NZEOD

On 10/1/2019 at 5:15 AM, peter said:

the 1/72 Hasegawa is truly a pain in the dick to build.  I started one 10-15 years ago, and it's just been so off-putting to continue that it was partly the reason I stopped building models altogether.  I recently got back into the game, and I still find it off-putting, lol!

I've built 16 so far and find them pretty simple and quick. Only parts needing mods are the leg connections being recut to align them level with the body and the infill between the wings that you make with a piece of pill packet blister material.

Its my favorite, second being the Wave VF-4 and Wave Destroids.

1 hour ago, wm cheng said:

I hear ya @NZEOD its painful to weather over a flawless paintjob sometimes.  Even though I love the painting/weathering/decaling stage, I'm sometimes almost afraid to advance to the next stage for fear of wrecking the previous stage.

I quite enjoy destroying it! 

30 minutes ago, MechTech said:

NZEOD - Looking good!  Weather can be a drag sometimes, but it looks like your working through it.

Naa I was out riding in the rain on the MX bike in between. Hot showers for the win! Added extra Lacquer thinners to the acrylics to assist it drying, then went back to playing Roguetech in between it all.

Scratching, scuffing, weathering and generally making a mess on the Urban Camo Phalanx Destroid while I wait for the paint to fail to dry in the rain storm here on The Forest Camo Defender Destroid.

I like them, especially given my wall of combat unit painted ones.

Its been a couple of years now so has anyone found a paint code or mix for the 35th Anniversary VF-1 and VF-31 from Hasegawa yet?

Their printed paint codes for the blue to match the decals are a country mile off the mark and I've yet to see one built anywhere in the 35th scheme.

I have 2 still waiting to be built.

6 hours ago, Urashiman said:

That would be awesome.

Should I send you a PM?

yep so I can keep track of where I'm at

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

You're down under ,amigo?

bit further in Middle Earth

Easy enough to ship stuff round as I for for Harley Davidson.

I have one somewhere still in bits I think, will dig it up

And if anyone wants an unbuilt VF-31A I have 3 in 1/72 and 3 in 1/144

On 5/17/2020 at 1:27 AM, Urashiman said:

Hey - nice info. Do you have the Master File? If yes, could you provide me with a higher resolution picture of the comparision and the side view of the VF-4A? I'd like to make a 3D model of that.

I can scan and send it tomorrow if you need it.

And the artbooks are awesome but I also cut the box art out and frame that 

On 5/16/2020 at 5:33 AM, Gatsu said:

Has anybody ever noticed that this kit is totally out of scale? I recently finished my own and noticed this is not 1/72 scale. Kamjin should be tall 11,85 meters wich in 1/72 scale should be 11,85:72=16,45. The figure should be tall 16,45 cm, but it s tall only 9,78cm....  The real scale of the kit should be about 1/118 scale... Why Moscato did that and labeled it 1/72 scale, expecially considering he followed the officials sizes with the Regult kits?? Because, even though the figure could look more proportionated compared with the Regult kit, it is also true that it looks out of proportions with all others 1/72 official Macross kits, like hasegawa battroids and Bandai ones...

then you'd be trying to claim the old plastic 1/72 Glaug kits are the right size... now go try to stuff your 1/72 scaled Zent soldier into it... yeah... not happening.  

Johns ones are the best compromise.

Meanwhile some more progress on the second Destroid of 5

4 hours ago, slide said:

Very nice!

I like the white leading edges!

Intakes for the secondary engines

More WIP projects for this week.

Much to repair and clean up on this old project before I can carry on completing it! Paint damage and dust!

yep... turned in time to see the first one ping out of the peg and launch for the heavens so recovered that one then thought... crap what about the other one, I better grab it out of the peg befroe that happens as well... and then saw the empty peg... too LATE! The ground is gravel so even though I've combed through it day and night (hoping the metallic gunmetal would reflect in torch light)  its still gone burgers. 

15 hours ago, wm cheng said:

@NZEOD What?!?!  You wouldn't happen to have the white ones that go on the black canopy rails do you?  Pushing my luck now... for VFA-103 Jolly Rogers?

Please let me know what I can do for you!

Do the impossible and find me the weapons pod of the right side of the Wave Tomahawk chest that pinged off a peg outside will airbrushing... never to be seen again?

Did you need some pilot name decals as well? I can send them if I have them.

33 minutes ago, wm cheng said:

@NZEOD OMG!  You are a life saver!!!  I have been so grumpy to my family the last few days and none of them understand the effort and time I put into only to get destroyed at the last 5% - I'm sure they thank you too!

