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Asking 48$? Okay, thanks for the info.

This is probably a stupid request, but I looked op junker Mospeada Leigoss Fighters on Ebay, and I wanted to know what a fair price for a junker would be. I'm considering selling the one I have on MW (really do not want to deal with ebay!), but I don't want to be ridiculous about it (or sell something no one wants). This is the one I have: Missing: left arm, head, cockpit/nose and gunpod. So, what would be okay to ask for this? Thanks, -PB

Thanks for the info, borgified! And yeah: Evolution toys really needs to fire their designers; as for the model kit, i had the "GoBots leader-1" version in the 80's and that was just a disaster.

Some progress: Adding some more planes (Four A-4 Skyhawks now, after 9 Tomcats and one Intruder), and the rigging is redone (all metal Mast now): Stay tuned folks...

It's not exactly Macross, but I recently came across this: Definitely from Mospeada; looks like it would be "Rook's" (don't know her name aside from Robotech) Alpha. Missing the head, canopy/cockpit and one arm.; they appear snapped off at the joints. I picked this up on a lark (didn't find the other parts though), and I'm undecided on whether to try to restore it (no money for parts) or simply sell it (maybe someone here could use it?). One side of the cockpit hinge is clean busted off, so I'd have to find one with the same kind of joint were i to do so. Since I know they had larger and smaller ones (it says "Gaiken made in Singapore), this is most likely the larger one (metal landing gear and click joints).

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Some progress on my project: I removed the mast-work I previously did, as some of it wasn't shaped right. I also want to put it back on once all the major stuff is done, so as to avoid damaging the fine stuff. At any rate, I set this in a foam base that has painted crumpled tin-foil glued down to it; I'll do the detail-painting, additions of white-caps and resin water later to make the ocean look more like water. Meantime, I started adding some custom-made aircraft to the ship, as well as fire vehicles, the rolling crane and the tow vehicles on deck. Finally, even though it's just set on there right now and not in permanent position, is the ship's coat-of-arms, set into an old barometer housing that thought would look naval and add a nice touch. Stay tuned folks...

Say it ain't so, numbnuts!!! RIP Gunney...

My two cents worth: as long as HG has a deathgrip on the rights in North America, manga, anime, live action movie and just about anything else isn't going to work very well here. Aside from the issues that have already been talked to death about HG, they just are not very good at promoting anything, period.

The Kitchen Sink: I plan on doing this ship as "a diorama within a diorama within a diorama"; that is, the hangar deck will be something of a diorama (with a plane being brought out to the elevator), the flight deck being a diorama (complete with people, we'll see how I pull that one off!), and the ship underway on the ocean. On another note: in SDFM, the Prometheus and Daedalus are considerably larger than CVN-65 (and all modern carriers even today), and they are mounted on the SDF-1!!! (Just something for folks to think about when it comes to scale in Macross) Stay tuned folks... I think I may feel "the need for speed" very soon...

Speaking of which... After I had done the painting of the carrier (USS Enterprise), I realized I did not have a model of that carrier. Nor did I have the 23 dollars to purchase one. Longing and frustration began to set in until I could stand it no more... It didn't look like much, but then again, when did THAT ever stop me? So I continued... And well... see what you think: Work on the mast is going right now... it's a royal pain though: Stay tuned...

Really looking good there! I like that you're painting in the red rather than any sort of decal for it (haven't worked with the Nu-BGS Moebius kits, so I'm not sure what they come with!).

Thanks.

lol! House is probably filled with kits now, right? On another note folks: had to fix my previous post, as my pics in that one turned into links. (I HATE when that happens!)

