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  1. JNordgren42 started following 1/72 VF-1 Bushmaster Build Up , Macross 7 Discussion , Macross Lineart and Profile Color Scheme Art, Round II and 3 others
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    My journey on building my Hasegawa 1//48 VF-1S has gotten me back into watching Macross. The last thing I watched was Macross Zero around the time it originally came out and I never watched M7 so I decided to give it a try. While there were some bright moments and on the balance I enjoyed it, it was definitely a slog to get through all 50 episodes of the main series. There's a lot of repetition and whole episodes where the plot goes absolutely nowhere. There were a lot of interesting ideas and expansion of the universe, but I think they would have been much better served by focusing the narrative and streamlining things, I think they could have easily fit everything into a 25 episode run. That being said, I decided to skip all of the supplemental M7 stuff and jump into Macross Frontier and that is much more my speed.
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    Nice work on the flight deck crew so far! Is this 1/72 scale? If so where did you get your crew? I'm looking at options for when I get around to building my Phantom launch diorama and these look pretty nicely detailed.
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    Here are the final versions of the 3 views I did. I did some clean up and added a gradient to denote metallic leading edges on the flight surfaces.
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    Adding my "What If?" VF-1 Wolfpack USN scheme for the YF-19 to the thread. Line art is done in Illustrator based on the Hasegawa 1/48 instruction sheet. No shading except for a metallic gradient for the leading edges of the flight surfaces. The markings are scaled from the HAD Models 1/48 Wolfpack F-14 decal sheet and should in theory work on a the 1/48 Hase YF-19 (in fact, I have both the decals and model on order for a future build).
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    I finished up the bottom view:
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    It's probably going to be a bit, I'm planning on getting back to my Polar Lights 1/350 Refit USS Enterprise after this. It's a monster model and I'm doing a full custom lighting rig for it. But I'll probably use the YF-19 as a palette cleanser when I need a break from the Big E. Thanks! And that's neat info. It would have been cool to see a Wolfpack inspired theme in one of the shows. Thanks!
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    I'm in the final stages of my Hasegawa 1/48 VF-1S build in low visibility Jolly Rogers livery. I've had a lot of fun with the build and really expanded my repertoire of techniques. It's really rekindled my love of Macross and after rewatching Macross Plus, I really want to do a YF-19 build next. But me being me, I can't do an out of the box build and want to do something different again. So I'm delving back into the waters of the US Navy (pun intended) and the F-14 Tomcat that so heavily influenced the VF-1 design. The Jolly Rogers have always been my favorite aircraft livery, but the VF-1 (not to be confused with the Valkyrie) Wolfpack markings are also up there, especially the first high visibility iteration when they were the first squadron to get the Tomcat. In order to make sure it is feasible with the aftermarket Wolfpack decal sets available, I did a quick scaling exercise to see how the YF-19 might look with the iconic red wolf tail and nose flash. My OCD being what it is, that quick and dirty sketch ballooned into a full blown foray into an Illustrator line drawing. The lines are based on the paint guide included in the Hasegawa 1/48 YF-19, and I'm really liking how it looks in the white, light gull grey, and red markings. So without further ado, I give you my alternate dimension YF-19: assigned to US Navy Fighter Squadron VF-1, call sign Wichita 100 I still need to do the bottom at some point, but I'm confident I can get the paint job done with the available decals. Here is the inspiration for the design. VF-1 was the first squadron to receive the F-14 Tomcat, I love the old high visibility markings with the stark red on the grey and white. The radome tan nose is a nice little touch and I included it on the YF-19 livery:
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    One last update for the weekend. I finished the first round of detail painting on the head. I'll clear coat it the figure tomorrow and start on adding some depth.
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    That's a really nice set of conversion parts, fantastic job all around.
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    I got the pilot all cleaned up and put together, seams filled, base coat down, and the first round of detail painting done on the body. I also got the head base coated with yellow for the shell as a nod to the old school Jolly Rogers livery. The visor was based on gloss black, then had a very light directional mist of Alclad chrome from the front, and finally topped with clear blue. I really like the effect it produces. Finally, I finished the detailing on the accessory parts, including the clear blue and clear red on the front main gear doors. At this point, I just need to finish the pilot and the oil weathering and I'll be ready for final assembly. I used a lot of subtle variations of greys and greens for the detail painting, I think it adds a lot of life and should really look great once I get some washes and dry brushing done for some more contrast and to highlight things. A new truck I very recently learned for painting yellow is to undercoat with a light pink. It really helps to make the difficult color pop without having to put down too many coats. This is with just a single relatively light coat after laying down the pink. Accessory parts all laid out and waiting for assembly. I really like how the combination of the PE insert, the clear UV resin, and clear top color came together to make the doors pop.
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    My Reskit F-35 pilot arrived today and I got straight to work cleaning him up and doing an extraction surgery to remove him from the ejection seat. There were some butt puckering moments sawing and cutting on the brittle resin, but I managed to separate him from the seat without any issues. I had to do a lot of sanding, some more butt puckering time under hot water to squeeze his legs closer together, and an emergency footectomy to get him to fit, but the task was (mostly) accomplished. The kit cockpit and pilot are fairly under scale and the F-35 figure is a good deal larger, so the canopy will not quite fit closed without a large amount of additional modification, but I planned to have an open canopy anyway, so no problem. I'll finish cleanup and I'm probably going to cut his pinky off and sculpt it back on closed to change his hand gesture from "hang ten" to "thumbs up"... Then it's time to throw some primer on him so I can start painting. All snug for a rest fit. He's a little large compared to the scale of the cockpit,but it's not too bad. The canopy doesn't quite fit closed. No problem since I planned to build it open anyway. The seat does almost look comically small from the side. I may cut the head rest off and scratch build a new one. After sanding and a footectomy... Next to the kit figure. He's much more chonky.
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    I put them on my rotary tool to construct a makeshift lathe (shades of Guy Fleegman there 😁) and sanded the seams nice and smooth. Then I used a scribing chisel to cut the grooves, a little more light sanding to debur, and viola!
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    A little necropost here to say amazing work! I'm trying oils for the first time on my 1/48 VF-1S and I'm really enjoying the process, even if it is time consuming. This has inspired me to put a YF-19 in my Amazon cart and I'm looking at decal sheets for a little something different. My VF-1S is in low viz VF-84 Jolly Rogers and I'm thinking of going with the old school VF-1 Wolfpack markings if I do the 19. Decisions, decisions... 😁
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    That's some fantastic modeling and print work, well done! 3D printing is really a game changer for the hobby.
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    This looks fantastic! Great work on both the Valkyrie and the base. I love the paint scheme, it's very unique. I plan on doing a catapult launch diorama with the Fine Molds F-4B I recently picked up and this gives me some great ideas on ways to construct the deck and blast deflectors.
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