Restartt Hobby

What a build this was.  No sooner did I decide to build the white wolf himself, Shin Matsunaga's Zaku, then it began the first snow of the year.  That's a good sign. Shin pilots a MS-06R-1A Zaku II, which is a high mobility type.  You can tell by those massive cankles, with the thee thrusters on each.  The -1A version is just the -1A with some minor engine problems corrected, and the larger propellant tanks replaces with exchangeable fuel cartridges. The notable pilots of this type is a huge list, from the tri stars to Shin to Eric Manthfield to Char himself and about 8-10 others.  Truly an ace's suit, and this white and grey for Shin's version really stands out. Shin himself is a notable UC ace, building a name during the Battle of Loum, bodyguarding for Dozle Zabi, and shooting down 141 MS and 6 ships.  And the nickname "white wolf of Solomon" wasn't just for his color, he also preferred very close in combat and was very warrior like. Anyways,...

A quick build post - just made my first Zaku, the MS-06CK halfcannon!  Don't worry, there will be plenty more, but I just love the browns on him.  Fits really well with the "late OYW" 1/144 stuff I'm kinda starting with. For you lore nerds, why you didn't see more of these basically normal zaku with a Zaku Cannon backpack strapped on (yeah it wasn't even special built like this), it seems like a great idea, but the cannon recoil was so much that unless dug in or laying down they'd often topple themselves over with the cannons power, and even if they didn't the stress affected the machine. So very limited numbers were built. Still, cool kits! I wont bother you all with too much talking about it, as it's the standard origin Zaku, just with a backpack that mounts two big waist guns and either a shoulder cannon or a shoulder gatling gun. (I opted for one waist gun, the gatling shoulder, and a mounted axe, with the gatling hand free to point). The...