CrossAir

Quite an expensive purchase but it looks so damn awesome at this size! So glad I finally got one:

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2 hours ago, eXis10z said:

Aw man. Found a local listing that’s brand new and below retail and was thinking of pulling the trigger. How much of a dealbreaker is it that the ankles don’t match? Doesn’t stand well?

Mine here has the issue. But it stands well and if not for this forum here I wouldn‘t have ever noticed there is something wrong at all. I think it‘s about if you’re a perfectionist or not. As for me, I don’t care and I’m totally happy with it.

Arrived right before Christmas 😄

2 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

That came out really nice. The NUNS works on this.

Great job!

24 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Damn that looks great! I'm glad to see the old Tomahawk is still in service well into the NUNS era. 

Thanks! And yes, the Tomahawk does fit in nicely with my Frontier DX valks on display 🙂

Finished my work on the Tomahawk today: Panel lining, water decals, smoked gunbarrels, slightly dusted feet and a final matte coating.

As I don't like the huge markings on the U.N.Spacy Destroids I went for a N.U.N.S. version with smaller ones.

Mine arrived too. Think I gonna give it some panel lining and a matte coating. And gladly I have some left over decals for the VF-0A, these seem to fit 😉

On 6/13/2022 at 2:49 PM, sh9000 said:

Extreme-Sets 1/12 scale Building 3.0 Diorama.

Love this one, but unfortunately I would not have space for displaying it. But anyway, thanks for the inspiration: 😉

This one may fit somehow.

@ThomWow, you lift her high up soaring in the sky. Wenn I look at my heavy chogokin Yamato it looks like it’s grounded on those flat stands.

3 minutes ago, arbit said:

Keep looking, he's there 😉

Ok, now I got him 🧐😇

Don't know what to say! This is so cool. All these little details. A bit sad you gave Roy no airtime 😉(or did I miss it?)

4 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Figure is complete, the weapon array will keep me busy for a while.

@electric indigoShe's looking great! Your first post some time ago made me watch the series so I can say she really looks like the original.

1 hour ago, arbit said:

Fantastic paint job @CrossAir!  I'm not a car guy, but would love to see more photos of the paint job on that pickup. The sub header should be, "When Toyota designs cars for American tastes." You won't see that car on Japanese streets!

Even your painting from 20 ears ago shows you're a natural.  I like the delicate spray of camouflage over the base paint. 

@arbitThanks, I relly totally forgot about that tank. Can't even remember spraying the camouflage.

Concerning the pickup you won't see a vehicle in this configuration on my country's street either. I'd love to get this one for real. For the Paint job only three colors (champagne metallic, black and clear red for the rear lights) were needed but my main fear was how to get the color evenly on such a big surface with TS spray cans. Never sprayed such a big parts lately. In the end lots of sanding and several thin layers worked out. By the way I went with a matte finish for the body so the chrome parts stand out a little more. A hassle were the parts that come fully chromed like the rims or bumpers which should be partly or completely painted black. Getting rid of the chrome without damaging the surfaces was no fun especially on those partly painted parts.

Here's a pic before clear coating:

Here some more, but I don't know, on the pictures if you look closely the color does not turn out as smooth as in reality at all 🤔

That are some awesome builds and projects you guys shown here over the past months. I tried to follow up but now after going through this thread I see I missed out several of them.

With several interruptions I'm glad I was able to finish my "little" project today which had started beginning of January. After a long time not a static model but a RC pickup truck: Toyota Tundra High-Lift from Tamiya.

Good thing was that I had lots of drying time before adding each layer of primer, color or coating to the cab so I'm really pleased with the paint job in the end.

And while searching for my old 4-channel receiver I stumbled over my next project: A dusty 1/25 RC Panther - Started building back in the 2000s but somehow never finished it. Details like smoke on the gun and exhaust pipes as well as panel lining, weathering and clear coat are missing and I have to rework some of the decals, too.

6 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

That's cool!  So nice to see other online stores giving cool things like that. It's better than postcard or KitKat, I suppose.  

By the way, seeing that the store is in Ireland based on the dotcom advertised on the mouse pad. Can I ask how long the interval on their stocks to come in if the item, let's say, got released this week in Japan? Just want to compare if it' the same as US shops (e.g. BBTS)?

Thanks in advance.

As far as I'm concerned their stocks came in approx. 3 to 6 weeks after the item was available in Japan. The Gullzwerg Kit for example, I think it was available in Japan around beginning of December, I got the in stock notice end of January. Or for Metal Build Freedom Concept 2 I got availability beginning of October, I think in Japan it was in store around August/September. Then release date for the DX VF-25 Worldwide Anniv. afaik is May 2022 in Japan, Hobby Frontline lists it with May-June.

But as I'm located in Europe ordering from them prevents me from high customs charges and increased shipping costs if ordered directly from Japan. So it is worth the wait. 

4 hours ago, General Rasp said:

The Metal Composite RX is a great figure. That is the figure I use for my RX representation. Is that a mouse pad in the lower right?  

Yes, it’s a mouse pad. It was included as a goodie from the shop I ordered from 🙂

At the end of the month some nice things came in... and finally my first RX-78

18 minutes ago, VF-Zero said:

 but Macross 7 was in total was a train wreck....

Agreed. Though I liked the idea of the main protagonists fight together as a rock band, the story was lame. After half of the episodes it was hard for me to go on and watch until the (for me) unsatisfying end. And the valks didn’t catch me as well. I like most of the characters though. I think I would get the other two band members as well if available.

Quick delivery from amiami 😃

26 minutes ago, ErikElvis said:

Just paid for Basara and Mylene at amiami.  

Yeah, I’m just waiting for the combined shipping costs 🙂

Some years ago I nearly bought all my stuff via NY, even got my DX Kairos from them in the end. But it started in the mid of last year when they cancelled a figure without notice and not responding to the ticket I sent. In August they luckily shipped out my Metal Build Dynames. But then my local customs department sent it accidentally back to NY. It seems the papers did not reach customs in time. Japan Post tracking information stated the package had been delivered to NY but although I tried to get in contact with them several times I never got any response. Now with the latest outcome I'll be left with a loss of over 200 bucks.

I had already given up on this, but I just noticed one of my favorite European stores has it listed as well by now. https://hobbyfrontline.com/product/dx-chogokin-vf-25-messiah-valkyrie-worldwide-anniv/

So I’m happy I didn’t get through on any of the local Japanese sites ‘cause now I won’t have to pay tax and custom fees and shipping costs are just 15 € 😃.

@MechTech it’s getting better and better with every post. This will be a pretty cool diorama.

Searched for the re-release of Tamiyas‘ Grasshopper and found this thing! Now I wish for lots of snow at Christmas! 😃

@Urashiman scratch building would be good to hone your skills. As for me this would be no option and I would scrap this kit as it is not that much expensive anyway.

@joscasle Another gorgeous looking weathered machine! Wished I had the skills to do so.

18 minutes ago, Rock said:

Officially OFF the workbench!

Many defect but, I think I did alright in blending them together with the weathering. See if you can find the 30+ painted yellow touchup on the decals I had to do after chipping them when removing my masking. 😮

Difficulty in making the canopy clear on this on after the decal's application. Tried the Testors "Wet Look" Lacquer... had horrible issues with bubbles forming on the parts during curing. Back to poly urethane clears for the next one.

I don’t see any defect, only a damn good looking sv51 in fighter mode!