Tag Archives: Universal Century

UC :: MS-09R-2 Rick Dom II (2004 version) – Introduction

If you are interested to know what is the best built DOM ever amongst the High Grade kits, then read on :)

Ladies and Gentlemen, please meet the MS-09R-2 a.k.a. Rick DOM II. Nothing really special can be said about the box the kit comes in. The original drawing was made by BEE-CRAFT (also known as Junichi AKUTSU) and all you can see is this:

Rick_Dom_II_box_400

But believe me — this model, once assembled, is far from a walking kettle with bazooka :)


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UC :: MS-09F Domtropen (2002 version) – Assembled

There is no point in repeating myself about this particular kit’s shortcomings as this is the exact copy of 2000 release with some additions and different colouring. By the way, the plastic was still quite fragile even though this kit was made 2 years after the other (or was it really?). Let us concentrate on what is unique about it now that you can actually see it:

MS-09F DOM (2002 release) Views


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UC :: MS-09F Domtropen (2000 version) – Assembled

Here we go… Let’s have a look at these assembled but not painted MS-09F Doms. Coming first is the oldest one — released in 2000 — just to remind you :) ). I do not know if plastic can age over time, but that is exactly the impression I got while putting both 2000 and 2002 versions together. I already mentioned that some kits’ dark blue molds are somehow more brittle than details of other colours, but in case of these Universal Century models everything seemed to be rather fragile… Go figure. Anyway, this is how its front and rear look like (to view the picture in more detail click on it):

MS-09F DOM (2000 release) Front and Rear Views


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