[2ndSndWve]

So. I was flipping through the Wing's manual, and it seemed like a really simple build, with very few parts and, most surprisingly, polycaps in only a few of the joints. In fact, it looked so simple that I tried building it without looking at the instructions again. And I did.


...unfortunately, that's the good news. You'll notice the the kit's in a unusually static pose. That's because the bad news is that I dropped one of the hip assemblys during the build and now it's MIA. The only reason the figure's standing upright is because I improvised a surrogate hip joint using connectors from a Build Custom kit.

It works, but only as a last minute, middle of a Gunpla Battle kind of fix. The leg cannot move outward, and it's a bit longer than it should be. So I have a few options:

1. Find the original hip (unlikely, I've been looking for a while already.)

2. Continue using the current fix (not ideal, restricts articulation)

3. Buy a replacement hip (possible due to the All Gundam Project kits having identical inner structures {I think}, but may end up costing more than it's worth)

4. Scratchbuild a replacement (possible as I have a few extra polycaps in the needed type, but I'd need to buy some raw materials for it, and might not be as secure as the real thing)

So, thoughts?