Day 1 of The Eva Build

Well everybody......today marks the first day of the great eva build. Let me give you a little background on this build. Long story short, back in my high school days there was a model I was dying to build. It was a Perfect Grade Eva Test Type 01 model. now if you don't know what an eva is go and you tube Neon Genesis Evangelion and you'll figure it out. A little lesson on grades of these models, you have High Grade, Master Grade, and Perfect Grade. Take a wild guess at which is the best and most expensive......ding ding if you guessed Perfect Grade than you win. But I have no prize for you. Anywho, At the time I couldn't A) locate one of these and B) when I did find one I definitely did not have the money to spend on buying it. So for the last five or six years I have only dreamed of this model.

I did however manage in 2003-2004 to acquire a Perfect Grade Wing Zero Custom. I built one leg and stopped. Don't ask why, I have no clue. I just stopped. A few weeks ago I needed something constructive to do and my brain kicked my skull and said "hey, you still have that unfinished Perfect Grade in the closet" So I brought it out and built it. I was talking to Chris one night (For those of you tuning in without reading the introduction Chris would be my bf) and besides thoroughly confusing him on what a Gundam was he mentioned his friend who is with him overseas builds them too. Apparently his friend has my coveted Perfect Grade Eva un-built just waiting for the day it gets put together. Talk about envy right? haha. So out of the blue one day Chris says I have a surprise for you coming in the mail. and that's all he says. No clues, nothing. A mysterious box arrives on my doorstep from someone in Illinois.

I am slightly confused as to who this person is and why they have sent me a package. I swear I checked the shipping label five times to make sure I wasn't imagining my name on it. i open it and low and behold there is a Perfect Grade Eva Test Type 01 model kit in this box. It was in perfect condition. Never opened, never built, all pieces. So now I am thinking what poor soul was this supposed to go to and how much that sucks cause it's on my doorstep, but then I realize, no.....my name was the label....it's.....mine? It only takes 15 minutes for my brain's stupidity to quit before i realize this is Chris's Surprise. Wanna know the first words out of my mouth? Well here they are, "How did that little shit find one??!!" throughout the day i kept running upstairs at random times like a little kid trying to catch santa clause in the act of putting presents under the tree in disbelief that this model was actually here and actually mine.

So now I have my coveted Perfect Grade Eva Test Type 01. Don't you love how my long story short turned into a short story long? haha. Well you wanna know the irony of now having this model? I went to go buy the paint and all the colors I need are back ordered. So tomorrow I am going to drive to a paint dealer and pray that he has the colors I need. If not, I am on the waiting list and hopefully I'll have the paint in a week.


Soooo.......

Build Day 1 Results.......absolutely nothing, I am sitting on my ass.