kanata67

hey... if a bit is doing something besides taking up space around here I'm happy because I know I was correct in not throwing it away. Parts got mailed today. oh yeah... I sure better see some pics here when your done

arafat's current elintseeker http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...me=STRK:MEBI:IT makes me cry that the minty one complete sold for less than $200 two weeks before I could afford it

radio shack [the average person lives within 5 miles of one] sell magnets. They have a number of types, usually which they can't locate. Best suited to your needs are either the magnetic tape you can exacto to shape, or the really small "rare earth magnets". somewhere around $2 a pack. I warn you though... you might have to go to radio shacks web site [from the radio shack web site computer inside the store] to look up the catalog number and prove that they do indeed sell them to the less than well trained clerk. They are usually hanging in the same area of the store as wire wrap tools, soldering irons, etc. The number of times I had a clerk say "we don't sell that" who looked stunned when I asked them to check the on hand inventory of 23-144 and found that there were 20+ packs in the store. Granted that is a battery and not the part number you need for the magnet, but you get the idea.

it that the worlds smallest megatron he's holding? looks sweet though. how about a 1/48 patriot valk next?

thet saddest thing is that I'd buy it a $.99 if the shipping wasn't $30 bucks. then again my dumb ass collects bootlegs

and now closer to done... still an old pic. had to do much more time thinking about how to make it fully transformable with the new head than it took me to do once I figured it out. seriously... you have some really damn good ideas. Work out the mechanics first. All it takes is one screw head a little raised to frag a paint job. keep up with the posting in step by step so others may learn from your mistakes and your insight

ok... so you are modifying a bootleg valk. Which bootleg valk did it start out as?bootleg toy or model kit? what scale is it... doesn't look 1/55, or do you just have enormous hands? Look's kinda like a 1/100 scale one looking at the leg landing gear. Did you take a pic before you did anything to it, or perhaps have the package it came in? Different toys have different nuances, even amoung the traditional taka molds. So instead of a removable heat shield, the heat shield will slide out from the chest plate when desired? Very cool idea. I might have to do that to one of mine more abused walking dead. there are a number of folk here who will buy on somebody elses behalf and ship to them, but deffinately check the straight shooters list in the for sale section before sending any loot. I personally have no love for customs [as in customs officials and not toy/modle modifications] in theory. Seeing as I've never had a bad experience with them I can't really complain, especially when considering the number of things I shouldn't have had on me while crossing international borders. Tarrifs are one thing... life in prison something else entirely. Dealing with "smaller non-possible-threat" type items as "gift" is the standard way to go. You can't ignore the system but you can definately abuse it. Putting on a box for overseas in the customs decleration form "highly collectible ultra rare macross vf-1s 1/55 scale, very fragile" valued at $50 and sent as a gift is much different than "used toy robot thingy, valued at $4" And as for whomever said remove the pricing from the boxes... You don't remove, you cover it with the $2.99 sticker you pulled off a milk jug . The average customs worker can't tell a go-bot from a happy meal toy, granted there wasn't much difference, much less know value off the top of their head. You can also fudge invoices to show how much was paid. Just like a bill-of-sale when buying a car, the seller can right down whatever they feel like, and paying tax on a car that you bought for $400 is much better than on one you paid 10k for, especially if the seller just wrote out two bills of sale. This "fudging of worth" only screws you when shipping insured items and something happens. You really have no problems when doing customs as the average bag of diss-assemble valk parts looks as uncomprehensible as sanskrit to most And don't let people get you upset by harassing the paint scheme. Many a engineered custom has gone through such phases. I know one or two of my customs went through some really horrible phases... in fact a few are stuck there. I myself take pride more on the engineering aspect than the cosmetic. Just like a car... get it working the way you like it and having it hold up is more important than how it looks during the process. Once you have it working right is when you worry about cosmetic details. Just like a car... Kinda silly to paint a car that doesn't run... get it running and then pay somebody to paint it nice. my thing doing customs is that I want my stuff to hold up as well, if not better than the original, before I worry about paint. Take this horrible creation... It's an older pic as it's so close to being done now. I think I only need to paint one shoulder ... once I find and unpact it from the move. But anyways... this was based of a 1/55 jetfire. All the green lines point to parts where I added moving parts and/or articulation. What I'm really proud of is the fact that you can pick the thing up by any of the parts I added and they don't break. Thats what engineering is all about. Function over form... IE. it doesn't matter how pretty it is if it don't work like it should.

