Construction and optional painting

Aerial includes the beam rifle, beam sabers and the Escutcheon shield, which separates into parts for the Bit on Form arrangement. Choose the shell-unit sticker options during assembly: some are printed on the adhesive side and attach inside the clear parts. The printed F parts are ABS, and their finish can vary with the printing process.

Bandai recommends water-based paint and advises against painting ABS parts. Preserve the printed shell details and test the movable shield and armor connections before adding any optional finish. Use model nippers; tweezers help place the small stickers. Action Base 5 is sold separately.

Materials in the parts list: PS runners A, B1, B2, C, D and E; ABS F printed shell-unit parts.

In the original color chart, English Red madder is paired with Japanese モンザレッド (Monza Red). Both printed names are retained; this does not establish a modern numerical paint code or a tested substitute.

The frame-gray ingredient is printed as RLM75 Gray in English and RLM75 Gray Violet in Japanese. The recipe below retains the more explicit gray-violet name without assigning an H/C product number.

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

8 printed roles use 13 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 white: White 100% + Gray small dose.
2. Body blue: Cobalt Blue 70% + White 30% + Midnight Blue small dose. Candidate recipe incomplete: Cobalt Blue has no chosen store match.
3. Body yellow: Yellow 90% + Orange Yellow 10% + Gray small dose.
4. Legs/waist red: Brown 65% + Red Madder 20% + White 15%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Red Madder has no chosen store match.
5. Frame gray: RLM75 Gray Violet 100% + White small dose.
6. Joint pipe dark gray: Midnight Blue 60% + Gray 40%.
7. Beam rifle sensor light gray: IJN Gray (1) 70% + Dark Gray (2) 30%. Candidate recipe incomplete: IJN Gray (1), Dark Gray (2) has no chosen store match.
8. Sensor green: Metallic Green 70% + Gold 30%.

Named ingredients and optional store candidates

9 mapped purchase cards and 4 disabled ingredient references cover all 13 named ingredients. Mapped cards represent 9 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. 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.
2. 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.
3. Cobalt Blue. AK11201 Cobalt Blue is explicitly in the metallic range. The source ordinary Cobalt Blue does not establish a metallic effect, so that candidate is rejected.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Orange Yellow. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Golden Yellow AK11041. Golden Yellow supplies a warm yellow-orange approximation, distinct from Orange and Yellow. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
7. Brown. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Deep Brown AK11102. Deep Brown supplies a generic brown approximation, kept distinct from Pale Brown, Mahogany and Wood Brown. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
8. Red Madder. The source gives a named Red Madder ingredient without a numeric product code; some originals pair the English with Japanese Monza Red. No matching formulation is established.
9. RLM75 Gray Violet. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic RLM 75 AK11826. Manufacturer identifies AK11826 as RLM 75 and the primary chart shows gray-violet. No H/C code is inferred. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
10. IJN Gray (1). The numbered IJN Gray (1) source distinction does not establish an AK J3/amber-gray standard. No candidate is chosen.
11. Dark Gray (2). The numbered Dark Gray (2) distinction is unresolved; generic Dark Grey is not presented as this named specification.
12. Metallic Green. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Metallic Green AK11205. Metallic Green is a named metallic water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: metallic.
13. Gold. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Gold AK11191. Gold is a named metallic water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: metallic.

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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