Mintox

Cheers. I agree. The level of excellence is high on this board. It keeps me inspired to build more macross.

Ok I'll do the above scheme for the version without boosters and do the standard scheme for the booster version.

Like this maybe? Excuse my mad photoshop skills.

Ah of course I didnt think of that. Hmm I'll need to get a line art of it and colour it in to see what it looks like first. Different green is doable. Maybe something darker?

I'm kind of partial to the 'green' scheme but if there is something else around I'll consider it.

Well I'm surprised that this actually DOES fit. My initial test fit showed it wasnt going to sit right but it looks ok so thats a relief!

Well its finished and I've posted photos in the model kits section.

Funny you say that. I was looking at the VF when I was photograhping it and said the same thing to myself. The rear gear is waaaaay too small IMHO to support all that extra weight at least I think it couldnt hold it. Cheers. I'm pretty chuffed with how it turned out. Cheers. Cheers. Oh, I meant my photography wasnt that great but I do think it turned out pretty okl.

I would go with the 1/48. I've always felt they were more varied although that does mean more decals.

I love the idea of 'roll-out' livery. Looks great by the way.

Interesting design which I am trying to like. Maybe in a two tone grey it would be more to my taste.

Wow I love this design. Great build too.

Finally took some photos. Not the greatest so I apologise.

Its finished! Wow I really enjoyed this kit. Complex paint scheme and hundreds of decals but it makes a great model and a pretty faithful reproduction of the VF25. I'll post proper shots of it soon..

Damn this has turned out nice. Great job on the sculpting etc. I wish I had the patience to do this sort of thing.

Its not really evident here but all the weathering has been completed and I am waiting to put the landing gear doors on and then a final coat of clear matt and then to glue the engines exhausts on and the canopy and its finished.

Practically finished. Here it is fully glossed up prior to the washes. I then flatten it and do the small 'dirt' marks with chalks and oils and then seal it with a flat coat, usually Vallejo Matt Varnish. The back pack has been left off as I still need to permanently fix everything. Oh, and paint the pilot which I am not happy with. Hasegawa should be ashamed to provide a pilot that is nothing more than a lump of shapes.

I'd probably go the masking fluid and touch up anything later. Seems that way you can probably get most of the missile caps done and only have to touch up a few.

They are all decals. Mind numbingly small and extremely irritating to put on but worth the effort. I think I went crossed eyed several times. I did contemplate painting them and then doing a black wash as the small 'X' is moulded into the tops of the missiles so you could paint them and do it that way.

Making slow progress to finish it off. Adding lots of small details to it like the navigation lights need painting, paint the clear parts including the canopy etc. Here are some other shots of me just testing fitting things and playing around while I wait for other stuff to dry.

Missile pack.

Test fitting stuff here. Its mostly finished in terms of painting now. I just need to add the decals to the legs, gloss and wash it then flatten the whole thing for some light dusting with pastels then to seal it again and assemble.

I agree. Thats why I am saving one of the pilots from the base model to add to my RVF-25 Super.

Cheers. I usually do a little zoom zoom (when the missus isnt watching of course :-) ) Oh yeah the RVF. I have both the base one and the one with the boosters. I'm curious does anyone know if they operationally use the back seat in the RVF or is it always used as a single seater? Yeah its small part city but it so detailed for a 1/72 kit I cant but be impressed by its engineering and level of detail. Its a gorgeous kit. Highly recommend it. Oh decals. Lots of decals. My eyes go crossed eyed after a while and I have to stop. It does add another level of visual detail to the kit. This came today and I cant wait to start it: https://hlj.com/product/HSG65836

More shots of me 'playing' with it. God I cant wait to finish it so I CAN play with it.