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For all of you that though that I'm retired from modelling, let me prove that you were wrong! Since my baby daugther born in July, I don't have any time for nothing, but I try to take advantage of any free moment that I have, even if they are just few minutes. So don't expect too much from me this year neither.

So, here is my lastest work, one of my first GK purchased here in MW, 8 years ago. This is the original Launch Arm developed by Gundamhead & Jesse. VF-1 obviously is a Hasegawa, the box was made with 2 H-Hanger by Wave, and the Frame and other details were scratchbuilt, based in the following lineart:

Model was painted with Mr. Color paints, Valk is detachable due some magnets in the Arm, and in fact, I prefer to display just the Valk in home, and keep the Launch Arm just for exhibitions, just to avoid bending in the arm, due the weight of the Valk.

Special thanks to WM Cheng and Jefuemon for inspiring my work in this model with their own Launch Arm versions.

Hope do you like it!!

I'm interested but only for a 1/72 kit, unpainted and unassembled.

Gorgeous!!

If you only have the chance to make a Q-Rau....

Roger that!

I felt in love with Gigapower's Guttur, so I just bought it. Now I'll have to wait 1 month or so until their arrive. Also, I was ready to buy the Generation Toys Gravity Builders, but reading about The Toy World's Devastator... I think I'll wait. Gravity Builder looks great and even better as Devastator than TW, but, TW is more cartoon accurate and it has 12 cms more... And talking about Devastator... Bigger is better!! Anyway, does somebody know what is the height of each TW constructicon?

Nice... Very nice!!

I just realize that HLJ doesn't have anymore any of Bandai's Star Wars model kits... Anybody knows why?

Oh, how I'll miss you Cap!!

Perfect to my eyes!

Pure greatness!!!

Fantastic!! Hope to see soon all parts together!!

Great!!

This is going fast!! It looks fantastic!

But this kit will have a bitter taste, knowing that it will be the last... You leave us dreaming with Macross kits so important like Q-Rau or a SDF-1 Hase-Smasher-TV version.

John, you're the best thing that may happened to Macross & Mospeada Garage Kit History. We love you man!!

Great job! Doesn't look like 1/144!!

John, Macross modeling will never be the same without you. I really hope someday you'll find the time to do another project: You owe us a Q-Rau and a proper TV SDF-1!!

John mentioned a 1/3000 SDF-1, so it will be not directly a "replacement" for Hase's SDF-1.

Now, it's sanding time!

Every day I feel less enthusiast about this SDF-1. I really like to have both SDF-1 versions in the same scale, but as somebody said few posts ago, we make model kits because we worry about details and accuracy, and obviously this kit doesn't comply with that expectations.

I have the old resin kit seen in the previous posts, but I know that yours will be far better. Keep the hard work!!

Hope you receive last payments soon, I want to see more news!

Who have three?

Already in the modeling stages.

You're right Gubaba. In fact, we need just to see how the decals are present in the box illustration: that kind of details doesn't appear in the animation or linearts.

Has anyone else noticed that on Tenjin-san's artwork, you can't see the mistaken front end? Tinfoil hat time, but do you think Hasegawa knew they were making that error and didn't want to draw attention to it?

This make sense to me, because if the box shows something that is not actually present in the kit, costumers could accuse them for "cheating publicity"

One kit without painting in 1/72 to me, please.