there are several ways to strip the chrome. if you are from the us you can use this formula cleaner. in europe mr muscle should do the job
by the way I finished the building process of my 1/48 Tiger yesterday. I will post some pics when it is painted
thank you very much....my next project will be the Zero VF 0S I wanted to do the 1S first but I have these photoetched detail sets and I`m a little afraid of doing something wrong...
@grayson: I know that my panel lines are really dark. but I like it that way. I think that undelines the comic-effect a little. It is a technique I use on my gundams too. I don`t know if a oilwash would work on a kit painted with waterbased acrylics.
the macross sign is bigger then the actual one in the kit...
by the way armarments are finished 85% just the decals are missing....it will be finished by today!!!
Only the missiles are still missing, but the will follow soon. This way you can see the underside better. The decals from Macross are from a special hasegawa add on sheet. The plane itself is a 1/72 Revell F-14-D:
the hands are from kotobukiya and you can get them at hlj. 600 yen each pair. They are not poseable, but you can change there poses before painting. They are much cheaper as b-club hands and really cooler...
the mobile suit is a 1/144 star jegan from g-system 75% completeted
I did many Gundams before, but this is the first resin one I`m doing, his hands are pewter hands from kotobukiya, because the resin ones were to static in my opinion:
it took me a little longer to take the pics bacause I`m working on a Gundam too, which is more important in the moment because it is for a contest...so finally another shot from my baby...I`m painting the panel lines now. the upper side will be finished today