[kk-factory] SD GAT-X105 Strike Gundam

 

Gundam SEED - Cosmic Era (CE)

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Today we have an SD version of GAT-X105 Strike Gundam papercraft, by kk-factory. The Strike Gundam has a lot of resemblance with the RX-78-2 Gundam, in terms of design, color, and overall looks. The same cannot be said about its equipment and capabilities though. Unlike the Gundam, the Strike Gundam is gray and will color change to the white-blue-red-yellow scheme when its Phase Shift armor is activated. The Phase Shift (PS) armor is capable of deflecting physical attacks such as bullets, swords, missiles, etc but not effective against beam attacks. Well, theoretically the PS armor should be able to nullify beam attacks with enough power. But the problem is that in the First Alliance-PLANT War, the existence of Neutron Jammers technology prevents the usage of nuclear to power the suits, therefore mobile suits are powered with battery energy. The limited energy in the battery reduces the mobile suit's operation time, and with PS armor turned on the battery is going to drain much faster. 

Neutron Jammers was deployed by ZAFT to cripple Earth's nuclear arsenal and power generators. However, this technology reduced ZAFT weaponry and energy resources as well. The ZAFT will later develop the Neutron Jammer Canceller to, well, cancel the effect of the jammer for them to utilize nuclear power. Which in turn allows them to build more powerful mobile suits.

This papercraft is compact with only a single page of the template. However, it doesn't include the build instruction so good luck with that. You can download the template below.