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Got to work with what time I had. After corrections, Mr. Surfacer 1500 was reapplied as a black base. I then zig-zag'd my airbrush over the surface with some AK Colors white. At this point I remembered this build is a 'clean' build and wanted to switch to a more purple/blue undertone. I remembered I still had paint left over from my VF-19 Ravens build last year(s) and began stippling and using templates to create variations in undertone. From here some Gaia Color EX-White was used (1:1) for do some very loose pre-shading and highlights. This stage is always challenging because the old-gunpla builder in me wants to keep preshading until full color smoothness is achieved. For aircraft, I find sloppier, the better. Lastly, I grabbed some Mr. Color 316 FS White and went to a 1:1:1 mix (color, leveling thinner, regular lacquer thinner.) This is the color I believe all VF-1's are called out for in Hase's instructions. I actually really like this white and keep it on hand. The 316 white was then airbrushed over a few key panels and then the pressure was turned up and light quick passes were applied over the entire surface to achieve a (hopefully) subtle look! I will let this dry and then re assemble the kit to make sure things look uniform and adjust as needed. Forgive the sloppiness. As most know, my hobby room died when the wife took over the space as a work-from-home office. I was a little reluctant to setup the spray-booth for a 'quick' paint job. So... just sat in the back porch rocker and let the fresh air deal with the fumes between rain showers with the dogs. Next up, hopefully were masking up for some color!

Why the blonde and not one of the gals from MacrossF? I mean Kathy was good enough for the deculture decal set Bandai did for Ozma's 1/72

Went ahead and installed some of the clear parts, I tend to always make a mess of the job if I do it after painting. Installed, sanded and then coated in Microtech's brushable liquid masking film. Hopefully the edges stay as sharp and clean as they are here. Finally got time to drag out the airbrush for the black basing. Everything looks wonderful except for the nose cone. Not sure what happened. Part of me think the canopy glue stayed wet on the inside and slowly ate at the plastic. All the way around the joint is like this. Giving me old Testors glue tube vibes when you'd apply to much. So off to fix it with some putty. Masking off details to try to save myself on rescribing later.

Got them flat spots in for ya R. Personally, I never thought they made much difference as they weren't really convencining of weight on tires. On my F-14's I really want to grab set of resin wheels that look deflated. Intakes smoothed out and rescribed. Head built, probably the smoothest fittong part of the kit! Legs finished up. All glued together and puttied for a gap-less fit. It'll make painting a pain but, I feel the resulting finish will be more uniform than painting the flaps separately. And there we go! All together, (minus the clear parts.) A few more rounds of smoothing and it'll be ready for black base!

You're missing the other 2 Flip Knights, LT.

Things! A little bit of plastic, 0.02mm wire and a whole lot of tedious threading! The goal was just to create a bit of raised detail. One day I'd love to go in and fully rebuild the inside bay details. But, this kind of work is very tedious and time consuming. With that I fit together the lower leg assemblies and got them glued together. The fit wasn't very good so the pegs were cut and everything slid together as even as possible. I'll have to come back with some CA Glue and fill the gaps for sure. I also decided to use some melted and stretched spure/runner to add another little detail to the rear bays. Meanwhile a little signal light was fashioned out of plastic board for the front gear, a little asymmetry to keep it interesting. From here it was seam line repair time. A bit of ca glue was applied and then the parts sanded down with 180, 320 and then a 400g soft sponge before the lines were rescribed. And with a careful flip, this Valk is finally standing on it's legs as one! Lets keep going!

Platz 1/144?

Grabbed my copy. Amazon now has it 39% off!

God Gundam II announced for the 45th G-Gundam side story events with a tie-in lazy Metal Build variant just in time for the OG release.

Congratulations Hasegawa on printing an instruction booklet in full color! 👏

A Merry Christmas indeed!

What are we guessing the wait for the VF-19A SVF-440 Dullahan's will be?

It was your own thread too! 🤣 https://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/51068-wave-172-yf-29/#comment-1694585