Completed » Kampfer [Zeon Special Forces: Black Ops Unit 6]

About The Kit »

Another of the kits I snagged from the Amazon clearance sale on gunpla. I always wanted an MG Kampfer, but until I had the opportunity to get it for $10, never picked one up. It’s a wonderful kit even if it’s a little older in the MG line-up. The design is sleak and fast and it’s armed to the teeth which is always nice.

For my Kampfer I wanted to do it in such a way as to show off the aluminum thrusters from MechaSkunk.com and Ako Creations. MechaSkunk makes a fantastic set of machined aluminum thruster bells for the Kampfer. The replace all the thrusters on this kit. The only thing I didn’t use was the K-Baffles for the shoulders. Instead I opted for some small bells from Ako Creations since I loved how they looked there. The dark gray (German Grey from Tamiya) with a light airbrushed camo pattern really sets off the shininess of the metal I used throughout the kit. I used actual metal parts where I could and the rest is painted with 3 coats of Alclad 2 metal lacquers. The first is Jet Exhaust followed by Magnesium and finally Aluminum to make it pop. Same set of paint I used on my Gally fig. Below is a list of modificatons/additions I made to the kit:

• Made new neck connection from aluminum tubing to set head lower.
• Replaced all thrusters with machined aluminum ones. These were painted internally with Tamiya Clear Blue then buffed on my drill with steel wool to clean up the paint and polish the bells.
• Scratchbuilt rack for chain of mines.
• Replaced much of shotguns and parts of bazooka with polished aluminum tubing.
• Replaced neck and waist tubes with steel springs.
• Added aluminum thrusters and detail under feet.
• Replaced monoeye with parts from Wave.
• Added various small screws (minus-mold) details aquired from MechaSkunk.
• Base is acrylic magnetic frame from Michael’s ($10) withhole drilled to add Clear Acrylic rod to support Kampfer.