo I admired your dedication. I absolutely hate masking. I do it when I have to, but try to avoid it. Though getting some liquid mask has helped quite a lot since masking tiny spots with tape frustrates me to no end. I actually really like the effect that a matte finish has on armour. I dunno, it somehow makes the kits stand out more when the light reflection is defused. It's also really nice when the joints pop when light does reflect off them. I am going to try something different and candy coat the Sazabi ver ka I'm currently working on. It's a technique I've never done before, but I'm excited to try. Maybe I will matte the black parts to get some contrast in the textures.

[@BluMeino]

I feel the fastest way would be cut off every part from a runner (one snip only) and then separate each runner's pieces into labeled bins. Then it's just a matter of assembly.

[@viperson9818]

Man I could never straight build a kit no more. Always liked my kits to be somewhat uniformly equal. Panel line, nub cleanup and if it’s super inaccurate some hand painting. MGs get the full treatment.

[@ignisofficialgaming]

Yes you can. Most of my HG builds take only about 30 minutes with parts cleanup included, but to be fair I do benefit from the autistic hyperfocus that comes with being a Gundam addict

[@xvm-fzc]

A man of focus, commitment, and sheer will.

[@zippolighter4903]

30 mins if I just ignore cleanup and just focus on speedrunning. But it takes a good hour and a half with cleanup, sanding, organizing runners, doing due diligence. My Warhammer OCD-tism takes over, so I spend more time on the details than actually assembling

[@lanc3779]

He can build gunpla with a pencil. A f***ing pencil.

[@gojira-animates-yt]

Honestly if not busy take ur time. It is very fun to do that

[@kamalkhatami8272]

man got the built in system cheat

[@thepuma77]

Almost had a face reveal. haha

[@bionicghost2772]

Chin reveal!

[@viperson9818]

He already showed his face once. It’s in the Neo Zeong video.

[@zerosystem8983]

He did face reveal when he was at korea.

[@kramnhoj42]

He already revealed his face in his older videos when he was still working in japan.

[@awildbluedestinyunit1appea333]

I thought bro had a beard?

[@JerryMeehanJr]

RG in 30 mins next

[@ilovetoxicwomen]

perfect grade in 10

[@harbingerd.8457]

You technically could. I built my HG Uraven in 30 minutes, but only because I'm so familiar with the engineering

[@loveanimeforever9115]

I just build the HG LaGOWE in about 3 hours. The fast I built a MG was 8 hours straight. No food or drink. No bathroom break. I had to run to the bathroom afterwards. I got way too dangerous. It was the MG Kyrios Gundam. I love that kit. And LaGOWE is looking good so far.

[@rexemuwu]

Man, the Dijeh is just so sexy. It's like they took everything good about the Gelgoog and made it even sexier. It's also pretty funny that Char and Amuro swap MS with Amuro piloting a essentially Blue Gelgoog and Char piloting a Gold (not) Gundam.

[@andrelouro1862]

I think the idea of rushing a build kinda defeats the purpose of the build Building for me is a very relaxing and even cathartic experience maybe, so i rather enjoy every minute every time. Even several copies of a same kit i tend to enjoy taking my time building (like the zakus and GM i army-built). I think trying to beat a tight timelimit would make it more stressful than relaxing Nevertheless, there are indeed some kits that are possible to build in less than an hour. The GM is such a simple kit i think even my first build took less than an hour. Honestly after so many units i've built, even the GTO GM could be rushed into less than one hour if i wanted to. Probably older HGUC zakus could be easily built under such time. Still, why rushing the experience anyways?

[@杏寿郎]

Hello I like your videos alot❤ I'm new to buying Gundam toys and I saw your Astray Red Frame video what's the best grade for that astray red frame

[@TheSpongyMallard]

I really enjoy the building aspect so I try to do only an hour-ish a day and try to stretch it out over a week. In total hours I probably take about 5-6 on building, nub clean up, panel lining and decals if the kit has it. It took me like 2 hours just to make the leg on the RG Force Impulse.

