MechTech

Welcome Mech Dude! Those look great! I've been wanting to do that myself since I build a lot in 1/350th. I just can't go buy Macross items in that scale. - MT

Nice set of some -1A lovin'! Looks like your camera is like mine, picky with the lighting. - MT

Spitfire has an idea. Get the old 1/72nd scale B-52 and "modify it" a little The lines do look similar now that he mentions it. - MT

I don't think there are any rules about building up your own kit here How many other people have built up several Valks in this thread over the years? It looks great! There must be like two pounds of resin in each kit! - MT

I've seen some of these before that were horrible compared to the standards that we're used to. I think the manufacturers should stick to conventional aircraft. These artist have fallen victim to my friend and yours - "anime magic" - MT

Nice job Ace! It DOES look nice and clean! Every pilot needs a cute back seater - as long as she doesn't start criticizing his driving - MT

Shaorin's VF-1S looks WAAAaaaay better than my 25+ year old "yellow" edition. Mine got a lot of wear and tear over the years and has several thousand real miles on it traveling all over the world Not to mention all the joints are now loosy goosey! - MT

He he, I was just looking through the Perfect Memory lineart and see both stepped and unstepped noses Why didn't the artists figure that a bunch of Otaki's would be looking at their dumb drawings trying to build what they drew!? I say flip a coin for it (Waving hands in the air slowly) "anime magic" - MT

That looks great! After all my years of moving, I started buying surplus ammo cans and wrapping my models up in those. Let them try and crush that! And yeah, great wash too! - MT

Sorry, it's not high tech 3D, but it's 3D After months of looking at this thing and even going over many animation sequences, this is what I came up with a few years ago (1/200th scale): I don't believe there is a step in there. There is a line to seperate the radome cowling, but I believe that's all (in my humble opinion. - MT

That set looks awesome and versatile. 16cm base isn't too bad (about 6 1/4"). Plus the way they are modular and even easily modifyable (looking at the hole punch outs for stands or lights). The others were talking about these: http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?Word=mechanical+chain+base&Dae=All&Series=All&Dis=2 I don't know about the lights you're speaking of, BUT you could easily go and get some LEDs at Radio Shack or an electronics store. Electronically numb? You could also use some of the micro LED zipper pull flashlights on the wall. They're about $3.00 at sporting goods or surplus stores. At the size of a dime, that's small. - MT

A 1/32nd Mirage!!! That thing will be a monster. I remember buying the delux kit back in my single days for $500 (about 25 years ago). That thing will be HUGE!!! The hanger looks AWESOME Yeti! Almost makes me whish I was into Galactica. One addiction at a time... - MT

Shaweet! Uh make that a diet sweet to keep it light That looks great! I believe your on par with the Yamato micro sculpts! I was hoping you'd say mini monster! That will take MUCH longer than the 19 did! Thanks for sharing. - MT

Thanks Ahab! I'm just waiting on the weather and the right color. A photo shoot with an airshow on it IS a cool idea, I might just do that! - MT

Your rendering looks great! I spent two months building mine in 1/200 so I feel your pain Only two inputs for you. I read through the other posts so hopefully I'm not doubling up. I'd make the intake fans so they are snug to the inside of the intake "box" area. They look a little small in my humble opinion. And a minor detail on the top intake near the nose. I'd inlarge it slightly (already mentioned) and don't forget the undercut under it. Not only is it drawn in the artwork, but real intakes have to have seperation from the fuselage surface to prevent boundary layer buffeting (the prototype P-51 sufferd from this). Usually something like a triangle to split the layer sits under it. Man, I wish I could draw up like you are! That blasted anime magic sucks! You sculpt it, and then find that something doesn't fit. At least on a PC, you just hit "delete" versus throwing hours into the trash can Keep up the great work! - MT

I'm hoping they also release some of those other versions of mecha. Yes, even the VF-1X++ looks interesting. What can I say, I'm old school! - MT

Looks great! - MT

To keep things in scale - WOW! Those look great! I'm sculpting some 1/350 stuff now so I can relate. Magnifyers are great Keep up the great work! So what's next? - MT

Lots of great stuff guys! The Tomcats are nicely finished. I see the difference between 101 and 200. 100 does look more realistic in weathering and paint. - MT

That looks great! The lines on that design were always some of my favorite for an aircraft - too bad its not real That sculpt IS better than the vinyl one - which I had. Plus the annoying droopage frome the material was annoying. Great job! - MT

The Typhoon and Yamato look great! I'm working on a 1/350 PBY Catalina on the side right now. The Space Wolfe looks great too! I saw that kit and was REALLY tempted to get it. - MT

That is an AWESOME build! That thing is HUGE! "I smash you with my hand!" Don't give up on this thing! So you know what question comes next---TREAD?

Very nice! The paint kinda looks faded. Is it paint or pen? I've heard of both being used. - MT

Definitely a VAST improvement! - MT

Thanks a million Dan! That makes sense now with what kits/models I have. The DYRL nose is angled near the front of the canopy while the TV is rounded and more conformal. The good news is the canopy for the TV version is easier to model too. I'm doing it in 1/350th so the simpler the lines the easier to duplicate - MT