GUNPLA QUEST

Partway through 2022, my wife and I began the laborious process of purchasing and subsequently fixing up a house. This activity took up pretty much all my free time for the better part of a year and a half, leaving me precious few minutes and even less energy to spend on hobbies like gunpla. After settling in, however, I was finally able to get some time back, and jumped back in with the (then) newly released MGSD Freedom Gundam.  In a way, this kit meant coming full circle for me - readers familiar with my backstory will know that I became interested in both Gundam and gunpla through the SD franchise, so when the new MGSD line was announced, I jumped at the chance to work on a kit with the detail and engineering of a Master Grade design in the form factor of an SD model. I had a ball and, as usual, was blown away by the thought and care that went into the creation of this model.  My work here is fully painted using lacquer paints and airbrush. I did pre-shade all the parts, though as