Kelsain Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, derex3592 said: Gonna call this a stopping point for today, good day! can't believe it's actually together!!!... with no major catastrophes!!! Looks great! Is that the 5000 or 8000 kit? I have both, but am thinking of letting the larger one go. Limited space & all. Edited March 21, 2017 by Kelsain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 1/5000. I've never seen the 1/8000 kit that i can recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, pengbuzz said: I'm sure folks here would love to get a few spares NZEOD. haha not so sure... most people dont want anything to do with the Bandai VF-1 range. Not voluntarily anyhow. Edited March 21, 2017 by NZEOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 hour ago, NZEOD said: haha not so sure... most people dont want anything to do with the Bandai VF-1 range. Not voluntarily anyhow. lol If I had the money, I might! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NZEOD Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 modelling dungeon cleanup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 27 minutes ago, NZEOD said: awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mickyg Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Very nice! I had no idea those even existed in kit form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) neither did I until last week. Found it on Yahoo.jp, seems to be genuine and not a recast and only cost me $70US. Arrived today at work. Edited March 21, 2017 by NZEOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 only a few to go to complete the entire VF series 1/72 line up from vf-0 to vf-31 There is a VF-31a kit doing the rounds and a YF-30... Just missed a VF-5000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convectuoso Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 14 hours ago, derex3592 said: Gonna call this a stopping point for today, good day! can't believe it's actually together!!!... with no major catastrophes!!! Loving those colors so far!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) Calling my recent project DUN! Build pics here, Edited March 21, 2017 by Thom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 7 hours ago, Thom said: Calling my recent project DUN! Build pics here, Thom, that looks just awesome! Really liking the weathering and paint-chipping effect ya got going there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I got some of the detailing for the Launch Arm in place today: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) Back from March Break and a little more progress on my Millennium Falcon build Love those PE grills for the engines (although having done them, I recommend not sandwiching the lower ring as it brings them too thick and high, its nice to have the grills sink in a bit, but they are too delicate for me to take apart now after they are done) ... now the fun part!!! The weathering first pass... Love the molded details, this puts the Fine Molds 1/72 to shame. I've gotta next figure out how to cram all the electronics/lighting into the body, light seal it before I close it up. Oh, BTW - yes the decals suck!!! I was seduced by laziness and the fact that the decals fit so perfectly to the panels, but they really don't conform to all the raised details even when I used a ton of Mr. Softer and Mr. Setter and MicroSOL (and I think I'm pretty good with decals too). It was awful and a pain. But the worst part is that once they are on, I realize the dark grey is all wrong, too green and the red is too bright, but rust at all. I spent a lot of time doing a wash over them to darken them and take them down a few notched to better match with the reference, but I wished I had painted them instead of using the decals. Edited March 22, 2017 by wm cheng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 that Falcon looks amazing! very nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Holy Hell!!! That is amazing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Thanks PB!! Your launch arm dio is coming along awesomely. Can't wait to see it mounted. And that Falcon is looking spectacular! Nice PE work and the weathering already looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbit Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Pengbuz, the diorama is AWESOME. Way to show those negative pricks and not give up! WM Cheng, I thought you said you were old and out of practice. That Falcon is absolutely amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 16 hours ago, Thom said: Thanks PB!! Your launch arm dio is coming along awesomely. Can't wait to see it mounted. 57 minutes ago, arbit said: Pengbuz, the diorama is AWESOME. Way to show those negative pricks and not give up! Thanks so much; the encouragement and help the kind folks here have given me (Especially Thom with his generous gift!) got me well back on track with this. About now, said "pricks" should be needing some band-aids for their jaws if they have seen any of the pix online. Speaking of which, I was a little unhappy about how the central mount hub and arms came out, so I redid them: This one is both sets of arms mounted: I rebuilt the hub to look a bit more like it should; the white plastic in there is drying and will be trimmed up, sanded and painted tomorrow or so. I mounted the arms with some "U" shaped parts that physically bound them to the hub, then glued the striped cover plate over them and put filler in between them. The arms are only partially there due to the system I worked out to mount the valk to the arms: The arms detach on one side, and two plastic runners slide through the valkyrie under the Strike boosters: one fore and one aft. The rear one goes through a discretely-hidden hole through the backpack mount, under the boosters. Once in, they then connect to the remaining parts glued to the arm. The other side: The idea is to paint the arms the grey color about halfway (the taped parts), then paint the remaining arm "booster" color and black color where applicable. That way, unless one looks closely, the clamps only appear to grasp about halfway on the boosters, as they do on the plans and whatnot i have seen. Meanwhile, this should provide a secure connection that will only release when I want it to. On the subject of connections, I addressed an issue with the legs continually flopping down: I glued a post into the back of the leg armor, and set a poly-cap into where it normally would set in fighter mode. When connected, the legs will not flop down and the fighter is very stable. Stay tuned folks. Meantime, I will be updating the regular progress thread in a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 UPDATE: Before I put shots up on my topic here or Facebook, I recall you kind folks wanting to see this with the Strike Valk on and deployed.... ...wish granted : Stay tuned... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barurutor Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I normally just post in the toys section but the creativity in all the builds here is inspiring. great work guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechTech Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Before hitting all the classwork I have to do, I just popped in to see the new stuff. GREAT WORK EVERYONE! I don't have time to give individual props, but it's ALL looking great! - MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Launchbay looks great, now to cut a hole in your kids bedroom wall and mount it there! Yellow Submarine 1/144 Resin ADR-04-Mk X Defender arrived FINALLY... and wow! Talked about detailed!! Going to look great next to the GiMix Valks... after I take a casting off of the legs to fit up to the Gashapon Tomahawks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 wow!! check out that old MS Natural keyboard! I had one of those friggin yeeeaaarrrsss ago! Valkyrie diorama looks great too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 1 hour ago, NZEOD said: Launchbay looks great, now to cut a hole in your kids bedroom wall and mount it there! Erm.... I don't have kids. o.o 50 minutes ago, spanner said: wow!! check out that old MS Natural keyboard! I had one of those friggin yeeeaaarrrsss ago! Valkyrie diorama looks great too! Yeah; it's a 1:1 scale MS "Natural" Keyboard mode kit by Microsoft. After getting it, I decided it looked too "toylike" and proceeded to weather it with artist's pastels, graphite pencil, acrylic paint, barbecue sauce, plastic welder, mustard, ketchup, charcoal pencils, magic marker, a few dabs of model cement and my own grubby fingers: I then sealed it with about 20-30 layers of clearcoat, chapstick, hairspray and the oils from my fingers. I'm really proud of this custom; it's the "centerpiece" of my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 BTW: did I mention that the keyboard has a Gerwalk mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 24 minutes ago, pengbuzz said: BTW: did I mention that the keyboard has a Gerwalk mode? LOL!! Microsoft on Macross! That arm display and mounting looks great PB. And cool work on the keyboard. It almost looks like it's been used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechTech Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Gerwalk mode on my old work keyboards would have been awesome! Those little tabs in the back never seemed to tilt it up enough! - MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbit Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) Gerwalk Keyboard! Love it. You should share that with Macross Fan Central on FB. Personally, I would drill some holes in the launch bay for flashing leds. But thats just me... Edited March 24, 2017 by arbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 More pics in my topic (so I don't blow this one up!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbit Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 1 minute ago, pengbuzz said: More pics in my topic (so I don't blow this one up!). Smokin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 This is up at Yahoo Auctions Japan!! Project anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechTech Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Cool! - MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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