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Nice job Greg! One thing though, it doesn't look like there's any colour on her mouth which makes it kinda disappear. Really great job on the details of her coveralls. The zippers and badges in particular.

It looks like it's up for re-release in the next few weeks ( initial release was a few years ago). So it should be available in stores (online) soonish. Hobby Search had a preorder up, but it's closed now. https://1999.co.jp/eng/10343492

Sorry @Papa Rat I was adding text when you posted. It's the Hasegawa TV ( sort of) SDF-1.

Nice work Thom! It looks really good to me ( I usually get super glue all over the place whe I use PE. So I take it you're not gonna have any pilots in there? I started a project I wasn't planning to work on till summer break, but because of some recent posts in the 'Look at This Really Cool Model Build' thread I got a little itchy to start. Pics speak for themselves. The proportions of the Hase. Kit are a little off for the TV SDF, but it's not that bad. The guns you see on the side are just placed there for figuring out placement. My initial detailing of the curved cut out was way out of scale so I scrapped it and tried again. 2'nd attempt is much better, but we'll see if it stays or If I try for a 3rd time. The paint guide on this has got to be wrong. The instructions say that the 'blue' is a mix of 55% light grey (fs36495) 40% Aircraft Grey ( Mr.Hobby 73) and Mr color CR3 ( primary yellow). I can't for the life of me figure out how a 95% light grey with 5% yellow is gonna blend out the the dark blue they show on the box. Granted I've never used( or heard of) the Mr.Hobby CR line, but apparently there are 3 primary colors: magenta, Cyan and yellow, meant for adding to other colors to tint/shade and blend your own. Regardless of that I gotta think there's a misprint somewhere 'cus grey and yellow ain't gonna turn into the dark blue they show. So I guess I'll just have to eyeball it and come up with my own mix.

@nightmareB4macross so excited to see the updates to this build! Don't know if you mentioned it earlier but what are you using for filler on this build? Is it just bondo or a more exotic polyester putty or some other material?

Wow! Stunning paint job! Outside of the painting there are some very subtle changes to the kit. The bicep area on the kit is tapered from top to bottom, this build is square. Plus I'd be interested to see how the hand was modified. It's funny how when using this paint technique removing panel lines and details actually improves the impact.

Oooo! Spiffy looking. Congrats.

Love all the vintage kits you build Greg! Don't mean to spam the thread with Tested videos, so I apologize in advance if it annoys anyone, but this is sooo cool! Adam and Norm build the ultimate Star Wars ATST garage kit. My first take away : SHIM STOCK! gotta find me some of that stuff!

Couple of interesting Tested episodes with Adam Savage. Star Trek miniatures (Apparently our @pengbuzz is in good company when it comes to using tape as an integral material in model building!) And ED 209

A little off topic, but Hobby Search has some great deals on 72nd scale military aircraft right now - like a hasegawa F14 for less than $10(US). https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10000627 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10000626 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10000567 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10000573 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10270781 https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10000566

Well here is the complete set of process pics from the IG post. I simply cropped a few to highlight the scratch building.

Looking at theses pics a little closer I'm pretty sure @Papa Rat is correct and this is a straight scratch-build with the kit there for comparison.

😱😱!!!

It's painted beautifully, no doubt, but I think the rust pattern is kinda bizarre and from a distance a little too close in colour to the sand - which makes it look like caked on (or a settled layer) of sand, but again with bizarre placement. Mostly it's that band on the bottom of the thigh section - then nothing on the knees - and again on the bottom of the shins fading as it goes up. It just looks weird to me.

Wonder what scale that works out to?