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Thanks for letting me know. That Hellcat you speak of is actually my user avatar. Nice work on the '48th Mospeada figs, Derex. Sorry to hear about your loss, it has been a rough year for the modelglue family as well. We just have to keep doing what we love to get through sometimes.

I've run into the same problem with pinesol smearing the original coat. I actually immerse my model in pinesol and use a tooth brush to gently scrub away the unwanted paint. A little time consuming but worth it.

p.s.s. another, another thing: For Macross purposes. Fans of Mac Zero could easily use the jets featured in the Anime (F-14, Mig 29) and mark them accordingly with spares from their decal boxes. Might not be an option for some, but I happen to have a TON of decals hanging around and will be buying said kits for said purposes.

Oh yeah... I've made two separate purchases already. I am going to just airbrush the national insignias and the kit comes with full stencils. But that display scheme I saw looks tight too. Is that kit engraved Crazy? I haven't looked into that one.... Yet. Whoa nice one. Thx for the recommendations. It's now on my list!

How do you find the Academy example of the corsair? I am on the fence about buying it. I have a ton of the 1/72 kits they make but there are a few that fall short when sitting next to a Tamiya lets say. I have the later Korean war Corsair from Revell AG/Italeri and it's not too bad. But I can see a definite step in quality when comparing the Tamiya P-51D to the Academy version.

Ha! We think alike. The Ranka 1/100 is presently paint-free in my display case awaiting it's turn under the airbrush and fending off unpleasant looks from the 1/72 stuff. I ended up ordering the 1/72 Tamiya A-10A even though it's an Italeri re-pop. I wanted to get the Rafale in 1/72, but after reading about the age of the kit... not so much. Raised panel lines have become less scarey to me since getting the tamiya photoetch saws, but I'd still rather buy a modern engraved kit before going through the trouble of revamping an older one. Sometimes the crazy voices win however, esp with prices where they are.

That might be the only model of the X-47 I can afford at the moment. This winter has been brutal for snow, but bountiful for us hobbyists! Lots of days to hunker down in the work area!

Nothing surprising here... another quality build from Master J. Good job man, If I had the capital I'd commission you to do my kits. Seriously.

Love it. Haha. You've got a ton of energy to put towards your hobby. It will be neat to see all these together.

Hey guys, http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?SaleGroup=SALE1403IMASAIR&header=IdolAirSal314 I thought this would be useful for anyone wanting to pick up a nice Hasegawa kit on the cheap that comes with gaudy decals. I got a Flanker and the Mitsubishi F-2A along the rest of my order. Prices were so good I couldn't pass on them. Beware, that there are some reboxed brands wearing hasegawa labels in amongst the crowd. Hence, I didn't buy the Berkut since it's a Zvezda. Cheers! p.s. another thing: the decals provide you with stencils so all you would need are national insignias and unit markings (if any).

It's on "J" sprue. I am also looking for that one.. LOL. I am considering casting the one copy I have. I'll keep ya posted.

...and an armoured, and a tornado, and a battroid. A guy can dream. But anyways, I like that Hase' went ahead with this esoteric (read: one-off) example. That's a good trend for us model guys.

Good call! I need a 24"x 24" wide display case... should be about 6' tall too, to hold all the battroids. The 4'sq base should be enough for a 1/72 B-52G right? Nice job on the small stuff!

What a beauty. Loving the crisp white wing ends and radome. That make a really cool contrast to a highly busy and detailed scheme. You guys are seriously making my head spin with the hobby talent.

All the above points are 100% reliable and valid. If certain kits were available through Hasegawa I would snap them up in a heartbeat. Being a collector and builder of kits, I tend to try and complete* a series. This has left me with no other choice but to supplement my Hasegawa collection (which is nearly complete to date) with newer generation Bandai kits (VF-27 etc). The drawback is the inconsistency in style between the types, which I can deal with so long as they are all within my specific scale criteria: 1/72.

Any plans to paint your model? I'm positive some Isamu Dyson colours would look ace on this, even a variation of that paint job would be cool. I like what happens to the wings in battroid mode, but the fighter mode doesn't do it for me personally without some more modification. Cool ideas and experiment though!

Very cool, that is a really attractive scheme. I like the blend of old vs new with the VF-1 airframe and Frontier era sensory equipment installed (lenses, what have you...).

According to what I can discern, the head and cockpit are different. The YF-25 Prophecy model has a two seater cockpit that looks as if it was meant to hold two occupants regularly like the VF-0B/D.

HLJ? Not to start bashing or anything like that, but you might want to look elsewhere. I had multiple occasions where I went on ebay out of frustration to get kits that had been back-ordered to my private warehouse for more than the indicated timeframe... much, much more. The 1/72 Hasegawa kit is of course one of the nicest out there, don't know much about the 1/48. Are you planning on doing up the Dyson demonstrator colours? Vanilla would be an apt description!

Really inspiring work Cool8or. You and others on MW have definitely set the quality bar with your builds. I really like the ghosts too, amazing what the decals add to the dimension of the models.

Gimme. Haha, but no seriously: Good for you. I have a feeling this will elude me for some time to come. If you ever want to part with it just say the word. In the meantime I might go ahead with this 1/100 despite the soul-shearing scale inconsistency.

Yeah, I think I have read that before on MWF. Little space available to the average tenant/home owner. I feel spoiled sometimes with the generous amount of space we have at home. That glass table with drawer looks cool, though I'd get nothing done with my Macross models inside it. LOL. I bought the four 1/144 models on the cheap too, haven't devoted any time to them though, now that I have the majority of them in 1/72.

I'm really happy for you 1/100 guys out there. Makes me want to switch to 1/100 when I see all the love you get! Too bad it's not 1/72!

Looking good fellas. @Crazy, are those the Bandai 1/144 M7 models hanging out with your incom speeder? @Kenny, that ML installation is looking pretty sweet. I'm wondering if the PPC is a little coarse still?

Nice work there, that must have been a long process to panel line that Tornado! Any plans to go over the canopy frames? That would really look nice. I like the looks of your collection from what I can see. The Armoured and Tornado are pretty well the only two models I still have 'outstanding' from my collection.