cowie165

What's next for you? Another Macross or something else?

Very nice work Ron! 1/100 FTW Those leg seams are a pain, aren't they. Hey did you use MV lenses again? I left my phalanx on the bench because I can't find MV lenses here in Australia

Thanks for the photography links guys. *groan* I haven't been using the macro function on the camera. Lower the f-stop. 2-second timer. Morning sun before 9am. I'll give that a try this weekend. Nice!

Thanks very much gents! Big shout outs to jardann for providing the kit, cool8or for the help with the paint codes, and samueldecal.com for the rescaled decals. If anyone has photography tips, please post! I took the shots in the afternoon sun - morning sun would have been better. There was a little post production too increase the shadows and highlights, then a little sharpening. Good indoor white light would have been best, maybe next time. The red and green sensors are actually quite shiny (polished + future) but the pics kinda let the team down there. D'oh! Cheers again Mark

Just a pic to show the decals from www.samueldecal.com Nice guy, fast service. He normally does 1/72 but happily obliged with a few sheets of 1/100. They're for a soldier Regult but there were enough generic Zentraedi decals to knock up a scout pod.

The part we all love, taking off the masking tape Weathering with water-based burnt umber and lamp black mix. Water based is great for me. You can make a big ol' mess and if you don't like the result, a quick wash down and you can start over without harming the paint job. Thumbs up for idiot-proof modelling

The kit was sold to me by a fellow MWer who kindly offered this tough to find kit. It had been stored for a while and a few antennas were damaged. I created the side antennas from sprue and the radar/top array antennas from a paperclip. They turned out ok - I was a bit impatient and wanted to keep the ball rolling... Pre-shading. I went a little heavy on the final coat and lost most of this...

Just wanted to share a few build up pics (paint up pics really) of a Regult Scout I finished last week. It was a lot of fun. I love the SF3D stuff you guys do and tried to create a similar feel - a worn piece of working kit that has seen plenty of contact with the bad guys. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. There was lots of putty and masking practice. I like the grey suggested by cool8or, and wish I hadn't already painted the pod H25 blue before he recommended dunkelblau. Eh, always next time! I tried an el cheapo undercoat from the hardware store because I was out of Tamiya primer and couldn't get the Mr Surfacer to play the game In this one I tried an airbrushed blend of MM Burnt Iron and Exhaust. I remember seeing one of wm cheng's kits with a similar effect and decided to have a go. Blue is a bit too bright. I had to weather it a lot to tone it down, plus light oversprays of grey.

And thanks for the info gents

You have MORE armoured battroid kits? Far out! I can do you a good deal on two more if you're interested

Having made two 1/100 Bandai VF-1s this year, they seem pretty similar! The Wave kit has an almost identical chest piece, back and wings. The Wave seems to have better panel lines/detail on the backpack, legs and vertical stabs. But as electric indigo said, more kits from different companies is a good thing! :thumbsup: to Wave

Just wonderin' http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u9167135 Hope the link still works...

Thanks for the heads up big F.

Looks like they're now on eBay US, for those still in the 1/100 game

Thanks flyboy

Played with the URL and found it. Discontinued. Bummer. http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGTT-30

The Hasegawa one (TT-30) is no longer listed with HLJ? http://www.hlj.com/hljlist2/?Scale=0&M...p;GenreCode=Sup And boy o boy that is one great looking cockpit there!

Nice Berttt! I love the Gustav. MaK is such a cool genre and you really did well with that kit. You were modifying it to be a night fighting version, right?

^^^ What he said!

Looks great Ron Nice Wave/Imai combo and really nice shading in the white/gray areas. Hey in the "Daedalus Attack" shot, it looks like you photochopped in a domino and pasted it onto the back of the Macross TIC

Very cool. Thanks Sean

Well it looks great. How did you do it? A run of glue? Warm soldering iron? I'd like to give it a try on my next 1/12 bike kit.

Nice start. Did you create the weld line in the middle of the hull, right hand side?

Thank you cool8or!!! :) For me the Gunze equivalent is H337 Grayish Blue (FS35237) Well now I'm off to turn on my compressor! Hopefully I'll have some 1/100 Scout pictures to share soon. Thank you again! BTW I think your choice of Dunkelblau is a much better choice than the Sky Blue I chose. Too late for me though, as I've already spent hours masking my regult...

Yes! I have your pictures already on my computer and those are the ones I'm trying to match Thank you for checking your notes!