Urashiman
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What's lying on my workbench (couch).
I purchased something that has been suggested to me through one of my many ali express orders for RC car parts.
For a whopping 7.65€.
I couldn't say no to this. The box arrived squished up, so I hoped the pieces would be okay.
Checking the pieces - they seemed fine.
Everything is snap-fit, colored already and printed on.
The assembly is straight forward.
Here is a little step by step:
The super detailed landing gears - I've never seen them this detailed before XD:
And done:
With wings that can be swept in
It were a fun 5 minutes to snap this thing together. Probably the least accurate Tomcat ever, but hey - 7 euro-something for a plane already painted and printed on? I don't complain. haha... look at those huge panel lines. hahahaa
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10 hours ago, GMK said:
My purse is crying…
another pre-order for me
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@tekering dude! That borg cube made out of scrap runners ... I am jealous!
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8 hours ago, Raikkonen said:
With all my orders from Japan generally, and HLJ too, the initial shipping costs are likely an estimate.
This is likely due to exchange rates.
Also had this with my recent HLJ order and I'm in Europe. Shipping was 32 Euro, then ended up being 26 Euro.
Yeah - same here. I am from Germany and exchange rates go around often. Business as usual, except for the generally known orange shenanigans.
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4 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:
The reds on your box top still seem very red... I think they'd be faded if the box was actually sun bleached.
yeah, it's just odd ... :S
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On 8/6/2025 at 3:40 PM, KOG Water Dragon said:
I think that's just how the art is? It's very blue tinted, similar to sun bleached stuff.
yeah!
I went back into my basement to check and yeah, the sides look normal, but the picture looks really blue tinted. -
And done.
It is interesting how these kits can look good without any mayor coloring (speaking:priming, airbrushing and coating). This was all done with tamiya panel line color, permanent markers and liquid chrome (also some sort of permanent marker).
I hope Basara and Mylene can attract some Spiritia to fix the strawberry plants in the background. XD
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Anyone seen mew pictures of this? Any news?
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Almost there.
hands, speaker gunpod and shield not done yet.
all of a sudden, one runner after another fell. Kinda like, you reached the peak and then rolling downhill at incredible speed.
I‘ll handpaint the white and yellow stripes on the head. It definitely is not an easy build, but my experience with robots/mech kits is… low. A few gundams, the plamax vf-1 and this one here. It looks really nice though.
can recommend
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3 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:
I feel like they could have used smaller boxes.
Absolutely- super annoying
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3 hours ago, Papa Rat said:
Coming along. 👍
What’s up with that Chocobo!? We love Lego and video games over here. It’s a family affair.
That’s a 3.50€ purchase from ali
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I finally secured a VF-0B from HLJ.
the box looks a bit sun bleached, like it was sitting in a hobby store window for a while.
maybe they found an old box in the storage or something hahahah.
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Got my rim world VF-171 today
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Another ~2.5 hour, a bit more progress on the vf-19
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2 hours ago, joscasle said:
Well I feel your pain, but the kit is very very good and fun to build. You going to paint the model? I did it, I recommend you to paint sections first before put it all together
Nah ... My kid wants to play with it, so painting it is not an option. Little kid fingers magically dissolve paint XD
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7 hours ago, Big s said:
When there are a lot of runners, I usually make a few alphabetically ordered stacks if the runners aren’t made just for specific sections to make it easier to get to.
there are a few kits that have parts separated for certain steps though, like their VF-1 battroid that mostly had them set up that way. It made it easy to organize that one.
there’s also the option of reading the manual for the section you’re working on and just grabbing the necessary runners for that particular section.
well ... for the VF-19, they probably attempted the same, but there are like leg parts on the same runners that have head and body parts.
The layout kinda looks like: "let's split it up for easier building" and then somewhen in between someone said "we have 125 runners now" - and then they had to organize more and stuff things here and there.
I'll check for the runner letters and place them accordingly ... that uses up time as well. hahaha
I'll take a picture later and show you how stuff is managed
@Papa Rat Nice build man!
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bloody hell...
I've been clipping and sticking stuff together (as well as panel lining on the head) for almost 2 hours and only came this far with the VF-19 Fire Valkyrie.
Head and piece of the body. The instructions have 139 steps. I am past step 15 now.
This thing as so many runners, a perfect grade Gundam is getting jealous.
From A to Z and then AA to AH. That is 34 - PLUS... a few of them are double... So man runners ... I'll have nightmares of this one hahahahah.
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noice! I wonder why you use the extended Battroid mode GU11 there - but it kinda looks badass
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9 hours ago, Thom said:
Gonna get the whole band,@Urashiman!
Getting real close there @nightmareB4macross.
I can hear the Klingon dirge already, @pengbuzz!
Yeah! I‘d like Ray and Vefidas as well…. Come on Plamax!
Mylene build process.
she is super tiny and has lots of tiny parts.
Basaras and Mylenes base are a Macross „7“.
both of them together with the next thing to build in the background.
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Did a quick build this morning.
I am not really into figurines anymore, but my kid lives Basara. So I got the minimum factory one.
The eye decals are super tiny. I am glad I got them aligned to an acceptable degree.
My kid was especially interested in the guitar.
It is a really straight forward build. No snap-fit though. You need glue. I was too lazy to paint and my kid to impatient for paint, so it is a „Vanilla“ build.
The sprues afterwards.
Finished model.
And… next up?
@Thom uhm… well. Mhmm… *professional head scratching commences*
@Papa Rat thanks!
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guys ... you all do awesome stuff.
I feel inferior. BUT - I did a thing.
I needed AIM-120 for my F-14D. So ... I made them.
3D Model
The print - 3 of the noses stuck to the resin basin, so only 9 rockets.
And here in action on the F-14.
The details are too fine - so I think I have to redo the model. The panel lines and rivets don't really show...
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On 7/10/2025 at 8:45 PM, KOG Water Dragon said:
The new Rim World version is out. Got notice from HLJ.
yeah, same for me. Sits in my private warehouse. I had the plamax basara and mylene as well as the VF-11 with booster shipped, or at least paid to ship, but it didn't ship yet. HLJ is moving to a bigger warehouse and has a new shipping process and it isn't working properly now. I'll wait until they managed to ship my plamax and vf-11 stuff. Then I'll let them ship the rim world vf-171.
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On 5/22/2025 at 9:25 PM, pengbuzz said:
This is the TOS Enterprise. I no longer have the ability to mold new ones, as my heat gun died some time back and finances are so tight now (thanks to tariffs and such) that buying even model cement is impossible.
No, I have no materials for that; all I have now is what is on hand. We're now in "survival mode". Once I run out of supplies, my modeling is over. We just got word today that we may not even have a place to live in the months to come.
It's that bad.
Anyways, this is going on indefinite hiatus, and possibly disposal, as we now need to make some hard choices.
Sorry to bother everyone.
Ah crap man… that really sucks. I wish I could help you in any way.
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8 hours ago, MechTech said:
@Papa Rat Nice fixes to the rear. By the way, use Milliput when it is still wet. It smooths down great with water and your fingers saving sanding, and trim it with blades while still semi-cured. It is good stuff. It just needs practice like any tool.
@Urashiman Cool! Getting all electronicy too! I looked through my dad's old Lionel train stuff. There was this glob of aluminum with fins about the size of a small matchbox. I asked him what it was. He said, "A diode"! Technology sure has changed! 😁- MT
yeah man ... those big diodes ... They are still around for high voltage/power systems.
Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV
in The Workshop!
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For the lulz!
nah - my kid annexed it. So no 😕