MechTech

Now I have more inspsiration to get on with my build! Thanks man! - MT

So do the skirts go on the viper? It does look busy! - MT

Welcome Cazzalora! Great work on the Legos. Best thing you can do with them! - MT

Kylwell, how'd you get all that fur to stick to it? - MT

Congrats on the free supplies! I waited months before strating on the Daedalus. I wanted to finish my work area and new table saw table before working. It was well worth it! Patience my friend, it'll pay off . No rain probably for a while too. - MT

I drive a Nissan Quest Minivan (more like the DYRL shuttle than a Valk). I use Devcon 2 ton epoxy (that's what I'm gluing the carbon fiber Daedalus bits with). I've seen it in several hobby shops, so you should be able to get it. - MT

Don't forget Silly Putty! Cheap and a lot of people swear by it! No sticky residue from the tape leftover either. - MT

Looks great! It's the details that make the difference! - MT

You've all been busy since I've been gone the last week! Everyone's work looks awesome! We even got shot at on you tube! You miss a lot in a week's time. - MT

The model looks great! The paint and decaling look realistic. (I'm staying out of the other conversation ) - MT

Funny! Sorry, just a minivan! I can dream can't I - MT

This is a customization, so I thought I'd post it here... I had to step back from the Daedalus floorplan drawings, so I did this. I'm also taking a weeks vacation tomorrow so I didn't want to start anything big right now. [attachmentid=41777] Customized Buttons for my "Valks" keyless entry. Got some leftover decals? Clean up the buttons on whatever electronics device you want to mod (has to be hard plastic), cover in silver or other backing color, slide on your decals, and cover with 5min or other epoxy resin. A thin coat should last a long time. The old printing on the buttons wore off anyhow except "Panic," but a good valk pilot shouldn't use "Panic" much anyhow . I whish I had a decal that said "Easy" for an easy button! That would be cool! - MT

mslz22, if you ever totally lost your sanity, you could still probably go with resin still for the big projects, and foam fill it. My wife has a giant bear that was cast in resin and foam filled. Of course I never build anything that big. - MT

"Y" is for test aircraft, non-production. I just saw Macross zero a couple of weeks ago and I seem to recall everyone calling it the "zero." Like a throwback to WWII. The zero's are still revered in Japan like the Mustangs and Spitfires in the US and UK. "X" is experimental of course, but you can have civilian production kits in that category too. Bet you'll never guess what the "K" stands for in the tanker designations. I laughed when I found out because it's so obvious (once you know what its named for). No Googling! - MT

AAhaa! Now I see. The palms with the coin looked like a magazine article photo, "get more for your money on vacation." . That must be a small scale kit! - MT

The poses do look great. Not only can you do all that, but if you drop one, do you yell out, "Oh no!"? Nah, you just pick it up and continue on. The bigger they are, the harder they fall - and cost a lot more too! - MT

Cowie, that's alright. Get all your bad work out on the non-macross kits. They're cheaper! TSP, somebody's been VERY busy. You doin' some magazine spreads? - MT

I told my wife and everything, she thought it was horrible too. Then the Capn's message. I guess you can't believe everything on the internet. So is like Elvis still really living!? - MT

1)The conversions look great! 2)You get bonus points for working in 1/200th scale(my personal fav right now)! Keep it up man! - MT

Both look great! Berttt's right though . - MT

THANK YOU!!! - MT

Looks great dude! - MT

Hopefully someone's language talents can translate the phrase below in the box with an arrow pointing to it: [attachmentid=41588] [attachmentid=41589] I got all the other info translated years ago, and just realized they left this part out! It may be critical to my build (link in my signature). I'm now building the hanger area and NEED to know what this says. I shoulda took Kanji instead of Spanish! Thanks for your help! - MT

I use Isopropyl like it's going outa style! I prep my surfaces with it, thin with it, and clean with it. I only use the 70% stuff, not the hardcore 90-100%. I've only used it on flats, not gloss. It dries quite quickly, so may dim glosses. Always test on scrap plastic card or a yoghurt cup (cleaned). Don't botch up a work of art! - MT

Absolutely shaweet! And molded in color! - MT