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OK, My digital camera is dead right now, but good news. I have solidified all the extra parts, anchored in the pen pieces, and with great success, the pen tops work. Not only just work, but they are really solid, hold tons of weight, and only swivel if I want them to. Skull-1, it seems as though we may have thought of this idea around the same time. I had just finished my Ostrich custom, and was looking for Elintseeker parts to do extra mod work, when I was drawing out some designs with a bic pen, twisting it while thinking of a swivel mechanism. The idea of using the arm pieces I read in here are great, but knowing how solid and durable the pen tops are, I had to try that. It was only recently that I stumbled onto this thread, and realized, hey, a good idea and nobody's trying it. So, I have put the pen top test to work, and I can say as a very picky customizer,,, "SUCCESS"!!! I'll get some pics up very soon, as I need to charge my camera up. This may spark some others to try it, or to at least get the brains moving again in customizing 1/55s. Shoot, my 1/55 Bandai now moves like an MPC "Veritech", but doesn't have floppy leg syndrome.

WOW Minmaychan is hot!!! Beware of those with a foot fetish!!! Ryuji, are you gonna put up an order page? I want one of these, badly.

In the first of second page of this thread, someone posted about using BIC pen holders as the swivles. I'm surprised I didn't post in here earlier, but I was actually trying this process out before I saw this. I have been working on it for the past 2 days, and so far, the feet stay solid inside and connected. I will have to do some more strenuous testing, but so far, this idea to connect seems very promising. The fact that it keeps solid, and doesn't get floppy is a great sign. I'll post a how to if it works well. Updates to come very shortly.

Well, it definitely was one hell of a tourney. Last tourney we had in September, I was #2, but this year, with no practice in almost a year, I fell short and fast. But it's great to involve more people in the tournament. Next year will be in Long Beach, so we'll be doing it again, if we can get a budgeted rec room. And I'll have to play the game again so I remember the controls. Congrats to Mike, and great to see you on the boards Allie, and as for Dean, way to come back and fight for your spot. Good times.

That's because I made it so late to the con. I had 3 to bring, but it gets nearly impossible when it's during the same time as A/X. But yeah, I can't wait to see Razor's custom as well. It should be one awesome toy when done. the big question is, once he's done, will he want to do more. It can be a long and time consuming task. But well worth it when it comes out right. As far as the decals, I would just use Anasazi. I don't know if anyone else out there is comparable. Perhaps so, but he's great in doing business with, so I look no further than him. And NB4Macross is a friend of mine, that's why I mentioned him. He did the Elintseeker set I have, and the recast seem more durable than the original parts.

Ryuji, do you have any updated pics? And, will this kit be sold?

Hey, Razor, I guess I can officially welcome you to the site The person you may want to send a pm to for decals would be Anasazi. He is the decal master and is the guy I trust for decals. For the VF-1A head, I'm sure there's a customizer or someone here who may have one laying around for sale. As for the strike fastpack, NightmareB4Macross may have made recast of it. His recast are great, and as someone I know personally, I'd trust him. If you pm him, tell him I sent you if he hasn't already read this. It's always good to see more people on the boards doing custom work. I know you've just barely begun, but when you get involved with the project, don't forget to post pics.

Man, so now I gotta pick what place I want to go in, since that's how it pretty much went down when I played you guys that one time. We'll have to see how the Vegas skills hold up. Alright Exo, I'll let my friend know he needs to front up the money. I'm sending my money in tomorrow, BTW.

I've handled the floodgates by working my @ss off in overtime, and making some good deals that let me buy what I wanted, even some of the trivial things. Right now, my collection is also in 1/55 scale, and a few 1/60 stuff, so the 1/48 rage I haven't had to worry about. I'm not much into that, but if I do get one, I know it'll be bad for me. There goes all my savings. I'm in a committed relationship, and my girlfriend is very supportive of my collection and toy habbits. She likes Macross, Robotech, Transformers, so I don't have to worry about hiding them from the girl and stuff. Some of her own collection is mixed in with mine as well, so it works out good. As far as being a completist or not, I'm not. I buy what I can, and I buy what I like. Anything to make the air base grow in number

Hey Exo, I have a friend from Denmark who's coming in and wants to play. Is there still room? If so, please put him down. He's a fan of Macross and is wanting to see the Macrossworld group. Let me know

OK, here's what I have, but wont be done in time I think. I have a 1/55 VE-1 that's in progress, but not yet done. I'll bring the other old customs just for show, not for contest, and hopefully the Komilia will be done by then. Also, I have a 1/72 scale Ghost X-9 that I am trying to finish at the same time as all these. Man, I am just too damn busy. I hope I can get at least one of them done. Worse case scenario, is I put the VE-1 armor pieces on a standard Bandai, and just show the armor pieces. That would suck though, the decals really make these look great.

MMMmmm! Minmay, yummie!!! This sculpt puts her in a whole different light.

Man, I can't wait to see the updates for this one. I think Ryuji is one of a very few guys on here that when he starts a project, everyone keeps an eye on the thread. Can't wait to see more pictures.

Man oh man, Ryuji, you are the man!!! Let me know when this is done, as I also want to buy one of these from you.

Try this, as it works great for me. If you paint outside, paint, then take it inside, close to a heater that's running, and let dry there. Heaters are great humidity destroyers. Not too close to melt anything, just close to let dry.

I want to go very badly this year. If anyone has tickets, and looking for a buddy to go, or is selling a ticket, let me know. I'm working hard to get in, and I don't want to pay the $400+ for the registration.

Hey Ryuji, sweet job on the kit. What colors did you use, and what types of paint? I'm putting the kit together and was curious on to colors used and paint type. Thanks. Beautiful work BTW, very nice.

Well, just be thankful it's out. I happen to love that sculp by Shin Tanabe. I have one myself. And it's definitely one fo the best Toynami products made.

Here's an interesting one. I'll be cremated, and the ashes will be put on and in a custom 1/48. New paint scheme, then sealed in a lusterless flat sealer. Then I guess you could say I came back as a 1/48 scale Valkyrie. Or the idea of the ashes in the cockpit. It'd be nice to fly. LOL

In response to Stamen0083's post about what car people thought that was, it appears to be an Aston Martin V12 Vanquish or an Aston Martin DB9. One of those. I've seen those cars quite frequently, as I used to work for a luxury car dealership. Hope that answers the question.

Memo doesn't play poker, but I know quite a few RT people that may want in on the poker game and con. Perhaps 3-5. but if they do play the tournament, I wouldn't mind taking away there free donations to the tourney. LOL Oh, and a little OT, my girlfriend will be there this year, she just doesn't know it yet, but she'll be there, so one more girl coming.

I voted the weekend after AX. That way, it fits right in with people also staying for San Diego Comic-con if anyone is planning for that. I'm leaving for vegas the day after AX, and coming back on that saturday, so I'm in for the MWPT (Macross World Poker Tournament)

How do you generate an .img file from the lab pro? I opened up the macross-dyrl-fx-perfect-subs.dal file. Thanks for your help btw.

It can play all, DVD+RW/R+ and DVD-RW/R-. I am using a LiteON SOHW1693SX dvd R/RW drive. And it also has the DVD+R DL logo and inscription on it.

OK, I don't know if this has been asked here or not, but I'm trying to burn it on a dual layer disc, and my DVD burner drive supports DL, but after burning it, my Sony DVD player says "Dirty DVD". I am using DVD+R DL disc. Should I use another type of disc, like DVD-R? Has anyone run into this problem. BTW, thanks for the new subs. On my computer, the DVD works great and the subtitles are extraordinary