Urashiman

@tekering nice progress, awesome huge F-14. is it RC? @electric indigo I wanna see a video of the prop moving. Some work in progress pics. F-14 decals… love applying 0.5mm decals… not. Some masking and airbrushing on the VF-171

Yeah! Well, the fine molds did it better, but that one is still unbuild in my basement. Loved the GWH one though. It felt rewarding to build it. And thanks - I tried to emulate the Macross Zero look onto this one. Edit: rinse and repeat …

Nice stuff @tekering @Big s yeah… I feel you. decal time. For the Macross F-14 I got „cheap“ Chinese decal reprints. Cheap not because they where cheap, but because of the print quality. I am only going to use the macross related decals, the rest will be done by GWH decals. I drenched those decals in mark setter strong over and over again. It really took a lot of time for them to properly sink into the panel lines. Really sturdy and thick transfer foil. I might wanna go the sand down approach… but… maybe not. then while apply the decals on the vertical stabiliser, I notice I forgot to airbrush the black stuff behind the wings on the fuselage. Will do that tomorrow. The decals ate too much of my concentration. edit: picture with better light and less blurrrrrrrrr

I went into the basement today and looked at my never ending stash and had that tingling. That tingling you get in your fingers when you want to build something. So I touched the boxes and was like … wait a second. I went upstairs without a box and checked the top of my shelf. There are still three kits that are in the works and need finishing. “okay mister; no new kits until theseいう are done.“ is what I said to myself. So yeah, these still need finishing. I can get an easy win with the F-14. It only needs decals and then done. I decided to not add ordnance. I`d never be fully satisfied no matter how I do it. The VF-171 needs masking and then airbrushing metal and black highlights. After that decals. The VF-1 needs priming. So I did that. Primed most of the VF-1 parts today. I will be adding decals to the F-14 later today. Wish me luck Edit: I just saw a weird brown box saying „RC Boat“. I was intrigued … looked inside. Another forgotten project discovered again. Well … I obviously get distracted easily. Another one to finish then.

Oh no! ScarJo! What happened to you?!?!

There are only like 9 macross items on that store right now.

Fyi everyone: this thread reached page 500. LET THE CELEBRATIONS COMMENCE!

@pengbuzz haha, no worries. Nobody is perfect. btw: it has been done. Lo and behold! Really clunky christmas tree ornaments I tell you...

@wm cheng yeah right? Crazy how this turns out. Btw: the j-20s looks awesome! @Papa Rat great build! Fiddled around this morning. Almost done.

On the plamax VF-1, most of them are hidden. The ones that do show are sanded down. It is also important to use glue which is bonding surfaces by dissolving them and then joining them. Also - clamps. Use clamps to make sure stuff is sticking together until the glue dries. Then I use sanding papers and sponges. 180/320 600 1500 In that order. It won’t go away fully, but most of it.

@pengbuzz awesome! Seems you got a few nice friends. about the VF-1. Only some decals left and venier thrusters here and there. Provide done tomorrow.

Progress from today.

Actually, this kit has two pilots. DYRL and TV versions. so, for the changed parts. here the original one (one big black canopy piece - step 4). and here, the new version where they cut off a piece of the canopy, just to have this little piece molded in white. (Step 10) I decided to use the water slide decals. They are already really soft, so mark setter almost melted them away. I‘ll probably peel this one off and use one from the leftover sheet of the other vf-1 i just build. But everything else comes along quite well. It’s a bit more pieces and stuff to panel line. Few more highlights to set. But hey, it‘ll be fine.

Hard to show, but the instructions might give a hint. I‘ll post that later. here some progress pictures. Remember: no priming, airbrushing and so on. Only bare plastics and highlights with permanent markers.

Building is on! What i found interesting? I had the initial plamax VF-1 and the max/kakizaki version. Both were identical, save for the decals. This one? They seemed to have updated a few parts. Aside from the obvious ones, that need to be different, changes were made to the nose and canopy. So, the kit is evolving. 😮

It is decided then

This one totally went past me… https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-nousjadeul-ger-theatrical-version-hsg35

I am tempted now… should I basic build this one as well, just to see how it would look?

Ah ... The VE-1 Elintseeker - I remember building mine like yesterday. It is a really rewarding build. I had everything down in sections, as the Hasegawa kit would allow it to be build. And then when everything came together, it was like a beautiful marriage. Have fun man, this is such a nice kit

Wait a minute ... is that a kit or do you scratch build this? Either way that is a crazy project hahaha XD

Oh man - that happens when you type up stuff when tired, and on phone using sausage fingers. Hahaha What I meant to say was, that the PLAMAX stickers came off after a night, like peeling themselves off on the vertical stabilizers and the little fins on the engine bays. So I was using the water slide decals for these parts instead. @tekering Yeah, I have the super strong stuff. But for stickers (not water slide decals) it would just dilute and dissolve the adhesive of the stickers. @derex3592 Yeah, right? I believe that was the intention from PLAMAX. The kit comes in different colors, so it is more of an entry grade kit that doesn't need much painting. As I've said a like two years ago. The PLAMAX VF-1 is a really nice kit and I would recommend it to anyone.

It has been done. The last few steps. Kid didn’t want to build anymore and instead went to play super Mario. and … DONE. Tools and colors used: Tamiya Super Thin Cement Tamiya Black panel line color Turpentine substitute 180/600/1500 grid sandpaper Stanley carpet cutter Model kit pliers Red permanent marker (Edding) Blue permanent marker (Edding) silver gloss permanent marker (Edding) Black gloss permanent marker the plamax sticker and for stuff that came off after a night, the waterslide decals. A fun build. The plamax VF-1 is such a nice kit to build. I recommend it.

@Bolt yeah… mine wants to play lego games… @Papa Rat indeed. I learned that from building gundams @Thom not that old… it is the plamax vf-1, which is 3 years old?

This is how far we got today. note: no airbrush use. Only panel line color, permanent marker for some details and the plamax stickers. It kinda looks cool so far. It is crazy just how much panel lines can make a kit make look so much better.

Haha nice! after rubbing off the plastic with ISO, those plamax stickers adhere pretty well.