Kinda out of nowhere, this kit happened to be my younger sister’s very first Gunpla kit. My dad, my sister and I went to our local hobby shop, so while I was able to snatch a Daribalde for a not so great price, my dad got the Demi Trainer for my sister to build. Her only experience of building kits were Haros that didn’t require tools, so it was the first time that she needed to figure out how to use a pair of nippers. So, because using a pair of basic nippers required an exacto knife to clean it up (that’s the only way we know how to), and we didn’t want her to use a knife, I lended her my God Hand, and she actually got the hang of it… super fast for her first time. I showed her how to remove nubs by only using the God Hand, and for most of the part, she managed to do quite well for someone building a Gunpla kit for the first time, it was really impressive. And my God Hand is still in one piece.
But wait, did she also panel line and paint everything? No, that was me. I didn’t go too far on the painting as I was in painting fatigue from doing the Aerial and Lfrith just two days beforehand, but with the lines being so angular in this kit, I went overboard on the panel-lining instead. I don’t know if this was the right call, but since I was making the kit look nice and purty, I cleaned up the nub marks that my sister missed. I feel kinda iffy about it because when I did my first kit, my dad left the nub marks I missed to show my novice mistakes, and to see myself like a few years later to see how much progress I made, but then again, I’m not sure when my sister will be wanting to build another kit again… Eh, it is what it is. Check the 2nd image in the gallery to see the end result of my sister’s work and the finished product.
For the kit itself, it’s a pretty cool little kit. For something basic and even kinda cute looking, it has a chaotic nature as posing the big ass gun as melee weapon, or posing the kit as a boxer, kinda fits, especially as Chuchu herself is a very aggressive anime girl, and doesn’t pull her punches. It’s really cool to pose with. That being said, I am so tired of HG kits right now, but since I got Daribalde, I’m going to have to get working on that… whenever I can.