{"id":1300,"date":"2006-10-28T09:41:55","date_gmt":"2006-10-28T17:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2009-02-11T09:46:14","modified_gmt":"2009-02-11T17:46:14","slug":"completed-%c2%bb-rick-dias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/completed-%c2%bb-rick-dias\/","title":{"rendered":"Completed \u00c2\u00bb Rick Dias"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About The Designs \u00c2\u00bb<\/p>\n

I acquired this new MG Rick Dias in a trade. I liked the design, but I wasn’t sure how I wanted to color it. I really didn’t know much about the Rick Dias before I saw Zeta Gundam. Even after that I needed more information to build this kit as it’s been a year or more since I saw the series. I went to MAHQ for more details and found the following:<\/p>\n

Originally intended to be called the “Gundam \u00ce\u00b3” (“\u00ce\u00b3” being the Greek symbol “gamma”), the MSA-099 sported a more Zeonic look, so it was named “Rick Dias” instead (“Rick” is derived from “remake”, and was a term first used on the MS-09R Rick Dom to distinguish it as a space-use remake of the MS-09 Dom; “Dias” was the name of the discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope on Earth).
\n<\/em>—MAHQ<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Having read that I decided to base my decal designs on the “Gamma Gundam” idea. I also decided to keep a similar look to my Type 100 Afterburner as I thought it’d work well here. I also decided to make Jeep<\/a> styled mods so enhance the look. Shiny metal parts.<\/p>\n

About the Build \u00c2\u00bb<\/p>\n

The kit itself is pretty nice and goes together well. It’s rather big and bulky as well, but is still quite posable I found. Below is what I did to modify the kit:<\/p>\n