Akatsuki Gundam

ORB-01 Shiranui Akatsuki has been out for a few days now and it looks like just about all the geeks have one. While the basic frame looks like Strike, I still prefer Strike - for a start, I'm not keen on the gold and the shoulders look a bit on the large side for my taste. Still, Akatsuki is a fine Mecha and the person who modeled this 1/144 HG has done a fine job.
The runners do come in gloss gold but this chap has sanded that all away, done some mods and re-sprayed it matt gold which I prefer - I'm sure other variations would look nicer - if anybody has some links to Akatsuki in different colors, just plonk em in the comments.
Scans are from this months copy of Hobby Japan.