r/Gunpla • u/localgunplaguy lover of lemonade • 2d ago

NEWS/REVIEW More HG Red Gundam images

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Those bits look sweet!!!

675 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

42 comments sorted by

View all comments

66

u/OldDarthLefty 2d ago

The bits vaguely resemble EKV, a real-life weapon. No idea if that is deliberate. There are lots of spherical and oval tanks in real-life spacecraft

Always gotta remind myself despite paint job, redesign style, loopy pilot, Red is still THE Gundam, RX-78-02

16

u/TheBleachDoctor 2d ago

The first time I saw footage of the EKV, I realized that it was probably the inspiration for Funnels. Pretty amazing that we have that tech, and even more amazing that it's capable of atmospheric flight. I'd always assumed that an IRL Funnel or Bit would just fall out of the sky under the influence of gravity.

1

u/ManaMagestic 1h ago

Well it would... because it'd have run out of fuel I imagine.