You say that like it's a bad thing.
I was just commenting that the Bandai 1/55 release isn't the only one now to have a black heatshield. The canon color is red (as seen in Yamato's 1/48 Hikaru 1S Pics), whenever it's black in the animation it is supposably in "shadow". Anyway, I think both colors look great on Hikaru's 1S.
Just one word Bub, Where?!
Saw some in Greenhills here in the Philippines. I'm very sure I saw the GERWALK version, BTW.