Saber Tiger

After many months of drooling and temptation I've finally got my hands on the 1/72 HMM Saber Tiger by Kotobukiya. As some of you may know this would be my second foray into these beautiful kits. If the Cannon Tortoise was any indication then I wont be disappointed.

First off, the box art is amazing. It effortlessly captures the aggressiveness and grace of the zoid. Just one look and you know the Tiger means bussiness.

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Despite what Tofu says about the box being the size of a 1/144 I think the following picture gives us a sense of how immense the kit is.

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I'm impressed with the amount of runners, with a staggering 32 runners, the last MG i built being the Sinanju only had around 23 and only topped by the MG EX-S at 40+.

Here are scans of the front and back of the manuals with what the Saber Tiger would look like when complete (although it is heavily painted with some moderate shading) and it certainly does not lack in the details department.

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This is probably my favourite page out the manual. Nothing beats kickass lineart imo.

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And to round off this part of the preview here's a close up of one of the armor runners. The shade of red/orange is almost perfect although a certain somebody will probably complain about the picture being too dark but what the hey the light in my room sucks so tough luck.

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Stay tuned with a proper WIP by Sunday.