May 2015 Ruminations: Nemo & Methuss Custom Projects

Lately, I have had a lot of ideas about gunpla projects and I'm going to try to document them here.

Nemo w/Nautilus Equipment ver 7.0

That's right, I'm revisiting this Nemo project. In the past few weeks, I considered developing a propulsion platform that the MS could "hang" from. Ideas ranged from modifying Infinite Justice's Fatum 01 lift/booster or flipping over the Base Jabber (UC OVA ver) to utilize the built in handles. On the contrary, I also want the option of mounting the Nautilus on the Nemo's back.

Version 7.0 is inspired by ReGZ's back weapon system (BWS), which is a back mounted weapons platform that converts the unit into a waverider-like mode.


Similarly, I'd like to develop an underwater BWS unit that attaches to the Nemo, but can also be 'held on to' for towing the MS. For this project, I think the Build Custom Mega Ride Launcher (MRL) best meets these requirements.

Methuss Land Use (MSA-005G)

There's a diorama in Model Graphix's V Gundam mook featuring the Galguyu (an Abigor variation) during a waterfront base raid. One of the units is 'missing' the nose cone (because it can be used as an undersea missile). Without the nosecone, the Galguyu looks stout and hunchbacked--similar to heavy type MS like Doms. I would like to apply a similar concept to the Methuss.

Since the Methuss depends on the nosecone to protect the head sensor unit in MA flight mode. The modification would remove the excess nosecone and replace it with a compact weapon rack to mount a modified hyper mega launcher (from Zeta Gundam). The hyper mega launcher would be carried in MS mode at the hip, similar to LGaim Mk II, and could plug directly to the MS generator using the same system for the Mega Bazooka Launcher.

Click here for more on my redesign