[@fattiger6957]

I feel the same way. I like to take my time on kits. I just finished putting together my Sazabi Ver Ka and it took me at least an hour just to build the feet (a full RLM video in the background)

[@arpkahn670]

I don't think I've ever quite gotten an HG down to an hour, but I've gotten pretty close (I think 90 mins) on some builds that were on the simpler end and/or familiar to me (i.e. built similar kits before). I think an hour is doable if you're being real quick and dirty, maybe even resort to single snipping everything. Also I absolutely love the Dijeh. I'd never seen or heard of it before I grabbed the HG a few years ago, but now its one of my all time favorite designs, and aside from a few small things the HG is a superb representation of it. The articulation on this kit is also a LOT better than the RE100 despite them not being too different in age.

[@maximusaurusrex]

This was a super fun video idea! More of these, please!

[@pixelcraze345]

If you really wish to, you could easily speed run kits. I personally find it more fun when I take my time, I've learned the hardway from getting the HG Banshee as my second kit.... 12 hours ill never get back..

[@porkflaps4717]

I built this kit last year, I used the Gundam eyes and painted them and blacked out the mono-eye, looks super dope with a twin camera !

[@taidan19]

I also did this, and it looks surprisingly good

[@lllXanderlll]

They do end up throwing their beam rifles away quite a lot in Zeta if I remember right. So Dijeh and Hyaku not having a rifle storage spot kinda makes sense. Also I can't help but enjoy the design of Dijeh, it's like a Gelgoog and a Zaku got mixed together and then they slapped Sailfish sails on it

[@龍我ノ神_Ryuganokami]

HG's "Dijeh" is cool. However, at 6:49 in this video, the red part on the abdomen is referred to as the "cockpit hatch" during assembly, but that is incorrect; the Dijeh's cockpit hatch is actually located on the left side of the head. It is the same as the original "Rick Dias".

[@agusdwiriyanto1854]

Making a gunpla is a very zen-like meditation... Between the sound of plastic snapping and yelling at your kids from entering the room...

[@TheCorruptionCore]

Mecha goth chad.

[@LuisRosa72]

I can't really gauge how long it takes me to finish an HG. Usually when I get home after work I'll start working on one section like the torso, a leg, or an arm, removing nubs as carefully as I can and painting some details. Then I come back either the next day or a few days later and work on another section. So it can vary from a few days to over a week, depending on how much time I have available as well as my state of mind. And that's for HGs! MGs and RGs naturally take even longer. No wonder I still have around 20 kits in my backlog LOL

[@Annikai]

I have the re100 of that. It's not bad, basically just a giant high grade.

[@andrelouro1862]

Also, i've never really understood the hate on polycaps. My very first build in life was a MG RX-78-2 OYW more than 10 years ago (best MG gramps ever btw and i will die on that hill) and it still holds damn well and tight like a champ here despite the occasional play and posing. I think the same way a polycap might get loose if you move it oh so much, a plastic on plastic would as well due to the friction between pieces. Even ages-old kit like some no-grades GM Command and a no-grade Alex from the late 80's i've built last year still hold well despite being old prints. I really REALLY don't get this polycap hate

[@henry605]

I was just searching for a review of this from you!

[@milkyshame73]

The dijeh is such an underrated kit. It might just be my favorite HG

[@vustvaleo8068]

actually the red part in the torso is not a cockpit hatch as the Dijeh's cockpit is actually inside its head unit with a circular "door" on the side of its head.

[@tyronesaurus910]

I'd never ever thought an HG kit from 2018 would get Platinum Tier.

[@stephenrossi1918]

I reckon the HG Leo could EASILY be built in an hour. Those kits are easy AF.

[@dumpsitemecha8281]

I was just planning to buy this kit and boom, what a coincidence!

[@Fayheurblode]

On older HGs I used to be between 1h30 to 2h00 (one close cut, cleaning with a hobby knife), so yeah a build in around 1h by an experienced builder should be possible I guess, while still keeping it clean

[@SharpieSkunk]

It's not a high grade or even an entry grade, but the Gundam Base Mobile Tour had a leaderboard of times for how fast the RX-78-2 Workshop Kit Version could be built. When it was over here in Kennesaw, the fastest time was a woman from Pennsylvania who put it together in 16 minutes Even for a heavily simplified kit like that, a time of 16 minutes is insanely fast

Omg i loveee this kit!

[@MedskiPurnamski]

I bought this kit quite a long while ago. So far I haven't finished the backpack and weapons because I got bored halfway through the build.

[@MxMothra]

My first build took me maybe 4 hours. My recent builds take me anywhere from 7 hrs to 30 hours. On average. Some take much longer. I do a lot extra for them though. Sanding, panel lining, and whatnot.

[@muhdariel4091]

NICE BRO I'M GOING TO ADD THAT TO MY LIST NOW

[@ExiaGAMES93]

RG next! RG next! RG next! (curious how long will it take)

[@samwise511]

Do the Qubeley Revive! Might as well throw-in the funnel effects!

[@cameroncorrosive925]

Yeah I think my most recent was the HG Abyss Gundam, that took about 3 hours give or take 20 minutes, with some sanding, and Gundam marker action lol. I'm flabbergasted by the under 2 hour kit man lol. That did not seem relaxing, but to each their own 🤣

[@gamerkingdom1442]

My personal record is a 30MM kit at about 45-50 minutes. A remember making a HG at about a HOUR AND A HALF, and a normal MG in, i think, 5-7 HOURS?

[@LinusStrawn-ju4lo]

Really? It takes me less than ten minutes for a 30mm. I don’t even use nippers for those though.

[@gamerkingdom1442]

@@LinusStrawn-ju4lothat’s why you can do it so fast. I take a little bit of time to build because I’m meticulous with nippers removing the nubs.

[@CalderTF2]

The re/100 dijeh is my favorite kit atm to look at.

[@SamRK-1000]

The Jarjya and Gabthley are also really good too.

[@nitroxide17]

Mecha metal star

[@sonwig5186]

When will there be a new Zaku 3, I found an old one for cheap to paint for my fanfic character but its a 1999 kit and is really not up to standard

[@dark4209]

Highly recommend the HG Dijeh Kit

[@haxor7372]

If I’m fast enough, gimme 6 hours to make an HG with basic panel lining and nub cleanup

[@johngrimlock5727]

I've built so many IBO frame Gundam Im pretty sure I could knock one i haven't built out in less than an hour. If it was a Barb or any variation, easily half an hour.

[@kaoru288]

i could build an HG in an hour or two. but ever since ive learned about two-cut nipper method,sanding and panel lining, it now takes me half a day or two

[@Keryaken133]

I like the Dijeh so much, but there's none left in my country:(

[@sgnanbu2484]

Also do you think the io frame shiden is worth it in 2024

[@mykierobbins9489]

The captions said “red Ricky ass” and now I want a kit made with that name.

[@zechcross7176]

Detail full build, 1 week. Fully paint no decals, 4 days Partly paint 2 days Quick build, cut, clean, slap, panel line & weathering, 5 hours. Building gunpla quicly, i hope not to do that. It kill the fun & the point of building it in the first place. If you want something quick, well why don't buy something that is already build? Does it make sense? My HGUC Nightingale took 3 weeks to finnished 😂. RG Hi-Nu took 4 months 😂😂😂

[@ericli542]

Daily reminder that the RFV Zaku was omitted in the lists of Platinum tier and HG reviews

[@TdMe99]

Hope to be like this someday. But being pretty newish It still takes me all day long to build any kit lol.

[@tameral-husban3487]

About the mg wing zero ver.ka. I had the same problem, the hand got fused in its place and can't move it nor anything. Thought it was my mistake 😅

[@GunplaDad]

Interesting concept but for me the fun is always the build so I take my time

[@fattiger6957]

I can build an EG in an hour. Meanwhile it took me a whole week and a half (working on it every day for at least a couple hours) to just build my Sazabi Ver ka. And it's probably going to be a couple more weeks to paint and detail it.

[@TSFA2021]

My Fast Record 1 Speed is Basically from my experience is. HG GM [OLD] 30 Minutes HG Nemos [Unicorn Release] 40-45 Minutes

[@grip3939]

Oh that's why there was a DJ Amuro meme, cause Amuro piloted a Dijeh

[@barrybb5409]

I built a hg titans gundam mk 2 in about 2 hours, but that was with panel lining the runners and doing a clean up, double snip and filing and alot of interruptions from family and cats. I speedrun built an eg rx 78 in 11:50. Probably could get that down if I didnt use the manual.

[@michaelcallan5336]

I think my favorite build related accomplishment is building the RG Mk2, while riding in the front passenger seat of a moving vehicle, driving from Jacksonville, FL to Chatsworth, GA, that was a roughly 6 hour drive and i had it completely built when we pulled in the driveway, and that was with removing any potential nubs as well. The only thing i didnt finish was the decals and i managed to get half of them on. Not too bad if i do say so myself.

[@Boyoyoable]

About the zeon comment to be fair the hguc Rick Dias is kinda ancient wish we got an official 2.0 instead of a p-bandai 1.5 version

[@alephbuild0196]

Collecting mecha's reveal like an exodia

[@ApolloDaOne]

as a newbie who can build a hg in almost an hour it should be more than possible with years of experience

[@cheese-bo3uf]

Day 6 of asking mecha gaikotsu to review the master grade gundam strike E +IWSP pack

[@Getwright-]

Yes! To Backpack fasion show theme cameo 🎵

[@SilliestChap]

Yes yes you can

[@FKATorp]

But you probably shouldn't

[@jinwu9423]

Obama?

[@PaulExidhorDamaso-v1k]

HEY GUYS JUST WANNA ASK IF THERE'S A LINK WHERE MECHA GAIKOTSU REVIEWED THE RX 78-2 REVIVE KIT? I CAN'T SEE IT😔

[@Caseohistheweightofablackhole]

I made the unicorn mg in 4 - 5 hours so I could probably do that hg in an hour (without stickers/waterslides)

[@alvinshaw33]

MAn those legs would look good on Some Witch from mercury kits.

[@Amathaeon]

I loved that kit

[@cabellism]

Hehe....rubbs back of the head... it took me 6 years to finish my MG Hi-Nu Gundam Verka, but i did customize it, and sadly suffered a loss in my immediate family.

[@NeoSlashott]

I thought it was like Minato Sakai-esque of fast build. 😆😆

[@HereticalKitsune]

Meanwhile I took my time with the RG Nu-Gundam andworked most of the week on it... xD Tho with some of the simpler HG kits I can see it being possible in under two hours for sure.

[@Teslaglass]

Me and ur mom did this kit last weekend had to be one of my favorites we've done together

[@deathrooster14]

Btw the Dijeh's cockpit in in the head, like the Rick Dias.

[@Hershey7674]

Peircing reveal??? Im here for it

[@maskedriderken]

Witch from Mercury series HG can be completed within an hour

[@brawlpwnagestudios]

anybody ever find it odd amuro piloted an MS that has a lot of similarities to the gelgoog, which char piloted during probably one of amuro's worst moments in his life?

[@xaaxaa_desu]

I just actually started to count how long it takes for me to finish a kit by body parts.

[@Zaqry]

fastest ive built a kit is about 2 hours which was the hg windam. well, granted i had several of those so i had practice and memorized their assembly lol

[@sgnanbu2484]

I got a monkey brain so I literally build most hg kits with my fingers and get a zenkai boost when my fingers start to hurt and it usually takes 30 minutes if I have no interruptions

[@koritoprime]

60 minutes mission

[@FEF-3N]

Do can you build a gundam kit BLINDFOLDED

[@rahmadahusada3944]

Some HG line can be build in 1 hour just straight build only 😉

[@Gundumindia-10610]

It takes me 6-8 hours for Rg and 2 hours for hg and mg haven’t gotten any to build

[@mjuneoginn]

Building a Gunpla Kit in One Hour- depends on the runner and parts count, as well as the assembly phase of each kit, respectively Kudos though on the build tine and build quality…

[@LinusStrawn-ju4lo]

Ok I built the rg 2.0 in less than 2 hours. Does that count?

[@dewanegara8333]

If no cleaning or panel line, yes you can

[@Faalout]

Very cool

[@sambragjr2849]

I just use 1 days For Build Head and Torso...maybe Next days another part...I just wanna enjoy the process and the experiences when I Build that kits...MG or RG...for PG maybe Next Days...HG/EG...I Skipp it😅✌️

[@bangf1sh]

Can I watch a Mecha Gaikotsu video in 30 seconds?

[@IniOny]

I don't think a gunpla can be built around an hour unless it's a really simple hg grunt, an entry grade, or some simpler hg wfm kits. That's excluding sanding, panel lining, etc. Cmiiw.