pengbuzz

Hmmm... one thing I would have to say is: if humans had an inherent bent towards violence, would it be fair to say that the bent was from the Engineers' own bent (seeing as it was their DNA that was propigated on the primitive Earth)? And if that is true, then could it be one reason they sought to wipe humanity off the planet is to erase a reminder of their own inherent flaws? It's conjecture based on your assessment here, admittedly. But how often do we see in stories that those who have lofty expectations often deride their "inferiors" (or children as the case may be in a sense here) and exact harshness on them when they turn out to be a dark, distant mirror of themselves?

Yeah...there's that too!

Some good idead going on here so far. Also... Whatever happeneded to Kaifun (Minmei's "cousin"/ antagonist/ jerk)? *runs*

Well, there was that time in The UN Spacy Academy when all of us went to the bar and picked a fight with a bunch of Zolans who thought they were hot stuff. The next day, you couldn't remember the name of the bar, and the Commandant was demanding an answer, threatening to send us all to the Micross colony.

OUCH!! That's gotta stink like nothing else! One thing I used to do on stuff like that is drill a hole from one side to the other (through where the knee post would go), push in some rod, then cut flush, glue and touch up pint. but seeing as I've never done a Hase Battroid (and yours is even more complicated with the wires), I'm probably not imagining it correctly at all.

How about you just weather it there so it's "afterburner dark burnt" whatever metallic paint you want?

Same, and I can see why Bandai did it on the old ones: when I converted the VF-1 I had over to a single-nose design, reworking it to plug in the legs was a royal pain in the caboose. No wonder they used a hunky metal swing bar on the chunky 1/55!!!

Honestly, I would trade out those plastic hip joints for some metal rod or something. That looks hella weak (not your fault!).

That looks like Flat Light Aircraft Grey; this chart may help: https://hobbylandbg.com/colourtable

Man, Derex! That one is just cursed it seems! I had that happen with one of my models in the past: I ended up simply scuff-sanding it smooth, using steel wool to remove any residual paint crack marks and then repainting it. I hope you can do liekwise with this, but I'm honestly sorry that you're going through hell here!

So any of us doing kitbashes and mods on our 1/55 "chunky's" are actually following the manufacturer's recommendations? COOL.

That was my point: they want more of the original story rather than what Macek tried with the Sentinels (even though it ended). Most of the fans are just plain nuts though, and from what I've seen, living in a fantasy world of a fantasy world that never existed. Very true: HG could never come up with anything close to the original animation from SDFM. But I consider cheapness not just being unwilling to spend money, but in lacking integrity and resorting to taking shortcuts as well (as you mentioned previously: quality is expensive). Macek was extremely cheap in taking credit for what was not his to begin with, and I thinkt that had someone other than HG gotten Macross (the other two I could care less about), they might have handled it a bit better. But we'll never know. In hindsight: the only thing HG is good at is the BS department. On a side note: when I found out sometime later that not only was Macross orignally a separate entity, but actually had more material, sequels, stories and a brighter future timeline than RT, that's when I made the jump to Macross and never looked back.

I just obtained a 1/55 "Jetfire" (late surprise birthday gift thanks to the stimulus paymet!) and will be looking into printing this at some point! Thank you so much for this; it really helps, and I hope you can develop the super / strike armor!

Sounds like a good part of the issue is the fans wanting the original story over...and over...and over... and over... ad nauseum... (The rest is HG being both cheap and incompetent)

I had this happen on the SDF-1 I had several years back (before my brother destroyed it on me) How to repair: 1) Take apart each chest piece (one at a time), and set the metal pieces aside in a container, with screws in another. You may want to photograph each step so you can document how parts go together. 2) unscrew the shoulder peg from black plate in the white shoulder piece. 3) obtain either a solid piece of ABS sprue the same size, or PVC from your local hardware store (Home Depot or the like). 4) if the piece is solid, drill a hole slightly smaller than the shoulder screw into the plastic; otherwise, drill out where the center post was, being careful NOT TO DAMAGE either the gearteeth on the front, or the screw post for the shoulders to come together on the other side. 5) Using Devcon Plastic Welder (epoxy is too brittle and super glue has ZERO shear strength), glue the new post into place from the REVERSE side. This way, you don't have to dig dried adhesive out of the gear teeth. Set up straight with tape to hold the post straight and let cure for 24 hours. 6) Once cured, measure to the old post length, cut and lightly sand the end to smooth it. insert and tighten screw GENTLY to prep the post to accept it when assembled. 7) Once you're certain it will work, reassemble the blue chest piece, then reassemble the black shpoler piece to the shoulder post and screw together. THen reasemble the white shoulder piece around it.

Same here about 7; I'd love to see what became of Fire Bomber! Yeah; while I think Minmay and Hikaru wouldn't have worked out (amongst other things), that doesn't mean that she woulnd't ever find someone.

He was also in the movie "FX" with Bryan Brown, as well as "FX2". A remarkable actor who conveyed a sense of presence in any role he did. His daughter, Elizabeth Dennehey, played Lt. Cdr. Shelby in Star Trek:TNG ("Best of Both Worlds" Pts. 1 and 2). RIP Brian.

Right? Hopefully at that point, I'd be able to buy it!

Agree with you both; whenever I have to use my rotary tool, I constantly have to shift back and forth. Royal pain in the...ahem.

Actually, you're doing fine. You just need to keep going and build the color; I would recomment two more layers where you focus on the venters of the panels themselves and deliberately leave the edges, then do a covering layer all over of thinned-out base color to bring it all together.

That depends on what point in the series you're asking Lisa Hayes about him. If early on, she's liable to use the Daedalus Maneuver on you when you're not looking.

A story is only "concluded" as long as those who wrote it deem it so; specifically speaking, a person's "story" continues as long as they are alive. As far as the story being "finished", I remember a certain Sci-Fi series that ended and then began again with a series of movies a decade later. I think it was called... "Star Trek". Folks may disagree; that is their right. But ti is my right to disagree with their disagreement. And I say... "This is Megaroad-1; Captain Misa Ichijo calling.... thank heaven we were finally able to get through! We have a priority message for the Unity Government."

Let's face it: as soon as they were sure they were out of earth range, Misa strangled Minmay.

I don't know if this will help, but I found this:

A shame they didn't re-do the whole series like this...unless I'm missing something here.