Construction and optional painting

Build the Strike and its Aile Striker pack as separate push-fit assemblies, then attach the pack after checking the wings and thrusters. The kit uses PS parts with PE polycaps and includes foil stickers, a beam rifle, shield, two Armor Schneider knives and beam sabers.

Use model nippers to remove the parts cleanly; fine tweezers can help place the small stickers. Painting is optional, and Bandai recommends water-based paint. The flying poses use an Action Base 2 sold separately.

Materials in the parts list: PS runners A, B1, C, G, M1, N, O and SB-13; PE PC-002 polycaps.

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

9 printed roles use 12 distinct named ingredients. 5 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%.
2. Chest blue: Indy Blue 100%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Indy Blue has no chosen store match.
3. Waist red: Monza Red 100%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Monza Red has no chosen store match.
4. Knife blade: Aircraft Gray 100%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Aircraft Gray has no chosen store match.
5. Antenna yellow: Yellow 60% + White 30% + Orange 10%.
6. Head sensor light blue: White 75% + Violet 15% + Sky Blue 10%.
7. Aile pack black: Black 100% + White small amount.
8. Rifle dark gray: Navy Blue 80% + Violet 20% + Purple small amount.
9. Joints gray: Gray 90% + Black 10%.

Named ingredients and optional store candidates

9 mapped purchase cards and 3 disabled ingredient references cover all 12 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. Indy Blue. No independently supported water-based Indy Blue hue/formulation is established. A similarly named blue or inferred H/C code is not used.
3. Monza Red. No independently supported water-based Monza Red candidate is established. Preserve the source name and any bilingual Monza Red / Red Madder note without inventing code equivalence.
4. Aircraft Gray. Aircraft Gray alone does not establish a particular aviation gray standard; no FS/RAF code or exact product is inferred.
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. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Medium Orange AK11078. Orange is a named opaque water-based candidate. Exact source formulation and dried appearance are untested. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
7. 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.
8. Sky Blue. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Sky Blue AK11175. Same descriptive Sky Blue name supports a pale blue candidate. Separate Light Blue ingredients are retained even when sharing this bottle. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
9. 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.
10. Navy Blue. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Dark Blue AK11181. Dark Blue has a dark navy-blue chart sample. It is a hue-family approximation, distinct from the near-black Midnight Blue candidate. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
11. 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.
12. 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.

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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