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  1. Guys, I need help. I CANNOT view the older threads. Can't find any of the buttons to read the older threads. I spent 2 hours searching in vain. I can't be the only one with this problem. Help!
  2. 8 nukes on the wings and double strike cannons.
  3. I have more than 30 yamato 1/48 VF-1s with FAST packs. The Yamato boxes are too damn space consuming. There's at least 50% worth of empty space in the stupid big box. The whole VF-1 and super strike parts could jolly well fit into the FAST pack box. Has anyone ever considered getting custom boxes made to store the 1/48's in compact mode (wings folded in, tail-fins folded down)? I figure we'd just need to get the thermoformed plastic trays and cardboard boxes made. Just looking to bounce some ideas off other people.
  4. check out the panel lining tutorials on youtube. As far as tutorials are concerned, this is as good as it gets!
  5. http://www.sgcollect.com/forum/index.php?a...post&id=689 here's the photo. sgcollect is taking orders for this pair of hands from a 1/60 Gundam Exia It's in scale with the 1/48 GBP hands.
  6. http://www.sgcollect.com/forum/index.php?s...=0#entry1255398 I found a mass order for 1/60 Gundam Hands. For those that are interested.
  7. This guy has made some progress. I'm not sure if his hands will fit the 1/48. http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-cus...et-me-know.html
  8. I just went to see the recast guy. Apparently, he has too many projects on hand right now. He says he won't be able to start testing the casts anytime soon. Argh! This is infuriating. Everywhere I turn to get these bloody hands at a remotely affordable rate winds up a dead end!
  9. I considered that question many months ago, but the B-club manipulators are generally designed to hold specifically the weapon of the 1/100 MG kit it was made for. It might take some trial and error buying the right pairs and it's not going to be cheap. Articluated manipulators allow the battroid to hold anything, from beam sabers to gunpods. if you really play with the manipulators too much that the become loose. clear nail polish will tighten the ball-joints right up, and it's invisible!
  10. sorry about the lack of updates, I went to see the recaster guy in early may, he's tied down with a few other large orders. he told me to look him up in June, which is about now. I'll find some time to drop by his workshop again. I've been tied up with my graduation project recently. will keep you guys posted.
  11. I don't have any scale other than 1/48 to try on, sorry man. I'll see if I can find some other macross fan in Singapore with it.
  12. I'll be making a trip to see the guy at his workshop at the end on the month. I'll keep you guys posted. It should be casted in white. I'll PM you guys about the outcome and whether we have enough orders. Thanks for the show of support. You guys respond better than the other forums! Come to think of it, does anybody here have a 1/60 VF-1 Ver.2.0 with the MG hands? I wonder if they would fit. I don't own a 1/60 VF-1 Ver.2.0
  13. I just spoke to the recast guy again, if we can get 100 orders, he should be able to make it US$10 per pair. Understandable, since this is labour intensive and he feels he should be compensated for his labour. I'm proposing anyone interested to order them in multiples of ten. That means 10, 20 or 30 etc Also note that the hands will be made and shipped from Singapore, where I live. So now, anyone interested? Hi Jin,Unfortunately, Singapore is one of the top ten most expensive cities to live in. Consequently, Injection molding ABS is not going to be cheap like in China. The costs of mold fabrication is easily 5 figures (even though it looks simple) and the fact is most injection molding plants will ignore us if we told them we wanted any run less than 10,000 units. Lots of money involved. And storage space for unwanted stock. Oh, I happen to major in Materials Engineering.Resin recasts of this particular model of hands should work. I've spent many nights studying them and reading up on the material properties of most resin materials. Unless there's any other viable (aka cheap) option, this could well be the only way. Of course, the trade off is the brittle-ness. (Low fracture strength) I tried many times contacting Bandai's spare parts dept. They don't sell to any non-Japanese address. Shipping proxies charge too much to make it worth while. The bandits. I need somewhere like 20 pairs myself to switch out the hands on my binaltechs and alternators. The original thread is here. http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-gen...oss-1-48-a.html
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