Released last year by Bandai for their Starwars line is the 1/12 Darth Vader. Built with the usual Bandai attention to detail and technological advances in injection mold casting, this is truly a specimen worth beholding. How's that for a PT Barnum impression? *snicker* But seriously this looks like a great kit, and with the current Bandai plastic kits released you know that you'll always get a well crafted product.
The 1/12 Darth Vader from Bandai is selling for $$ at Amazon.
Construction Manual & Color Guide was translated to English from the Japanese manual posted at Dalong's Gunpla & Model Kit Review site.
Paints Used & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black (H2) | Black (C2) | Black (X1) | Glossy Black (70.861) | -- | black (solid matt) (32107) | black (Gloss) (36107) | Black (Gloss) (21) | Black (Gloss) (21) |
| Blue (H5) | Blue (C5) | Royal Blue (X3) | Dark Prussian Blue (70.899) | Blue (71.004) | -- | -- | Midnight Blue (Gloss) (15) | Midnight Blue (Gloss) (15) |
| Brown (H7) | Brown (C7) | Brown (X9) | Chocolate Brown (70.872) | Burnt Umber (71.040) | 32181 | 36181 | Service Brown (Gloss) (10) | Service Brown (Gloss) (10) |
| Clear Orange (H92) | Clear Orange (C49) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Clear Red (H90) | Clear Red (C47) | -- | Transparent Red (Transparent) (70.934) | -- | -- | -- | Red (Clear) (1321) | -- |
| Flat Base (H40) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Flat Black (H12) | Flat Black (C33) | Flat Black (XF1) | Black (70.950) | Black (71.057) | black (solid silk matt) (32108) | black (solid matt) (36108) | Black (Matte) (33) | Black (Matte) (33) |
| 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) |
| Smoke Gray (H95) | Smoke Gray (C101) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Steel (H18) | Steel (C28) | -- | Oily Steel (Metallic) (70.865) | -- | steel (solid metallic) (32191) | Steel (solid metallic) (36191) | Polished Steel (metalcote) (27003) | -- |
