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    Hasegawa 1/72 scale VF-25 Messiah

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    Umm... I'm talking about Academy's decals, which are legendary for their terrible quality. They were thick, unable to conform to any surface, and do not react to any setting solution. It was only when they moved to cartograph that they improved significantly. Hasegawa has always been mediocre: somewhat thick, big transparency and an inability to make white. Yet they are still better than bandai.

    As for kits academy's stuff is pretty good; their tempest and 109 is very good.

    About Hasegawa decals, they improve a lot since 2009, the decals still are somewhat thick, but improve the white (the white is white now) and reduce the transparency a lot. The Vf-19 in 1/48 has a great decal sheet, and the new VF-1 in 1/48 too. The Vf-11 and VF-25 decal sheet are the same, at least looks the same to me. Bandai decals are terrible, Tamiya decals for example its the same as hasegawa. The best decals came from Cartograft,Microscale and Aztec, most of the 3 party manufactures use them as a supplier (fightertown decals, afterburner, etc) but is very hard to find great decals for science fiction subjects.

    IMHO you can't find better Macross decals than Hasegawa's, there are some garage decals, those are good to replace Bandai ones but not Hasegawa's, http://old.samueldecal.com/ is an example, I use them in two kits, great service from Sam, but the decals need to be treated with care.

    Hasegawa 1/72 scale VF-25 Messiah

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    Posted · Edited by joscasle

    Anyone one seen a English color chart yet? Did not see it on Hobby Search scans.

    Nop at the moment. I receive mine yesterday, all color are in Japanese, but the paint numbers are there so no big problem. If a remember well, the Vf-1J in 1/48 came only in Japanese too, need to check!!

    Looking at the instructions, Hasegawa didn't ask to tint the canopy clear purple, it is correct to paint the canopy, or is more "realistic" just clear?

    Thanks

    VF 1 j Gerwalk 1:48

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    Genial, te quedo impresionante!!!!!! Siempre he dicho, por qué Hasegawa no hace de paquete Gerwalks????? Bienvenido!, saludos desde Costa Rica.

    Great work!!, Hasegawa need to start releasing Gerwalk mode kits.

    VF-1J Super Valkyrie (Millia/Miria Custom)

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    Posted · Edited by joscasle

    Sorry to butt in your thread man, but would you or anyone know what kind of red I can use for Millia from Vallejo Acryllics? It's the only paint that's readily available near my place. Same goes for what kind of blue for Max?

    well... I ask the same question about 2.5 years ago lol.

    I ended using a mix of Gaianotes red + Gaianotes primary red (more darker red). I have Vallejo red, but is lighter than tamiya's, so not a good Millia's red , just MHO. You will need to do your own mix.

    In the end the Millia's red it's a very hard color to obtain.

    For Max I use a mix of Cobalt Blue (5) + Air Superiority blue (2), all colors from Gunze.

    I can tell you that Ranger565 can help you, he help me a lot.

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