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Am I wrong or didn't Angry Monkey Models do a 1/72 Zentran Fighter Pod? Sean

Man that battroid is a thing of beauty--what a great paint job! Makes me wish I had an airbrush and some skill with it Sean

Wow that flatbed looks great Gundamhead! Now for thos idiots of us here (well, me....) can you list the steps you followed to acchieve this scaling up effect? Was it the naptha or that other stuff? Sean

Very nicely. Great work John, I'm jealous of both your skills, and the lucky guy who's gettying this beauty! Sean

Thanks for the BT links 1/1LVL--but as for selling my RT DVD's...uh no. Too much part of reliving my childhood And my parents say I never grew up (likely the only thing they and my ex-wife agree on )! Sean

There was M7 stuff in FB2012? What should I look for/avoid? (I guess depending on what you think of M7--which seems to be a rather polarizing issue here ) Sean

They have pics of the VF-9 on MAHQ. Personally, I've never liked the design. Whle the Fighter mode is ok looking, I've always thought the Battroid and Gerwalk look hideous. Graham Kinda remods me of the Legios from Genesis Climber Mospedea. Was this design from M7? From an earlier Macross series? Is it even an 'official' Kawamori design? Sean

Yeah, well, I'm Canadian--no matter where I get it (local brick-n-mortar or online) I'm paying a premium because of the exchange rate That said, I'm sure its only a matter of timebefore I commit the funds--after all how long can a divorce REALLY take ? (What a waste of my hard earned money ) Sean ps - am I correct in guessing that with M7 you either love it or hate it? Is there any way I can try it out before I spend money on a HK bootleg DVD that I may hate?

Now as some who may know me, I have admitted to being a RT (also known to some around here as that unmentionable series spawned from the loins of Carl Macek) fan, and truthfully that hasn't changed. Much of my interest in Macross was based on my continued love of RT (and my enjoyment of MacII), but before today I never really got into Macross for Macross--although I now blame that on 'Clash of the Biornoids'. But today--what an epiphiny! I picked up macross Plus the Movie, and my jaw is still on the floor. The art, the animation, the story, the acting and characters and mecha and...and....and... ::weeps with joy:: Someone PLEASE suggest to me what I should watch next? The local HMV had (for an outrageous fortune) the first Animego SDF Macross DVD. Should I pay a month's salary for 3 episodes? I've ordered DYRL and am waiting for it (hoping against hope that is will wash away the foul taste of CotB) Help me Macross Otaku! Where to next! Thanks ::tears of joy dripping on keyboard:: Sean

Quick question to Rob and /or John and whoever else might be involved in this particular project...if you do the Regult or Glaug, does it have to be resin? Wouldn't it be cheaper/easier to do a vacformed kit? Just a thought. Sean

And here I thought SWAG stood for Stuff We All Get Sean <- sorry for the bad joke, I was just overcome and couldn't help myself

check the magazine section. Model Graphix., October 2002 and my vote will be for the GBP but the Hummer will be great. Thanks! Very cool set of armor. Sean

Heh, noob LOL! Okay, I admit it, I AM a Macross noob--I came here from the unmentionable HG world Sean ps - not that I've forsworn my RT alegiances...just don't publish them here for fear of getting run outta town on a rail....

Christopher, What the heck is "Thunder Hammer/Hummer" Armor? Sean

Well I voted for the Regult because I think the 1/72 Valks need SOMETHING to fight OTOH, I would love to have the GBP-1 for my (unmade) battaloid. Oh the pain of it all.... Sean

Right, you'll soak the silicon/resin piece in the naptha. That's the "cast." The "mold" is 'negative' of the original part, what you pour your resin into. No health hazards other than fumes, but you don't want to store your naptha-soaked piece for very long just because of the risk of fire. The naptha-impregnated parts will ooze kerosene long after they've dried. Right, but I guess my question was more along the lines of after soaking the resin piece, will that piece expand, or do you mean pour another mold based on that naptha impregnated resin piece and it's THAT mold that will expand? And if you are talking about having the resin expand, do you simply soak the cured resin piece, or mix the naptha with the resin A+B? Have heard of the Hydrospan and have always wanted to try it, but have no idea where to find it in Canada. Sean

