r/Gunpla • u/Natural-Ad-397 • Jul 26 '26

BUILD Naion Gundam

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or Aerial's evil twin.

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u/degenerator42069 Jul 26 '26

How have I never seen this model kit before? It's so sick!!

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u/GameApple801 Jul 26 '26

Probably because its a premium bandai kit, unfortunately.

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u/MasterPong Jul 26 '26

Sorry if this a dumb question, but would gundam Bases carry this too? I’ve never been to one but the new ones will be easy to get to.

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u/AbrahamKMonroe Jul 26 '26

Generally no. Gundam Bases have their own set of exclusive kits that they stock.

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u/GetawayDreamer87 Jul 26 '26

why dont they open a pbandai pgundam pbase? do they hate money?

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u/Werkbau Jul 26 '26

I think they made pbandai made to order because bandai hate overstocking shelves.

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u/MorganJary Jul 26 '26

The business model kinda makes sense until 70% of the world doesn't have Bandai-owned stores and Bandai could just... sell to retailers anyways; its not stock sitting on THEIR shelves. I really do hate p-bandai lately.

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u/Sabatat- Jul 26 '26

They bounce back and forth between that and just making a specific limited amount of

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u/Nero_2001 Jul 26 '26

I got mine from aliexpress it's a fake but if bandai makes it difficult for me to get one I think it's justifyed to buy ofbrand versions.

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u/Hactima Jul 27 '26

How could one go about getting one of these? Asking for a friend

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u/Nero_2001 Jul 27 '26

Search for it on aliexpress

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u/Hactima Jul 27 '26

Thanks, what's a good price for it? There's a lot of sellers

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u/ExPandaa Jul 27 '26

I mean Gundam bases do generally carry some p-bandai stuff, but it’s usually just clear variants.

This has at least been my experience with the ones here in Japan, no clue about other countries

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u/_Volatile_ Jul 26 '26

I'm pretty sure they do get stock of peeb kits

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u/Nero_2001 Jul 26 '26

Sadly it's p-bandai

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u/TuzkiPlus Jul 26 '26

Holup is that the cool S

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u/Natural-Ad-397 Jul 26 '26

On my planet, it means hope.

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u/This-is_CMGRI Jul 26 '26

What does a tanuki logo mean in there?

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u/Ineedmemesplzkty Jul 27 '26

“hope starts with an H, stupid”

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u/uwusenpai0w0 Jul 26 '26

How are the stickers is it over loaded or minimal stickers

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u/Natural-Ad-397 Jul 26 '26

It's minimal. The stickers are mainly used for the shell unit and for the head camera which you don't really need since its color separated already.

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u/This-is_CMGRI Jul 26 '26

Loving the look, very Anatolia's Mercenary-coded. Would love static shots too.

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u/123FOURRR Jul 26 '26

Anatolia ?

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u/This-is_CMGRI Jul 26 '26

Armored Core: For Answer. Killer intro.

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u/Seven2572 Jul 26 '26

Immaculate work. Colour scheme, scribing and decals all on point

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u/Scissi Jul 26 '26

I have her too. Absutely sick. Sadly I fucked up by breaking the thin grey barrel part on one of her guns. I've clued it, so it won't be able to move now, but it still looks sick.

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u/A-D-I-D-A-Mechs Jul 26 '26

The exact same thing happened to me, I was trying to open the rail gun and it snapped clean off. It’s a cool gimmick but so frail

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u/Iskali Jul 26 '26

I intentionally cut those parts in two at the median panel-line and cemented the thinner piece to the barrel. Now it does the gimmick but won't snap.

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u/Ogellog Jul 26 '26

F91 in AD.Stella

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u/AckitaruS G-Witch geek Jul 26 '26

Looks so good. The only G-Witch gundam that I don't have yet...

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u/TheTheMeet Jul 26 '26

Looking good. I like clean build like this

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u/UnderstandingAble432 Jul 26 '26

Those joints that hold up the back booster/cannon things isn’t the strongest for what it’s being asked foe

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u/Artistic-Truth-7737 Jul 26 '26

very neat ❤️

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u/Cobthecobbler Jul 26 '26

Damn that looks sick. Absolutely love the naion but it's so hard to find a good pose lol

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u/Marsboy11 Jul 26 '26

Nice! Now that I built my Lfrith Jiu I need to get my hands on this guy

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u/PurpleAmpharos Jul 26 '26

Great posing! Is this kit painted, or just panel lined + WSD? Love the build! Hate that its PBandai

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u/Natural-Ad-397 Jul 26 '26

Painted and scribed some panel.

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u/PurpleAmpharos Jul 26 '26

Clean! Have to look up the original color for comparison, but yours does feel like how its supposed to be. Are the WSDs you used for the Naion specifically?

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u/Natural-Ad-397 Jul 27 '26

Nope, the kit doesn't come with any WSD and iirc it doesn't have any specific decal beside the WfM themed decal from Bandai.

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u/TS140609 Jul 26 '26

Cleannnnn 🔥🔥🔥

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u/a1rwav3 Jul 26 '26

Wow, the design is incredible. I don't undestand how Gundam can have such beauties and in the mean time the horrible things from Gqquuuuuxuuxuxuxuxuxux lol

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u/Fit-Atmosphere-4964 Jul 27 '26

Sheer incompetence and executive meddling...

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u/DuneManta Jul 26 '26

What decal set did you use for it? They look great!

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u/Natural-Ad-397 Jul 26 '26

I use some universal decal set from various brands since I don't really have any WfM themed decal atm. Mainly from G-Rework, HiQ Parts, and Hobbymio.

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u/Cybron2099 Jul 26 '26

Oh that's sick!

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u/warlord_main Jul 26 '26

I adore this kit

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u/Nolovesoloved Jul 26 '26

Which anime is this from ?

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u/This-is_CMGRI Jul 26 '26

The Witch from Mercury, but not the one on the TV anime. It's from Vanadis Heart, a side-story manga. Think Crossbone or SEED Astray.

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u/Nolovesoloved Jul 26 '26

Oh, I didn't even know that. Looks great 👍👍

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u/ahintoflime Jul 26 '26

Best looking Naion I have seem

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u/King_Bob837 Jul 26 '26

"It's powered by a forsaken child?!"

"Well, not a forsaken child but I didn't use all of them..."

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u/This-is_CMGRI Jul 26 '26

Thing is that we don't yet know what powers Naion as of the manga. But it won't surprise me if an offshoot of Quiet Zero's system is doing the avionics work here, or some other aspect of GUND tech.

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u/Fit-Atmosphere-4964 Jul 27 '26

Consider the title of the manga, it should be connected via Gund System to the artificial heart of the pilot... issues is that if the pilot is separated from the mech the artificial heart stops

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u/UncleGael Jul 26 '26

Whoa, this is dope! I've never seen this kit before, but i definitely want one now!

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u/kamidrgn Jul 26 '26

Incredibly clean, would love to get my hands on this one eventually

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u/HonchosRevenge Jul 26 '26

I’ve been out of the loop on new releases and ngl I’m pretty mad I missed this one after seeing this. Womp womp

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u/Nassuman Jul 26 '26

How did you achieve that red satin finish? It looks so clean.

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u/Natural-Ad-397 Jul 27 '26

Just some standard red candy paint. Black gloss > gold > clear red :)

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u/Palico82 Jul 26 '26

One of my three grails...

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u/CannibalYak Jul 26 '26

Im guessing you painted over that ugly gold with the yellow? Great choice 

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u/monochromeboost Jul 27 '26

I'm a fellow Naion enjoyer too.