Park Daegang

Park Daegang (박대강) is a character in the Anno Domini timeline of the Gundam Build Fighters franchise.

Abilities
Though only an average-level Gunpla builder, Daegang is an excellent pilots whose skills are honed due to purposely training with mediocre Gunpla, so that once he enters a battle with a well-built model, his abilities practically multiply.

History
Born in Busan, South Korea, Park Daegang's family moved to America when he was a young boy. Bullied as a kid, Daegang often turned to Japanese anime as an escape, mainly Gundam shows. His favorites as a child were the original Mobile Suit Gundam, its many associated OVAs, and Mobile Fighter G Gundam. He found his love for Gunpla as early as 8 years old, where he would build G Gundam models and play with them. After some time, Daegang outgrew Gundam models and took up Taekwondo. However, in his early teen years during a family trip to his birthplace, he stumbled across a Gunpla shop, reigniting his interest. He also  discovered that his older cousin, Park Daehan, was into Gunpla.

Though Daegang loved the mecha designs of the Gundam franchise, he often preferred models in realistic military colors, possibly influenced by Daehan's own history of military service. For his first serious attempt at a Gunpla to enter in a battle, Daegang started simple with a GM Command Space Type, which he painted beige, though leaving the rest of it white to keep the classic "Gundam image".

Daegang would enter this beige GM in his first Gunpla Battle. Though the paint job was unrefined, he won the battle by a margin. He would continue to fine tune this Gunpla, participating in more and more battles. However, he would suffer a humiliating defeat after 3 years. It is revealed that before entering Gunpla Battles, Daegang had a plethora of Gunpla which he practiced painting before his signature GM, all with badly-done paint jobs and left with nubs. He decided as a way to get rid of these Gunpla, and to hone his skills, he would use them for practice. Soon, he was able to fight on the same level as someone with a well-crafted Gunpla using a hastily thrown-together model.

As a way of returning to the Gunpla scene, Daegang would get help from a mysterious man in fine-tuning his GM.

Gunpla
RGM-79GS GM Command Space Type Daegang Custom - Daegang's first personalized Gunpla to see battle. Retired after 3 years of use.

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Trivia

 * Park Daegang is based on the author's main Gundam fan character Daigo Park. His Gunpla of choice is identical to Daigo's signature mobile suit.