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    *image that popped into my head* entire staff drawing straws to see who gets sent in with a miner's helmet to play a life-and-death-stakes game of tetris/jenga from within the mountain of boxes...
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    https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/search?typ1_c=109&cat=gundam&target=Serieshin&searchkey=Battle+Fairy+Yukikaze&spage=1&Scale=1%2f72 About $100-$120 USD... https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1131072604&ref=list&dispCount=240&keyword=Sentou Yousei Yukikaze&lang=en Mave for 8K yen, so a little less than the stickerprice if you're unconcerned about the box quality they seem to get re-issued every-so-often, My examples are second-run FFR-31s, and my Mave Yukikaze is a 4th-run I think... has a couple very minor bubbles in the all-in-one cast cockpit, but WAY better than I expected. I look forward to building/having it on display, however My resin-kit skills are too long unused at the moment to attempt her though... and the FFR-31 has some cockpit detail, as it's not cast together with the canopy a bit rudamentary... *top-right is cockpit assembly They're crying-out for some eduard PE and super-detailing IMO... and the canopy shape is simple enough that vaccuforming one should be mad simple if you've got the stuff [or know someone who does] it would be nice to have one to zoom-around-the-room [resin kit=far too risky], and they would get my money for one too!
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    I have 2 of the 1/72 Resin kits of the FFR-31A, if they re-issue them again, splurge, they're worth it!
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    sorry, but that response had me rolling on the floor for a bit! ^It's a Firefox reference, eto shutka tovarishch, Bozhe moy!
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    Macross figures

    slide replied to CF18's topic in Toys

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    the real question is: do you have to think in Russian to fire them?
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    water with a teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeny-tiny drop of dish-soap [per bottle] would be my first-try. also I would recommend a couple of marine-grade ball-bearings or nuts [marine-grade essentially means they're rust-proof, but testing for yourself is always recommended... caveat emptor etc...] to help agitate and homogenize the wash in the bottle.
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    THIS.
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    Wow, the 80's LIVES!!!
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    Nono, it arrived on my Doorstep today. Came through Vancouver [West coast] If it had gone through Toronto it would've flown about 1091.37 miles past me... and been [as a standard rule, pre-covid] delayed an extra 5 days.
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    Hi-Metal R

    slide replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

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    I must say, that's a pretty Tomcat! If you're looking for the Ultimate 1/72 Tomcat kit, GWH/Pit-Road make an F-14A and an F-14D kit that is just spectacular, and you pay for it, but I've never before seen an injection kitmaker try for the spoilers open option: The FM Tomcat is a great kit as well, particularly for open access panels etc. However I think the Fujimi Tomcats are still the best quality/money ratio if you're going to do a buttoned-up or in-flight build.
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    I shipped a package to Canada [Manitoba] via EMS from Manda's Nayuta store on Apr.20 [that's when the e-mail arrived, anyway] It arrived today [Apr.27]
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    My brain concurs It's like it's real, but it's not... I like it... I'll have to try that on one of the massive pile of Hase VF-1 kits on my shelf, \ This looks too good not to try-out
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    Precisely. looking great so far Mog!!
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    Bear in mind though: dark colours absorb light, which in space means heat, which you can't radiate to get rid of it Thus very dark colours approaching black are a no-go. The best camouflage colour for space would actually be something like Mountbatten Pink... worked quite well for the SAS and LRDP units in Africa during WW2 but again, heat dissipation issues in space are no joke. Teak is wonderful stuff... Many capitol ships use(d) it for decking, as it's very resilient, and according to my Tour-guides on USS Missouri and HMS Victory it's the best natural non-slip surface [as far as wood goes, anyway]
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    If I'm doing an open canopy I'll paint both the inside and outside. anything bigger than 1/72 I'll paint both sides, I find it too noticeable at bigger scales. Closed canopy I'll use the "interior colour under the exterior colour" all on the outside trick. At 1/72 scale though, I'll sand the canopy frame down a little so as not to thicken it out-of-scale with multiple layers of paint.
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    This. for example: US Navy ships are all the same color of red beneath the waterline, and most are the same color of gray above the waterline. slight variations will happen because of fading, different lots of paint, etc,
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    Well: IF this Masterfile pic is to be considered Canon, that wing is about 30% bigger surface area, and the engine nacelles are larger as well. The Canards move forward, and I would assume the Vertical/Ventral stabilizers got bigger in proportion to the wing increase [but I can't tell from this angle] the main fuselage [from the top-down silhouette anyway] seems to stay pretty much the same. So bigger engines [need more fuel], bigger wings [to hold more fuel and possibly more munitions], and some tweaks and alterations to the positioning of things to keep it balanced... Sounds like it's totally a Legacy-Vs-Super Hornet situation to me... *edit* oh, and the head-units are different
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    "Kingdom of the Wind" Kind of prophetic considering Delta.... I would've loved to have one of those as a young'n.... but I'd have likely destroyed it as I never was good at flying a kite lol
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    That one made my morning!
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    I started with a Yammie 1/60 V2 DYRL Roy and the urge to collect 'em all gets stronger every time I look at it. Would not recomend the Yammie V1 Valks unless your plan is to keep them in fighter mode. I don't own any of the DX VF-1 versions, but if you can abide the minor flaws [when/if they have them] they seem to be the new standard. Time will tell how they hold-up though. you can't go wrong with Bandai's HMR line either... they got me hook-line-and-sinker on those... they're such great toys, and so fun to zoom around the room. Personally, If I lost it all and had to start-over: I would start with a Roy 1/60. And If you can find a TV Roy for your price range snap it up! I'm going to grab a DX Roy when it happens [PLEASE be a TV version Bandai!!!!!!!!!!!! or at least give us both pilot figures]
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    If they had, I would be drowning in a pile of them right now... The wave release is a VF-4G [same as Yamato, Arcadia, and the Bandai HMR], to date the only place to get a VF-4A [the proportions seen in FB2012] is the garage kit market. Thanks to @jvmacross for the scan from the VF-4 Masterfile.
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    I we're wishlisting: I want the Unification wars covered please!! MORE ROY!!
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