The completed Akatsuki is rather stunning, if also rather hard to photograph well, not least that I need to get some cotton gloves to wear while posing it. The reflective gold armour looks great, but instantly picks up any oil from your hands and shows up fingerprints from the slightest touch.The mech itself feels small for a 1/100, but the two backpacks make the completed kit a much better size, and the kit also comes with a stand for display. I’m not sure how to best display both backpacks though.Since the last work-in-progress I’ve added some panel lines and the dry transfers. I’m using the Rapidograph for the panel lines and it’s slow going. My pigment pens don’t seem to work too well either on the shiny surface. The stand mounts nicely into the lower back, giving a good flying form for posing. The backpacks mount quickly and easily onto the mech. One of the nicest parts of how this kit work is how the attachments, the backpacks and the funnels attach easily and firmly and are not too hard to remove.Here you can see how well the clear red sections worked on top of the gold armour.  On the top view you get a better sense of the scale of the backpack. It has some nice articulation for the seven dragoons / funnels. Again, I’m very happy with how the added clear red details worked out, and I think that I’ll be continuing to add more black panel lines too. The winged backpack is large and impressive. It builds very well, and I like the articulation on the rail guns, but they do have a tendency to fall off when moved.