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OOPS! Double post, and I just caught this!

Well, I was thinking about an SDF-1 at some point in the future... just gotta find one sometime when I have funds. But until then, I have a scratchbuild of a 1/72 Regult that I think i need to attend to.

Something of a "what if?", with my Strike Valkyrie (SVF-33) being launched during the final battle of Space War One...

More pics in my topic (so I don't blow this one up!).

UPDATE: Okay folks, some major progress happened between the last post and this one; you can find the progress starting here: At any rate, here are the final pics of this; I will be building the box missile launchers, but I wanted to get the display done, so here we go with a set of better photos: (Yeah, kinda fuzzy, huh?) With all of this done, I just have a few more "nit-picks" to do. "What's next?" you may ask? Normally, i would say "the world!!!", but I already took care of that one... In all seriousness: I'd like to thank: Thom (for resurrecting this project with his generosity) Derex3592 MechTech big F NZEOD sketchley xigfrid Arbit And everyone else who contributed suggestions to this, as well as moral support (let me know if I forgot anybody!) Thanks everyone!

BTW: did I mention that the keyboard has a Gerwalk mode?

Erm.... I don't have kids. o.o Yeah; it's a 1:1 scale MS "Natural" Keyboard mode kit by Microsoft. After getting it, I decided it looked too "toylike" and proceeded to weather it with artist's pastels, graphite pencil, acrylic paint, barbecue sauce, plastic welder, mustard, ketchup, charcoal pencils, magic marker, a few dabs of model cement and my own grubby fingers: I then sealed it with about 20-30 layers of clearcoat, chapstick, hairspray and the oils from my fingers. I'm really proud of this custom; it's the "centerpiece" of my collection.

UPDATE: Before I put shots up on my topic here or Facebook, I recall you kind folks wanting to see this with the Strike Valk on and deployed.... ...wish granted : Stay tuned...

Thanks so much; the encouragement and help the kind folks here have given me (Especially Thom with his generous gift!) got me well back on track with this. About now, said "pricks" should be needing some band-aids for their jaws if they have seen any of the pix online. Speaking of which, I was a little unhappy about how the central mount hub and arms came out, so I redid them: This one is both sets of arms mounted: I rebuilt the hub to look a bit more like it should; the white plastic in there is drying and will be trimmed up, sanded and painted tomorrow or so. I mounted the arms with some "U" shaped parts that physically bound them to the hub, then glued the striped cover plate over them and put filler in between them. The arms are only partially there due to the system I worked out to mount the valk to the arms: The arms detach on one side, and two plastic runners slide through the valkyrie under the Strike boosters: one fore and one aft. The rear one goes through a discretely-hidden hole through the backpack mount, under the boosters. Once in, they then connect to the remaining parts glued to the arm. The other side: The idea is to paint the arms the grey color about halfway (the taped parts), then paint the remaining arm "booster" color and black color where applicable. That way, unless one looks closely, the clamps only appear to grasp about halfway on the boosters, as they do on the plans and whatnot i have seen. Meanwhile, this should provide a secure connection that will only release when I want it to. On the subject of connections, I addressed an issue with the legs continually flopping down: I glued a post into the back of the leg armor, and set a poly-cap into where it normally would set in fighter mode. When connected, the legs will not flop down and the fighter is very stable. Stay tuned folks. Meantime, I will be updating the regular progress thread in a bit.

You may be right, but I really hope it doesn't go that way. As to the topic at hand: while it's tempting to go for a cheaper valk, I just would not be able to bring myself to do it (had I the funds).

I got some of the detailing for the Launch Arm in place today:

No worries man! It took me almost a year to get my 1/72 together, and that included some nasty disasters. Looking forward to some pics.

Thom, that looks just awesome! Really liking the weathering and paint-chipping effect ya got going there!

lol If I had the money, I might!

I'm sure folks here would love to get a few spares NZEOD.

I had to make my own (along with the RMS') when I decided to mount them to my valk. But that's a good question about where they come from.

Light Arm is pretty much done and set in place:

You know, you've got an excellent point there, NZEOD! I hadn't thought of that. Thanks! Sorry if I sounded a little defensive there; just want to make sure I'm not going outside the norms for this. Thanks Thom! And that SDF is looking really awesome Derex! I remember building the Revell "Attack Fortress" version, which I'd love to get again someday. A bit more progress on this (the plastic-coated foam blind slats I harvested really help in making this zip along):

NP MT! And thanks; the artwork I wasn't sure about until this morning when I could get a good look at it. It still needs a few more things. That said, I started the "Light Arm" for the launch dio: Generally, I'm following the basic plans for the Launch Arm and Light Arm, but I'm taking a few liberties on both. i figure while it's important to have all the major details on them, that I can get a little creative and vary slightly.

Every time I see your progress on this MT, my jaw just drops in sheer amazement!

Got some of the launch bay artwork done; a little crude, but I'm working in layers to achieve a desired effect. It'll sharpen and improve as I go:

That's definitely going to be a project for you to post!

I just watched it and thought it was a good end to the Maul/ Kenobi feud. BTW: Does anyone else think that just maybe, they may segue way after Rebels into the adventures of the Original Trilogy? I was thinking the parts between the movies.

LOL! Well, my secret is... MASKING TAPE. I found that when it is lightly sanded with 400-grit paper and then treated with Krylon Crystal Clear, the clearcoat seeps into it and hardens, making it far more resilient and durable. It also adheres it to the surface for pretty much eternity! That allows me to work a lot more quickly on projects that need detailing. But as far as "lunch time sunday"...it's Sunday 6pm where I am now. Admittedly, i do have a Tardis, but it's only a wooden one and about 6 inches tall.

Looks like the valkyrie plant's been working overtime! Looking good so far!