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I don't normally look there or say this, "but hey, nice looking feet! Those are gorgeous!" The decal work is awesome too! - MT

Oh the gimmicks companies use to get you to buy their stuff! Even Lego does it with their figures and sets. You know how many times I've had to explain that to my children!? - MT

I PM'ed Valkyrie again; hopefully he is available to check his mail. - MT

My Kolean sucks so I'm not sayin' anything! That does look great! That is some serious lighting! It looks real enough to me! - MT

Thanks! Looking great so far... - MT

Great job on the Scout! Whoever's putty you are using on the Monster will REALLY love you! Looks like you'll be using a lot of it. Great changes and good ideas for the Monster. - MT

Skipped Pizza Night with the boys; now that's a SERIOUS Macross fan! That sounds like something I'd do!!! That looks great and I'd say worth the lost sleep! By the way, are you using modeling board or MDF for the build? It's hard to tell. - MT

This build is looking AWESOME! - MT

Are you planning on molding aluminum tube into it? You could even make it "short" and telescoping tubing would allow it to be adjusted at various lengths. You'll get lots of hits for this kit! - MT

There's some really cool ideas here! Just go to the link and Tamiya's website says "discontinued" under TS-80. It's their American website, so maybe there's hope through other channels. I wish the Pactra hobby spray paints were still around, I LOVED their stuff! That's when I "graduated" from brush to spray cans - MT

Welcome Kinzoku VF! The toys are typically made with ABS plastic, and some components can be other types like POM. Typically they are ABS. The thing about ABS as others will testify, it has many different formulations. Glossy isn't always an indication of quality, just mold finish. Flat finishes can signal an inferior grade of resin or a lack of effort put into the over-all toy project (smoother finishes take more time to engineer/machine into a mold). I'm seconding Jenius's comment on the H-Metal VF's. They are well proportioned and hey, have more metal as you can guess. Being a model guy myself, I have to ask, have you tried some of the simpler model kits? Some don't need glue and they are a cheaper way to get some of the models of mecha you like. Bandai has some simpler kits that anyone can assemble easily. I hope that helps! - MT

Testors dullcoat DOES SUCK! I give an evil eye to the Testor's rack when I'm at Michael's or other "hobby" shops The bad news, TS-80 IS discoed:http://www.tamiyausa.com/items/paints-amp-finishes-60/tamiya-color-spray-ts-61500 The good news though, Wonderland Models is a good company Seriously though, I haven't lived near a REAL model hobby shop in a long time! So I've had to make due. Krylon's artist's clears are great and I've used them all to inlcude fixative for decals. Just experiment first. A little experiment will save you lots of money versus paying $8.50 (Tamiya) or $15 plus shipping for one tiny can. A lot of them have simular formulations too. If you're still stuck on getting something near you, try requesting surface mail. I DO know someone that stocks Tamiya spray paints and is cool about special orders. Try http://www.tinastrainsandhobbies.com/ Tina's is an hour and a half away from me and she does carry Tamiya Spray paints. She told me that whatever is on one of the linked sites you see (on her website) she will order for you. I think when California passed another one of their labeling laws, it made things tougher for Tamiya and slowed down their U.S. sales/stocking. Even my machine mill has a CA warning label saying the cuttings can cause cancer, birth defects, or reproductive harm! I hope this helps! - MT

Great paint scheme and marking work! - MT

Looking great Mickyg! By the way, not to toot my own horn, but I've been spending seven years on the same dang model - just don't count that it's six feet long - MT

Ha ha, must be cool to have been mentioned three seperate times There's some awesome stuff on the boards guys! - MT

(In Dr. Evil voice) "HELLOOOoooooo Mini Me" Looks great! I can appreciate the small scale of work on that custom. Looks like you have a one of a kind too. - MT

Looking great Berttt, both the star destroyer and Monster! Age and experience changes things. There are a LOT of things I would change now on the 1/100th Monster I built. But at the time I worked hard on it. So don't feel bad about wanting to improve a model due to having the new experience to do it with. As far as the rear detail goes on the Monster, there isn't much on it. Those vent things are hard to figure out. Some lineart shows it sunken, some shows it as raised detail. I wish I knew what it is. But I made it raised on the 1/350th version I'm building. Anime magic! Keep up the great work! - MT

Looks good, but the photos are dark - too low viz Are you creating a squadron type scheme for it? - MT

Nice Tiger! It's weird seeing a pilot NOT in a Macross flight suit - MT

AWESOME Macross collection! It looks like you're gonna inspire some people to get off (or on) their butts and start modeliing again! - MT

It's stating the obvious, but that thing's huge!!! It looks like you're using regular speaker wire versus the smaller gauge stuff that it appeared to be first until your hand showed up in the picture to scale it against. This will be great to see come together! - MT

GREAT JOB! Nice presentation on the stand too! - MT

That's cool looking! Of course you could just make your own. It's not tough to do. - MT

I should switch to LED bulbs. Maybe it will help with my balding! Thanks for the advice. I'm comptemplating building a display case and it's gotta have LEDs since they're cooler and safer on plastics. - MT

From Zero to Hero! Nice job Noyhauser; that came out beautiful! - MT