Title: RX-78NT-1 Gundam "Alex"
Scale: 1/144
Brand: Bandai
Grade: High Grade Universal Century (HGUC)
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars
Kit No.: # 47
Series: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Release Date: 05/2004
Suggested Price: ¥ 1,500
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Infomation of RX-78NT-1 Gundam "Alex"
The RX-78NT-1 Gundam "Alex" is a prototype newtype-use mobile suit and is a next generation Gundam built specifically for Newtypes. The unit is piloted by test pilot Christina Mackenzie, it is featured in the OVA series Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.
General and Technical Data
Model number: RX-78NT-1 (RX-78NT-1FA for full armor type)
Code name: Gundam "Alex"
Unit type: prototype Newtype use mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
Rollout: December UC 0079
First deployment: December UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.5 meters; head height 18.0 meters
Weight: empty 40.0 metric tons (standard), 50.0 metric tons (full armor); max gross 72.5 metric tons (standard), 90.0 metric tons (full armor)
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1420 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 35000 kg, 6 x 8000 kg, 2 x 7000 kg (additional 6 x 7000 kg for full armor type); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 19 (standard), 13 (full armor)
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.82 G (standard), 1.83 G (full armor); 180-degree turn time 0.8 seconds; maximum ground running speed 192 km/h
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 5900 meters; magnetic coated joints; optional ejectable external chobham armor
Fixed armaments: 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x 90mm Gatling gun, mounted in forearms; 2 x Blash·XB-B-09 beam saber, stored in recharge racks in backpack, hand-carried in use
Optional fixed armaments: RX·C-Sh-05 UBC/S-0003 shield, mounted on either forearm
Optional hand armaments: BOWA·Norfolk XBR-L Type-3 beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap
Technology & Combat Characteristics
As the Earth Federation had not researched the extent of Newtype powers (such research would not become available until the acquisition of the Flanagan Institute by the Federation), the RX-78NT-1 Gundam "ALEX" did not have any sort of psycommu control. Instead, the RX-78NT-1 was optimized at every level for the vastly superior reaction time of Newtypes. Test pilot Christina MacKenzie (an Oldtype) noted that the machine was incredibly powerful, almost to the point that it was out of control.
Armaments
60mm Gatling Cannons "Vulcan Guns" - The Vulcan cannons were 60mm gatling guns stored on the sides of the Gundam's head. Having the greatest rate of fire of all the Gundam's weapons these are primarily used to ward off advancing enemies, shoot down missiles, or hit other fast moving targets. They also made good use as an anti-aircraft and anti-personnel weapons. The Vulcan cannons however had a hard time piercing heavy armor (though they had shown the ability to do severe damage to mobile suits if fired at point-blank range) and thus were not often used against larger, more heavily armored foes. Still the Vulcans were useful in preserving ammunition for the Gundam's more powerful weapons such as the beam rifle.
90mm Gatling Gun - Arguably the Alex's signature weapon, the gatling guns are normally stored in the blue forearm pieces of the Alex when not in use. When they are activated, the blue piece(s) quickly pop up to reveal the guns. While not as near as powerful as a beam gun, but eventually, the sheer number of bullets flying through the air shred through almost anything, regardless of how durable it is (This was show in the case Gundam "Alex" was able take down a thinly armored MS such as the MS-18E Kämpfer with only a few shots).
Blash·XB-B-09 Beam Saber - Standard equipment of most Federation Mobile Suit. Gundam "Alex" has two beam sabers, stored on the backpack. The beam sabers use Minovsky particles held in place by an I-Field to form an effective cutting surface that can slice through nearly any material. The particles for the beam sabers are stored by E-cap in the hilt of the saber, which is recharged from the Gundam's reactor when the saber is returned to its socket. Once activated, beam sabers do not rely on the mobile suit's reactor and can be thrown or discarded as decoys. The beam saber is most often used for close range combat or as an emergency weapon once all other ammunition has been depleted.
BOWA·Norfolk XBR-L Type-3 Beam Rifle - The beam rifle is the primary weapon used by the Gundam "Alex". Making use of the Federations E-cap (or "energy capacitor") technology, the rifle uses charged concentrations of Minovsky particles as ammunition. This gives the beam rifle firepower equivalent to that of a battleship's beam cannons. As the Minovsky particles destroy matter on a molecular scale, the beam rifle can penetrate even the thickest armor and destroy its target with a single shot. One weak point of the rifle was its energy limits. The rifle could only be fired 16 times before depleting its energy and becoming useless. Gundam "Alex" Beam Rifle has outward appearance differs significantly from the original Gundam's but is assumed to have the same damage effect.
Hyper Bazooka - Similar to the Zaku's bazooka, the Hyper Bazooka was a heavy weapon used by the Gundam. Technically a large rocket launcher it could fire several 380mm missiles to attack targets at long range. Almost no mass-production MS's armors can stop this weapon. While very powerful the Hyper Bazooka had a slow rate of fire and fairly little of ammunition. Most oftenly used to take out slow, heavily armored targets.
