Instead of a modeling contest this year the Mecha Lounge instead has a large group build called the Chaos Group Build. There are two factions the air team and the ground team and I signed up for the ground team awhile back. Originally I planned to use the MG Zeong I was supposed to receive from the Summer War 2012 contest but since that never came I instead purchased a Clanche Custom, a HG I have been wanting for a few months. Unfortunately though initially the Clanche was a huge disappointment.











In Gundam models especially High Grades there are three types of pieces that have seam lines. First there are the pieces where you just cement them together clean them up and simply connect the cemented piece to its adjacent parts. The Second one is a piece where you can modify the seam lined piece so that it can connect to its adjacent parts. The Third and most frustrating is a piece where it is impossible to modify it without causing immense articulation problems so instead you will have to mask it in order to paint it. Why I bring this up is that the Clanche custom is filled with the third type of seam lined piece but even worse it is at the knee and elbow joints making them even more of a pain to paint correctly. I eventually came to terms with it but at first it really pissed me off.





Finally since this is for the ground team I added a bunch of pla pieces and Kotobukiya/Wave after market parts and some battle damage here and there.