Hagan

Hey Exo, I'm kinda taking a break. Working on some Warhammer 40K stuff. but since I moved back in April I don't have the luxuries I once had. Such as clean water, spacious living areas, things we take for granted until you move back into a dorm in another country. So the new rules mean no loud machines and such like air compressors. They really from on airbrushing in a room about 10' by 10'. So know I spend time with slow dial-up internet. Final Fantasy XI runs really well out here surprisingly enough. Anyways, gotta run. I'm eight hours ahead of Central Standard time. Hagan PS. Sorry about the repeat thread, like I said. I didn't spend too much time looking for it.

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It's been a long time since I've been able to log in. Anyways, got these photos from a friend. They're making a movie called "Stealth" that will be coming out next year. The Photos were taken on the USS Lincoln. The jet looks pretty cool, plus with jessica Biel as it's pilot, how can you go wrong. Hagan PS: My apologizes if I'm late with this or if it's already been shown. I didn't spend alot of time looking.

All of the ordnance is custom made. The hasegawa kit has larger UUm-7 pods, more detailed RMS-1 missiles, and slimmer missiles. Hagan

I never knew these things were ever sold. But I mentioned a cheaper way of doing this with masking tape in me custom hasegawa post. Place the masking tape behind the canopy decal and cut along the black edge. Carefully peel off the tape and stick it onto the canopy. You have a perfect mask, plus you can save your decal for other projects. Hagan

Thanks for all the replies, I appreciate them! As for getting out of the modeling gig, There have been a few things that have happened I no longer can put off. These are personal in nature, please understand. I'm sure there will be a time when I can get back into it, just not right now. Questions about the model. It doesn't say which Hayase it is, just UNS Admiral Hayase. The pilot is Lt. H. Nohara. These were taken from the First Optional decal sheet. Most of the low(er)-vis decals were taken from the VE-1 sheet and the second optional decal sheet. Photo-etched set was used. I sealed the main body in a krylon varnish coat used to seal paintings. It's gaurenteed not to yellow. The fast packs were sealed with matte citadel spray. First I painted it, then sealed it with a gloss testors spray. I let it dry, then smeared India ink all over it then wiped it away to give it a dirty, used feeling. Then sealed it with another gloss cote, applied decals, then the used the varnish to seal the whole thing. I used the blue Max dots because I thought they'd look cool. I painted the canopy with a very weird mask, masking tape. To get a good accurate mask place the masking tape behind a canopy decal, then cut along the black edge of it. This will give you a perfect outline of the canopy. Then carefully peel off the tape from the back of the decal. If you pull to fast you can take some of the sheet with you, so pull it off slow. Then just apply the mask to the canopy and you have a perfect mask. You won't have to cut out piece after piece of tape, or risk cutting the canopy itself when you apply the wet canopy mask. NOTE: You will need to do this with four pieces of tape, the front and back of the canopy are seperate, so be patient. As for the color scheme, I guess it's not low-vis after all. Thanks for the clarification David. To me, if it's grey it's low-vis. Oh well. But out in space, who knows what tyhe low-vis scheme will be, probably black though. But until then, in my world, this is my Low(er)-Vis Scheme. Thanks for everything guys! Hagan

actually, this should be the grand daddy

and the grand finale...

another front

from the front

another back shot

the back

from the bottom

from the top

One more of the side, a little bigger

And another from the side.

Here's one from the side.

hey guys! I finally finished my custom Valk. Thought you'd like to see it. It'll be a shame to let it waste. I made this for a friend of mine who found my club-m resin kits, well before I decided to get out of modeling. This is the last valk I made. The pictures are a little blurry because of the low-grade digital camera I borrowed from someone in another office just now. I used a different pilot name, and used the UNS Admiral Hayes designation from one of the optional decal sheets. Enjoy!

Hey GunnerX. Good job on the valk! It's nice to see someone building the basic version of this plane as opposed to the supers and strikes. It took a while for me to truly appreciate just the normal version, mainly because I'm big on armor and stuff. Your thread makes me want to pull out my VF-1S and build it normally. I forgot how beautiful these planes can be on their own. You make it look absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for this step-by-step. I think you and WM have to some of the best guys doing this work. I'm gonna have to follow this one more closely to make my model look just as good as yours! Hagan

Hey WM, this a great thread you have going here. All your work is fantastic. It helps me out alot with my models. In fact, your work helped me with one of my custom paint scheme valks a while back. I put up in a contest won by Kanata67. I built this model about a month ago. If I am able to give some advise about this kit, I hope it helps. The canopy is not as hard as some people think. The decal provided works great, and you don't need alot of decal set for it. It's a good fit, so long as you cut directly in the edge of the decal. The other problem decals however, such as those that go on the engine intakes, the yellow and baby blue ones, you're better off painting those. These wrinkled up for me, but I was able to perfectly match the light blue similas to the canopy. Also, use the gloss cote to finish up the model. i tried the semi-gloss, but it didn't look right to me. Plus the the flat-cote is obviously not a good choice with this. The clear pieces that go on the nose actually do fit, but alittle like a snap fit though. Those are just my thoughts, but hopefully they will help. Thanks for all the good work you do. Because of your work, I send a few shops a ton of money for hasegawa models to work and experiment on. Keep it up!!!! Hagan

Hey guys, like the title says, where would be the best place to post pictures of my custom paintscheme Hasegawa Strike Valk? The how to forum? or the models forum, or the fan works forum? Just curious before I start loading pictures into the wrong place. Hagan

It's cool that you were able to do that. The Hasegawa art is so far the representation of the valks I've seen to date. All I did was take the entire boxes and use thumbtacks to stick them to the wall. It gives it a cool raised effect for home decor, or something. Hagan

What kills me is that there is alot of technical aspects to this whole thing. When in the end, all I was hpoing for was that it would look cool, and add to the story. Whether or not it's true to the Macross Bible isn't the issue. But rather, was it faithful to the idea of a fictional story about fictional people doing fictional things? All this talk about a VF-1D swapped with a VF-1J, straight lines across chest plates vs. angled lines. I guess it's too much for me. If it's a model, I'll build it. If it's Macross, I'll watch it. In the end, isn't it all we wanted was a good Macross model? Sorry for the tangent there. Hagan