NZEOD

Is it wrong that when I'm working on my City Park Diorama and looking all the park photo reference materials like St Petersberg and Vancouver and Kyoto that I get an evil grin picturing the destruction I'm modelling of a Destroid  forging a path through a picturesque city park tearing up pathways, knocking down trees and flattening flower beds, kids playground equipment and park benches?

Just reminds me of my childhood tearing across a golf course on a YZ125! The greens had the perfect jumps!

2 hours ago, MechTech said:

NZEOD - If the enemy was actually coming at your three amigos, they wouldn't know what they were looking at! The splinter camo really does break them up! Together they look like something other than what they are! Congrats on a terrific trio!

Still not done yet... once the decalng and decal wear and tear is completed on the grey and green units I need to finish their dioramas. 

Desert one in a forward operating base tech area in Iraq.

Grey one in an urban area, possibly in ruins with a stray dog peeing on its foot.

Green one in a park having trashed it moving into position with a civvie woman yelling at an officer at its feet.

On 5/26/2020 at 7:37 PM, wm cheng said:

 

Look for this package... yeah... its packed full of bubble wrap with a tiny canopy inside. 

Destroid 3 Amigos WIP

R/C is his thing. We designs and builds models and teaches mech engineering.

The can probably be exported with some tweaks into other sims and maybe even Warthunder etc in the Dev server now we are up to modern era jets and missiles in that game.

I've gone and picked up a copy of Phoenix R/C just to try them out. 

WOOHOOO!!! Found a reasonably priced 1/72 VF-31E Chuck version! The collection is complete and added to the pile of shame

So far this guy has designed and flown the VF-1, VF-4, VF-11, VF19, XF-20A, VF-25, VF-31A and VF-31S with a VF-22 Sturmvogel in the works right now.

Turn the sound WAAAAAYYYY UPPP!!

Appears to flies real well too watching his videos so I've approached him to ask if I can make a 3D Resin printed 1/72 version of it.

1 hour ago, arbit said:

Tiedown heaven.

I have a bunch of PE intricate 1/72 tiedowns and another Italeri carrier deck I'm working on at the moment...

Love this guys take on the missing link from VF19 to VF31 

https://www.supermotoxl.com/projects-articles/ready-to-drive-fly-models/macross-plus-xf-20a-switchblade-phoenix-r-c-simulator.html

Those are split flaps. I'm going to assume from the rear you'd see them split in two with red painted between and the other half down. They are using them as speed brakes/dive brakes. I'd have to check the master file on if this was ever the intent.

Cool diorama too but... not enough tiedowns on that plane. Should be two to 4 more on the nose gear or main gear. Only bugs me because I'm doing a similar diorama with a vf4

3 hours ago, wm cheng said:

  I never knew how much they went up (never kept track).  You never said find a cheap one :P

The only Frontier Hasegawa I have was their VF-31A Kairos.

Im paying for it so cheap is best... I just need one LOCATED.

1 hour ago, arbit said:

I'm thinking gears up, but accurate open positions for the flaps.

flaps would only come down to full when the gear does, so maybe half flaps during a descent before gear down?

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Full flaps extension if landing gear is lowered and you are heading for a carrier trap. This would be on the downwind leg of the landing circuit (ie… travelling in the opposite direction to the carrier). Based on the settings for an F/A-18.

http://krepelka.com/fsweb/learningcenter/aircraft/flightnotesboeingfa18hornet.htm

Notice in the photos below the ailerons are also acting as flaps and are down (flaperons) and the leading edges are extended and down to maximise low speed lift.

2 hours ago, wm cheng said:

THANKS SO MUCH!!!

now find me a Hasegawa VF-31E Chuck version...

come on... do the impossible

https://www.rocketpunch.biz/wip-hasegawa-vf1s-5/

Not mine but I'm doing this after seeing it!

Cheng, your canopy is on the way.

Just bought one.

1 minute ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Detail work on model kits. Usually Bandai Gunpla, but also some others including the 1/72 transforming Macross kits.

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thanks, I usually brush it but the pen looks to give an ok finish too!

10 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Molotow is great, I've got a pair of 1mm pens I ran dry (and then refilled) plus the two larger sized pens for larger areas.

What do you use the 1mm for? Curious on the application now.

3 hours ago, David Hingtgen said:

Hmmn---Citadel seems to change their formula so often, each batch is like a whole new brand of paint.  I've never bought any of their airbrush colors though, and certainly never hand-brushed them.  (Ironically, that seems to work better for Vallejo---their regular colors are so thick, that the 'pre-thinned' "model air" colors are still more like hand-brush consistency, than airbrush consistency---but I've only had like 2 colors to experiment with that way)  

I discovered brushing it on the splinter cam on my Tau firewarriors and drones as they were too small to mask and airbrush 50 of them. Goes on very smooth and usually 2 layers is enough so its become my GO TO for small brush jobs on Macross stuff as well.

For chrome its still the Molotow pen decanted into a jar.

Molotow for chrome and citadel airbrush acrylics for brushing other colours. 

Seems I completely missed the release of the last VF31 I need to complete my collection during my break from Macross modelling. Anyone have this one laying about?

VF-31E

try signwriting frosted film, used on bathroom windows

Probably pick up a sample free from a 3M or Avery Dennison

https://graphics.averydennison.eu/en/home/graphics-products/screen-and-cut-materials/window-graphics/dusted-and-crystal-glass-window-films.html

https://www.3mnz.co.nz/3M/en_NZ/company-nz/all-3m-products/~/All-3M-Products/Architecture-Construction/Glass-Finishes/Design-Construction/?N=5002385+8709317+8710647+8710784+8711017+3294800572&rt=r3

Just remember you need a strip of ali behind those LEDs as a heat sink... they generate a bit of heat. Consider dropping the powersupply voltage down from 12V to 11V - 10V to reduce heat and extend their usable life. Otherwise your styrene model will deform from the excess heat. The main reason these strips havent superceded a single LED with Fibre Optic strands is due to the heat issue. Tried it myself and failed.