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Very cool! Will look great in green.

Epoxies are NASTY!!! When they cure, they're stable and relatively safe (except for the dust which can cause alergic reactions). Heated up releases all the "wet" nastiness and then some all over again!

Oh. Good to know now I guess. I heated up a large resin piece in the microwave to bend it to shape a while back... but I don't remember much else.

In all seriousness though, I hope you are all okay and there is no long term damage beyond what you unfortunately reported here. Just keep at 'er and we're all looking forward to you saving this and showing us a masterpiece!

All my kits in only one picture? Mmmhmmm... The only way to do that is taking a picture to my shelf. Just give me a couple days.

Please do, I would find that inspirational at the very least. Between you and other said amazing modellers on this site it can be a driving force when guys like me see your completed kits.

That is incredibly effective and original. Kudos to the artist!

A-hem!

Pay attention folks, this model Jefuemon did is what got me hooked on Macross modelling and this site.

Oh, and while I'm here... Great job on the VF-11! I wish I could get my hands on one.

Maybe a single, fixed tail wheel on the lower rudder would be called for here. I see that your reference does not show that as a true fact, but you have more artistic licence here. As for retractable main carriage, I don't see any hint of that or the requisite panel lines drawn into the artwork you provided... unless those cut outs on the lower pods are where they go.

After scrolling through the pics quickly many times, it looks to me like the winglets are either too long, or too skinny?

I'm still really excited to see were this is going.

That does look like a better blue IMO, derex. Seems like a more genuine space faring blue than the previous rendition!

I'm guessing this is a 1/72 kit? Either way I'm pretty excited to see it being executed. I wish I could get my hands on one but that may be another thread...

I'll be watching to see how it goes, I can't add much more than has already been mentioned.

Awww just beautiful!

Not to mention, I will never ever be able to understand why so many people put the dual reaction missile mount on the outer hardpoint...

Just a stab in the dark here, It appears that the dual wouldn't fit on the inner hard point and might interfere wit the shoulder or possibly the intake in fighter mode? Aesthetically, it makes tonnes more sense to load it inwards. I'm with you there Chrono.

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Thank you.... to answer your question its 1/72... I've got a scale addiction, so its that and only that.

Mine's the ESCI kit, which is very similar to the Italeri one, but with a different set of advantages and disadvantages. I've heard great things about your version, so I'm sure you'll have a great time with. I'd suggest you look into a nice set of resin engines like I did which are a problem with both kits.

I've got the same '72 syndrome' you do, must be the air around here.

I won't be building anything bigger than a B-25 due to the lack of suitable display space. My Ikea cabinet just won't handle all the veefs and larger planes I have kicking around like the Dakota and Blackbird (nevermind the B-52). I've got a couple (3 actually) Academy Zero kits hanging around, but first I have to finish my Fujimi Gekko. What a chore.

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That's a pretty C-47 there Noyhauser!

What scale is it? I've got a 1/72 Italeri on the shelf waiting for love. Going to have D-Day stripes though...

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Thank you Sirs!

I'm working on resolving the panel line issue - that is - how to do them. If you have any suggestions I am more than happy to hear them.

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Hello MW,

In case any of you were watching this build, I have some progress to report:

I have decal work done and pictures to show you. One caveat though; I am using a 40" LED tv as my monitor at the moment due to a sudden necessary change in hardware... therefore it is very hard for me to audit my photography for quality. If the images are crap, I apologize.

I wanted to use as much common iconography as possible to bridge the gap between the Macross World and Captain Harlock. I used only decals supplied with the kit, luckily there were some that I think did the trick.

Nothing major here except an alternate view.

Detailing with washes turned out to be difficult and not all that convincing. I usually have pretty decent luck with said process, but I think I applied too much of the Tamiya flat red to get the coverage I needed. Lesson learned I guess. I'll have to resort to pencil lining in lieu of promodeller wash this time around. If anyone has any different ideas about what I can try then please don't be shy!

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Hey Now, Noyhauser that is one fine model. It was recently on my list of "to get" but was superceded by the Minicraft Martin Mariner that came out. I'm still saving up for that one.

