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  1. pengbuzz
    UPDATE: Well, I have a transform going for the Macross. it's still a bit rough, but I'm working out some stuff: I need to get the arms to where the Daedalus and Prometheus are alongside the fortress and closer in. Also, waiting on materials to manufacture new booms. Once the structural issues are addressed, then I'll get into correcting some details and making everything match up a bit better. Stay tuned...
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    Yeah; it matches up on the storm attacker but not on the cruiser mode. Like the valkyrie, it seems to change proportions when transforming! So, I'm just going ahead and scratching two new booms here, so that they match up and scale to cruiser mode. That should also relieve the "bottom heavy" look of attacker mode. To achieve the transform, I'm doing a "frame" that the legs and shoulders/ chest attaches to, like the 1/3000 Yammie version. That way, only the center part has to rotate and it should keep everything stable for the booms to transform.
  3. pengbuzz
    UPDATE: some pics- Well, for one thing: I cut out the openings in the main engines on the feet. I wanted to do my own, not the dubious detail on there: I also decided Prometheus needed a smooth surface, as the engraved lines were enormous! I also began work on the body and the Bridge; I plan on doing a clear bridge when I get the materials: Shins needed some work: I had everything together overall, and for a moment thought maybe to leave the thing in Storm Attacker mode. But y'know...those booms do look kinda thin. When I did the comparison to cruiser mode, NOTHING matched up on the booms... And try as I might: the temptation to make a transform finally got me: (Including new booms carved from wood. Guess I shoulda gotten a 1/5000 cruiser as well, but I only had enough money from a recent gig I did to get this). Stay tuned folks...
  4. pengbuzz
    Okay...it's HERE: I just got this one in today from Kelsain (awesome Macrossworld member to do business with!) with some money I was finally able to scrape together. It's the Arii 1/5000 scale Macross. The model has some issues (Kelsain received it in that condition, as did I) with size of some parts, missing details, lacking elbow articulation on the arms, and some parts that were glued together wrong. I removed the chest thrusters and placed them into the correct position; unfortunately, a few bits from the chest broke off, but I'm planning on gluing in some styrene to correct this issue. As for the elbows... I have a couple of joints here that should suffice quite nicely. Meantime, I'm working on a transform for this one that will allow for cruiser mode and storm attacker mode. These are the plans I was working with, but they don't seem to square up with cruiser mode: Stay tuned folks... the storm is here....
  5. pengbuzz
    I'm so sorry bro... if I lived near you, I'd just rebuild the joints for you and give you a second chance on this.
  6. pengbuzz
    Bro, that sucks!!! I'm trying to think of a way to salvage this for you; I had a similar incident with a solvent and a transformable model. Is it possible to clean where the joints joined with isopropyl alcohol and use soemthing like Devcon plastic welder to rebuild the joints?
  7. pengbuzz
    Awesome weathering and diorama! On a side note, I kinda expect to see "zzzzzzz" above it, like it took a nap or something!
  8. pengbuzz
    They tried. but they couldn't get them started up.Then the planes had trouble as well.
  9. pengbuzz
    Maybe Maverick will get in the plane using a wire from the ceiling....while Val uses a walker.
  10. pengbuzz
    Yup on all counts! Here's the extended version of the title song:
  11. pengbuzz
    I wish they'd bring that show back. A lot in the storyline that needed to be resolved, and a lot of potential that wasn't tapped.
  12. pengbuzz
    Lol! Well, the UMM-7 Micro-missile launchers are finally done for my Strike Valk (about time, right?). Looking forward to the SDF-1 Macross!
  13. pengbuzz
    double post.
  14. pengbuzz
    Guess what I finally got around to building?
  15. pengbuzz
    And Cruise jumping all over the chairs, yelling while Oprah is watching in shock.
  16. pengbuzz
    Definitely; with the economy right now, "scrounging for work" can be worse than trying to find a photo-etched detail part in a shag rug!
  17. pengbuzz
    Interesting, Arbit! Looking to see where you take this idea. BTW: speaking of Yamato (and several other animes): has anyone ever noticed that many of the shows are a bunch of "bad guy ships" chasing around ONE "good guy ship"?
  18. pengbuzz
    Yup, although admittedly I was pretty skeptical even while getting them out of the hard drive. Quite a bit rides on those magnets' ability to hold the Strike Valk in place!
  19. pengbuzz
    Okay; what they need to do is scrap the movie, take the actors salaries that they would have paid them, sue HG and Sony for the rights to everything "Macross" in (insert unmentionable series here), then make a Macross movie and tell Cruise he can get together with John Travolta and remake "Battlefield Earth" or something.
  20. pengbuzz
    As promised, here are the pics: (Sorry for the blurriness) Near as I can tell, it won't shake off the launch arm. Just need to do some more details on the arm (the "grab fingers" I suppose) and it should eb all set.
  21. pengbuzz
    While I'm waiting for my next project to get here (and hopefully for a chance to get my own pc fixed), I got the chance to get my hands on some rare earth magnets. So, after popping off the backpack for my "Starfighters" Strike Valk, I glued them in via hot melt glue and put some on the boom end of my launch arm dio. I hope to have pis as soon as the glue dries and I can test it out. Stay tuned...
  22. pengbuzz
    Okay, this DESERVES a Necropost. I know Jay-Lew hasn't been around in quite some time. of what has happened to him. But the level of work that went into this is simply monumental (like the subject he modeled in this topic!).
  23. pengbuzz
    That reminds me: once I get my pc back up, I need to fix Breetai's jaw. Needs to be a bit longer...
  24. pengbuzz
    I saw on this link the colors used for the Bandai 1/72 VF-1A/S kit, and they had paint instructions: http://www.mech9.com/2013/07/bandai-172-vf-1as-valkyrie-construction.html I saw that one called for Aqueous Hobby Color "Cream Yellow" (H34) and a "pinch of Orange Yellow" (H24). I wonder if this could work, with a slight amount of white to correct to the final hue?
  25. pengbuzz
    I'd go about 8mm and include some sort of thin padding. JMO.
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