As HGUC #45, this is a very, very old model kit. So old that its release date isn’t even printed in English on the front of the box (for reference, it was released in 2004).
Usually a kit of this vintage implies a certain amount of simplicity to its design. Sure enough, a quick glance of the kit’s small stack of runners seems to support this assumption:
But if we look more closely, there’s some interesting things going on. For one, the parts are very well organized. All of the pieces for the head are in the bottom right corner of the A Runner, all the ones for the rifle are in the top right, and the entire B2 runner is dedicated to the legs.
What’s more, there are some obvious signs that this kit has some solid part separation (at least in its feet). And the sheer number of really tiny parts on the C runner implies a high level of detail somewhere. At the very least I can make out what looks to be roughly a dozen individual thrusters.
I have a feeling this kit is not going to show its age all that much. Of course, there’s only one way to find out.