Mobile SUMO (Silver Type) [ Strike Unit for Maneuver Operations ]

Series	Turn-A
Title	Mobile SUMO (Silver Type) [ Strike Unit for Maneuver Operations ]
Release Date	October 1999
Suggested Price (JPY)	500
No. of Parts	4 trees (47 parts) + polycaps + sticker
Plastic Color	Silver (non-plated), Dark Blue
Grade	HG 1/144
Scale	1/144
My Rating	Just so so
Model Status	Completed (2002-05-31)
Production Roll-Out#	#5

Comment
This is a cool mech. Standing as the second highest of my entire 1/144 model collection so far. However the overall feel is spoilt by its puny armaments. Plastic is molded in very poor color as silver swirl is obvious on the plastic surface. Painting is highly recommended. Owning to the original design, posing is great for a HG. The joint system in this kit is some sort of a scale down version of the 1/100 SUMO. Expect a generous degree of movement.

Packaging

4 plastic trees. 1 sticker, 1 polycaps.
Plastic molded in 2 colors. Painting is optional.
Plastic quality average.
Some pictures on the box and a small 6 pages manual.

Weapons, Gimmicks and Accessories

Beam Gun
Heat Fan
IF Generator

I am sad to say that the weapon and accessories is not impressive enough for me to put it on the model for display. I will blame this on the design. SUMO a huge mech and it really spoil the overall look with its teeny-weeny weapons. I think a plain SUMO looks much better.

Construction Note

Base coat is hand brushed with chrome silver, flat blue and dark grey.
My hand is not steady enough at this point so I use masking for the 3 part coloring behind the leg.
Use gloss red for the shoulder and the chest plate.
Panel line is done with pigment pen.
Color: Gloss Red, Chrome Silver, Flat Blue, Flat Yellow.

In brief
Do not buy this kit if you are not painting it.