The tumbler and viper also look great gents, and while i'm not a big fan of the design I think the 'new' batmobile has that realism missing from the previous fun versions.

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After I posted the video, I did ask Miki what she thought of the BGM. She said no problem, and was also impressed with the build.

(Miki is the lead singer of Galmet, the band I've got playing while filming)

Very cool, I think I found a few new things to rock to while hobbying, after looking at your twitter feed.

Congrats again on a slick build and great detailing.

modelglue

Great to see this, especially after all that suspense! Great job on all of it, and great soundtrack!

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I love this thread, for the sole reason of that it makes me feel like I'm getting work done on my models vicariously through you all.

But in reality, I am finding that we all sorta kinda work at a pace that is reconciled by each other's paces...

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So I guess by that reasoning, Bandai thinks landing gears must be built like real men?

....and WHAT a boy!!!

"That's the catapult hook"

Looks like a nice model but I'll have to stick to the two unbuilt Bandai -25 kits of the Prophecy and the Luca I have waiting downstairs.

So what you are saying is: Go buy another and do it up WW2 gloss sea blue style?

Sounds good!... stay tuned.

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Might try this with my Bandai 2'n'1's.

Whoooooo *whistles in appreciation*.

Thanks for sharing that. The launch base is amazing. My knowledge of all the schemes is limited but there are certainly a few I will try and emulate on upcoming builds.

modelglue

Oh, Hasegawa, why on the Black Aces kit did you print all the little warning decals in the same shade of grey that you're supposed to paint the model as?

Gives 'low-viz' a whole new meaning?

Hello MW!

Hopefully nobody minds if I just start up this thread to capture my progress as I delve into the scifi genre a little more and give my newly acquired Macross models some love.

I started the Hasegawa Spacewolf model in 1/72 back on the 'What lying on your workbench...' thread and figured I would give it a home of it's own.

The Hasegawa kit, for those interested, practically falls together. It was a headache free, simple build that would see little weathering or preshading as I intended to display it in a cross over scheme as a Macross realm prototype. Purists may hate it, and Harlock fans may shake their fists... but I just had to do it. I mean, come on! - the decal sheet sports skull squadron markings!

Here's some pics of my build so far. I meant to keep this build light and easy, but I still needed to resolve how to arm it with a large calibre gatling gun as promised in the other thread. I resorted to casting the barrel end of the riptide kit from Games Workshop/Citadel and it fit really nicely on the sawed off intake trunk.


I chose the red/black scheme as a bastardization (I've come this far right?) of the orange test schemes we see in history. I figured the white decals will really make for a striking contrast once they're applied.


I shaved all the elongated aerodynamic bits off the wing tips and rudders. That aspect of the kit was cool and all, but didn't appeal to me.


The burner can and gatling gun received a light gun metal finish and eventually the whole model will have a panel line wash with promodeler product.


The cockpit area will remain black, with no fanfare or extra detailing via paints. At this scale it's a bonus to have knobby things included but once that canopy is installed you can forget seeing it from inside my display case.


I chose this tamiya yellow green for my interior coatings, like the WW2 chromate used in that period. I felt it was fitting as so much of this aircraft feels inspired by the planes of the age. I did the landing gear in the same color and then washed the items and bays with citadel's badab black wash thinned with plain old water. It settles nicely and is a worry free detail aid.


Under wing hard points are intended for big, clumsy looking drop tanks. I intend to attach some Macross goodies once they arrive in the mail and I've had a chance to duplicate them.

Enjoy... C+C welcome.

modelglue

Brace yourselves,

I just finished watching Macross (all series) as far as I could to bring myself up to speed. I watched PLUS awhile back so it was fun to rewatch that after watching the original series. I skipped through most of DYRL. I gave 7 a chance, but lost interest after seeing the same spirita sucking scene again and again after 4-5 episodes. Long story short there I skimmed through the follow on movies and went on to really enjoy Zero and Frontier.\

I gave Mospeada and Starblazers a go; but I think I missed the window on those, as they didn't do it for me. Now it's just time to sit back and wait for the EVA re-dos. I'll take a look into some others mentioned here, glad this thread exists.

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