Kotobukiya Zoids 1/72 Rz-041 Liger Zero Panzer Model Kit

Excellent kit as always from Kotobukiya. Articulation is about what you would expect from the Ligers, though it is more restricted in the legs due to the bulky shoulder armor. It defiantly does look impressive when you have all 20 (!) missile pods open. I did find that this kit requires quite a bit more detail paint than the other Zero kits. The cannons, aside from the green, come completely gray as do the yellow trackers you see on top. The white missiles are solid white and look quite dull without that red line on them. Some of hidden missiles are one solid gray piece, and that yellow stripe on his face also needs to be painted. So if you don't like painting at all you may end up with a dull kit, but still a very impressive build.

An absolutely wonderful build and model kit all around. I will say that some of the parts are tricky to snap together since there are a lot of smaller parts attached to the larger ones. However the kit itself went together with no issues at all and it looks great! I would say it took me a total of about 3 hours to get the kit put together, but I enjoyed every minute of it. I am honestly amazed at how much detail there is in the model kit. I will say this, to get the weathered effect that is shown on the box, you will need to paint the pieces. However I really enjoyed how it looks naturally because that's how it is in the anime. Overall I would highly recommend the kit and I am very pleased!

This Liger Zero Panzer came in a box larger than I had expected. Not bad at all though, just didn't expect a big box like it was. The model came in on sprues and they were all in perfect condition. I had an amazing time putting it together, there are a ton of tiny pieces, so keeping them on the sprue is very important. Furthermore, the instructions are in japanese, but they have pictures and the sprues are lettered/numbered so you can easily tell what part is on what sprue and where it goes. If you've ever put together a LEGO set, you'll understand the instructions very easily. Oh and it doesn't hurt to "paint" the crevices with a pen like a Sigma Micron pen to bring out some of the details. If you look at the images on this product, you can see some areas are darker than others or painted yellow (like on the two large guns). They don't come that way, so you can take it upon yourself to customize it a bit, after filling in some of the crevices of the small detailed parts, it definitely adds a little more "pop" to the entire model. I have the Liger Zero Schneider on order too, looking forward to putting that one together as well.

This one was fun to build. The weapons alone took a good chunk of time to build and fit on. Obviously I had to make sure every weapon slid in and out smoothly (yes the ammunition is hiding in several places) The placement of the guns makes it hard to move the legs around as the rocket launchers get stuck on the head dress then lock the legs. Makes it hard to use as a toy but I don't recommend using them that way. These are more a build 'em and leave 'em.

Good steady build time as this kit is a beast. All instructions very straightforward, thankfully, so no struggles there. The range if colors on this piece will add pizazz to a collection of any size.