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This is one of Nitto's SF3D series kits. In the "timeline" presented by the creator of the series, this is the first Mercenary Armored Fighting Suit, which was designed to be superior to the enemy Shuttoral Forces armored suits (see the pilot figure of the Hornisse). It would eventually be outmoded by the newer Super Armored Fighting Suit (see the Raccoon recon suit variation). The kit itself is absolutely great, having virtually no flaws. Like all of the other SF3D (or Machinen Krieger, for the re-released kits) kits, it had no flash, excellent molding and directions, and a few extra wires for detail work. Construction was straight forward, and painting was the most time consuming task.
I chose a fairly basic grey/green/brown camo pattern. Since the kit is 1/20th scale, it didn't take too much time to airbrush the pattern free-hand. Though it's difficult to actually see inside the helmet, I did paint the head inside. The power plant on the back was weathered using a small amount of Rustall, in order to give it the look of an exhaust pipe that's spent too much time in the rain. Other than that, there is no real weathering on the figure.