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH, I owe you, how can I make it up to you?  PMed you with my address.

 

@Dobber I know, hearing that "snap" is so heartbreaking!

@pengbuzz I'm definitely not that handy or brave to pull my own formed canopies - I recognize where my abilities end and its just a route to frustration...

New Zealand but I'm sure it will make it to you. I'll put it in a case

1 hour ago, wm cheng said:

@NZEOD What!!! REALLY?!?!  @derex3592 is right, its 1/72 scale - any F-18F Super Hornet canopy (just the main one, the forward one is fine) would do because its a two seater. 

The actual kit is 00853 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18F Super Hornet which would have the pilots names on the canopy in white, but I could get aftermarket decals for those.

Want me to post it?

46 minutes ago, wm cheng said:

@NZEOD What!!! REALLY?!?!  @derex3592 is right, its 1/72 scale - any F-18F Super Hornet canopy (just the main one, the forward one is fine) would do because its a two seater. 

The actual kit is 00853 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18F Super Hornet which would have the pilots names on the canopy in white, but I could get aftermarket decals for those.

One of my Hasegawa Growlers will be your donor for that then. I have them. Where are you located?

On 5/16/2020 at 10:18 AM, wm cheng said:

DISASTER STRUCK!!!  Everything has gone wrong, even this post!  This is the second time as the first post just disappeared with all my writing.  I cracked my main canopy while trying to remove it from the fuselage (perhaps it was a bad idea to use it as a mask for the cockpit - I have done this times before with no problems).  Maybe it was my first time use of the Mr. Super Clear Matt rattle can spray, it did go one much thicker than an airbrushed matt coat and gummed up and sealed the canopy fuselage connection.  I carefully sliced all around the canopy but it wouldn't budge, I kept slicing an carefully prying the canopy out (I just used a dab of white glue to secure it originally) until finally CRACK! it cracked down the length of the canopy before giving way.  ARGH!!!  To me the cockpit and canopy are the jewels that bullseye the eye to your model - and this just screams out.  There's been some many things wrong with this build, trying to shoe-horn the F-18A resin wheel wells into this 18F kit (it did pay off in the end, but it was so much work!), so much sanding and re-sanding of the horrendously poor fit of the kit, the tail fin yellow decal melted disaster, the wing tank that fell 5 times and had to repainted from scratch each time.... the list goes on and after each hurdle and trying to repair it, I finally get to this final break that is irreparable - just stings so much!!!

The good stuff first, the extensive modifications required to get the resin aftermarket landing gear wells into this kit, of course you have to flip the plane around to appreciate it (I'm just a sucker for punishment.

The top side, the tail fins aren't glued in place yet and you can see all the damage around the edge of the canopy opening trying to pry out the glasss, but the rest of the plane turned out well, its actually a little more heavily weathered than the photos suggest (it tended to white wash a lot of the finer weathering out)

 

I had to majorly cut the afterburners short to fit into this kit because there were internal bracing for the rear stabilizers that I had to clear but you can barely make out the photoetched fuel burners at the end of the afterburner tunnel.

 

So to in the off chance if anyone knows how I can order/purchase an extra canopy and a set of the decals for the pilots names and warning label for the canopy, I'm posting the very sad picture of the cracked canopy.  I see if you live in Japan you can order just trees or decals from Hasegawa, but I do not, I'm in Canada.  I will post to ARC if there's a kind soul there to help out or last case scenario, I'll just buy another kit for these parts (I've invested too much sweat and tears to throw it out at this point.

What scale and brand? I have a graveyard of brand new 1/72 Hasegawa F/A and E/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet kits I buy just for the decals to use in my Valks.

17 minutes ago, MechTech said:

NZEOD - Samsung CNT? Not finding it except corporate info. I'm thinking of a new Samsung to replace my 8 year old phone! I'm not an Apple fan due to past security/data fixing issues. - MT

X Cover 4... its just a bike and shooting phone as its waterproof.

6 hours ago, MechTech said:

NZEOD - That Tomahawk looks great! The photos are great too! Did you use a tiny camera? I'm guessing you were able to shoot from below an edge to get that steep of an angle?

iphone flipped upside down. My samsung X Cover4 can't match the wifes iphone for photos.

Not fighter.... STRIKE Fighter hence the A in F/A, Fighter/Attack... bombs are good, embrace the bomb, love the bomb and the bomb will love you back.