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  1. OK! Now that's cleared up -- How do I paint on the shiny gold? Gold-Leaf paint? Is there anything better? Gold-Leaf + Future = Gold-Plated look? Will I need to use something like ALCAD-II? Mr Color? I notice that the Japanese brands ALL seem to recommend Mr Color these days in their instructions. Its the defacto standard for painting guides from Hasegawa, Bandai, Wave, etc... Canned Spray-Paint?
  2. Gold paint should only be used on small and hidden parts. Unfortunately, once you used gold paint on Hyaku Shiki (original MG, or the HG) or the brand new Akatsuki, it will not match the gold plating, which will force you to repaint the entire model with gold paint. "Gold Leaf" (or equivalent gold paint) is your only option. 364814[/snapback] Do these Hyakushiki kits come gold-plated? I thought they were molded in yellow plastic. I will have to take a closer look at some of the "kit contents" pics out there on the web.
  3. So how does one paint a Hyakushiki to look so shiny & golden? I'm guessing Tamiya "Gold Leaf" paint is not going to look very great?
  4. There were no Fuchikomas or Tachkoma's in the movie, just the "think tank". I believe they are called Fuchi-koma in the Manga, Tachi-Koma in SAC. That was a GREAT scene, episode 24 of SAC! Mr Batou being saved by the Tachkomas, so sweet, so sad That site is an AWESOME recreation! I really liked the one that was repainted yellow to do high altitude construction.
  5. Well, my problem with it is that the black lion STILL looks too fat, while Voltron suddenly looks like a 100lbs weekling. Lets face it, the lions actually look pretty stupid. They'll always look too stiff and ugly. One more shocking reality for you all -- IT'S NOT A VERY INTERESTING TRANSFORMATION! So who cares what the seperate pieces look like? I say they should have made a giant, fully articulated, accuarate looking super-poseable. A giant man with LION PARTS! is way more interesting than stupid looking robot lions. You're not 5 any more, get over it. Haha, sorry, I'm justing in a fiery mood today, didn't get enough sleep last night.
  6. So I just saw the MPC Voltron at Midtown Comics (east-side) in NYC. In one word: Dissapointing. Voltron looks Anorexic. The black lion might look better as Lion now, but Voltron himself is waaaay too thin.
  7. I'd say that the VF-19 kits are more like HG kits. They don't have infra-structure pieces, and aren't molded along color boundries for easy painting. I think they come molded in 3 colors, gray, yellow, and red. It helps, but it's not quite the same as an MG kit that comes molded in 6 or 7 different colors.
  8. I'm looking to bulld some Big-O Mega-Deuces. I've seen a few Bandai kits on the web, but I can't find much. I'm sure that Big-O and Big-Duo kits are out there, but would love to see a Big-Fau as well. Anyone know a place I can pick them up? Anyone have Big O kits for sale?
  9. No kidding. I glued on the thrust vectors with copious amounts of the Testors Sky-Blue tube glue. The blue stuff gives you a quick-setting strong bond that doesn't marr plastic nearly as badly as the older orange stuff did. Too bad I didn't use my 20 year old bottle of Testors brush-glue on my landing gear. That stuff gives such a weak bond that things tend to just pop out on their own from time to time
  10. Luckily it landed on the carpet. I really sent it FLYING. If my GF wasn't there I think I would have cried, I've been working on it since May! Any suggestions about HOW to glue them back on? Scruff up the surfaces? Make them smooth? It's much of a contact point.
  11. So the other day I was zooming around my Hasegawa YF-21 when I accidentally dropped it! I broke off the two rear langing gear. Luckily, I had not yet attached the wheel doors or the extra struts, so only the actual piece holding the while broke off from the bottom of the air plane. Can anyone suggest some methods for re-attaching them? The peg that holds the langing strut in place has broke off in the hole for it, in the base of the wheel well. I've sorta fixed one already by carefully drilling & twiddling w/exacto out the broken peg, and then putting a piece of a paper-clip through the landing strut, but this was VERY time consuming, and I did manage to snap the struct in half once (clean break, easily repaired) Anyway, at this point I am almost tempted to just build the doors shut, but I have this big pretty Model-Base-Guy logo to place it on...
