Construction and optional painting

The O uses PS parts and PE polycaps, with supplied stickers and beam-sword blades. Its five optional paint recipes cover the body, internal mechanisms, mono-eye, power pipes and thruster interiors. Bandai recommends water-based paint.

The instructions also give Gundam Color Yellow 4, Gray 6 and Green 14 as alternatives to their corresponding complete recipes. They are separate paint choices, not extra mixing ingredients. Build the hidden skirt arms carefully so they can deploy with the beam swords, and use the supplied rifle for the main hands.

Materials in the parts list: PS: A, B1, B2, C, D and SB4 runners; PE: PC-116 polycaps.

The original recommends water-based paint and prints legacy Gundam Color alternatives for some complete recipes. Preserve those named and numbered alternatives as shown below. The base recipe ingredients have no printed H/C product numbers; no modern paint-code equivalence is assumed.

Complete original painting recipes

5 printed roles use 8 distinct named ingredients. 2 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 50% + Sky 30% + Yellow 20%. Printed alternative: Gundam Color Yellow 4; an alternative to this complete recipe, not an added ingredient.
2. Internal mechanisms and joints: Midnight Blue 70% + Cobalt Blue 30%. Printed alternative: Gundam Color Gray 6; an alternative to this complete recipe, not an added ingredient. Candidate recipe incomplete: Cobalt Blue has no chosen store match.
3. Mono-eye: Fluorescent Pink 100%.
4. Power pipes: Red 100%.
5. Inside thrusters: Daytona Green 100%. Printed alternative: Gundam Color Green 14; an alternative to this complete recipe, not an added ingredient. Candidate recipe incomplete: Daytona Green has no chosen store match.

Named ingredients and optional store candidates

6 mapped purchase cards and 2 disabled ingredient references cover all 8 named ingredients. Mapped cards represent 6 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. Sky. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic RAF Sky/FS 34424 AK11844. RAF Sky has a pale yellow-green chart sample and named Sky identity. It is a hue-family approximation; no RAF or FS standard is asserted for The O. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
3. 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.
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. 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.
6. Fluorescent Pink. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Flourescent Magenta AK11068. Fluorescent Magenta offers a pink-magenta fluorescent approximation. The primary manufacturer identifies its fluorescent semi-transparent resin; its hue and fluorescence strength may differ. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: fluorescent.
7. 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.
8. Daytona Green. No independently supported water-based Daytona Green formulation is established. An ordinary green name is insufficient to select a specific candidate.

Printed legacy alternatives

These 3 references are separate from the ingredient count and are not additional paint requirements.

• Gundam Color Yellow 4. Original printed alternative for Body. It replaces that complete recipe; it is not an extra mixture ingredient. No current equivalent is established.
• Gundam Color Gray 6. Original printed alternative for Internal mechanisms and joints. It replaces that complete recipe; it is not an extra mixture ingredient. No current equivalent is established.
• Gundam Color Green 14. Original printed alternative for Inside thrusters. It replaces that complete recipe; it is not an extra mixture ingredient. No current equivalent is established.

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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