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Well..... That went as well as it possibly could have I think... Mission Models Gunship Gray thinned with Tamiya Acrylic thinner. I've been working on retraining my brain 🧠 to LET the airbrush do the work, don't worry about getting in super close to the model to get all the little areas. Cover it lightly as best you can then go in a little heavier then go in a 3rd time and try to get any spots you missed. Seems to have worked pretty well. These battleships are a very different beast when it comes to the painting... PATIENCE is a virtue young padawan! Coming from painting air planes and space ships I've had to learn that...

That X-Wing is INSANE. FACT.

@505thAirborne - Damn man, super bummed to hear that happened to the Galactica build! That has always been in the back of my mind every time I light a kit, but so far...my only two that I have done are still working great. I used brand new (but pretty cheap) LED strip lighting off Amazon and soldered all the connections myself. I turn on and off the Runabout every day at work and so far, so good....over two years in now! Over here today, sunny and 70 degrees so a LOT of priming happened this morning! I airbrushed liquid Vallejo primer thinned down with Tamiya Acrylic Thinner, worked out really well. Tomorrow, we paint ALL the TEXAS parts you see here! "May the odds be ever in your favor!" - 😂

"Hooooney, shut your eyes, I got us a new table....!!!...SURPRISE!!! ---😂 wife calls lawyer...

@rsvictor1976 - They were indeed! Snagged one! Thanks!

One day I will stop logging on to the MWF every few years and be able to ACTUALLY EASILY PRE-ORDER something I want from Bandai in a way that's easier than seeking the lost ark of the covenant....But today is not that day

@505thAirborne - Oh Man!!! I can't WAIT to see this bad boy all finished and lit up! GREAT work so far! 😃

Anybody remember the old school He Man Kringer cat being green plastic but the purple Skelator cat having like felt on it? I had both and they got played with a lot! I think I only ever had He Man and Skelator and the cats though, always wanted Castle Greyskull but never got it!

I missed the original release, so if I can get this on Amazon, I might bite. This will probably be the last Macross purchase I make, so, it seems fitting as back in 2008 or so (after finding MW on the web) my 1st was the Yamato 1/48 Roy. Kind of a book end to my Macross collection days.

@Mog Indeed it is! It's a Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane. Can you IMAGINE the SET it took to be the pilots of these things in WWII? "You want me to take off a WHAT in a WHAT?!"

More progress on the Texas this morning. All parts minus like 6 little super delicate posts are down on the deck ready for painting. Likewise all the sub assemblies are ready for primer and paint. Now....mother nature looks like she's not gonna let that happen out in the garage for at least a week and a half now... I learned my lesson years ago with the Cat's Eye 👁️ debacle about painting in the cold garage. LOL 😁

Iced in today, tomorrow and possibly Monday down here in North Texas, so we're going full steam ahead down here on dropping down a gazzilion little as yet unpainted parts on the Texas deck! Also panel lining up the BUFF with some Flory's Black wash...

I'd buy that for a dollar!!!! 😂

This one is definitely going to be watched when wifey is out of the house and I can crank up the 5.1 Dolby Atmos. The last season of Clone Wars was a tour de force of video and sound, so I'm expecting this to be no less AND in 4K, yeh, it's gonna be fun to watch and listen to!

Same here @ThomI'm thinking me and the brother in law summer time popcorn flick hangout, just hangin out, having some junk food watching He Man!