azrhino

I think you are going to find the gamut out there. I know some guys in

my modeling club that turn out great models using Testor's cement and

rattle cans. I unfortunately, seem to feel that I need the best equipment

I can afford, and that the equipment alone will make my projects master-

pieces.

WRONG!!! They are pieces...but I won't say of what.

I will say that some things work better (or at least make the work

more pleasureable) with better tools;

a SHARP X-acto blade,

my Iwata Eclipse airbrush,

good paint

And if you want to reduce a lot of swearing, get a good kit. The Bandai/Arii/

Imai Macross kits may be cheaper (and are great for practice) but a well

engineered kit like the Hasegawa kit go together so much nicer.

The important rule obviously is have fun, and if it looks good to you,

thats all that matters.

Just my $0.02.

Later

Looks great!

I realize this is very early in the process, but is there a ballpark figure for how

much each component might cost? Not trying to pin you down on a final price,

just need to determine how many pennies I need to start saving.

Thanks

I wandered over to IMDB and the movie is already up.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120667/

The cast list is...intriguing. I am happy that they are chosing "relative" unknowns as opposed to super stars.

Guess we'll have to wait to see it in the theatre.

I would love to see a 1/72 VF-4 from Flashback 2012 (unless there is already one out there that I don't know about). I have the 1/72 vinyl VF-4 from Hobby Base Retppu (unbuilt), and would love to have something that is not saggy, deforming vinyl.

I am going to make some educated guesses as to reason for the scales.

1/72 is kind of easy. It translates into 1 scale inch is equal to 72

actual inches, and I will assume 72" was chosen as the average height

of a man (72 inches = 6 feet). As for 1/48 scale, 1/4 inch = 1 foot

(hence the reason it is often called quarter scale by the old timers in my

modeling club ). I suppose it was originally chosen as a nice, easy division.

AZRhino