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Which means they could paint themselves like an ice cream truck and it wouldn't matter. *imagines Roy, Hikaru, Kakizaki and Max all slowly trudging through space, their valks blaring some insipid ice-cream truck music* Roy: "Come get yer free ice cream, you Zentraedi mother..." Seriously though, in Roy's case, he was the CAG, which meant he pretty much was in charge of all the valks, correct? Or did I misfire n this? -
I've wrestled with this model for years, literally. Can't find a canopy for it, can't mold a new one, can't buy one, and I don't want to try anything else with it because now the seams have let go... sorry, i'm going to have to leave off on that and go do something else for a few weeks. My blood pressure is up and I don't feel very well.
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I had an idea for trying to get a canopy for my F-14 model kit: Guillows (balsa wood planes) had an F-14 in 1/48, so I tried contacting them. While they did allow folks to buy parts separately, they didn't have it in stock and were not expecting it back in at any point. So, frustrated, I was searching for canopies online when I went to open a window and knocked the model off the table, sending it to the floor. Well, I solved the issue with needing parts... And so I managed to "finish" my model.
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The Tomcat canopy issue: thanks MT. The only issue with vacforming a new one is 1) I don't have a vacforming machine, and 2) I've tried carving a buck for the "heat and smash" but I cannot get it right (and I've tried several times). I was kinda hoping someone here might have had a spare kicking around. BTW: with Revell's new instructions (now that they are out of Germany): DO NOT use their "painting instructions"!!! I tried their paint color callout ad they are utterly wrong! The Imai SDF-1: yeah, that one definitely is! I've always wanted to try that version of the SDF-1; were I braver, I would try to make it transformable. The thing is that with how tightly the ship is "packed" in this mode (not to mention a lack of transform joints atm), I would be very leery to try. I still need to finish corrections on it and do a wash to bring out the panels (amongst other things).
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I would recommend removing the pieces, using Devcon plastic welder on them, let them set and then when cured, reinstall.
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Yeah, they're not going to "strike a pose" just to let the enemy check out their "bells and whistles" (unless they're members of Walkure :P ).
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Heavy use of sake`?
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And getting it done I am indeed... UPDATE: Sorry for the dook me a bit, since my camera's memory card self-destructed and my PC's card reader mo longer works (had to use my wife's on both counts): The main support for the stand gave out and snapped clean in half; I remedied this by tracing a new one onto two pieces of very thick styrene , cutting them out and gluing them together. Some sanding, shaping and whatnot later, I had a new, serviceable stand that has absolutely no wobble and will stay perfectly still in the middle of a hurricane. (yes, I even drilled out the holes like the original had. :D) Still in progress on this: The prongs on the bow were a bit too weak, so I removed them in favor of replacing them when i am nearly done with this project. As planned, I forewent the kit antennae in favor of stretched-sprue versions. While i was at it, I redid the main radar mast: Still need a few touch-ups here and there: Overall, a neat kit to build; my only regret is that Imai never did an Storm Attacker in 1/5000 scale. But alas, we'll never know, shall we. Maybe one day I can obtain a Matchbox SDF-1 to accurize... a pengbuzz can dream, can't he? (and it will remain a dream as long as they keep the price at at least 2 c-notes! I'm so poor, I can't even pay attention!! lol ) Stay tuned...
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Right? That's what keeps me from doing a lot with collectibles! Next thing ya know, one of these will literally cost a kidney!
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Thanks Shawn. I'm departing this thread as it got a bit heavy for me. Anyone needs me, I'll be building a model in the Workshop. I have Maverick's F/A-18 From the next Top Gun movie going, and considering scratching up a VF-5000 (because no one's done a proper toy yet!).
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Seriously dude... no need for the hostility. No wonder I dropped out of your other threads...