When you say soak the cast, you mean the resin piece you just pulled? Are there any health hazards (other than lighting youself on fire, and I've done that before--I was in the army) to using naptha with your casting/molding materials? Thanks Sean

Well, the more I think about it, the more I figure I might as well do a conversion kit and sell that, as from a personal and business ethics standpoint I do agree that selling a recast with only minor mods is taking advantage of someone elses hard work. Maybe the solution is simply to recast the base Club M DYRL version and provide it to MW members for the price of the materials...and then sell the conversion kit for a small profit (or eBay it or whatever). First though, I need to find one of those kits Off to the Wanted section I mosey.... Thanks for the input everyone! Sean

Yeah, I'm talking about the 1/72 one. Actually, I also want to re-sculpt the Milla figures too, in addition to the mods to the suit itself. Gundamhead does make a good point though, as I would never want to infringe upon an artist's work (like John's), so I guess it's a fine line. Maybe a mod kit would be in order...problem is, would there be enough people out there with the original kit who would be interested in purchasing it? The other option would be to sculpt the whole suit myself--and though I've never seen the kit IRL Grayson I can just imagine how big it is--but that's litterally a HUGE job...and I'm not necessarially THAT good that I'd be able to pull it off...not yet anyway Food for thought though. Thanks. Sean

In terms of a recast, I know that obviously if you take a kit and just make new molds from the parts and cast it again then it's a recast, but this question is more along the lines of modifying an existing kit and then casting that modified version...does that count as a recast? I'm thinking in terms of copyright...the new kit would be a derivative work and thus would need to pay homage to the original, but wouldn't necessarially violate copyright, would it? (In the software world where most of my Copyrhight experience comes from it would be all right to make a derivative work and sell it) In terms of concrete examples, I would like to modify (once I can get my grimy hands on one) one of the Club-M Quaedlun Rau kits to represent a SDF rather than DYRL battle suit. Thoughts? Thanks. Sean ps - if anyone got one of those kits and would like to part with it for a reasonable price....

Yeah, I'm playing with some Smooth-On this weekend and experimenting with casting the head. The final piece will be a cold cast resin figure (I hope!) if I can swing the time and/or money to do so. Thanks for the input! Sean

Update on the sculpt: Thanks to the size screw up as point out above, I've had to start all over again--not too much of a problem as the second time is turning out better than the first. I'm just really slow at sculpting...and I still need to find time to finish all my models that I'm working on too....too bad someone won't pay em to do this (not that I'm THAT good anyway) Below are some new pics: And for reference: And here asre some pics of the head, hands and assault rifle. The head I want to do several variations on, so I'm going to cast a resin copy and modify that. The hands are being sculpted in GreenStuff (Kneadatite epoxy putty) and I plan of putting a Milliput (another epoxy putty) layer over the assault rifle to allow for a harder edge, smoother and more mechanical look and feel. As always, any comments or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks Sean

So you don't use two part molds at all? interesting. How do you determin where to cut? What about pour and vent holes and registration marks? I'd love to learn more about how you do this, as I'm pretty inexperience with casting but am trying to learn as fast as I can Thanks Sean

Just to double check before I try this myself.... Ths trick should work with any silicon RTV product right? I'm using Smooth-On OOMOO 30, and want to try shinking the mold... So what I would so is mix the silicon and add a certain % voilume of Naptha (Zippo fluid sounds good), pour my mold and let it cure, then pull the master and wait for it to shrink? How long will the shrinking process take? Or does the master stay inside the mold while it shrinks? (that doesn't make much sense, but I have to ask...) Will this work with two part molds? Thanks. Sean

Absolutly outstanding work John. It makes me cry to think that the low viz 1S valk I was working so hard on is a POS compared to this masterpiece.... Ah well, just sets the bar a little higher for the rest of us methinks Sean