Shin Matsunaga's Zaku II

In the Mobile Suit Gundam fictional world, Shin Matsunaga was a Zeon ace pilot during the One Year War. When his talent was recognized, his mobile suit's head and left shoulder were painted white, thus giving him the nickname The White Wolf (Hakurō 白狼), which was later expanded into "The White Wolf of Solomon" when it became clear the space fortress Solomon was his base of operations.

For much of the war Shin served as the bodyguard of Vice Admiral Dozle Zabi, whom he greatly revered, during the Admiral's frontline inspections. His mobile suits included a Zaku II, Gelgoog Jager(Officially he never had a Gelgoog Jager), and a Gyan (Which was never used if he had one at all.). Ironically, he was not at Solomon when the battle occurred, having been recalled to Side-3 shortly before the operation began.

Shin's nickname "White Wolf" came not only from his white colour scheme, but also his preference for close combat. His most well-known tactic was using his Mobile Suit's generally superior thrusters to move in close to a target and then use his Heat Hawk to carve it into pieces. This was very effective against warships, once he was close enough he no longer had to worry about their powerful beam cannons and their close combat weapons were often too weak to do any significant damage.

Shin is also reputed to be a "defensive Newtype".

After a long period of time I've finally finish this model. Comparing with the previous Zaku models, this Zaku is made quite differently. The most notable is the non usage of rubber connectors for its joints when you're assembling both parts. Its more of a direct assembly meaning you just take both parts and attach to each other just like that. Using this technology it solve the issue of joints being too loose or things like the hand fall because the gun is too heavy. However, the defect is that it will render it more difficult to asemble due to the absence of the rubber connectors. Overall it is a very good model. Can be easily weathered and spray with a simple choice of white