RX·C-Sh-05 UBC/S-0003 Shield - Hand-carried, forearm-mounted or stored on the Gundam's backpack, the shield is a simple defense used to block most incoming ballistic and explosive projectiles. Also used to great effect in close quarters battle with enemy mobile suits. Has a view port than can be sealed off with an internal blast plate. The shield is also used to deflect heat away from the mobile suit when undergoing atmospheric re-entry.
Special Equipment & Features
360-degree Panoramic Cockpit - Replacing the original Gundam's costly Core Block System, the new panoramic cockpit would give the pilot a complete view of the battlefield in all directions, allowing for faster reaction times. This would later be used in the RX-78GP03S Gundam "Dendrobium Stamen", the RX-178 Gundam Mk-II. This technology would later turn into an instant hit, becoming the standard design on all mobile suits afterwards.
Chobham Armor - First tested on the Alex, the Chobham armor was a series of heavy armor plates grafted to the main body of the Alex. Though it granted the Alex superior defensive capabilities (it withstood a direct hit from the Kampfer's Jagdgewehr shotgun and protected the Alex from major damage from the chain mine), it weighs down the suit tremendously and is unarmed. The armor would later be used to develop the RGC-83 GM Cannon II. When placed on the Alex the model number changes to RX-78NT-1FA Full Armor Gundam "Alex".
Magnet Coated Joints - In order to catch up with the amazing speed of the Newtype Amuro Ray, Gundam "Alex" fielded a new technology: Magnet Coated Joints. With this, the reaction time of the MS is greatly increased, but also made the "Alex" extremely hard to control, especially with Oldtypes. While the Gundam "Alex" wouldn't reach its intended pilot, this technology still would be applied to the original RX-78-2 Gundam.
History
As the One Year War raged on, the Federation was learning that its greatest weapon, the RX-78-2 Gundam, had a major flaw with how it was working: its pilot. As Gundam pilot Amuro Ray's Newtype powers quickly emerged, the Gundam found itself greatly overworked by its pilot's great reflexes. Wanting to fix that, the Federation set out to develop a brand new prototype, the RX-78NT-1 Gundam "Alex", to make the most of Amuro's Newtype abilities. However, unlike the Newtype Mobile Armors fielded by Zeon, the NT-1 didn't utilize wired pods or bits - due to the fact that the Federation did not have the same Newtype research that Zeon did and wouldn't have it until the end of the One Year War - and instead was developed to be much more responsive to its pilot, utilizing the Magnetic Coating pioneered by the RX-78-3 "G-3" Gundam and the brand new Panoramic monitor. As well, the NT-1 Alex was also outfitted with a brand new set of armor known as the Chobam Armor, transforming the Alex into the Full Armor Alex. However, the use of the armor would set the Gundam's total weight to a whopping 95 tons, effectively killing the speed the Alex was meant to have.
However, Zeon would learn of the creation of the Alex and sent the Cyclops Team to destroy it. The Federation would get it away from its Arctic Base and to Side 6. The Cyclops Team would attack the colony and would finally succeed in critically damaging the suit, thanks to Zeon rookie Bernard Wiseman, who would sacrifice his life to stop a nuclear attack. By this time, the One Year War would come to an end and the Alex project would be dropped in favor of the more common psycommu-based Newtype weaponry.
Variants
- FA-78-NT-1 Full Armor Gundam Alex
- RX-78NT-X (MMX-03) NT-X
- RX-78NT-1 Gundam NT-1 Prototype
- RX-78NT-2 Gundam NT-2
- RX-78NT-3 Gundam NT-3
- MRX-002 Newtype Use Prototype Gundam
Miscellaneous Information
Pilot: Christina Mackenzie
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket; Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles; Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space; Mobile Suit Gundam: Pilot's Locus; Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record UC 0081; Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next; Mobile Suit Gundam: Climax U.C.; Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.
Original mechanical designer: Yutaka Izubuchi [Source: wikia & MAHQ]
1/144 HGUC RX-78NT-1 Gundam "Alex" Scale Model Reviews
The main Gundam from the hugely popular OVA Gundam 0080 A Stardust Memory is a very stylish kit. In High Grade 1/144 scale the NT-1 Alex comes with a removable Chobham armor that allows you to switch between the heavily armored version and the normal version.
The Alex model comes with the wrist-mounted Gatling guns, beam rifle, beam saber, and all the extra armor pieces so it can be displayed in both modes. It is also 100% pre-colored and snap-together, so no paint or glue is required to complete it.
Video Review by Gundamtopia
Review by easful19
Value: 4/5
Quality: 3/5
Design: 4/5
The kit is well built and has great wepons and was fun to build will need painting but over all it's a great kit.
Review by Tiberius79
Value: 2/5
Quality: 3/5
Design: 3/5
Probably the least favorite "HG" model I have built. The decals would not stick to the model and what did curled up the next day. Compared to other 78 models this one felt cheaply made. The one I built had armor that snapped on over the body. but it didnt help it out. The only good feature was the shield. The rest was downhill.
1/144 HGUC RX-78NT-1 Gundam Alex Scale Model Kit and Reviews
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