Gilvader/Gildragon instructions?

[Lidier]

Hello everyone,

I actually only recently got interested in Zoids... kind of a funny story, I am currently living in Japan and went to a second hand store (gotta love them here) and found a random well-worn-but-obviously-well-taken-care-of wolf looking Zoid that made me remember growing up looking at Zoids at the toy store and thinking "God those are cool but way pricey."

So I bought the little guy (maybe watching Toy Story 3 made me do it) and figured out online that he was a Konig Wolf and....uh...obsession set in....and there was money involved....and now I have a bunch of Zoids ^_^'

I recently have acquired much to my delight a Gildragon and I want to be able to take him apart to panel line him properly...but it didn't come with any instructions.  And wouldn't you know it, when I looked online it seems that any site that may have once had instruction scans have been defunct for about...5 years?

I know most people would say Zoids are pretty intuitive to put back together...but the reviews I read about this guy said he has complicated bits and bobs and I would cry many emo tears if I took it apart and couldn't put him back together again, so I was going to ask if anyone knew of any place that had instructions or step-by-step build photos of one of these guys?

Thanks in advance!  Its really nice to see a few places that still have active...er...activity.

[Maethius]

Hello, Lidier (you happen to be named after one of my all time favorite models).

My instruction manuals are in storage, unfortunately but maybe I can help in another way... Zoids Poison has a board where you can request scans, so that might be another possibility for you. The Gil Vader/Dragon kits are some of my favorites, also. I have one of each, but I would love to gather some more to create some cool customs from them!

Welcome to Pheno's!

[Falcarius]

In fact, riderTEKRAN has already uploaded Gil Dragon instructions and linked them on Zoidspoison. You can find them here (someone yell at me if I shouldn't direct-link to them).

[Lidier]

This is perfect!! Thank you for your very quick replies! The sooner I can disassemble the Gildragon, the sooner I get less grief from the wife saying "For God's sake, that thing is the size of a turkey, get it off the table" ^_^

[Lidier]

By the way Maethius, your customs amaze me...I would love to see what your vision for a gildragon/gilvader inspired design would be. Being in the military, I really appreciate that your designs merge a practical military need with an animal/insect design ^_^

And thank you for the link Falcarius!

[Maethius]

Thanks! I have wanted to make a fully jointed, highly detailed Gil custom for years! If anyone would like to donate one, I'll get right on it! (I would probably see one redesigned like a cross between a B-17 Flying Fortress and a XB-70 Valkyrie, with a big chunk of T-Rex mixed in for good measure!)

[Lidier]

That's a project totally worth donating to. If I ever find a second Gildragon or Gilvader for cheap, its yours

[Maethius]

Well, I wouldn't turn down a free kit, believe me! I figure it would take at least 19 or 20 of my largest joints just to articulate it.