nightmareB4macross

Thank you. One day it will be a grand one at that. For now it’s still a baby.

Silly head pilots.

Thank you. Your painting skills are amazing. The Z-Scout and Mospeada look incredible. It has always been a childhood dream to get all this achieved on a 1/55.

For the purposes of line art, I modified the heat baffle of the backpack to recess into the backplate versus being incorrectly attached to the backpack. Works great, especially in fighter mode as it supports the backpack and aligns it perfectly. Still a few dozen tasks or so to complete this, but I think it’s coming along well.

Good Lord you guys are in another level. kudos!!! I am still continuing with humble little build. Completed a few more details.

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.