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And the entirety of North America is considered one market, correct? It also makes me wonder if many of us here are holding onto a dim hope (that really doesn't have much to it) that in the unlikely event HG somehow lost/relinquished the rights to Macross in North America, that it would be a "renaissance" for Macross in the US? From what you said, Macross is an old property, and unless the popularity in the US was such that it would be a considerable boon for them, they wouldn't make any sudden moves to jump into it. Just my 2 cents worth at this juncture.
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Not sharing any common equipment has got to be a hindrance in some manner, seeing as the modern military (at least in NATO nations) has some interchangeability and commonality. Must make manufacturing, maintenance and repair an utter PITA for the crews. Probably demonstrates how many real combat scenarios they got into before the Zor (unless I'm misremembering Southern Cross). Well...there was that persnickety Captain... Or dating. Seriously though, it comes off as whoever was writing this was so compressed for time. that instead of throwing out all the bad ideas during development, they simply said "yup" to whatever they came up with. It makes me wonder what Southern Cross would have been like had it been properly developed? Well, it would explain why they made Jeanne an officer. As for the "colossal metal diaper": I can imagine the nightly bouts of diaper rash! It would be a contest though as to whom the bigger PITA would be: the rash, or Jeanne?
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Excellent showing for your fist Battroid! :thumbup
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I wonder if anyone ever thought to use it as a steering wheel?
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All of it is to protect Glorie from Jeanne Françaix's utter idiocy (which they fail at often!). They were hoping the giant robots could step on her if she got too out of hand. In all seriousness, seeing that they half-ar$$ed the series, they probably never developed a salient point to that. Pretty much "parade armor on steroids" without even the parade armor's usefulness. As I noted before, the helmets ensure that if anyone falls down head first, they just became a lawn-dart. All I can think of for it is that they were expecting to meet the enemy and have a pose off to determine who won by "coolness".
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UPDATE: Got some more work done on it: Did some work on the connecting arm to the Prometheus; it just looked pretty weird the way it was and I wanted it to credibly look like the arm from the Macross: Aside from that, I'm not going to use the antennae from the kit;. Rather, I'll make my own with stretched sprue and add something to the radar mast for the bridge. Most of the spray work is done; just need to do the body colors and details, then we'll go from there. Since the decals on this kit are just stripes, I'll most likely try painting them in instead of applying the decals. Really don't want to attempt nearly 40 year old decals, as I've seen firsthand what can happen. Stay tuned...
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Very tempted to make it transform, but not really wanting to attempt it.
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If it helps, I just used markings from one of the Hasegawa kits; it takes a bit of adjustment but it can be done.
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Then here's the new RDF symbol for HG, done with this discussion specifically in mind:
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Very true; I just feel HG shot themselves in the foot on a lot of levels here (which i think you'd agree with me on).
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Said toys which are lagging behind the current crop of VF's that have far better detailing, transformation schemes and aren't just trapped in SDFM, to mention a few points of my own...
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Maybe they should consider Macross then and abandon RT!
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Yeah, that's the rub right there! Shipping can turn a 2 dollar part into a 12 dollar one! And when you only paid 5 bucks for the kit, that is often more than one's better half can tolerate. o.o Anyways, setting that aside right now: got an early birthday gift from a friend that I'm currently working on: My progress so far: Wish I had this kit when I built the "Storm Attacker" version; I think i like the carriers on this better, as well as the booms! Anyways, this means I can now fix the Storm Attacker into solid position and leave it that way, while having both versions for photography. Stay tuned...
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Haven't seen any that aren't ridiculously expensive (the kit was 10 dollars back when i lived in Colorado a couple of years ago). Yeah. amen to that! Revellogram F-14 kits have stupid thin canopies on them; sneeze and they break. Looking on Ebay now, but the wife is freaking out over bills this month, getting me to see a doctor (tummy issues), and just life in general. Now's not the time for me to rock the boat, or I may need a "new canopy"! lol What's nice though is picclick: saves me a lot of trouble looking for stuff on ebay! Just wish they had it for the other sales sites...