Urashiman

11 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

May as well be kids flying them.

oh wait....

hhahahahahaahahahha oh wow hahahaahahah

2 hours ago, kajnrig said:

Didn't Hasegawa already release all three Max 1Ses? Or maybe not, I can never keep track of all the variants they've put out.

Anyway, HLJ links:

Max VF-1S: https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-vf-1s-battroid-valkyrie-max-hsg65884

Milia Q-Rau: https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-quadran-law-milia-movie-version-hsgm32

 

I think I asked this before way back when, but have they ever officially romanized her name? Is it "Milia" or "Miriya" or...?

Instant pre-order done

3 hours ago, TMBounty_Hunter said:

http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/32-2/

 

http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/65884/

OH BOY! OH BOY! OH BOY!

*squeals like a little girl* Get me one for Christmas!

@MechTech I bow to you man!

On 9/3/2023 at 8:48 AM, SteveTheFish said:

Yes, some commenters are hoping that the appearance of the fighter pod would be foreshadowing. I do believe that Hasegawa has done this in the past. Maybe with the Crusher Joe kits. I cannot remember.

By that logic we would have a ghost X-9 by now, as it is shown on the YF-21 box art.

@SteveTheFish HMR = High Metal R - bandai toy line.

Gunpla is fun. Just add tamiya black panel line stuff and rub excess off with a rubber. Easy results

Digital workbench ... in KSP2 ...

Kid wanted to see a YF-19 fly.

edit: quick Update from the real world workbench. My kid is obsessed with my Master Grade 1/100 RX-78-2 and he always wants to play with it. So I got him a HG 1/144 RX-78-2 for around ~10€ off ebay.

the build took roughly one hour. Articulation of the joints is really impressive for this scale. Nothing to compare to MG or PG, but still impressive. I’d recommend it.

On 8/17/2023 at 7:37 PM, Raikkonen said:

Thanks. Was unaware of that considering the amount of related collectables are made and sold there. 

You can produce basically anything in China, even if it is not going to be released in China.

On 8/11/2023 at 1:40 AM, Raikkonen said:

Why is the game excluding from China? Or they mean just the worldwide release date doesn't include China? 

China has some restrictive laws, especially for video games. Releasing something in China isn't too easy.

Kids I tell you…

6 hours ago, Reluctant Wanderer said:

Thank you for your response, and thank you for the welcome.

I did not know Jasmine had re released their photo etch for that model. I am very pleased that they did. I will wave to pick up sets for both my 1/48 and 1/72 YF-19s.

I have the ones for the 1/72 yf-19. really good quality!

4 hours ago, Reluctant Wanderer said:

Hello!

This is my first post here. I have tried researching this info elsewhere. All the websites I have checked are out of stock, and my go to, Hobby Link Japan says they are in backorder.

Does anybody know if Hasegawa still produces the photo etch sets for their 1/48 YF-19 Excalibur kit?

Thanks,

~RW

They will eventually re-issue them frequently. I saw that happening at least two times now (could be more though), so you just have to wait. You can also check Jasmine Models photo etched sets if you are up for something fancy. 

https://jasmodel.shop/products/248001-pe-upgrade-parts-for-hasegawa-1-48-macross-plus-yf-19

There are some re-sellers that sell the set for outrageous prices if you really want the original hasegawa ones.

PS: Welcome to the board!

34 minutes ago, MechTech said:

@derex3592 Cool! A little old, a little new (on two levels)!

@Urashiman Bricktastic! That is REALLY cool looking - especially for bricks!

 

it is fully poseable!

Workbench stuff!

I didn‘t have time or space to go on with modell kits in the past weeks/months, so I got this for 2.62€ from the TEMU online store Temu is some Ali Express style china store. They had a new customer promotion, so instead of 30€ I got it for 2.62€.

PS: no advertisement for the store, because everything else (if not promoted) is just the same stuff as on Ali Express.

Anyway, this was worth every little cent.

@wm cheng that is an awesome galactica!

@electric indigo glory to your house!

