MG Char's Custom Zaku II Ver.2.0 - The Art of Gundam Mechanical Clear + GunPrimer Extended Review

Here's the Art of Gundam limited Mechanical Clear version of the Master-Grade Char's Custom Zaku II Ver.2.0 plus an extended review of the Raser from Gunprimer. It works great for clear parts like the armor of this Zaku!
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[@jacobdavis6604]

If anyone's interested in tools like this, please save yourself some money and just get a glass nail file for like $5 on amazon or at a beauty store. You can get nail buffing blocks for dirt cheap at the same places, and the denim square is just as simple.

[@depshallburn]

Thanks for the advice man!

[@rokushou]

I found a glass file on amazon that looks uncannily close to the Raser and seems to work just as well. I wouldn't be surprised if Gunprimer just took a OEM nail file and slapped their logo on it.

[@ascensionindustries9631]

When I heard the price for the Raser I immediately went to Amazon and bought a glass file for $7, and it works great. 👍

[@titan133760]

I personally prefer sandpapers

[@vincentalpiepedrozo2337]

Me still waiting for Char Zaku MG Origin version.

[@chacrawarrior]

Physical representation when a girl tells you: "I can see through you"

[@NeoSlashott]

Makes me think of stealth-camouflage Zaku or Char figure hehe ( MGS ref )

[@Dreoni_]

Yep, the glass files are magic for removing nubs. I dip the file in a glass of water to keep the dust to a minimum and to clean the file if it gets gummed up.

[@jacobdavis6604]

That's a much smarter solution than just scraping the grit out with a toothpick.

[@333oaktree]

i reverse a strip of painters tape on the roll (sticky side out) and then roll/rock the file on the reversed roll of the tape to get all the dust out of the pores of the file. it works great

[@rokushou]

Never tried wet sanding with my glass file even though I do wash it to clean it. Thanks for the tip.

[@shawnconary6810]

Same! Recently started using a cup of water to dip the file in as well. Works perfectly

[@connorkozlik430]

Hope this custom comes! Looks good!

[@andyfidaya7x]

does anyone have a top coat finish recommendation for clear kits? I just built my first clear kit and am not sure whether to Matte, Gloss or Semi Gloss it. The kit is a GM Sniper II so they are blue clear parts

[@Jirujan]

someone on facebook 'accidently' created kit like this, he put his MG Blitz Gundam in cleaner for 1 night, the next day, his gunpla is 100% clear, including the inner frame i think it's few month ago

[@ZakuAurelius]

Uhh that was probably just the clear version of the kit. No cleaner would turn colored plastic clear

[@Jirujan]

@@ZakuAurelius really? is that limited to certain event? i never see it from any website

[@fantastiCkiLler92]

@@Jirujan You must be new. Rrobbert184 had a review of that clear MG Blitz kit on his channel years ago

[@Jirujan]

@@fantastiCkiLler92 i'm not new, i just got interested in MG recently.

[@coffeedudeguy]

Man, I still have the Gundam Base MG Sinanju clear waiting to be built. I've heard of people using Pledge to make the plastic clearer, have you tried that and had good experiences with that process?

[@jacobdavis6604]

I did that with the Mechanical Clear Hyaku Shiki 2.0, and it worked great. The parts are very glassy and clean. It does make some pegs thicker and holes tighter, so be careful with that. I dipped them, so you might get different results if you use an airbrush.

[@ZakuAurelius]

I was planning on trying that with pledge! I just wonder how much that may yellow over time?

[@jacobdavis6604]

@@ZakuAurelius I coated that Hyaku Shiki about 2 years ago at this point, and it's still crystal clear.

[@LeVolver]

glass file 47 php (nearly a dollar) denim square a piece of yr old pantalones solb! wahahaha

[@NerdsIAB]

This has become my white whale I didn't find out about it tell recently but I desperately need it

[@for_hire]

I dont know if your aware but many of your videos have resolution problems, many of them being stuck to 360p as the 1080p option is only the yt premium version

[@ZakuAurelius]

huh, really? why would that be?

[@for_hire]

@@ZakuAurelius the premium version has a higher bitrate so maybe the video has too high of a bitrate? Other than that it might just be a botched upload

[@richmond806]

I just got the gun primer set too. What do you do about the dust when sanding? Do you wear a mask?

[@ZakuAurelius]

Honestly I don’t find this to create much dust. Actually less than a sanding stick I think

[@roynobody]

more like zaku clearelius amirite

[@uncletatscreativeshack1702]

Did you finish this one Zak ?!

