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I just finished reading Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. It's quite the page turner.

I don't know why the topic of scale continues to come up. I thought the consensus was that the animation is wildly inconsistent and that any argument that uses a specific scene as evidence can be easily countered by a different scene.

Example: The first scene shows Roy and company pushing a pod and it seems to support @Podtastic's scale. The second shows the battroid as much larger in relation to the pod. The only thing I think we all agree on is that official stats do not work.

46 minutes ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

I'm confused: is the Armored battroid all new parts, or a mix of old battroid parts plus new armor parts?

I'd have thought anything left over from the original battroid kit would be glue-only, with only the newly made armor parts possibly being snap-fit.

I think the original Battroid kit was intended to be snap fit. From what I've seen, it holds together just fine without glue. So, any parts used from the original kit will also be snap-fit.

The kit will have seams all over the place though so it will require glue, putty, and paint to look nice. 

1 hour ago, arbit said:

Lots more to do...

Looks done to me! That is a stand out job! 

Congratulations to every participant! It must have been impossibly tough to choose a winner as they were all excellent. 

The Regult is showing as "Order Stop" at HLJ. I hope this a good sign as far as future releases of enemy designs!

https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-regult-standard-mass-production-type-macross-tentative-hsg31

Wife and I are waiting for the show to start. Excited!  (She's not, I am) 

33 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Contacted HLJ a while ago about the ankles, they confirmed that their entire stock has been checked and is good. Ordered one (with 20% off), and it's fine.

Ok, thanks for that. I guess no worries about getting one then. Now if only I had a 20% off coupon instead of 10%!

5 hours ago, Lolicon said:

HLJ comes out to $378 based on the Ivanov unit with DHL shipping. A whole dollar cheaper than Amazon! Woohoo! 

I may pull the trigger on the Ivanov version with my 10% off coupon. I see that it's in stock but I'm worried about getting two left ankles.

I'm really excited for this release! I immediately preordered two of these. What I'm really curious about is to see what Tenjin comes up with for the box art. 

We'll definitely see a missile Regult release down the road and, judging by the parts breakdown, they've at least left open the possibility of a scout version.

The finished height is listed at 225mm or about 8.9 inches. I'll have to open up my  Bandai kit and The Cap's version to see how it will compare in size.

This is a very big surprise to see Hasegawa venturing into the territory of enemy vehicles. The GBP armor release was already a big surprise. Maybe we'll see an N-ger, Q-Rau, or Glaug sometime in the future???

@MechTech Your armored car looks good so far! It's almost like an SD version of what I imagine most of those would look like. I guess it's the giant turret in proportion to the small car body. The way you machined the missile attachment piece is very impressive. Looks great! 

@derex3592 The Titanic is looking good! I don't know how you guys manage all those repetitive little details on big ship builds. That would drive me crazy! 

@pengbuzz Thanks for the snippet of history regarding my all time favorite jet, the Tomcat. 

@Urashiman Like you, I'm always doing multiple builds at once. It's more time efficient but sometimes it can be a little bit of trouble keeping track of all the parts. 

As far as my workbench, just working on an old 1/72 variable Bandai Valk and a Hasegawa black aces Valk in the same scale. Masking canopies is not my fave but, hey, it has to be done! 

@Urashiman Nice variety of kits you got on the workbench there! Looks to be the X-29 you're working on there. Also, great recovery on the F-5B. I would have just put it away out of frustration. I admire your perseverance! 

I agree with @jvmacross 

I like the 40th logo much better and it features an original series valk. 

3 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Finished my weekend build of Ace Combat's X-49 Night Raven.

 

You built this in a weekend!?!? That's impressive! She looks great! 

On 9/16/2020 at 9:24 AM, peter said:

I really like this look:

I didn't know there was a fifth ninja turtle! Which Renaissance artist is he named after? He's got some wolverine style cat claws.

1 hour ago, Shawn said:

 

Had to do the math on that-it seemed suspicious, but checks out...crazy!
Add in shipping and it is $400 in today's dollars to your door.

1/48 VF-1J Valkyrie (Hikaru Ichijo Custom) (11/2003) – MSRP 14800円
1/48 GBP-1S Armor Parts for VF-1 Valkyrie (12/2005)  – MSRP 12000円
26800 Yen combined
Exchange rate in 2003 1 USD = 115 Yen
26800/115 = $233 USD (2003 rate)

$233 USD in 2003 compared to 2021 USD
$233 in 2003 is worth $347.36 today
https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/2003?amount=233

@Shawn wow you must have a math degree! Sometimes, it's hard to reconcile these crazy prices we see with these releases, but damn, they're the same old prices. We only forgot to adjust for inflation. 

@Ignacio Ocamica I can't get over the size of that thing! It's a gargantuan beast!

Looks like the armored valk has reached "Order Stop" status at HLJ.

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@Ignacio Ocamica That is an amazing level of detail on those! Can't wait to see how it looks painted with all those details brought to life! 

5 hours ago, tekering said:

This is about as heavily-weathered as I'm willing to go:

I don't imagine any other areas will show nearly as much impact damage.

I would imagine the hands, forearms, and elbow area would also show significant signs of wear. It wouldn't be as pronounced as on the feet but significant nonetheless. 

Those feet look great! 

I think @wm cheng means this one: 

http://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/dragonii.htm

It's the plane Roy flies during the unification wars.

@Froy From your picture, I think I much prefer the Bandai armor color to the Yamato one. Wow what a difference! 

Whoa! What is this thing being hoisted above the Valk? I've never seen something like that. 

That Black Aces kit box top is getting cut out and framed on day one! I like the 72nd scale picture better but this one will be big enough to have a nice presence on the wall. Tenjin did a great job once again!  

27 minutes ago, Duymon said:

Can't believe I ordered 4 of these :0

I only ordered 2! Wow, should I up my order to 4? All joking aside, that box art looks amazing! I don't care for that large red font though.