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14 hours ago, peter said:
I'd be surprised if it came in under $1,000, though $299 would be nice
I hope not! I think they will struggle to move a model kit (even one this awesome) for $1K. I am keen as mustard for this but I'm not throwing a thousand bucks at it.
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Bump.
Anyone who orders before 02MAR18 gets 10% off shipping
-brett
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On 2/20/2018 at 11:59 AM, Goodman Models said:
yea! looking forward to these!
Well some are available already!
BTW new artwork for the 72 scale version:
- Brett
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But by Great Ceasar's Ghost is it expensive!
A Hasegawa VF-1A/J/S cleanskin is 1600 yen or so. A super thunderbolt is 2800 or there abouts. I mean I will get one, but at those prices i can only afford to get one!
-Brett
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14 hours ago, arbit said:
Is there a safe way to clean the Humbrol Clear off my current cockpit and start over?
Is it enamel or acrylic? You could try a bath of isopropyl for a few hours and see how that goes.
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I recently managed to get my hands on Mike's repop of the Moscato Hobby Models Glaug in 1/72. I have a had a quick look through the big box o resin that showed up at my house of Friday. There is a heap of parts in this bad boy! I have started clean up already but it might take a while before I am at the painting stage. I thought I might start on the arm cannons first.
It's a great kit and a real bargain too if you missed out on the original release.
-Brett
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I have packets ready so I guess this means that the 1/48 scale VF-1 masking sets are officially in production!
These 48 scale sets use double the masking material but are only priced 50% more. Each set is AUD $8.25 incl postage within Australia. International orders need to add a flat AUD$3.00 regardless of how many sets are ordered.
Anyone interested can send me a pm here or at returntokitform@gmail.com.
Cheers,
Brett
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How did I mess this topic? That sure sounds like a fail there Hasegawa. Though it is nice to know even the big boys get it wrong occasionally.
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I think I have your three covered
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8 hours ago, wmkjr said:
FYI I own the patterns for the seated pilot in that link - man who owns which of the Captains patterns can be confusing
- Brett
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Good news! The files for the 1/48 VF-1A/J/S DTRL Canopy (Part N1) have been finalised and will include inner and outer masks. I just have to print up some labels and get cutting. With some luck these should be hitting the streets in a week or two tops!
- Brett
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I would be keen to hear about this as well. Most of the places I have heard about charge and enormous amount of money for just a few very small items.
- Brett
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Tonight I mocked up the pod to the custom Red Gum base. Pretty happy so far.
There is still more work to be done on the legs before I move onto all of the EW kit. Although eventually I am going to have to face up to fixing the paint issue on the top of the body
- Brett
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Do you have moulds? You know that there are people (me) who prefer John's proportions over the Wave kits, who can't get there hands those kits after selling them in a fit of madness (also me)?
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On 2/9/2018 at 7:19 PM, kajnrig said:
@captain america did you ever make Destroids? I thought you only ever made Zentraedi mecha and that one human one that I always mistake for a Zentraedi mecha. Unless @big F's reference is just flying way above my head...
Bask in the exquisite workmanship
On another note thank god that the wave kits are being reissued. The current scalper prices are redonkulous!
- Brett
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Teaser.
-Brett
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3 hours ago, big F said:
I wish someone would so a 1/72 scale Metran power armor.... Hint Hint!!
Me too and it i s on the list. Just got to knock a few projects out of the way first. Canopy masks, The N-Ger and aome Zentran Infantry are ahead of the Q-Rau.
-Brett
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1 hour ago, big F said:
Did you manage to get the standing Zentran Figure that John produced ?
I would love to get my hands on another one, failing that the one for the fighter.
Unfortunately no. Mike Salzo picked up both the standing infantry soldier and the officer/Kamjin kit as well as the Glaug. Send him a PM as he normally has a few kits cast up or good molds available. Hus prices are pretty resonable as well.
I do have the pilot which is good for both the cockpit Regult and Gnerl which is available if you want one.
- Brett
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More progress on the 1/48 VF -1 DYRL style masks. These are pretty much finalised except for working out how the fron mask will be packaged (single piece, multi piece, solid, outline etc).
But the question remains; do people want mask to be able to paint the internal canopy frames as well? Or just the outside?
- Brett
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15 hours ago, kajnrig said:
I'm sure any extra masking can be done by the modeler themselves. But I don't have any experience with canopy masks; do other makers make their masks fit the entire canopy or just the essential outline like this? (I'd have thought the latter, which would honestly be a better way to go IMO, but again, I don't have any experience using masks.)
Where/when will these (both the 1/72 and 1/48 VF-1 masks, and/or any future products) be sold? The RTKF Facebook store?
Its a mixed bag on how the masks are designed, at least from what I can see. Some provide just the outline, some the whole canopy but in multiple parts. For F-16 canopies I have seen them as four part (left, right, front and rear) others as single or multiple part outlines. I'll have to modify the above example to be two parts as it was a bit fiddly to handle and had a habit of folding over and lightly sticking itself. The 1/72 version didn't have that problem but looked a bit ugly once applied as the middle creases up. The outline version looks nicer but will be extra work. To me it looks like there is no silver bullet...
We sell via the Facebook Store, here eBay (although prices are higher there to try and cover fees etc) but basically any where that have us!
At the moment we only have the Gnerl/Regult resin kits for sale but I am beavering away on these masks as well. That said keep your eyes out for another kit to come in the next couple of months.
- Brett
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On 2/5/2018 at 2:09 AM, arbit said:
Awesome. Where were you when I needed you!
Probably doing the same as you - wondering why no one made canopy masks for Macross kits!
While I wait for feedback from the samples I sent NZEOD I have started work on the set for the 1/48 VF-1 DYRL Canopy.
Which turned out pretty well for what is in effect a first try. Next up to sort out the rear panel, and start on the TV canopy version. Speaking of which at this scale masks for canopy interior might be necessary as well due to the thickness of the plastic and size of the part.
What are people thoughts on that?
-Brett
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Great Lookin Dora Herve!
- Brett
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59 minutes ago, MechTech said:
The Tequila Gunner's gun barrels were both horrible. The smaller, auxiliary cannon had a ejection mark right into the barrel. So the easiest thing was to lathe a new one. It has a 1/16" bore that I rammed a smaller Dremmel bit into to create rifling. Same thing with the main gun. It was actually squarish or oval depending on what part of it you looked at. So I machined a new one for it too. I also made it a little longer. Likewise, I also made rifling marks inside of it too. Nearly done with the construction parts now. - MT
Turning your own barrels? That totally next level - right on MT!
-Brett
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Just getting my files in order. Gives you some idea of what is coming up in the future.
- Brett
Max Factory 1/20(!) VF-1S/A Hikaru
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That Prime 1 VF-1J is ridiculous
Woah that's gonna be a stretch