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Oh, it's a jumbled mess of Kotobukiya chain base parts, Bandai's "Armored Factory" walls, and a whole lot of WAVE's H-Hangar sets. I've got a lot of work ahead of me, incorporating 1:100 scale workers, guards and transport vehicles, Destroid bays...

On the contrary, I used the waterslide decals that came with Bandai's "Armored Factory" [sic] model kit. They're a perfect fit for the Hi-Metal R GBP. Bandai and ARII have produced numerous other 1:100 scale kits with appropriately-sized decals:

All this rampant customization has inspired me to do some work of my own: I felt the Hi-Metal R GBP amor was a little too plain and lacking in detail, compared to my Arcadia, Yamato, and even Takatoku versions... ...so I added additional markings and insignia, using animation model sheet line art as a guide. I especially wanted to replace Bandai's sloppy-looking "1" on the chest with something cleaner and more professional. What do you think?

Looks just right to me! 4320 yen, originally... However, current secondary market prices are equal to that of Hikaru's VF-1J.

I'm definitely gonna have to get a couple of missile effect sets, if I'm gonna take more pictures like this:

Not expecting Bandai to release those variants, or simply not willing to wait?