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The price seems pretty high. I sold one here a few months back for less than that and there was only a couple interested parties.

I have one, and its decent. Pretty good quality for a bootleg, equalt to or better than Joons. If the shipping were less, I might buy another.

I think these are long gone from WM. I never even saw one here in the Philadelphia area. WM had the other bots from the Galaxy Defender line, but no VF-1S. I got one from eBay way back and reviewed somewhere here. Its a decent bootleg and definitely a unique piece.

My GPB is still available. PM if interested.

I have one for sale. Interested? PM if so.

you know, you could have saved your self a lot of effort by just unscrewing the torsos and mixing and matching the legs, right? I did a similar thing to my straight arm Joes as a 7 or 8 year old. Snake-eyes and Cobra Commander (mail-in with the Mickey Mouse logo) got their torsos glued their legs because the o-rings broke and I had no idea where to find replacements. Fortunately, I was able to restore them to almost perfect condition years later. Elmer's glue just doean't last forever thankfully. On a Macross note, this was not my work, but I bought it. An Elint painted red with a paint brush. It was cleaned up and now sits in Kanata's collection as the "Ragu" valk.

wow, I made one of these and didn't even realize it. I needed the 1A head for my Low Viz, so I popped a leftover Jetfire head on the CF body.

Wow! That is fantastic work. Any chance of getting fast pack decals for 1/55? My MG is starting to look bare compared to all these 1/48's

I think its brown and is a cannon fodder 1S. lol! I made one of those, too. Just cause I thought it looked cool. I have tons of Jetfire heads lying around, I needed to use one since the 1A head went to my 1/55 Low Vis.

I applied the decals, then a clearcoat. But I decided to add some more decals later on, and had no problems applying them over the clearcoat. So I think you could do it either way.

The only decal I can think of that you might be referring to is the one that appears just to the left of the chestplate decals on the sheet. It's designed to fit on the piece that sits under the chestplate (only visible in fighter mode). Here's a picture of it and where it shows up on the original 1/72 model: Ah, thats it! Thanks Devin.

1. For primer, I find Rustoleum sandable grey to be good. I use whatever brand is available in the color I am looking for as far as paints go. 2. Airbrush or spray paint (my choice as I don't have an airbrush). Brush paint only for detail work. 3. I would add step 1A - sand areas that will rub 4. Takatoys and Anasazi37 both make excellent custom decals. Both are MW members. 5. I have used any number of clear sealers, Krylon makes a good one. Future is a floor wax. Never tried it myself. Hope that helps. edit: fixed my reply to #5

very nice, I like the weathering. After seeing the last two MG customs, I think I'll repaint the nose on mine yellow, as opposed to the pink I painted it before. One question about the decals - did you have a small leftover "tire tread" piece? I did and couldn't figure out where it goes.

I've wondered what my GI Joe Skystriker would look like as a valk. Its probably not a true 1:18, but it works just fine with 1:18 scale figures. I'd buy one in a second, assuming it was reasonably priced. Make it all plastic, without gimmicks, and it could probably be had for $100 or so.

I'd buy a set of FP decals if you made them in 1/55. That is one sharp custom you made there.

Wow, that looks great. Can't wait to see it w/ armor.

Great job on that! Thats your first custom? If so, I can't wait to see what else you can come up with.

I see my restored Elint has a nice new home

Testors Model Master Blue Angel Blue. Thought that was appropriate

Last one, a shot of the armor from the rear.

w/ armor

My latest 1/55, a Blue Roses custom inspired by Anasazi.

I have a pair of these. They are a slight improvment over the previous $5 bootleg. Its easy enough to fix the backwards shoulders. These are tighter and hold their position better, in addition to improved (not great) paint apps, ie they are straighter and more defined. The tan one would make a good base for a 1D, its almost the exact same color I used for my custom 1D. Oh, and the packaging is all new and improved It even says "New In Hot" on it. Not sure what they really meant to say there.

Does anyone have a good way to remove glue from plastic? I need to "unglue" some parts that were never meant to be permanently attached. Is there anything that they can soak in that loosens old glue?

Looks like the makings of a great custom. Wish I was that daring! Keep posting your progress.