cool. I think your in luck. found 4 things that should be big enough. 1 is a turret from a model tank. I figured you didn't need the tank so I ripped it off. 1 is a lord knows what thing that was in a 1977 playmobile figure bag. 1 is either a cocktail olive spear or a lego person spear the last is just some model spruce you can trim and sand as required. shoot me a pm with your add and I'll drop them in the post. As for parts I need.... to fix/complete stuff... 1/100 bandai/takatoku diecast vf hip bar sdf-1 1/3000 aircraft carrier arm [at least the lower half] large die cast lion voltron green lion head transformer g1 swoop head/beak various 1/100 conversion kit pieces for customs... The little white spinny thing on top of the head of a matchbox tactical pod I can also always use any 1/55 parts and accessories not that I expect anything as what I'm sending you is crap LOL. I won't even charge the 37 cents for the stamp

still need to know approximate length. My o' is buried deeper than my bits box and lego's. how about a q-tip?

ya know... let me check my bits box. I may have something close. Approximately how long would that bit be in inches? At the least I probably have something that would be quicker to mod than scratch building. MAybe one of the lego antenna?

cool.

one what? I think I may have a 1/60 super lying around boxed I'm not overly attached to. I know I'd part with it to a fellow member cheaper than ebay

Congratulations! You scored 79! I did better than chowser?!?!?!? Don't people realize you don't actually need to kill zombies, just immobilize them. Use a crossbow to stick 'em to a tree. Free scarecrow that way

either post a pic so we can see and possibly identify the part, or ask kid. I've always found kid very helpful and he's done some really cool stuff.

lots of people will do custom paint jobs, some that are amazing. I think there are pics somewhere on this site. Many will combine recast/resin parts with a paint job to make something not availible, like a 1d, or something no longer availible, ike the elinteeker ans super ostrich conversion kits. Some will add improved/modified parts like fulcy's ball joints to give the toy better articulation Some really twisted people will take two broken toys and merge them into some god awful combination of spawn and macross toy... not mentioning names

- grey 1J Joons with amber canopy and yin-yang symbols in Space Fighter box. These were actually advertised in the old Comico robotech comics, so they're old I thought the "space fighter" was the matsushiro... not a joon's.

I've never actually seen a toynami alpha but I'm pretty good a fixing stuff. If you can't figure anything else out you can send it to me and I'll give it a try. No cost as long as I can document what I do for the future use of others. And yes... my 1/55 repair manual is almost done so don't nag

? Space gandam came with amber canopy and "yin-yang" symbols on the wings where the macross symbol normally is. Oh yeah.. I got my "robotec" in the mail last week. Cool box art, better plastic than joon's, but worse molds [lots of flash still on it]. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...me=STRK:MEWN:IT Yep... trying to get one of every 1/55. I'm happy to trade sharp pointy things and lord knows what else to anybody who has something I don't. Hint hint ewilen . Any other 1/55 not on the list?

you just might live south of the mason dixon line If you have a shootin car. I was born in NY, now live in FL with a number of places in between. I don't believe it's actually a southern thing to do... I just believe there are more pieces of crap still on the road down south as there is less rust. Translation... My Y cars always rusted out before they reached the point of everything breaking faster than I can fix it till I'm so frustrated I start shootin. If a crossbow bolt is sticking out of your hood... you just bought my tempo

sweet valkfan. I couldn't remeber where those particular wings came from. I think I have over a dozen sets of wings in my bits box and they stand out LOL. I might be interested in the nose cone but I'm not parting with my o' till I get a boxed one, sorry. Was it you I got the 1/100 seeker kit from as well? GReat info though. It's sooooo damn hard buying something when you don't know what it's called. Was it mad in france or just sold there? Any other info about it? Are there any joon's I need besides the green one? This is what I have... I think. Old pic and not everything is unpacked. oh yeah... sorry for refering to xstoys as exo... I work nights and am usually bomed by the time I get on the pc.

the "MacGyver Utility Kit" was great. Now I know what to do with my junk drawer bad description of a galaxy defender? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5959822055&rd=1

robotech (not star wars ) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...6514418316&rd=1 ROBOTECH COLORING BOOKS rare set of 4 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5958991854&rd=1 ROBOTECH MEGA FORTRESS http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5958820729&rd=1

the 1a should also come with it's own gun and gun clip, so all you should need is the armor. Ebay is probably the best place to try, although I've seen sets of jetfire armor sell for $50+ in mint shape. You can get a reissue vf-1s super with armor for not much more than that. Recaster's are great, and we have some excellent ones here at MW, but they mostly focus on the harder to obtain parts from sets that weren't re-issued. I haven't heard of anybody recasting super armor since the reissue. you can also try posting in the wanted section. You may be able to trade for a set rather than shell out cash.

much better than the red. I should have painted mine rather than selling it

it does say sealed case in the title... but isn't 70X4=280... so how much is really being saved? oh yeah... if you haven't checked the links in BoBe-Patt's sig yet.... DO IT Isn't this just a red alert without decals????? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW