Title: MS-14F Gelgoog Marine
Scale: 1/144 (5½" / 14 cm tall when complete)
Grade: High Grade Universal Century (HGUC)
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars
Kit No.: # 16
Series: Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Release Date: 10/2000
Suggested Price: ¥ 1200
No. of Parts: 100 + 23 polycaps
Plastic colors: dark gray, gray, green, transparent yellow
Gimmicks: 'Universal' upper leg, arm, and shoulder parts, transparent beam sabers
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HGUC MS-14F Gelgoog Marine Gunpla Picture Gallery
Built by Zone, Kobaken, Dark Lusifer, Yamag and Imkw
Infomation of MS-14F Gelgoog Marine
The Gelgoog Marine is a late variant of the mass produced MS-14A Gelgoog. It first appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
General and Technical Data
Model number: MS-14F
Code name: Gelgoog Marine
Unit type: mass production space combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Principality of Zeon
Operator(s): Principality of Zeon (Cima Fleet); Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 19.2 meters
Weight: empty 45.1 metric tons; max gross 81.3 metric tons
Armor materials: super-hard steel alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1440 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 20500 kg, 2 x 7000 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.68 G; 180-degree turn time 1.6 seconds
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6300 meters
Fixed armaments: 2 x 110mm machine cannon, mounted on forearms; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in hip armor, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: MMP-80/90mm Ver.8 machine gun, clip-fed, 32 rounds per clip; knuckle shield
Miscellaneous Information
Pilot(s): Chuck Keith, Bergman, Kazakh Larson
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space; Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans; Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans (manga); Gundam Evolve
Original mechanical designer: Mika Akitaka
Technology and Combat Characteristics
The Gelgoog Marine is variant of the base A-type Gelgoog that was designed to be an overall more effective mobile suit while reducing production costs at the same time. To make the Gelgoog Marine maneuverable, numerous thrusters and extra propellant tanks were added to the suit. In order to cut costs, the Gelgoog's large Zulu-like shield was replaced with a "knuckle shield" taken from a modified Zaku II shoulder shield. The Gelgoog Marine could also carry a 90mm machine gun instead of a beam rifle.
Armaments
110mm Machine Cannon - One of the new features of the Gelgoog marine are a pair of 110mm machine cannons that are mounted in the forearms, one cannon per arm. These projectile firing weapons are highly effective against most mobile suit armor at close range.
Beam Saber - The Gelgoog Marine is equipped with two beam sabers for close-combat uses. The beam saber is a small cylindrical device held in the mobile suit's hands when operated and is powered by an energy capacitor that is recharged from special racks. The beam saber is capable of cutting through any metal that has not been treated with anti-beam coating.
Knuckle Shield - The knuckle shield is a modified Zaku II shoulder shield that mounts on the left arm. When mounted the armor the curve of the armor fits over the mobile suits hand. One of the modifications is the additions of three spikes placed on the plate that rests in front of the hand. These spikes make the knuckle shield an effective bashing weapon.
MMP-80/90mm Ver.8 Machine Gun - The upgraded of the standard MMP-78 120mm. It used 90mm Bullets instead of 120mm type, allows for a greater speed of firing and a higher rate of penetration. But so, it is still to weak compare to a beam rifle. This gun that does not require energy to be used, however its effectiveness against heavy armor is very little
Special Equipment & Features
External propellant tanks - Gelgoog Marine's upgraded thrusters although allow it to attain incredibly high acceleration, they consume fuel at a high rate. To compensate, the Gelgoog Marine can be equipped with a pair of back-mounted external propellant tanks which substantially increase the amount of fuel it can carry, thus increasing the mobile suits operational flight time. When the fuel is depleted, the tanks can be ejected to decrease mass.
History
After deploying their new Gelgoog at the Battle of A Baoa Qu, the Principality of Zeon decided to create mission specific variants of the Gelgoog, similar to that of the old MS-06 Zaku II. To that end, they created the Gelgoog Marine, or the Gelgoog F-Type specifically for Zeon's elite marine corps.