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Speaking of Tomcats, I recently came back to a project that had been pretty much dead in the water: This one had suffered a serious disaster with it's canopy shattering on me (and some other stuff going wrong). After searching around and asking folks if anyone had a canopy for this, I was about ready just to throw it away (I was not interested in doing a "wrecked" version, as this had been a very meaningful birthday gift that meant a lot to me). Losing this one really hurt, so much so I was pretty much in tears over it. Having exhausted all possible answers (I asked on here, Facebook and other places),I finally contacted Round2 Models. While I was hoping they had the canopy parts I needed, I didn't have much hope: I didn't see the model available on their store anymore, and could not find it in the brick and mortars I went to anywhere. That was December of last year I put in the request. 3 weeks ago, I got a box from Auto World, with a new canopy AND an interesting "sheet" that had wax paper over it. 2 days ago, this crystallized: Then I got really bored and started thinking of stuff to add: Stay tuned folks...

Yeah; someday if I find one, I'd like to super-detail it and do it up right. For the one I had years ago, I scratched up a pilot and RIO. Ahh... those were the days lol

Yeah... this would be a dream come true. But finances just don't allow for a set like this in my family, so... I got this one: The thing is though: when you're a pengbuzz (such as I happen to be), and you have paints, tools and parts from a ton of stuff over the years, things, er.... ...tend to happen: Used to be Trendmasters...now it's "PengbuzzMastered"

Okay folks...emerging from out under my rock to show everyone what I've been toiling on: Our intrepid hero when we last saw him... I did some work on the hips and thighs; essentially, I replaced them with a new system that allows the hips to spread out a bit and rotate the thighs so the feet aren't "dead ahead". Also lengthened the thighs a bit to bring it more in parity with the animation version: ] I also took the opportunity to rework blazing sword a bit: I sanded down the chrome peeling on the blade, lengthened the handle and scratched up the wrist guard for the hilt (complete with crest): Little bit of a closer look: Working on the blade now...this pic is before I redid it yet again and baked some chrome paint onto it: The spinning laser blade was a bit of a disaster; the chrome on it (as you can see) looked like someone had tried to sand it off. The sticker in the middle just looks bad...as in really dumb: So, we just nuked all the chrome with easy-off: Then made a new plate for the middle: Did some chrome paint on it and painted the middie in prep for more work: Did out a proper cross center for it: (Painted that) And some detail work: How it looks now (with red center added, just need a clear gem to glue onto it): And where the project stands now (Sword isn't as shiny with chrome paint on it, but shinier than plain silver): Stay tuned folks...

Now you just need a decal on the side of it that says "Judy" lol. Seriously though, very nice!

I did! Thanks so much! I hope likewise for you and your family!

Thanks Thom! I also repainted the red on the chest, as that was a sticker as well (Trendmasters really "cheaped out" on this one!) BTW: did ya ever get the card I sent ya?

Great start so far!

My latest: I got a Trendmasters Voltron for Christmas (had a defect in the Yellow Lion that I've since fixed). it wasn't in the best shape, as the parts all had issues. Well...had. : One of the frst things I did was to replace a peeling chest crest sticker (paper instead of chrome foil like on the Matchbox version) with a custom made crest in styrene with 3d relief and metallic colors: Yellow Lion (after repairing the faulty lock mechanism) got a repaint that took care of the "lime yellow" color they painted/ molded him in, and did the colors according to the cartoon specs: The other first thing I did was to repaint that face!!! It was silver with a blue headband in the show, so that's what I replicated (Seriously, where in the bleep did the blue face with the "rambo red" headband and the silver goatee come from?!): I also made a wrist guard for the sword (per the show as well) with the crest on it as well: And of course, I got the knees to work without dropping a leg or two off of Black Lion: I also repainted the hips (cartoon silver, instead of the "black boxers"): Coming up on the list of things to do is: reducing the size on the "boxes" for the hips and articulating them to have side motion as well (like GX-71), as well as redoing the thighs to make this approach GX-71 a bit more. Also in the works is giving Voltron a proper neck and making him able to look side to side, as well as waist motion. Stay tuned...

I'm gonna pass: I got my TV SDF-1 already, and it transforms, so I'm good.