Chas

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

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?

I would guess it's a multi media piece too. Likely water colour with alcohol based 'art' markers. Those have been standard illustration tools since at least the early 70's (Ok back then they weren't alcohol based they were Xylene) but same idea.

👍 That Strike kit is likely a pretty big box so keep that in mind for the shipping.

Hobbysearch has the Hase A/S Strike on preoder ( restock) sale right now for 4590¥ ( mid May release) https://1999.co.jp/eng/10242344 And the plain jane J/A (is stock) for 3420¥ https://1999.co.jp/eng/10107282

From further down in the description the translation reads: ( bold italic emphasis is mine) In the original drawing, "ARTMIC" is written on the brick. It is said that the picture is not printed because it is uneven with ink, but since we are amateurs, please check the actual product or ask a question. We obtained it from the Kanto region in 2001. I don't know now whether the person is an artmic person or an Imai science person, so there is no way to confirm whether the painting was drawn by Toshimitsu Suzuki. Maybe someone will ask for close- up pics of the areas with 'uneven ink'?