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10 hours ago, Gabe Q said:
The boxart for the low viz has been posted:
https://twitter.com/hobby_magazine/status/1382838670260989960?s=20
Nice!!!
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15 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:
YF-21, VF-25, or VF-31.
For me, YF-21, VF-11 and VF-25 will be nice. Macross Delta valk not for me, so much colors to match the girls. Don't like that.
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Nice to see 1-48 again. Hope a new tool soon
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NIce!!! Love the 1/48 Valks!!!!
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1 hour ago, Chronocidal said:
Boy do I ever wish Hasegawa would get on with it, and make a matching YF-21.
still wainting since 2009
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Continue:
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Well working on my 1/48 YF-19:
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21 hours ago, TMBounty_Hunter said:
Is there really that much profit to be had from Macross models though? Surely Hasegawa has always been doing the math all along. Macross has always been only a tiny fraction of their output and they're still primarily a manufacturer of military and other "traditional" models. If their choice is between making a new mold for some old WWII subject that'll appeal to modelers everywhere vs a Macross design that's only for a bunch of otaku then what's the more financially responsible decision?
Plus the VF-1 is probably like 80-90% of Macross related merch out there and they already have that covered. I'm sure lots of people on this forum would love a 1/48 YF-21 and related VF-22 repops, but that's maybe a few hundred sales at most? Going a bit broader in the west going to model shows there's usually a few 1/72 Macross kits entered, maybe even half a dozen to a dozen per show but since it came out I've seen the 1/48 VF-19 only twice. There's absolutely more demand in Japan but really how much? 10k production run? That's on the far low end of typical model runs and some would claim isn't enough to cover the cost of the molds. With majority of those being bought and sitting in people's closet for years and years because we already got mountains of a backlog? If it was worthwhile for Hasegawa then we'd see way more 1/48 YF-19 and VF-19 decal variants since that requires no new molds but we've only ever got one almost a decade ago.
Any new mold decisions would also be influence by possibility of cross-promotion and right now there's nothing really happening until the new Delta movie some out.
There's really only 3 routes left if you want a company to make a kit:
1. give up and forget about it2. keep posting about how it's not in any way viable and how it'll never happen to the point where it's a shock and a surprise when it does in half a decade to a decade
3. start a scratch-building project and by the time you're half-way done they'll announce it to spite you personally
:P
I don't know what Hasegawa's marketing strategy is, because if we see it in military model launches there haven't been many in recent years either, for example, in 1/48 the last new molds that I know of are the F-22 in 2009 and the Growler in 2011, after those I think the last military mold is in 1/72, the F-35 in 2018, that's it.
Hasegawa from what I see his new casts are mostly dedicated to Science Fiction, the Creator Works Series came to mind now.
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well... another "new" release and no a single 1/48 new mold since 2014 :(
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I found that picture of an old Imai kit and some other toys
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Thanks!!!
I just won on ebay a new Hasegawa 1/48 VF-1J Super Valk, the Max/Miria version, I already have one and already build de Miria type a few years ago but from the VF-1J/A box, so it's not a Super type. I will build the Max's aircraft in Super configuration but with the new kit I want to build the cannnon fodder, the colors are nice, but it is hard to find references for one with super packs.
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Any good references pictures of Cannon Fodder Super Valkyrie, can't find any, I'm looking for tv series "style".
Thanks
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At last!!!!!
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Well it is very frustrating that Hasegawa does not have a display stand available for the VF-1 Valkyries in 1/48. I know that the 1/72 are not the best also look, but at least they give the possibility of mounting the model in flight mode. The way SUPER / STRIKE looks with the landing gear is weird IMHO.
Still can't find anything usable, https://www.yetistand.com doesn't work anymore, and Flightpose is barely good (in my opinion). Any other suggestions?
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On 10/1/2020 at 12:06 AM, MacrossJunkie said:
I tried to do the same thing with my PF VF-0D as I did with my 0S, but the pre-applied black filter they sprayed on it is difficult to remove. So in the end trying to do the same thing felt more like trying to sculpt a statue using a shovel and sledgehammer compared to using a fine chisel and sculptor's mallet. To get it off required pressure and a lot of scrubbing instead of a simple swipe. so it was harder to control and the result is not as fine compared to what I was able to achieve with the 0S.
The underlying plastic was also a very light blue and looked odd, a shader had to be sprayed over the area I rubbed the filter off in order to tone it down.
I can't say I'm totally happy with it, but I wasn't happy with how it looked out of the box anyway so I'm at least making the attempt. Only did the top minus the fuselage for now just to see how it would turn out.
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Additional WIP pic. Did the fuselage and added some additional mottling effects.
WoW!!!!
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8 hours ago, Gabe Q said:
All done!
Love it!!!
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Almost finish!, still need to paint the pilot, decals and a mate clear coat.
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On 8/7/2020 at 2:59 PM, wm cheng said:
Woohoo!!! I'm finally finished the 1/72 Hasegawa F-18F Superhornet. Didn't really have the time to setup a proper photo session, but got these on my cell phone. Thank you so much @NZEOD for sending me a replacement canopy after I cracked mine all the way from New Zealand! I'm pretty happy with it especially after a few years off from modeling. Its given me enough confidence to finally start on one of my 1/72 F-14 Tomcats in my huge stash. So much more work matching paints, researching on these real birds than Macross planes!
Great!!!!!!
5 hours ago, derex3592 said:Final thinned white blend layers applied. Opinions? Thoughts? I'm good with it I think.... Might do some Tamiya smoke layers maybe.. I dunno...
Really Nice!!!
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1 hour ago, derex3592 said:
@peter @arbit, the funny thing is, I had that DS-9 model as a teenager. It was pretty cool. I gave it to a buddy years ago when I moved along with my big E and D. I don't know what he did with them, prob broken and trashed by now.
I'd totally build another one, I wouldn't light it though. I think I painted it Model Master Dark Steel or something, it looked cool. The detail was lacking, but as a kid, I didn't care. They prob cost an arm and a leg on Evilbay now.
Statrting from $33 + shipping on Evillbay!!
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57 minutes ago, Gabe Q said:
@MechTech and @vincemoto7 thanks for the kind words! @Duymon that paint scheme is nice! You gonna do a black aces scheme?
Beautiful!!
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Last buil, July IPMS challenge:
Next build:
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6 minutes ago, peter said:
I agree, the ship looks good now.
I know it's fun to weather models, give it that used or battle worn look, but I always wondered about large capital ship models covered in grime and rust.
It's a chargeable offence to have rust on our rifles, so we are forever cleaning them. Our vehicles and arty always appear to be in fresh paint, and I've seldom seen rust on any of them. A few paint chips here and there, but it's never as bad as in most models.
Is the Navy different? I've never seen rust or corrosion on our boats, but I haven't spent a lot of time with them.
When I see WWII battleship models weathered with rust stains, I always wonder how accurate that is with active duty ships.
As far as I know, the ILM team made the panel lines with a pencil, of course in a 3m model.
With my Zvezda 1/2700 ISD I tried to use a pencil, but that would have taken forever to complete, I took the same approach as derex3592
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19 hours ago, derex3592 said:
Cool idea!!!
I.....thiiiiink I'm finished with primary hull painting... LOL... I can't decide.
NICE!!!!!!!!!!
TV Super Packs Color
in The Workshop!
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What's the color of the super pack for the TV version? I will build the canon fodder, I know the Hikaru (ep27) it is more like a light green , but the canon fodder is more blue. But what blue. Any idea/help?
Thanks