Kurt

One question though. Aren't there supposed to be lights on the sides of the nosecone?

I was not sure about this. My reference material was not that good. And the images I found were not clear. I thought it best to not guess.

Any close ups on the cockpit

Sorry, I have already packed these up for shipment.

hm...so how do you thin you Mr surfacer? Do you just use it without thinning it ? Thanks & hope you can explain.

aaajin

You must use lacquer thinner with Mr. Surfacer. Lacquer thinner will melt plastic. However mixed with Mr. Sufacer it will not destroy anything. After all you want your primer to have nice bite on the surface. Just make sure you thin it enough, or it will be like shooting spider webs.

What did that Kit run you for? That just one plan sweet looking resin kit.

This was not my kit. Someone commissioned me to build theirs for them. So I don't know know what the original cost was.

what color did you use for this one?

I first used the mixture that Hasegawa recommends. I sprayed that and it just seemed to biege. That may be the correct color, but I didn't like it. So I proceeded to lighten it up by spraying Gunze 316, which is an off-white.

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Hey everyone. I just completed the 1/48 YF-19 to go along with the YF-21 previously posted. I mentioned that my last hurdle with the 19 was mounting the canopy. I added some structure to it to stiffen it up a bit. It does not fit perfect, but it came out pretty good. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Yes Anasazi did the decals. And I am not sure who did the recast, I don't recall.

excellent work Kurt. what blue/grey did you use. i really cant wait to get mine now. oh the agony. keep it up i cant wait to see the 19. what were the most troublesome areas of the kit?

sean

I used exactly what Hasegawa suggests on their painting guide. I think it was Cobalt Blue, Gunze Sangyo. The most troublesome issue with this kit where the amount of air bubbles in the castings. I must have spent a good 10 hours just on that, and I still did not get all of them out. There was also a fairly large chunk missing from the front of one of the engine pods. The areas that are painted black. I had to add a blob of epoxy putty and shape it to match. Most of the parts are nor perfect fits and take some adjusting time. The land gear was also an issue. I just did the best I could with what I had.

Kurt

Does the kit have any detail for the cockpit ?

I don't recall if there is any detail casted into the cockpit. There was a seat included, I do know that. However I decided not to make this cockpit viewable. To do that you need to remove the "bubble" on top of the canopy and fit a vac-formed piece in there. This for sure would have been a major task. For the sake of my sanity and to not destroy the entire kit I just gave it a tinted window look.

This was a re-cast.

Hey everyone,

I am also close to finishing the 1/48 YF-19.  I just have one more challenge to overcome - the fitting of the vac-formed canopy.  Should be done with in the week.  Let em know what you think.  Thanks!

This thing is beauty. How long does it take for you to build a craft like this? I would love to see some pictures of the building process, if you have them. Good job!

I did not keep track of the actual build time. I would guess around 20-30 hours. There was alot of clean up which increased the build time. Sorry, I did not take any in progress shots.

Thanks everyone!

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simply beautiful! great work as usual! have you worked on any macross hasegawa kits? also...do you have any more pictures of any of your other model works?

Yes, I have done several Hasegawa kits. I will start another thread of just those if people want to see them, although they have nave been posted here before. I have done numerous non-Macross kits for customers. I don't think this is the proper forum to show those. PM me and I could email you a few images

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Hey everyone,

I just completed this 1/48 YF-21 for a customer. It was a nice change from the custom valks I have been doing. For as simple of a design as it is, this kit was very difficult to build. There was a lot of clean up and modifying of parts to get them to fit. But I think it captures the look of the valk pretty good. I am also close to finishing the 1/48 YF-19. I just have one more challenge to overcome - the fitting of the vac-formed canopy. Should be done with in the week. Let em know what you think. Thanks!

Thanks everyone for the compliments. I use Anasazi's decals on all of my customs, they are the only way to go.

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