Many Gelgoog Marines were produced, and most ended up in the hands of Cima Garahau and her notorious Cima Fleet while others were captured by the Earth Federation and used as aggressor units for rookie pilots. [Source: wikia & MAHQ]
Variants
- MS-14Fs Gelgoog Marine Commander Type
1/144 HGUC MS-14F Gelgoog Marine Model Kit Review
Gelgoog variants also appeared to fill specific mission roles, and one variant was the MS-14F Gelgoog Marine. Built exclusively for Zeon's marine troops, the Gelgoog Marine featured improved thrusters, speed and maneuverability, as well as external propellant tanks to increase its range while offsetting the extra fuel used by its more powerful thrusters. The twin beam sword of the original Gelgoog was replaced with two standard beam sabers, and a 110mm machine cannon was mounted on each forearm.
| Parts: Approx. 85 parts, injection-molded plastic plus one sprue of polycaps. |
| Instructions: 8 pages with color photos of completed model. In Japanese, but assembly drawings are extremely clear; good photos for painting guide. |
| Decals: Small sticker sheet (two stickers for the mono-eye and visor), no waterslide or rub-ons. |
| Molding Quality: 10/10 - Crisp molding, no flash. Injection System molding allows parts to be molded in color. |
| Detail: 9 - Good detail overall, but no detail inside skirt or shoulder armor. |
| Accuracy: 7/10 - Has the menacing look of the original, but the torso proportions are questionable. |
| Fit: 8 - (Snap-fit) Good overall, but most seams needed some cleanup with gap filling superglue. |
| Ease: 9/10 - The only somewhat complex areas are the arm and leg joints. |
| Overall Rating: 9/10 - Simple enough for a beginner, but should satisfy the advanced modeler also. |
The MS-14F Gelgoog Marine is a space-based Zeon mobile suit seen in the OVA series Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
This model portrays the basic "grunt" version of the suit. The MS-14FS officers' custom type piloted by Cima Garahau in the series is also available in the HGUC line. That model features different color molding and special parts unique to that version, but shares most parts in common with this kit.
Bandai's HGUC kits are state-of-the art 1/144 Gundam models. They are designed to go together with a minimum of muss and fuss, and this one lives up to that reputation. Polycaps provide poseability throughout, without the problems of wear associated with plastic on plastic joints.
Compared to the commonly seen line art drawings of the Gelgoog Marine, the kit's chest seems undersized. The drawings depict a stocky barrel-chested appearance, rather than the slimmer profile of the kit. It appears to me that the entire torso should be broader across the shoulders and hips, and the chest should be "puffed out" more as well. The only way I can think of to rectify this would be to cut apart the torso and skirt pieces, and resculpt them with plastic spacers and epoxy putty. Even though it is at variance with the line art, I personally prefer the kit's sleeker proportions. To my eye, the drawings are overly bulky and clunky-looking. "Accuracy" in the case of anime models is often a matter of personal taste.
Building the Beast
Assembly starts with the legs, which include movable thruster packs inside the calves. A nice touch is the fact that the backs of the calves are separate panels, allowing the modeler to insert the thrusters after the legs have been assembled and painted. The seams on both the upper and lower leg segments required some attention, but I easily cleaned them up with Zap-a-Gap. The arm segments require some similar work. I encountered one particular problem area on the forearms. The forearm seams run directly through a small inset thruster detail. One must either live with a visible seam that runs through this detail, or fill in the seam and obliterate the detail. I chose to fill the seams on the smooth parts of the forearms, but not where they cross the inset details. I painted the inset areas Flat Black in an attempt to hide the minor imperfection. If I build this kit again in the future, I will drill and file out the inset and insert a scratchbuilt detail piece from the inside, eliminating the seam issue altogether. Four hands are provided, a right fist, a right hand to hold the gun, a left fist and an open left. They are very detailed, but exercise care to avoid damaging the details when cleaning up the mold separation seams.
The torso assembly is a bit tricky, and the seam again runs through some inset vent detail. I needed some putty on the top of the torso, but that was my fault, rather that a fault in the kit. I glued the halves together, and then had to pull them apart because the neck polycap had fallen out during assembly. When I put the parts back together, they were slightly bent and didn't match up completely. This is the only putty I used on the kit.
