MechTech

I always hated Humbrol paints because they were solvent based enamels. But the clear acrylic stuff in the video is being used EXACTLY like Future floor polish. It is even being dipped and airbrushed straight out of the bottle like Future. Not only does the label say acrylic, but the speaker in the video says the same. The texture and thickness does not look like any clear coats I've seen. It HAS to be another acrylic version of Future. I bet they even rebottled it! - MT

Yeah, slide covered both points. Sometimes it's the decals or new tooling (which is costly). Usually, HLJ is good about mentioning new tooling, though. Try getting the part numbers and going to Hasegawa's site. That may clear it up for you. Ther good part about 1999.co.jp is that they have sprues pictures. That may give you more clues too. - MT

That's great! Nice details! -MT

Looking good! - MT

The EVA looks like its getting revenge for fellow trees that were killed The LCS is looking good Thom. Which kit and scale is that? - MT

Thanks for sharing that link! He has some awesome stuff on there! - MT

Wow!!! - MT

This is coming along great! - MT

Some great stuff guys! What kit is that Nyanko device? That thing is taking up a whole seat! Derex, looks like you plumbed your house! That's crazy. Great looking though! - MT

Shaweeet! I do love the coloring too! - MT

Peanut butter with a baseball bat...! Yeah, K&J is great. I got their smallest one to put ordinance on a 1/350 model. There would be no other way to make them removable than to glue them without sacrificing detail. - MT

It does look nice! - MT

Those add some nice detail to it! - MT

LOL- MT

Engraving on styrene is great! I'm in the middle of trying to get a kit out doing that myself. A friend has a large table and it took some calibrating, but we got it to work both doing both raster and cutting. We got engraved panel lines on cut-out pieces. I'm tempted to get a small engraver myself! - MT

Cool thanks, Derex! That looks great Herve! Nice clean paint job. - MT

Cool, thanks! - MT

that looks nice! Everything together makes it look like a viable design. - MT

Just catching up...This is looking awesome! - MT

It's too bad its such a pain. People print on styrene all the time for all sorts of signs and products! - MT

Nice! It's amazing how many people love a plane that got so little air time on the show (me included)! -MT

It's looking great! You must be using several pounds of plastic on that thing so far! - MT

I loved that kit! I used to have the original. Have fun with it! - MT

That looks great! The paint colors are a great choice too! As far as Macross trademarks go, you can always go eat at MacrossDonalds while out in space on a cruise - MT

Great work guys overall! Congrats on the faceplate Capt! Derex, you watchin' Robotech while building Star Wars models? Does the Dark Side know about this? - MT