Chas

Holy Crap! Once you build that thing what do you do with it? Take it apart, put the pieces in boxes and store them in a closet? It's awesome, but probably one of the most impractical models I've ever seen.

I would think that should be a no-brainer ( but I don't have the market research to back that belief up).

Thanks! Yeah HobbySearch has the Q. Rau but I missed their Milia preorder. HLJ has both available though.

So I might have to pic these two up now. I think they would look good with the Playmax battroids and figures.

That's huge! It works realy well as an awesome display base for the little valks.(although I don't know that valks ever launched off the deck of Daedelus). However, keeping in mind that it is difficult to tell from the quality of the photo, it looks a little too toy-like for my liking. Not enough detail. That being said, I also realize that it may not be finished. I saw this recently from Twitter and thought it was a solid build of both kits, but I really like it 'cus the kits actually work well together - like the figure is in scale with the mech.

Wow! What a fabulous paint job! Just outstanding!

Looks good! I like the blue, nice touch. I like the overall tonal shifts you have in the paint as it is. I think hitting it with some dark panel lines would set it off well and balance it all out. Hope the darker gray works out for you. As always, just love your figures Greg. Those eyes are hand painted too! Just awesome. The SDF-1 is pretty much done. Had a slight mishap with the flat coat ( first try went cloudy) the remnants of which can be seen as shadowing on the left side of the very top at the front. Still not too bad. Just gotta do up the tiny Valks and Monster and place them on it somewhere.

Question for everyone. I stripped down and cleaned my airbrushes again this weekend and find that the triggers are sticking a little after reassembling. I see two lubes available Iwata and Passche. The Iwata is about $1.60/ml (comes in a 10ml tube) where the Paasche is approx 15 cents/ml (60 ml bottle). Is there really that much of a difference in quality here? I've never used/needed lube for my airbrush before, so anyone with experience please advise. If you use something else please chime in. Thanks in advance.

Woo hoo! Cannot wait! I've been checking weekly for the release.

@Papa RatI think the route your taking could very likely end up being less work than trying to do it any other way. Good work on that M. Lover by the way. Reminds me that I have a pair to finish myself. Got to the base coat on Maiee's machine then had to put it away. I should get them done. @nightmareB4macross I continue to salivate at all of the updates on that epic 1:55 rebuild. "We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better, faster, stronger." Any way over here the base colours are on the Hase SDF-1.

Sub-assemblies built. Just gotta get some primer on to see what needs smoothing out.

Wow! You made that old kit shine. Great job.

That's a great tip for old decals @pengbuzz and a nice job on that Bird of Prey. @derex3592 that new space is looking better and better, but I suspect it will feel best when it's all cluttered with parts trees and pieces from your first build! Anyway, updates on the mods to the Hase SDF-1. Just about done the build phase for the mods. Had to make some compromises with the details, but overall I'm happy with the progress. Pics.

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