Kotobukiya Armored Core: Victoria Fine Scale Model Kit

This kit is absolutely amazing! It's my first armored core model and also the first kit I ever painted. Building it was a lot of fun and the complexity is just right. The best part I like about this kit is the quality of its material. Many gundam model I bought around 30$ have the problem that when cutting the dots( when you first take the parts from the frame there's going to be stuff like that), due to the pressure, it gets wrinkle and white-ish. (sorry about my English) But this one clearly doesn't have that problem and I don't even need to sand it. To make it(or she?) look more realistic I just painted all the red part and drew lines in the gap. I recommend anyone who's into building models to get this！

I really like this model. Not only does it look cool with just the lines and curves of the body, but the coloring is really cool as well. There are only a few pieces that actually need painting (and they're small, so it just takes a steady hand to keep in the lines); and I didn't have to glue anything (though you can if you want). The model kit comes with 6 weapons: 1.) Linear Rifle (Right Hand); 2.) Grenade Rifle (Left Hand); 3.) Radar (Back Left); 4.) Laser Blade (not shown); 5.) Physical Pile (not shown); 6.) Missile Pack (not shown). The only thing I didn't like about the extra weapons is that there aren't any assembly or paint instructions. They're easy enough to put together (only the Missile Pack gave me a little trouble, & that was just an awkward piece), but the lack of paint instructions for them is what bothered me. Sure, I could make something up myself & be done with it, but without a template to go by, you have to make it up as you go. Other than that (and that's a very minor thing), I really liked this. Was easy to put together (only lost 1 super small piece that was cosmetic, not structural). If you like robot models, I highly recommend this. Not only is it fun to put together, but when finished, it's quite prettyful.

Just finished assembling this model and I got to say it was one of the funnest mecha models I have made. It is a snap together, however I did come across some parts where glue was almost necessary (feet area and putting together the core area), other than that it holds itself together pretty good. If you want it to look like the box you will need paint, it comes with few gold and gray parts (it gives you an example on the box and it looks pretty boring). I only had to use red, gold, black and silver (I changed all the gray parts to silver, looks better in my opinion) and I would look into getting an ultra-fine tip marker for the armor lines. The model also comes with two extra arm blades and a back mounted missile pod along side the radar antenna which is great for customization. Use caution though, some parts go into awkward places and can slip out of your fingers/modeling tweezers and can get lost easy and there are barley any spares for them. Giving it a 4/5 because there are people out there who don't like to go into detail and want to get to the finished product. But for those of us who like to take out time it is a great 3-day project (finished it completely at around 15 hours) it is a fun build and the hard work shows in this one!

i had got this unit as a little gift to me. i was happy putting it together but i have to say there were many problems with the final product. one of which was its durability parts were always popping off when i moved it, it almost seemed like it wasn't worth my time. aside from that the unit was very detailed and a great piece to start on if you like detailed work, and was very easy to pose i could pose the unit freely better than any other kit at its time. i would highly recommend buying super glue because a lot of part fall off or pop out easily, but after you get that its a great model once completed. sadly the units detail doesn't shine so i recommend getting a gundam detail marker. if you love armored core this unit will be very nostalgic and plenty of time to build it.

パッケージでも解る通り、コアに機体のエンブレムがついてるのですが…シールでは無く、フレームに直接印刷されており、フル塗装すると消えてしまいます…このパーツだけ、塗装しなければ問題ないでしょうが、おそらく浮いた感じになるでしょう… いっそのこと、白パーツの塗装を諦めて作るのが良いかもしれません。 素組で作る人の為の仕様にしては見栄えの悪い完成度になるし、塗装派の仕様ではエンブレムの関係で不親切…なんとも中途半端なキットです。 ですが、合わせ目などの配慮はなかなか良い物ですね。 武器も余剰パーツを組み立てると通常+2個あり、お得感はあります。 塗装派から見て、エンブレムが欠点ですが悪いキットでは無いと思います。 そもそもオリジナルの機体を作るなら関係の無い事ですけど(笑) ちなみに、奇抜なカラーリングですが、自分の好きなように塗装すれば格好いい機体になります。