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nightmareB4macross replied to Urashiman's topic in The Workshop!
Working on the thighs. Story paint is really helping me see how this project is progressing. i am really happy with this.
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Texture added and all primed up for some brush painting. This is the 💩stage of this build. Now I just need to fix a few seam shadow areas and the loose hip joints. The floppy legs can’t support the weight of the backpack jet thing. If not supported by a nearby bottle of loctite, our friend Bozune does a complete back bend or face plant. Oof!
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sh9000 replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Tiger Force Duke.
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Marvel Legends X-Men '97 Cable x2.
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I'll keep my 2 in the private warehouse at Yoyakunow. Not sure when I'll ship them and I don't want to know how ridiculous the shipping cost might be.
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The tampo stripes are definitely mis-aligned on purpose, although it looks like the two halves that should line up aren't quite aligned anyhow? I think that's a separate issue though. Judging by the translation, and my experience with my bum hip, I think Bandai borked the casting on the right hip. It didn't work correctly, the joint is far too stiff compared with the left, and the parts do not like to line up. The lower part tinted pale blue is causing issues. Though.. it's hard to tell if he knows what he's talking about. I think the "scratch" he's pointing to is an intentional detail on both sides, so I'm not sure what he's actually trying to indicate. Also, to refresh my memory, I checked on my first HMR Fire Valk, and opened the second one I got. The second one seems to have none of the hip issues my first one did, so it's inconsistent at least.
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I don't know... Gorrila's picture looks like the panels were transformed properly. The edge of the toy looks pretty straight and the stripe matches the front portion of the plane. Looking at the box art, I think the stripe doesn't line up on purpose?
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Gotcha, yeah, that's definitely a problem spot. The hips really just do not fit well, unfortunately. Interestingly, it's the same hip as the one that broke on my Fire Valk. Going to have to just chalk it up to Bandai borking the production on these somehow.
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https://twitter.com/MTM_025_8_S04/status/1971750767272001794 web-translated:
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That's not a tampo problem, that's a transformation problem. He didn't align the panels so the stripes actually match.
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from Gorilla's HMR VF-19P (crooked line): from Motoki Hiroyuki's twitter-posting HMR VF-19P (correct/non-crooked)
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+1 - They've made some incredible Macross toys
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from https://twitter.com/cross_W42S/status/1971586122582282558 web-translated: (use web-translator for page below) https://valkyrie-hanger.sakura.ne.jp/blog/detail/277 sample: good luck!
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They do have different shoulders, but it's not really a significant enough difference for me to care, and it saves me from having to paint them to match if I make my own. I still might need to repaint the yellow part though. As for the others.. just because we think it makes sense for Bandai to make something doesn't mean they ever will. (Insert screaming about the Tomahawk here.) The Kai/P and F/S models have some significant changes. If Bandai doesn't think it's worth making, they won't do it. As much as I want to buy a ton, I'm keeping my expectations at the bare minimum. Funny enough though.. yeah, those stripes aren't supposed to line up at all. They didn't on the Yamato, or in the animation. The hip parts being an issue isn't new though. I had issues with my Fire Valk's hips, and one of the internal die-cast connectors for the hip actually broke. It still stays on, because it's held on by more than just that part, but making those hip segments out of metal may not have been the best idea.
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