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I dunno, I think all in all, Alto did a better job of of not trashing his bird than Hikaru. Let's take a look at the heavily damaged/lost Valkyries (doing this off the top of my head, so correct me if I'm wrong or miss something): Hikaru Loses a VF-1D in episode 2. Might have been salvaged after South Ataria was folded, but counts as lost since it was abandoned. Gets his VF-1J trashed in his one-on-one with Kamjin. Loses a VF-1J in a brawl with Britai. Gets shot down during a Daedalus Attack while chasing Miria. (Losing a Valkyrie to friendly fire! Boo!) Loses another Valkyrie while hallucinating. Almost gets Roy's VF-1S destroyed in the last battle of the war. Alto Loses a VF-25F in episode 7. Loses another in the final episode. I think that was it for Alto. Can't remember any other instances where his Messiah was destroyed or crippled. Kinda veering off topic here...

You have to spend a few minutes mixing it really well, and then let the purple sediment settle to the bottom before dipping the canopy. I don't scrape the bottom of my mixing container when I dunk the canopy. I assure you there are no "purple blobs" on my canopy, even up close. Tamiya clear mixes better, but it also dries a lot faster and becomes sticky fairly quickly, leaving less room for error. It works though, if you're not as clumsy as I am and can drain off the excess before it starts getting tacky.

Did anyone who purchased a VF-25 from Rainbow Ten during the previous Deculture Campaign receive Sheryl decals? I prefer not to order from HLJ if I can help it.

Thanks for the welome guys. For the canopy I tried various mixes of clear blue and red paint and had terrible results. The best and simplest method was actually listed in the previous thread. I added a small amount of Tamiya purple acrylic and heavily diluted it in Future. I just dipped the entire canopy in and then used a paper towel to soak up the excess. I didn't measure the exact amounts, but the mixture is pretty thin, like 95/5 of Future to purple, or maybe even more diluted than that. Opaque purple water is what it looked like. If you screw up, or it's not the right tint, you can just rinse it off in water before the Future dries. For the visor I just kept adding Tamiya clear to Tamiya clear green until it was light enough. David is right; Tamiya clear green by itself is way too dark. I've attached a pic of an early mix. Straight Tamiya green is even darker; it's practically black when attached to the rest of the head. I made a scan of my 1/48 Yamato VF-1J sticker sheet and trimmed the display to fit into the VF-25. Stupid Bandai not including an instrument panel decal. Now I have to finish touching up the white pinstripes on the head.

Hi guys, I've been lurking on the MW forums for a couple of years now, but I never posted anything because I didn't feel I had anything worthwhile to contribute but thanks to you nutcases I'm trying to build a VF-25F myself. I originally started this kit as a quick project I could finish in a weekend or three (which is why Alto looks kinda jacked; I wasn't too concerned about accuracy). Now it's turned into this obsession where I'm trying to make it as anime accurate as I can with my limited modeling skills. Anyway, thought I'd share what progress I've made so far. Went through like a dozen formulations of transparent green paint before I finally got the shade I wanted. Don't even get me started on canopy tinting screwups...