  12. It's funny you mention that -- I've been meaning to ask; why do so many modelers go after "enemy" paint schemes? Especially some of the most despised enemies in history? I wonder if people feel embarassed when showing off their German (nazi!) markings. Personally, I think it's more of an appreciation of the talent that went into those designs. No one argue that the Luftwaffe didn't have impressive airplanes. Yet most people abhor ANYTHING related to Nazi German or WWII Japan. Modelers don't seem to have any qualms about it. Any insights?
  13. I love that! I was thinking of doing something like that myself, but you beat me too it!
  14. Well you know, running out of fuel made the whole air-battle dynamic MUCH more interesting. I've never flown myself, but I've spent a lot of time playing sims, and trust me, fuel is a huge concern. You get this extra feeling of tension in a dog fight; will I get him before I run out of fuel? It also helps make the fights match the length of the anime (in that they are both very short). If they had infinite fuel, they could play air dancing games forever, so instead of a very short and decisive (or inconcluseive) air battle, you get TV style fights that drag on forever, but all we see are high lights.
  15. What's this plastic seal stuff called? We don't really have Walmart's and Super Markets where I live, just litlte stores, so I have to call around for an exact product before I go shopping
  16. Come on, any attempt to defend the Yukikaze anime is ridiculous. Other than pretty airplane designs, it's a steaming pile of crap. It's OK to watch an anime just for the toys. There's no need to defend it, we're not going to think less of you.
  17. BTW the brush at Ebay is a great deal. Brush, compressor, regulator, moisture trap! It looks like a clone of an older Badger single-action brush. Not the best feel, but good enough to start with. You can always buy a fancier brush and re-use the compressor/etc.
  18. Seriously, it's worth spending the bucks on a good airbrush kit. A good brush lasts FOREVER (10+ years), and costs maybe 1.5 -> 2x as much as a cheap one. The compressor adds hefty amount to the price, but again, its worth it. Air cans are ridiculously expensive, and make airbrushing a GIANT pain. You have to play stupid tricks to keep them warm, and when they run out of air your brush will start to sputter paint. I guess my point is that it's just not worth it to go cheap on an airbrush. You're going to end up being frustrated and hating it, or shelling out the bucks for the real kit.
  19. JBO, you need to chill. IT'S A GAME. IT WAS FUN TO PLAY. IF YOU WANT MORE PLOT, PICK UP A NOVEL.
  20. I was looking at it last night and thought something like that could work. Going over the edge with a black sharpie will really make it look clean, me thinks, as long as the tip is cut thin enough to fill the whole gap but not to spill out.
  21. Yes, I know how much Resin costs. That's why I expected a base made of some sort of cheap material, like wood or a cheaper plastic, perhaps a mass produced base from some other company, with a simple Macross layer attached. Or maybe a Macross logo printed & stickered on. A giant piece of cast resin seems a little odd... I could see it for those intricate Star Trek bases, but not for a simple kite-logo base. Honestly, ModelBaseGuy needs to put MANY more pictures on his site, of all his products, from multiple angles, painted and un-painted.
  22. So I received my first Model Base Guy Macross base today. It's a Kite logo base. It seems like a very nice, big heavy base. I'm a little dissapoint that it did not come pre-painted. I imagined that it would come painted, finished, polished, etc. So I'm wondering, does any have stencils to make it easier to paint? White is hard to work with, and trying to put red down along a white edge is just asking for disaster. Since it's a curved image, it's going to be hard to do a nice clean mask with tape. Model Base Guy, do you have any stencile outlines you could post for us to use?
  23. Uhm, I don't know where this crap about FFVII not being a good game came from. I played it when i was 21 or 22. Great game, lots of fun to play. Great graphics & sound, and the fact that it ran on my PC was a gigantic plus. Still have the disks sitting in my book shell. FF8 = piece of garbage. I stopped halfway through and tossed the disks out the window. FF4 (Aka FF2 on the SNES), I can't wait to get for my GB:Micro. Fond memories of playing that as a kid. People who elevate computer games and say poo about the companies that make them: Losers.
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