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  1. pengbuzz
    I'm waiting for them to do a 1/20 SDF-1...
  2. pengbuzz
    You know, that would be interesting... a US version of the Yamato (Missouri or New Jersey). For the "Murican flavor", it shoots cans of Budweiser
  3. pengbuzz
    I would try slitting the corners and reapplying the softener.
  4. pengbuzz
    Wow bro! Wish I still had some of those you had there! lol Yeah, I wanted that base back, but it's expensive now, probably not complete anywhere and not in good condition. No to mention I had some ideas. Thank you for posting these; good to see you as a youngin' and your modelbuilding exploits as well as your collection!
  5. pengbuzz
    On another of my projects (taking a break from the base), I got new feet for jetfire, but need armor and a gun for him. However, all the ones on Ebay were expensive for me, and a few avenues I pursued were...less than helpful. So, after getting more than a tad annoyed... Admittedly, it came out slightly chunkier than I intended, but I sanded it down as much as I could for circumference (the difference is by like a milimeter). And the barrel is slightly shorter (end nozzle is the problem, planning on fixing it later). But at least I ahve a gun pod now. Total build time: 3 hours, 25 minutes (from start, to paint and decal).
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    Well, jetfire needed one just recently, so yup. Pretty much. I think gremlins...
  7. pengbuzz
    Okay...just got gifted a Destroid Defender toy (Exosquad/ Robotech matchbox Reissue) that I'm going to be reworking into a 1/72 to go with my valks in the repair diorama. Meantime though: been working on a different project. I had one of the Warren transformers Activity Centers (cardboard base) when I was a kid. Well, recently I decided to build one from scratch, but it ended up...erm...upsized: The lower level was bare in the main section, so i built a "power reactor" for it; meantime, the two level "tower" looked kinda dumb to me, so I built a working hand-crank elevator with clear plastic enclosure. The angled "pyramid" like section was the armory, but I think that whol;e area can be cut in half so a med center can be put in. Here's what I started with: Stay tuned folks...
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    It was having canopies break that forced me to learn how to make my own. Carve a wooden "buck", then get a cd jewel case and a heat gun (or stope top to soften the plastic), and use the "heat and smash" technique. BTW: I used the technique with soda bottle pastic for the canopy on the 1/100 vf-1 strike valk i built. If you ever get a really small fighter that you don't want a overly thick canopy on, use soda bottle plastic and "heat and smash" on a wood form.
  9. pengbuzz
    I'd be very interested in this series! I think Mount did an incredible job as Pike, and the rest of the cast they ahd was pretty good as well. (Anything beats STD and PicTurd!)
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    Hi-Metal R

    pengbuzz replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Devcon Plastic Welder should be able to take care of that. Just remove the pin, clean the parts with alcohol and apply. Let cure 24 hours, make sure none of the mix gets in the hole, lightly sand and buff the extra material that squezzed out, and reassemble. Model cement won't work on this: while it can fuse polystyrene and ABS together, I have tried it on ABS to ABS and it doesn't work very well.
  11. pengbuzz
    EYEBLEACH!!!! EYEBLEACH!!!! EYEBLEACH!!!! EYEBLEACH!!!! EYEBLEACH!!!! AAARRRGGHHHH!! Right? That's like Kentucky Fried Chicke having served a crappy chicken breast TWICE in their entire history, and the rest of the time was just their sides being served! Seriously... are they so inept or apathetic out there that they cannot be bothered? O.o
  12. pengbuzz
    Hey, from what I've seen of it, it doesn't look bad at all! Just a few touch ups are really all it needs. On that note: I built a 1/48 scale F-16 in the YF-16 paint scheme, and it really is hard to get those lines even! It's even harder on a valkyrie, so give yourself some credit!
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    And of course: "All your base are belong to us."
  14. pengbuzz
    1/55 chunky. *runs*
  15. pengbuzz
    Do they use the Sledge-O-Matic ™?
  16. pengbuzz
    I would try using pencil to do slightly off-shade "panels", then use a kneaded eraser to fade them (dab them with the eraser), rahter than "lines". Once you're happy with them, then you could clear-coat it to make it permanent (keeping in mind it gets a bit darker with clear coat). I'd get a scrap of flat styrene, paint half white and half blue (hull colors) and try it out on that first to see if it would work for you and to see if the clear coat would make the pencil too dark. On that note: I've also used colored pencils to do a "color filter" effect on models; you might want to look into those as well if you get a moment.
  17. pengbuzz
    It could have been a bad dream after Luke ate some porg that had gone bad...
  18. pengbuzz
    You know...after seeing that, I had to clean the drool off my keyboard!
  19. pengbuzz
    Yeah...kinda hard to pilot a ship if Misa and Claudia had to get 30 foor stepladders just to hit the buttons for thrusters. O.o
  20. pengbuzz
    I can just imagine when the crew of the SDF-1 talks with UN Spacy High Command, HQ sounds like the teacher fro Peanuts. BTW: not sure if it counts as "character art", but at least it's funny:
  21. pengbuzz
    Show-accurate as of the final episode!
  22. pengbuzz
    Good suggestion Thom! On the pengbuzz projects forefront: I recently got a G1 Jetfire as a very belated b-day gift(1/55 scale valk) but the feet are incredibly brittle. I need to find a pair of newer feet (even a KO version would probably work). Need to also find a gunpod and the armor, but the feet are important. (if anyone has any, please shoot me a PM! Jetfire feels weird without his toes!) The thrill of victory, the agony of da feet....I can barely stand it.
  23. pengbuzz
    I've had times where my masking jobs took the paint right with it: in my case, I found I had to let the paint cure for about 2-3 days before trying anything. I don't know if that would help you (you probably already tried something like that) I also know some paints don't stay on primer very well; that said, you could try "post-it notes" (the adhesive shouldn't pull up anything).
  24. pengbuzz
    Maybe in the "tummy" of the SDF-1 (which has a natural hinged compartment) and run wires to the legs? That would allow you to access the batteries without ruining anything.
  25. pengbuzz
    Yeah, there was. It took a lot to do the conversion; I wish I had pics of that, but I didn't have a digicam at the time. But maybe someday I'll get another crack at it. Meanwhile... I'm really liking what you're doing with the main engine clusters here. It's really going to be very interesting to see it assembled up!
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