nightmareB4macross

Great way to honor your history and family. Family first. Thank you for sharing that great story.

You’re very talented. The way you transformed tape like that is pure magic!

Those sharpie applications look great. And I wholeheartedly agree, the tone is just metal enough and not over bearing. Just perfect. I still use them to this day. My uses for White Out as a paint was due to being poor growing up and using what ever resource possible to paint. Heck I would use it for die-cast car customs. My proudest creation was completely painting over a 911 Porsche with White Out and painting a wide black Sharpie stripe on top and writing “Skunk” on the sides. Sure it wasn’t the proper coloring, but to me it was awesome! 😄

I remember using only “White Out” and a “Sharpie” to do all the details on this 1/144 kit. Sir you have unlocked “my childhood.” You deserve a badge of achievement. 🤗

Any pilot would quit from claustrophobic reasons.

The packaging.

Cool release but, talk about being late to the game. This should have been released right after the first GBP-1J release as interest was hot for this custom scheme. Not sure I even care for this release. Oh well.

These figures are of good quality, down to the PF style tampo. During transformation you can feel it is not as smooth as the original. Overall they are decent figures. Just my two cents.

If only Takatoku implemented these details into the final toys. The red and blue landing gear covers always seemed strange. Also the head lasers could have been color matched to each respective 1J for Max and Milia.

I don’t believe we have. Good catch.

Going to try and work on the Battroid controls, egress access panel/display for seat, and canopy hinges with frame. and more.

Let’s compare.

Wow. You sir are a kit building machine.

Thanks. But the 1/55 really lends itself to all this.

This 1/55 GU-11 is looking the part.

You guys really know how to make a kit really stand out. Excellent talent. Working on the gun details. And yes, definitely keeping the firing mechanism. Pew, pew, pew.

This build seems to never end. But the arms are good. Now onto more detailing and control panels.

I was today years old when I finally realized the cover of the Macross Design Works is an actual 1/55. 🤯

That’s an interesting interpretation of the white base coat. I was thinking of going with white from 70’s style fighters. It’s somewhat matte sheen and gets glossier along the surface areas that have the most friction during flight. Thanks for the suggestion.

Looks good, and really liking the new sculpture of the 1J head. The 1S could use a bit more height and resembles this mash up way too much. Top half Takatoku and bottom half 1990 Bandai. It can’t be unseen. Since these are prototypes, I am sure it can be corrected.

That is some clean and sexy mole technique. I am still contemplating my paint process for my project and always look for insight when possible. Thank you and keep building more awesome kits.

You are doing a phenomenal job with all these vintage kits. What kind and brand of paint are you using? Looks amazing!!

Well, well, well.

It was just a plug and play accessory. Honestly, I don’t recall reshaping the peg for it to fit.

Looks like an original resprayed with primer. Chest has the red stripe underneath. Also the heatshield is the very same used on reissues. Come on Tony, tell us.