HG Gundam Astray Blue Frame Second L English Manual & Color Guide

Released last month by Bandai is Gai Murakamo's Gundam Astray Blue Frame Second L from the Gundam Seed Astray side stories as a 1/144 High Grade kit. I already have the 1/100 of this built. One downside of that kit was that it could easily topple because of the heavy tactical arms on its back. Good thing that Bandai decided to add a small stand to this kit to circumvent that problem. As mentioned for the umpteenth time already, the Astray is one of my most favorite designs to come out of the Gundam Seed Series... it looks like a bloody outdoor shoe! *snicker*

The HG Gundam Astray Blue Frame Second L is selling for $24.99 at Amazon, 1240 yen at Amiami, 1360 yen at HobbyLink Japan, 1445 yen at Hobby Search



Construction Manual & Color Guide for the HG Gundam Astray Blue Frame Second L was translated to English from the Japanese Manual posted at Dalong's Gunpla & Model Kit Review site.

Paints Used & Paint Conversion Equivalents:

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Aqueous Hobby Color	Mr. Color	Tamiya	Vallejo Model Color	Vallejo Model Air	Revell Enamel	Revell Acrylic	Humbrol Enamel	Humbrol Acrylic
Bright Blue/Indy Blue (H15)	Indy Blue/Bright Blue (C65)	Blue (X4)	Dark Blue (70.930)	--	--	--	198	French Blue (Gloss) (14)
Clear Green (H94)	Clear Green (C138)	Clear Green (X25)	--	--	--	--	Green (Clear) (1325)	--
Clear Yellow (H91)	Clear Yellow (C48)	Clear Yellow (X24)	--	--	--	--	--	--
Cobalt Blue (H35)	Cobalt Blue (C80)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Medium Blue/Intermediate Blue (H56)	Intermediate Blue/Medium Blue (C72)	Medium Blue (XF18)	--	Grey Blue (71.005)	--	--	RAF Blue (Matte) (96)	--
Midnight Blue (H55)	Midnight Blue (C71)	Royal Blue (X3)	--	--	--	--	Midnight Blue (Gloss) (15)	--
Orange (H14)	Orange (C59)	Orange (X6)	Clear Orange (70.956)	--	orange (solid matt) (32130)	orange (Gloss) (36130)	Orange (Gloss) (18)	--
Orange Yellow (H24)	Orange Yellow (C58)	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Silver (H8)	Silver (C8)	Flat Aluminium (XF16)	Silver (Metallic) (70.997)	Silver RLM01 (Metallic) (71.063)	sliver (solid metallic) (32190)	Silver (solid metallic) (36190)	Silver (metallic) (11)	Silver (metallic) (11)
Steel (H18)	Steel (C28)	--	Oily Steel (Metallic) (70.865)	--	steel (solid metallic) (32191)	Steel (solid metallic) (36191)	Polished Steel (metalcote) (27003)	--
White (H1)	White (C1)	White (X2)	Gloss White (70.842)	--	white (solid gloss) (32104)	white (Gloss) (36104)	White (Gloss) (22)	White (Gloss) (22)