I started this project as a birthday gift for a friend. He's likes the design of the Destiny Gundam and he's also a fan of the Lakers. So the obvious thing to do was to paint a Destiny in Lakers colors.
I was originally going to use the old HG Destiny that I built more than 10 years ago. I really wanted to see how much detail-up I can do on a really old kit. Unfortunately, the kit started crumbling into pieces as soon as I started cleaning it. I ended up just buying the renewed version - HGCE Destiny.
Isn't he handsome? I also considered getting the RG but the proportions on it felt weird. I'm glad I went with the HGCE instead.
I don't think I've ever built a HG kit with this many pieces. The final assembly took about 1.5 hours.
