HG 1/144 MS-09 Dom / MS-09R Rick-Dom, Bandai

HG 1/144 MS-09 Dom / MS-09R Rick-Dom from Mobile Suit Gundam is now available as assembly plastic model kit High Grade Bandai.

MS-09R Rick Dom

MS-09R Rick Dom (リック・ドム Rikku Domu?) is a mass production space combat mobile suit and a variant of the MS-09B Dom. It was first featured in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.

A space-use version of the MS-09B Dom, the MS-09R Rick Dom replaced the original's thermonuclear jets with thermonuclear rockets, and the propulsion units in the legs and skirt have been modified. By abolishing the compressor and expanding the combustion chambers, it achieves four times the thrust compared to thermonuclear jets. It can sustain a high acceleration of about 6G for 40 seconds and has propulsion capabilities nearly three times that of the Zaku II.

For combat, the Rick Dom relied on the same weapons and tactics as the ground use Dom. Its standard armament consists of a 360mm bazooka that can destroy an enemy mobile suit or heavily damage an enemy warship, a heat saber for close combat, and a chest-mounted scattering beam gun to blind enemy pilots and sensors. To increase its combat abilities, an experimental beam bazooka was developed and used by several Rick Doms, but unfortunately, it is never put into mass production.

Because of its bulkier build, a Musai-class could only carry two Rick Dom in its main hangar, as opposed to three of the smaller (but weaker) Zaku IIs.

HGUC 1/144 MS-09 Dom / MS-09R Rick-Dom

This is the HGUC series plastic model of the famous One Year War machine Dom that appears in Mobile Suit Gundam. It is a compatibility kit that becomes "Rick Dom" by exchanging vernier, skirt, and sole parts. Two types of bazooka, Giant Bazooka and Beam Bazooka, are attached, and a heat saber can be stored behind.