THOR

It is a recast i picked up years ago.

I also have a 1/35 RSB VF-1A/S for $300 plus shipping if intererested

Progress is slow due to moving my casting department from my kitchen to my second bedroom which is also bursting at the seams with model kits. My best guess is mid-February when you can expect kits of this. That's when I'll have money to finish & box 20 kits. I want to have this and a few other kits done by Wonderfest.

time for an update. i'm ready to start making molds of all the parts minus the main body. it and the cockpit pieces should arrive in 2-3 weeks. i'll post pics this weekend if i get any progress. only thing i got to do is pick up my old cj3a jeep Saturday.

some pics of the pieces...hopefully the cockpit pieces will arrive shortly. new fuselage, canopy, landing struts...

enjoy!

i got everything minus the open cockpit body/version for molding!

i expect that very soon. meanwhile i'll start molding the other pieces.

it looks so kick-arse being bigger than the 1/72.

i'll post pics tonight with my half-done 1/48 vf-1 (if i'm not too tired after football practice)

this thing has so many non-cannon options, too.

why didn't they make an AWACS version or one loaded with missiles/bombs?

truly a masterpiece...

nice! always loved the digital schemes.

I got all of the pieces to make a cockpit-less & no landing gear 1/48 Lancer.

I just ordered the pieces to make a cockpit (main body-redo) and landing gear.

I'm prepping the pieces I have this week.

In 2 weeks I'll have the cockpit version pieces and start prepping them.

Pics comming soon...

yeah! the rcb would be killer!

This is what I hope happens next with the alphie... only half way there... or maybe 1/3rd...

Update:

Still waiting for my parts. Had a snafu with Paypal thinking a scam was going on.

Labor Day Weekend should give me some time to finish the cockpit.

-THOR

my lessons learned...

if you paint first, you risk scratching the paint off and spraying it again with the airbrush.

you make the call if you don't think you can paint all of the surfaces on it once the photo etch is glued to the model.

i recommend all the various bending tools on http://www.micromark.com/Etch-Mate-3C,8737.html

i cut off the part with snips or i use a sharp blade and cut the part from the metal sprue and grind off the excees with a metal file.

the parts are typically very intricate.

i don't know how many times i've crushed a part or lost it. the adhesive sheet helps the parts from finding a new home in your carpet. use a well lighted area and take your time. that video mentioned above will help too just seeing how delicately you have to treat the parts.

kickin' arse & taking intials! (b/c you're moving to fast to take names!) so awesome!

i thought it was a drone, too.

13.3 x 7.8

I'll have to get the kits out and compare...

ron 5864...great job!

working on cockpit and landing gear...

It's costing me quite a bit in trades. But, I think I'm going to pick it up.

I will ask if has another one for you!

i like the kit but mismatch is hell creating uneven seams down the middle of verything.

i'll try to post pics of both the arii 1/160 and resin 1/144 kit so you can decide.

1/144 is about $105.

don't know if easy-off oven cleaner will work. it's what i use to strip paint and chromed part. test it on a unwanted model cockpit first to make sure it doesn't ruin the clear piece. there should be an oven cleaner product in japan...???

very nice!

Dunno, maybe something skid like, Viperish?

If you need detailed pictures of various types of landing gear, let me know. I took a bunch of hi-res photos of many of the planes on display at the new(er) Smithsonian a while back.

would simple tripod setup be ok?

basically sticks with skids on the bottom...

update:

printed body and engine/thruster covers:

up close of the white-detail process (more expensive to print) no sanding yet

up close of the white-strong/flexible (less expensive to print) no sanding yet

i printed the radar sensor/wing in the white-detail and it is pretty thin. pic to come.

i might need to throw in a carbon fiber rod in the resin to keep it from sagging.

i'll try to clean up[ these parts and make them as smooth as possible before casting.

i've got some ideas for a cockpit. use a veritech seat and a destroid-type video screen...

i'm stumped on what to do for landing gear. any ideas?

I got back from G-fest last night. G-fest is a convention in Chicago for Godzilla and all things Kaiju (giant monster) put on by G-fan magazine. I met the producer and sculptor from the Gamera movies in Japan. I also met with a contributing sculptor of Resin Chef-Team Ukeke. http://rc-ukeke.com/ I designed and my friend molded the saucer for them and it sold out at the last Wonderfest in Japan.

I got another tour of Badger airbrush and bought their awesome silent air compressor that can handle three brushes at once. Their stuff is really nice. After meeting the employees and ownership, I'm sticking with Badger. Nice people.

I'll take pictures tonight of the parts I've had printed. Main body, wing etc. I'll also post pics of before and after sanding. I'm going to try baking soda through badger's "etching" air brush. It's just like sandblasting only using baking soda so i don't chew too much off the parts. I hope that will help smooth down some of my rougher parts.

I've got to get a few molds done for other projects this week and then I can go at this full-steam.

I'm on my way to Chicago to G-fest.

I'll work on a cockpit & landing gear.

I'll add a pilot, too.

-THOR

Heavy...

i can't stand the lines either.

i will clean the parts up as smooth as glass before i cast them.

no cockpit...i thought this was a (space) drone like the ghost is an (atmospheric) drone? am i wrong?

landing gear? never saw any line art. if someone has them, i'll put them in.

did a search...guess a cockpit is in order...

BACKGROUND

The Lancer II Spacefighter was one of the first creations of the UN Spacy utilising the new technology found onboard the SDF-1 Macross. Whilst the Variable Fighters and Destroids were being developed Lockhee put forward a proposal for a space borne fighter that was cheap to manufacture and easy to maintain. The UN Spacy approved the SF-3a Lancer II Space Fighter for use on board the new ARMD platforms being developed and manufactured at the Lagrange Space Dry Docks. 78 Lancer II Space Fighters would be carried onboard each ARMD, their long range high powered Laser Cannons and Medium range missiles making them excellent and agile fighters rivalling the agility of the VF-1 Valkyrie in Fighter Mode. However unlike the VF-1 and later Variable Fighters the SF-3A Lancer II is limited to space operations only. It is not designed to enter an atmosphere, and it would burn up on re-entry and be reduced to a fireball, the Lancer II's heat and radiation sheilds only being designed to defend against natural radiation and heat found in space.

After Space War II the Lancer II Space Fighter was still manufactured and fighters were assigned to the ARMD platforms and Factory Satellite, as well as the Apollo Moon base. As the Variable Fighter took precedence over other mecha the SF-3A Lancer II was gradually phased out, many of these fighters being scrapped or sold to Colony World space defence fleets. By the late 2020's the SF-3A Lancer Space Fighter could only be found in the remote and poorly supplied Colony world defence forces, or in the hands of private collectors and museums. http://unsd.macrossroleplay.org/lancerfighter.html