new to gundam models

I think those GM Snipers are cool.  Good choice. 

http://www.fichtenfoo.com/02GiantRobots/02c-MGHowTo.html

In addition to the link I put in your other post, which is alot of specific tutorials, this is a walkthrough from start to finish on how to build a MG model.  The steps are the same as the HG's you bought, you'll just have less to do.  Very good starting point.  I've read the whole thing a couple of times and it helped alot.  Then just look around his site at the completed models and the few other tutorials he has and you'll be amazed at the quality of his work. 

Ohhh, I'm all confused.

Alright, how about these kits?

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN74439

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN946732

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN946734

The first two are cheap, but are they worth the savings?

Curiouser and curiouser - JC

the GM sniper, the 1/144 is not worth the money.

The second, the Zaku I sniper, is quite the nice kit, its one of my favorites, I have two, if you check my www.bakuc.com profile you can see them (pics suck lighting was off)

 The third is a new kit... sort of.  Its the old Gm{G} kit from the MG line, its not a bad build, but could be better, arm armor doesnt stay together well without being glued in place. (I dont like to glue the armor on if I dont have to)  But it has a sniper rifle, is molded in dark green (doesnt matter to us anymore) and has an energy accessory.

Out of all of them, I would get the Zaku I sniper every time. 

Alright, I think I've settled on the third one, mostly because of the extra hands. I can use those on other projects.

Does anyone know of a place I could get one for a reasonable price in the States? International shipping rates are a  these days.

Gundamstoreandmore is your best bet in the states. The quite fast shipping to, atleast to me, takem like 3 days (not including weekends) order on friday night, get it wed morning normally.

If I were you I would get the Zaku sniper though, even if you get two, the kit is quite worth it I have even been tempted to scratch one of them out of a MG zaku I 

I don't know. For the Zaku, I like the upper body, head and gun, but I'm not too keen on the design of the legs. On the other hand, it is only $12...

I found the MG Sniper at Toy's Logic for $35 + $7 shipping which ain't too shabby, but I may hold off and try to find one at Wonderfest next month; I might be able to get a better deal. Do y'all think it will go OOP before too long?

Sorry to say, it wouldnt work, for a few reasons.

1 - Range and Size.  The size of the mechs, and the range of the sniper rifle.  Most gundam Dios normally do not show more then one mech shooting at eachother because of the size of the required Dio, the distance would be to large, and if you used a small dio, it would look really strange.

2 -  Gm Sniper Rifles.  The GM's sniper rifles arent what they sound like they should be. Instead of a bolt action rifle, or any kind of bullet, its a concentrated laser , used with a cooling system to take down large targets such as mobile armors, they are not necesserialyl used to take out single targets, would not be praticle.

3 - the last one is sort of a aestetics thing.  the Gm sniper is painted and marked to be camoed in the trees, the RX-{G} is not, it would not make sense to have the spotter standing out, unless Camoed, and for that, the RX-{G} was not mass produced, there were alot more GM{G}s then there were Rx-{G}

Sorry to say, it wouldnt work, for a few reasons. 1 - Range and Size.  The size of the mechs, and the range of the sniper rifle.  Most gundam Dios normally do not show more then one mech shooting at eachother because of the size of the required Dio, the distance would be to large, and if you used a small dio, it would look really strange. 2 -  Gm Sniper Rifles.  The GM's sniper rifles arent what they sound like they should be. Instead of a bolt action rifle, or any kind of bullet, its a concentrated laser , used with a cooling system to take down large targets such as mobile armors, they are not necesserialyl used to take out single targets, would not be praticle. 3 - the last one is sort of a aestetics thing.  the Gm sniper is painted and marked to be camoed in the trees, the RX-{G} is not, it would not make sense to have the spotter standing out, unless Camoed, and for that, the RX-{G} was not mass produced, there were alot more GM{G}s then there were Rx-{G}

Hey, smeagol the vile. I don't understand the intent of this post. That is to say, I understand the words as written, but I do not understand what it is you are attempting to accomplish by posting it. Could you explain? Your intent, I mean.

ROBO SNOWMAN, I think your idea is pretty good. If scale is a problem, you could present it as two mini dioramas on a single board, or two boards that can be locked together.

Model what you like brother, and don't let others tell you what is right and wrong.

If you have a camera, we would love to see 'work in progress' pictures.

Model on - Cosmic John Creed

He asked if his dio would work, as in look right (as I figgure he meant) so I told him why it would not 

I mean big as in terms of size.  if you were to make it all to scale, your base would have to be... well, I would say a yard long, atleast 

an interlocking Dio would work.

 I did not mean you had to paint it any certain way, but skull is right, build to make yourself happy

first off, Smeagol,

The RX-79 [g] was the MASS PRODUCTION type of the gundam during the one year war. the [G] GM was produced in larger numbers, but not by much. this is due to the fact that the war moved once again to space where the final battles of the war took place.

Second, Robo,

 Master Grade is your best bet for gundam modeling hands down. Now that being said, the kits you have chosen arent bad, they just arent as detailed as some of the newer HGUC 1\144 kits available today. as for your dio, it will work as long as you have fun with it. my personal recomendation is to have the poor Zaku caught between the two feddie suits, as spotters for the GM Snipers were often times on the move. also a green camo pattern on the gundam would look kick ***.

Thanks Puma. That gave me a great idea too and I will have fun with it. How about this the sniper is laying prone on cliff aiming at the Zaku II and the spotter jumps of the cliff behind the Zaku. The Zaku turns around to shot at the spotter then the sniper hit him. If you can amgine where they will be.

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QQQ##QQ#Q (SNIPER) X QQQ###QQ#QQQ####QQQQ##QQQ#QQQ#QQQQQ###QQ

-------------CLIFF---------------------------------|QQ##QQQQ ROCK QQQ###

 ##########FOREST#########################|QQ####QQQ#QQQQ#

 ##########################################|Q#Q#Q#Q#Q#Q#Q

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|#########|~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~QQQQ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~water fall~~

~~~~QQQ~~~~~RIVER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__|~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |########### |-------------------

~~~~~~~~#######~~~~~~~~~~~~|################# < X (SPOTTER)

 ~~~~~~~## X >#####~~~~~~~~~~~~~|########################

 ~~~~~~~## (Zaku II) ####~~~~~~~~~~~~ |######################

 ~~~~~~~############~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|#########

~~~~~~~~###############~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~################~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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So what do you think. By the way how do you like Okinawa. My brother was stationed there about 4 years ago. He was in the 1141 divsion 

I know they wre the mass produced version Puma, but they still wernt produced for the batallions outside of the Ukraine area (Odessa and all in 08th ms team)  It was a localized trial for new mass produced suits, and like you said, the battle was moved to space, so there were not many of these mechs, Hense the Ez-8, which was a hodge podge of other sutis because there were no spare parts for it.

As far as the dio, your little outline there looks like it could work, but the dimensions you gave are freaking huge.  Thats like twice to three times the size of normal Dios.

I'm also afraid to say that I think your getting in over your head for your first try 

all i have to say is "give" its a hobby, go big or go play golf lol not the point though. hey its big but if you think about it it a all around training. You got battle damage, a river, a waterfall, loads of landscape, painting, and posing what else could you want . Thats all im saying it will give me lots of different little projects to research and play around with