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I picked one up from this seller. I figure a small markup now is way better than paying through the nose later.

Yay! Time to nitpick. The head seems a tad bit narrow. Definite must buy for me, regardless.

I think I'll hold off and wait for an updated perfect finish version. Not gonna risk the broken leg.

I'm wondering if I should pull the trigger on this purchase here. I'm worried about the whole leg falling off thing I keep hearing about. Also, is a perfect finish version gonna be released?

Beautiful, just beautiful. You did a really good job on these. Thank you for sharing these.

How are you guys getting cheap shipping from Amazon Japan?!? I'm in the US and can't seem to get anything shipped for under the cost of the item. Example: Item costs 7200 yen and shipping is 6800 yen. Something along these lines.

I would definitely not recommend the Hasegawa 1/72 kit for a beginner. The build has some complicated areas that require some skill. For something easier, I recommend the 1/100 Wave kit. It is a more manageable build.

I busted up laughing at that! You got me real good with that one!

I'm not sure what you mean by old vs. new. Which kits list the ratios?

The amazon shipping is expensive to the usa though.

Got mine from HLJ!

They were nice it's just that they were so expensive for the size. I only picked up the 1J because it was on sale.

Your builds are always so clean and professional looking! I always enjoy everything you post.

joscasle, that's a perfect looking valk! I'm lovin' it! What'd that take? Say about 40 hours or so? I just can't get around to finishing mine. I'm inspired by how good yours looks but I'm also discouraged because I know mine won't turn out as good as yours.

You're absolutely correct about the poor 3D model. I missed the point of The Capn's post. I was commenting purely on the potential that 3D printing still yields for the future. The Cap should show us, not tell us, just how great a hand molded-cast series of parts would be! An SDF-1 mastered by Mr. Cap'n would be amazing. We can all dream, can't we?

You're absolutely correct! But... Give it 5 years and the quality of the prints will increase and the cost will decrease. Eventually, we'll be able to cheaply print these (and other models) with incredible resolution and in any color and finish. It's been the trend of any technology adoption to follow this trend of increasing quality and decreasing cost.

Aaaaaaaand it's gone! I got my preorder in if it's of any consolation.

From the article: “Even though we are re-releasing the movie version of the SDF-1 Macross, we do want to do the TV series version as well but that is still undergoing approval from the copyright holder. Personally, I really want to do it.

Around the 6:30 mark is where you'll find the relevant backpack part. They even display a big red X over the wrong way to fold the backpack!

Did your VF-11B have the same problem with the decals that mine did? I posted pictures earlier in this thread.

That Elint looks perfect. It really deserves a nice photo shoot.

Kylwell! That is just amazing level our skill there! Looking real good!

Yeah, you guessed it. Here's some more progress on the big bird. I'm finding the grey from the instructions is lighter than I expected.

I dunno if you can guess what I'm working on but one of these took longer than the other three put together to prep! I was careless glueing the parts together on one of these I guess.

Yeah, the Hasegawa Battroid needs lots of clean up to look best. There are lots of seams to fill and sand smooth. The plastic is softer than a typical Gundam kit. I can imagine the builder's frustration if they're not used to traditional style assembly kits. I just built my first Gundam kit a couple weeks ago and had the opposite experience. After building Hasegawa kits all these years, the Leo I built went together like a dream. It only had two visible seams but they required no putty because the fit was perfect. I agree that the builder probably is experiencing a build that involves more work than they expected.