[@ZakuAurelius]

Nah it’s on hold

[@d.3465]

Painting the bullets in the machine gun drum mag would look great

[@halocrysis1]

Did he ever do anything with this?

[@ZakuAurelius]

Not yet, he didn’t

[@joshmcclure5562]

Well painting this wouldn't need much prep being transparent.

[@LukyArakunedesu]

2:20 ヤバい、スティレットがあるぞ。早くレビューしないと！

[@Jonathan_Chong]

adding clear green 2 town coat would be cool and for the wepons some sort of mechanical interrior look or like a rocket/cannon shell in side too leds could be cool if the green covers it to a degree to distract the wiring. I do like your design choice too

[@JangoTheBlueFox]

one cool thing you could do with the clear machine gun is leave the top of the ammo drum clear and paint the bullets inside of it. when you build a normal version of this kit you'll never see those bullets after assembly. it's a good example of some cool inner detail that you normally only get to see during assembly. also you could panel line the underside of all the clear parts because you can actually see that detail from the outside on this clear kit.

[@jackiehenry3883]

reppin more deathwish🤝 much love

[@rockblockstudio]

I really like mechanical clear kits so you can show off and paint the inner frame. Sadly the Art of Gundam Unicorn was way too expensive, but the mechanical clear full armor unicorn is pretty much the same except for the blue parts not being clear blue.

[@bonsaw57]

There’s the zudah in the background! It’s always some where’s Waldo action trying to find it in the background every time

[@vustvaleo8068]

meanwhile there are people customizing their clear kits by turning the inner-frame into human-like internal organs giving it the appearance of it being some kind of living creature (like an Evangelion?) instead of a mechanical robot, lol.

[@ZakuAurelius]

Gross!

[@ChappyLips]

I'm here! I'm here, don't start with out me!!!!!!!!!!!

[@razif6916]

Woohoo...high price kit to get

[@benadrylthundercrotch7144]

Cool idea for the painting, I would suggest arranging it so that most if not all of the shield gets painted though, it looks kind of jarring being the only part with no inner frame.

[@ZakuAurelius]

I’m thinking about scratch building something to go inside the frame

[@BSdiscVids]

That looks so cool!!!!!

[@clarkreyes8437]

Old kit but have you considered reviewing the hg ewac zack?

[@ZakuAurelius]

Yep I have one in my backlog

[@BLAZE084]

I like the idea of masking in a sort of zebra pattern. Why are the weapons clear though?

[@joshuahensley9395]

The old zaku machine gun has detail for the bullets in the magazine that would be cool to show off through the clear . . But outside of that I have no clue.

[@MJRLHobbyStuff]

Yo!

[@Addyboy0190]

is it still char's zaku if it's not red?

[@joshuahensley9395]

Lol, there are a couple things that only come with Char's zaku, but no I don't think it is

[@ZakuAurelius]

This is the Char custom version of the kit cause it comes with the char pilot figure and the Lift

[@ChrisDeger]

What makes this a Char kit lol is it not just the fact that Char has a pink/pink commander type?

[@ZakuAurelius]

And the Char pilot figure

[@ChrisDeger]

@@ZakuAurelius ahhh ok cool it comes with a char pilot that's makes sense then

[@psplovergab]

awesome!

[@333oaktree]

awesome paint idea. you will have to inverse the masking since there is no base color. that is unless you want the stripes to be clear and most rest of the kit clear. that could look cool too XP

[@ZakuAurelius]

Wait what? Lol

[@333oaktree]

@@ZakuAurelius >.

[@magnusprime27]

Where can I get that file system from, and how is it

[@ZakuAurelius]

It’s a little expensive but works well especially for stuff like these clear parts. We sell it at USA Gundam Store but it may be sold out at the moment.

[@magnusprime27]

@@ZakuAurelius thinking ahead for when my mgex unicorn comes in

[@liyox14]

dont paint it nooooooooooooooooo

[@lordwisehammer]

That Gunprimer set is still ridiculously overpriced, no matter how well it works. There are enough comments spelling out the really cheap alternatives already so I'll just add to voices saying this is a complete ripoff and I don't understand why there are still people singing it's praises despite the number of modellers that have called them out.

[@ZakuAurelius]

All I’m saying is that it worked well for me. Doesn’t mean it’s the best option out there

[@lordwisehammer]

@@ZakuAurelius That wasn't really aimed at you, your review was pretty fair even if you didn't mention the ridiculous price tag. I think there may be something of a disconnect between KZbinrs that have been sent it for free and people that would actually have to buy it.

[@ItThunderbolt]

A clear zaku... but why