MSN-001 Delta Gundam

The MSN-001 Delta Gundam was a conceptual mobile suit design which was never constructed but would be further developed in the form of the MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki and MSN-001A1 Delta Plus. This unit was featured in the MS Graphica art book.

History
This machine is how the MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki, which was initially developed as a transformable MS but completed as a non-transformable MS due to problems with insufficient frame strength, would appear if completed as a transformable MS. While AE was trying various approaches to develop a production model of the Zeta series as a transformable MS, it also simultaneously conducted a reinvestigation of the shelved Delta plan. It's said that a few units of the Delta Plus were produced as a mass production prototype.

In the Universal Century, the Delta Gundam has long been seen only as a CG model on the net. Although the existence of its direct descendant the Delta Plus has been confirmed, it is possible the original Delta Gundam itself was never constructed and exists only as a computer simulation.