Construction and optional painting

Rick Dom includes two different O runners, so check their runner names before cutting parts. Its articulated MP2 hands are ABS/PP: hold each finger at the root and move it slowly in the directions shown. Bandai advises against painting ABS and recommends water-based paint for the optional finish.

The kit includes the beam bazooka, giant bazooka, heat saber, pilot figures, jewel sticker and waterslide decals. Use water, tweezers and a cotton swab for the decals as directed; decal softener is an optional remedy for lifting decals. The Action Base 4 used in some display images is sold separately.

Materials in the parts list: PS: model armor/weapon runners including both O runner types; PE: M runner and PC-121 polycaps; ABS/PP: MP2 articulated hands; PUR: jewel sticker.

The original also shows optional panel lining without prescribing an exact paint or marker color or numerical product code.

The original recommends water-based paint and gives named ingredients without numerical H/C product codes. The water-based AK 3GEN store products below are optional approximate candidates, not manufacturer-specified paints or physically verified matches.

Complete original painting recipes

10 printed roles use 16 distinct named ingredients. 8 roles contain mixtures; 0 use separate paint layers. Original proportions describe the source paints. Ratios for these substitute pigments are unvalidated starting points: test and adjust a small dried sample. Unquantified additions remain unquantified. Keep undercoats and topcoats separate and let each layer dry.

1. Body purple: Purple 50% + White 30% + RLM75 Gray 20% + Black small dose.
2. Body black: Black 70% + Midnight Blue 25% + Red 5%.
3. Body red: Shine Red 100% + Gray small dose. Candidate recipe incomplete: Shine Red has no chosen store match.
4. Body gray: Gray 85% + Black 15%.
5. Weapon yellow: Yellow 100%.
6. Head sensor: White 50% + Clear Red 50%.
7. Pilot suit green: Khaki Green 45% + White 35% + Interior Green 10% + IJN Green 10% (Japanese dark green[1]). Candidate recipe incomplete: Khaki Green, Interior Green, IJN Green has no chosen store match.
8. Pilot suit light gray: Light Gull Gray 85% + White 15% + Blue small dose.
9. Pilot suit red: Red 100%.
10. Pilot visor violet: Violet 100% + Black small dose + Red small dose.

Named ingredients and optional store candidates

12 mapped purchase cards and 4 disabled ingredient references cover all 16 named ingredients. Mapped cards represent 12 unique paint variants. Source-role counts are not purchase quantities. Each selected variant is added once, even if chosen for more than one source ingredient.

1. Purple. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Purple AK11073. Purple is a named opaque water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
2. White. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic White AK11001. White is a named opaque water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
3. RLM75 Gray. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic RLM 75 AK11826. Manufacturer identifies AK11826 as RLM 75; source spelling retained and formulation remains approximate. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
4. Black. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Black AK11029. Black is a named opaque water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
5. Midnight Blue. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Strong Dark Blue AK11187. Strong Dark Blue has a very dark, near-black blue chart sample. It is an approximation to the Midnight Blue hue, distinct from Navy Blue; no manufacturer crosswalk is claimed. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
6. Red. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Matt Red AK11092. Matt Red supplies an opaque red candidate; matte describes the candidate, not a proven source finish. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
7. Shine Red. No sufficiently supported water-based Shine Red hue/finish candidate is established. Generic red does not establish its named hue or shine.
8. Gray. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Neutral Grey AK11018. Neutral Grey is a generic gray approximation; it does not define the distinct named Neutral Gray source as an identical formulation. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
9. Yellow. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Yellow AK11044. Yellow is a named opaque water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
10. Clear Red. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Clear Red AK11213. Clear Red is a named transparent water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: transparent.
11. Khaki Green. No candidate was established that resolves this source Khaki Green without imposing a more specific military standard. It remains distinct from Khaki and ordinary Green.
12. Interior Green. The source does not specify which interior-green standard. US, RAF and Japanese interior colors are distinct and no exact standard is inferred.
13. IJN Green. No maker code or calibrated IJN Green variant is specified. The original Japanese dark green[1] wording is retained without silently choosing D1 or D2.
14. Light Gull Gray. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Light Gull Grey FS 16440 AK11866. Light Gull Grey is a named approximation; the candidate’s FS16440 label is its identity and is not retroactively assigned to the source. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
15. Blue. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Deep Blue AK11182. Deep Blue supplies an opaque blue candidate, with untested depth and pigment strength. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
16. Violet. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Deep Violet AK11072. Violet is a named opaque water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.

Optional supplies are recommendations for the tasks described above, not manufacturer-required purchases. The AK 3GEN thinner applies only to the AK 3GEN candidates. Do not paint materials the original warns against painting. Digital color squares are browsing aids; they do not prove dried color, pigment strength, sheen, metallic reflection, transparency or a successful mixture.

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