Urashiman

You know what would be a "quick buck" for hasegawa?

Releasing a QF-2200D-A as a single issue kit.

They'd have to change the mold though. Space for the gear and the gear as well as the autonomous head unit.

@Thom Yeah, I got some hot dogs haha. The build was really quick and dirty. I didn't even have to look into the instructions because I have build so many Hase VF-1s already haha.

@arbit of course! Also - really nice Guld, he looks like the real deal.

This morning the kid told me, that the plane should be black, like on the box. So that is what I did.

masked the canopy and made it black.

But that is not all. The kid demanded more, and as he always plays with my old VF-1 Valks, I thought it would be a good idea to build one for him.

so that is what we did.

Everyone… buy clamps!

And it was a good opportunity to test the Chinese beauty airbrush thing.

surprisingly, it did the job. Took a while for me to adapt to the single action. I am used to double action for 25 years now. But it worked out well!

one of the macross m3 milia pilots I printed added as pilot. The kid chose the colors.

coloring time and build up.

and done.

total build time: ~5.5hours. I finished two kits in 2 days on one weekend. Haven’t done that in a while.

the kid doesn’t want me to add any of the decals, so we are fine with the colors he wanted. The Chinese air brush seems okay so far. Lets see how long it lasts.

this was mostly a vanilla build, no putty and only little sanding. The Hasegawa VF-1 mold really seems to be degrading much. The ejection holes have mold ridges as well as a lot of the pieces. Stuff you see on older kits most of the time. Remembering my first Hasegawa VF-1 in 2002, that was a more „seamless“ experience. And the other one from 2010 was degraded already. This one (build today) has the 40th sticker. The degradation is crazy. I think, with some love, the Hasegawa VF-1s can be nice, but I‘d recommend the Plamax one now, which has a way better build experience now, and modern tooling.

I still have one VF-1, one VF-1 super/strike and one VT-1 in the basement to build. Next time I will invest more time to make a decent build and will craft some extra parts via CAD and 3D printing.

@MechTech hahahahahha yeah.

workbench stuff. Kid wanted to build something and decided for this:

Trumpeter Su-47 1/144. I got this years ago for 1,57€.  
 

fun little kit. Build up in less than an hour. The kit will not be painted. My kid doesn’t care hahaha

19 hours ago, Thom said:

Turn it into a silk purse! In this instance, bash it into an A-Wing!

hahaha ... It was blowing my mind when I learned that years ago

I felt a little daring and decided to purchase that 17.54€ airbrush thingy from temu. It is only 17.54€, so if it is not good, it won’t hurt. I purchased something advertised as a chargeable no wires attached air brush for modelling purposes. What I got was this:

beauty airbrush system. Maybe because it is beautiful? Uhmm… no

at least it is black.

it has three cups, small, mid and large and it is a low quality single action airbrush. As soon as this is switched on, it blasts.

it has three modes. Off, low power and full power. Full power almost „blasts“ at 2bars. Low power is around 1bar.

it‘ll probably be good for really thin color. I will give it a try later, but I won’t get my hopes up. Hahaha

mhmm ... I am tempted...

11 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

Sorry for the quality of pics, it's either been raining, snow or today, it's super windy outside and my cameras are horrid with indoor lighting. 

Well, here she is, my YF-23 Black Widow II. I have a little touch up to do on the landing gear/wheels but overall, I'm calling it done. 

 

 

 

nice!

6 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Now everyone have a use for the Yang figure that came with the recent DX YF-19 non-Fast Pack and Fold Booster release since Hasegawa opted not to include(?) him. 

Was thinking the same here ... we need a Yang Neumann for the back.

@arbit you got a new task

@derex3592 & @Rock ah great! thanks a lot - gonna get the uschi stuff

Got the trinity 1 + 2 bundle for 19.99€

On 2/1/2024 at 1:47 PM, derex3592 said:

Well....the little brass breakup pattern stencils didn't turn out quiet as easy to use as they were in my head but I guess it looks ok... Dunno.. Still undecided if I wanna keep it or strip it off and do my freehand marbling method like I did on the subs.... The problem was keeping it flat on the complex curves and angles all over the plane. 

