For the most part, this P-Bandai kit is just a straight recolor of the MG 2.0 Zaku II, just with head vulcans and some extra weapons. You've got the fancy looking heat hawk, but also the S runner from the original 1995 MG Char's Zaku II for the sturmfaust grenade launchers (which I attached to the hips) and the 175mm cannon (not shown).
Incidentally, unlike, say, the Tallgeese 2, which had unique figures of Treize and Colonel Une, this kit does not actually come with any Garma figures. The S runner does, however, come with a pair of Char figures. So even in Gunpla, Garma gets screwed over by Char. I suppose that this, too, can only be blamed on the misfortune of his birth.
I got the same kit in! I'm going to paint it all up before I build it, what are some suggestions or tips you have for it since you've already built it?
I think that the only thing that really jumps out at me as something to be aware of is the piping. The 2.0 Zaku uses the advanced MS joint technique to put the pipe segments and the pipe guide pieces on the same runner. The idea is that way you can slide the pipe segments onto the guide pieces more easily, without having to cut out each individual segment first. But because of this, that particular runner isn't quite up to the usual QA standards with regards to flash and stuff, so I ended up needing to kind of jam the guide piece for left head pipe into place and then glue it down, because the segments just wouldn't fit on it cleanly.
Also, the the guide pieces for the leg pipes are actually springs, and have a tendency to twist the segments out of alignment as a result, so you'll probably want to make sure to actually clean up the nubs.
Thanks for the tips, I really appreciate it and I'm going to put these in my notes for when I build it. I'm going to give the orange a matte color with the green a semi gloss. And give the Vulcan the shiny metal treatment. I think it'll turn out real nice!
I'm also a sucker for planning out a diorama and I think I'm going to pair two other normal MG Zaku II's with this to make it look like a sort of detail for Garma.