On 7/15/2023 at 6:05 PM, derex3592 said:

Show and tell day from Prime Day sales! Little magnetic parts holders that have flexible metal stands! Brilliant! I bought 2 sets, $12 each. Also picked up (both from Barbatos Rex's recommendations video) for $47... an airbrush and USB-C rechargeable portable mini compressor with 3 adjustable PSI settings. Now the airbrush is, let's be honest, crap. It sprays, at one speed. Basically a point 03 single action. Fine, whatever. The real draw here is the mini compressor! Because look what screwed right onto it after some trial and error.. My Iwata Eclipse! Unfortunately my GSI Creos point 02 won't quite line up with the threads. Darn. Whatever, this now gives me an EASY way to spray small parts indoors at my model desk (100 % true acrylics only of course) Vallejo / Mission Models etc... NO SMELL and water or Windex cleanup. No more BAKING TO DEATH in the garage in the heat for me for small part painting! YAY! 

Nice - I was thinking about purchasing one of these as well. How long does the charge hold up?

Not really my workbench, but I gave my kid my over 20 years old yf-19 to play with. He loves planes. I knew what would happen and I didn’t mind, because I have a brand new YF-19 kit waiting for me in the basement.

this is what pros call „natural heavy weathering“ XD

the kit falling apart due to heller glue (useless kit glue, takes ages to dry) and was heavily damaged by my siblings less than a year after I finished it. It was in bad shape already…

They HG YF-29 looks super bulky ...

7 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Hehe, I might add more details later, but I'm building this primarily for a VR-focused sim pit, so I couldn't see them anyhow.   I'm leaving room on the back of the panels for extra stuff to be added if I want it later.

The TACAN dial is kind of a "best cheap option" though.  The numbers won't work, because I would need to either build a fancy gearbox to convert the motion into the right increments, or find myself a dual-axis multi-position switch dial with 14 notches.    The two dial segments do work independently, but they're just driving a dual-axis rotary switch that'll increase or decrease with each click.  It'll work for giving me something to interact with that isn't a cross-cockpit mouse click though, so that's all I really need.

hahaha - yeah, good point. Maybe you can use gears and transmit them to single axis dials or something. That might work, but maybe that is a bit of overkill hahaha.

6 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I had the same thought, but wondered if the colors in the photo might just be making it too saturated.  That probably is the color it was painted, but it didn't come out that bright on screen.  It should probably match the lighter blue seen on the panels around the deflector dish, the one directly under the starfleet emblem.

I guess this sort of thing theoretically counts as being on my workbench, since it's my current project, but I'm getting deep into the DCS cockpit build process.  While I know a lot of people make tutorials with laser-cut acrylic panels and backlighting, I decided to try what I had on-hand, which is just my 3D printer.  I'm not worried about backlighting or gauges/displays for VR, so as long as the buttons are in the right place, they should serve me perfectly well (and I've left room in the radio panel for a frequency panel just in case).

Bonus points if you can ID the component reference names, and what plane they're from.  

Dude ... hahahahaah that is awesome. You are missing the seven segment display on the UHF radio for the freq. You gonna build that? Is the dial working on the rotary switch for the TACAN control panel? Gonna have the numbers on it as well? I know exactly which plane this is from, but want to let others give it a try as well.

44 minutes ago, Firefox21 said:

A modified F/A-18F canopy

ah okay! 

13 hours ago, Thom said:

Damn, it does have a different canopy! Freck! Bye bye money...

Oh man! You are right! Bye bye money ... wait a moment ... my purse is empty ... damn

Nice - is that a F-14 canopy?

8 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-vf-171-nightmare-plus-standard-type-macross-frontier-wavmc-075

Oh! It'll come with more weapons.

8 hours ago, Rock said:

You sir, are giving me dangerous thoughts.

 

With all the Ver Ka Zeta, I decided to revist an old friend built nearly 20 years ago, that became a project 10 years ago, to see daylight 2 days ago. Lol

Ever heard of that "bad influence" your parents were talking about? That is me.