I need these stencils too ... I have been searching the internet but no luck. Where do you have them from?

@MechTech your stuff could only be more scale, if those little shells were actual life ammo hahahaha

15 hours ago, Rock said:

Started trying making blu tac snakes to mask the camo and quickly found that that was a waste of time and ruined my foundational efforts. Freehand it is relying of preshading techniques and thinned overcoats.

Edit: cant attach pic it seems via mobile

Always feels weird to see it written down as "gray" and not "grey" haha

On 12/15/2023 at 4:08 PM, The Original Cobywan said:

I've been using a non-destructive boolean modifier stack on the paneling until I feel it looks good enough for me.

Ah - only saw this now. Boolean works a lot better in Blender than it does in 3DS. When I use boolean in 3DS it usually kills my meshes in some way or another, so I have to be super careful when going that route.

And look at that print! Nice one - I bet the walls are a bit too thin. I had that with my VF-9 and had to redo the wall thickness on my meshes.

I will make more possible guesses for 2024:

1/72 YF-21 with super pack and fold booster

1/72 Max Q-Rau

1/72 Ghost X-9

1 hour ago, Big s said:

Yeah, the more I read it the more I’m confused by it

 

I was thinking the same. I have a feeling it’s included, but the wording is super confusing 

I looked up the kanjis. So, it has the stand, and the parts for the landing gear included. Nothing to worry about.

machine translation is still bad when it comes to Japanese as much is read through context.

2 hours ago, Big s said:

I just read the English description on hobbysearch 

oh ... well, that doesn't make much sense.

@TMBounty_Hunteroh nice! Might want to get one.

31 minutes ago, Big s said:

I’m pretty sure it’s using mostly parts from their old kit and that had a gear down option. I’ll check and see the description if it mentions it

just checked and the description was a bit odd. It says the legs can be set in a parked state, so I’m pretty sure they mean gear down

Ah okay - then I misread that. My Japanese is a bit rusty. In the description it says something weird. Reading in context it says a stand is in the kit because the gear is "parked", meaning in the gear bay. Maybe ... I am not sure. Do we have someone around that can try translate that properly?

5 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

1/72 YF-19 with Fast Pack & Fold Booster
March 2024 Release
Y3,800

Oh nice - with a stand! If I get this right, this YF-19 can only be build with gears up?
I hope this will be a regular release and not a limited edition release or something.

So many great builds everyone!

I cannot comment on them all.

here is what I had on the workbench yesterday. My brother wanted a 3D printed Zelda from the newest instalment for his fiancée. I printed it in two sizes. He takes the bigger one. My wife wants to paint the small one and gift it to a friend of us.

Lots of sanding and puttying.

9 hours ago, MechTech said:

OOoooh! 400th page of this thread (for this version). - MT

Yeah! the other threads never went this far 😮

MKI - 36 pages

MKII - 31 pages

MKIII - 44 pages

On 12/24/2023 at 8:13 AM, Big s said:

Gonna do a double build?

I still have a soft spot for the ancient tv version of the Queadluun Rau kit. It’s surprisingly well articulated and has a lot of detail on the outside. It’s not perfect, but it’s one of the best early 80’s mecha kits ever made 

yeah, it looks a bit more detailed compared to the hasegawa one at first. And no - no double build planned. I have to finish some other kits first haha.

Ah yeah, forgot I wanted to do this:

4 hours ago, Big s said:

They did have a tough relationship 

hahahahahahahahhahaha

18 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

My apologies for the lack luster pics but here is my 1/48 YF-23. With it raining the past few days, I'm stuck until Sunday (sunny & warmer) before I can give it a final coat of grey paint, then finish off the engines & landing gear. 

Does anyone have a spare 1/48 fighter pilot you're willing to part with? I'm in no rush to buy an entire 1/48 grounds crew set just for one pilot. Hobby Boss failed to provide one. 

 

 

The hobby boss one? That looks like an awesome kit!