After assembling the backpack, I used some Mr. Surfacer 500 to make sure the seams would be invisible. The long seams on the two propellant tanks are probably the trickiest on the entire kit. Here, I used Zap-a-Gap, and carefully sanded, trying not to flatten the tanks' circular cross-section.
A large thruster pack is provided for the interior of the armored skirt, but otherwise the interior is devoid of detail. The large flared shoulder armors suffer from a similar lack of interior detail. Some builders will want to add additional interior details, but because it is not that noticeable, I didn't go to the trouble. I decided it was sufficient to camouflage the lack of detail with dark paint. In contrast, the outer surfaces of the skirt and shoulders have excellent detail, with a number of nicely molded separate thruster/vernier pieces.
The head is nicely detailed. A minor quibble is that the head fin appears undersized compared to line art drawings. A black sticker is provided for the visor, but I chose to paint it black instead. Originally, I intended to use a Wave Option Parts "H-Eye" instead of the pink sticker provided for the mono-eye. However, because the visor is so narrow on the Gelgoog, in the end I went with the sticker, rather than risk disaster with a possible slip of the drill.
The 90mm machine gun and the punch shield go together easily, although the seam on the gun needed some work. The shield is especially well detailed, with an insert for the backside that eliminates the hollow appearance sometimes seen in the shields on Gundam kits. There are also two clear green, single-piece beam sabers provided.
Painting
The HGUC kits are molded in multiple colors via the "system injection" process, to allow beginners or casual modelers to assemble them without paint. The Gelgoog Marine's colors are quite accurate, and I'm sure many builders will be happy to leave it as molded. However, my favorite part of modeling is the painting, so I could never just snap a kit together and leave it at that. I started the painting process with a base coat of Gunze Sangyo Acrylics.
The green parts were airbrushed with RLM 70 Black Green, the gray parts with RLM 66 Black Gray, the blue-gray parts FS 36118 Gray, and the black parts with Flat Black. I then applied pre-shading highlights with Flat White. The final colors were then applied in a semi-transparent coat, allowing the pre-shading to show through. The final colors are also Gunze Sangyo Acrylics: FS 34227 Green, Neutral Gray and FS35237 Grayish Blue. The black parts on the knees and feet are painted with a mixture of Flat Black and RLM 66 Black Gray. The red lining of the large backpack and shoulder thrusters are Metallic Red. I used Pollyscale to brush-paint various small details.
Final Details
Once painting was completed, I put together the arms, legs and torso as subassemblies, and then combined them to form the final product. These steps went together quickly and easily, but I did need to touch up several places on the legs and feet where the paint was scraped off while working the pieces together. This is a hazard of using acrylics on poseable models. For those who like to change the pose of their models often, many serious Gundam modelers recommend using Gunze's Mr. Color Lacquers instead of the less durable acrylics. A coat of Future on all parts before putting together the subassemblies would also afford the paint some protection from damage. Once the problem areas were touched up, I applied some subtle weathering. Since the Gelgoog is primarily space-based, I decided that there shouldn't be the heavy wear and tear one would see on a ground based Mobile Suit. I highlighted panel lines and details with artist's oil paint washes of black and burnt umber. I used the same washes to create some subtle streaking around the vents on the shoulders and skirt. The black trim on the feet was given a streaky appearance by drybrushing and blending various mixtures of white and black artist's oils.
Conclusions
When completed, this kit builds up into a attractive replica of the Gelgoog as seen in Gundam 0083. A beginner can get decent results even without paint. Some modelers may wish to modify the torso to conform more closely to reference drawings, but I found that careful cleanup and painting yielded a very pleasing final product without extensive modifications. ~ This review was written by Mike Rybak via Star Ship Modeler
Introduction
So what happens when Bandai tries to follow a philosophy of "Unified Complete Equipment Plan" in its model kits? Will it result in quicker, cheaper model kit production or just become a burden for us all? Let's find out together in this latest installment of model reviews, the Gelgoog Marine a.k.a., the 'F-Type.'
Head
Standard HGUC style head with better mobility versus some of the other types released in 2000. Though it's just a sticker for the monoeye, it does give you a good template to paint over, thus removing the risk of making a goofy eye free handing it. Details are good.
Arms
Part one of the “Unified Complete Equipment Plan” is in the shoulders and upper arms. Both arms can be swapped with no consequences between each side. The shoulders don't connect to the upper arms like some kits or slide through peg holes like the HG Gundam's does. These instead slide down and over a slot in the shoulder pegs. Though functional, they can deform their peg slots in the shoulders and make them loose. Also, the sealed together plastic wants to split under the pressure of installation. This is a serious problem if you want this kit to play with. To avoid this, you may want to forgo the instruction installation suggestion and put the pieces together on the peg versus before. It's an added hassle, that's for damn sure.
Speaking of pains in the ass, the elbow joint cover pieces are kind of tricky. They look pretty simple, but there is a simple peg that sticks out the rear piece of the joint piece. It can easily be confused for flash and stripped if you're not careful. This piece is here to stop any backward arm movement. It doesn't really work as you can pop it over with little to no pressure.
Lower arms are simple enough with plenty of added hands if you want to go with open left hand, shield knuckle, beam sabers, or machine gun. You can play with a right hand shield and left hand beam saber if you want as the shield can be swap from arm to arm with a polycap to secure it to the Gelgoog. This is nice as it won't try to get away when posing. Annoyingly, again, they decided to leave the rear bit of the wrist gun mounts open near the elbows. It shows on most angles of the kit so you will need to fill them in if you want it not to be an eye sore.
Torso
Lots of nice details all around, but some rather bizarre additional parts in the ‘belly button' area. For the love of me, I can't figure out why they went to the trouble to add another little piece when it would have been just as easy to just make it a carved out bit like the rest of the panel details in the midsection. Midsection does rotate, giving a nice addition of movements and poses.
Backpack is given four boosters, two very tiny for the top and two larger for the lower with two movable fuel tanks hanging below. The tiny boosters are so small it's easy to launch them, never to be seen again. This is a pain in the ass. I ended up losing mine just in test fitting and replaced them with left over Gundam thrusters from my Prototype Gundam build. Took a bit of modification to get them to work.
Legs
Legs are pretty good and solid. Another “Unified Complete Equipment Plan” piece appears with the upper legs. Instead of making a dedicated left and right leg, they opted for a quick switch leg that has an opening to either the left or right. You decide which will be left and right and then insert a plastic stopper on the appropriate side of the leg, thus creating a left and right leg. Insert polycap hip socket and its complete. It's a pain in the ass to get the piece just right in there, so if you don't get a good fit, just force more pressure on it until the pop of the bastard sliding in resounds all around you.
The lower legs have an option of the rear leg armor being popped off, exposing the inner workings. This mean you see a hollowed out thruster set and the piece that supports the foot and inner leg. No fancy techno-garbage etching, just a plane old piece of plastic is your answer here. Why you would want to look at this is beyond me.
The feet are extremely stable and balance just about every pose you can imagine. Alas, they left more space empty on the feet, so you will need to fill them in if you're planning to ever make an aerial pose with this guy. Really, why do any of this crap?
Weapons and Accessories
Lots of little weapons choose from. Two beam sabers, a machine gun, and a knuckle shield are included. You have to paint the hilt of the beam sabers otherwise you'll have a bright yellow saber clear through, talk about a goofy look. Not much else to say about that.
Conclusion
What's good: Solid kit with pretty good colors and bare minimal painting if you're into the quick mecha fix.
What's bad: Lots of filling, some goofy experimental designs to save a buck, and panel lines that vanish because they weren't carved deep enough in vital spots.
The reality: It would be easier to just find a real action figure of the Gelgoog Marine and just buy it. You'll save a lot of time and some piss pour design issues.
So, it depends on if you really like the Gelgoog. I like the design but I'm not sure if I'm in love with this kit. It's good practice, but you might not like the end result as much. Get it if you're a fan of Gelgoogs or Stardust Memory. Otherwise, it's up to you.
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
1/144 HGUC MS-14F Gelgoog Marine Model Kit
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