Berttt

Cool8or, you really have produced a great build.

Oh great. The all powerful Exo!

I don't post to these forums anymore but I'll break silence over this one.

Congratulations...

Unfortunately it is well down my build list. I'll get there eventually.

I'm in. Selling my original Moscato issued kit was a mistake.

I'm only here for the model side of things. I am not going to bother posting anymore since i can get that elsewhere.

Oh well done..........

This is bullshit. It's bad enough that non Macross builds have to go in the generic anime forum, but now the workbench forum gets moved as well. I hate that if I wan't to search for one of John's build up threads when I didn't even know it existed.Way to fragment the hobby. As a user I say bin the workshop thread and let builds for the respective genres exist within the respective Models, and Toys forums.

If you agree then give a shout out here in this thread. Mods please take heed.

sorry to be ignorant----but what are the cylinders and bubble things about??? Great job scribing on those btw!!! I wouldn't attempt scribing on my best day!

No worries. I am having a go at (my slightly varied) version of the Ghost as shown in this line art:

Cheers,

Brett

Nice to see some inbits getting some love

Well after weeks of stealing bench time here and there (usually in the wee dark hours) the QF-3000E has reached this point:

Scribing on a cylindrical surface nearly drove me mad but it's done. Not a world class effort but it will do for now.

I just have to finish a few small detail and it will be ready for primer.

Cheers,

Brett

Wow that is awesome. Great work man.

Mike, v2 is lookind lime a massive improvement over v1. Nice job. I am saving these pics and and will try and include thw upgrades in my v1 build.

I gotta tell you that I get why this has taken so long. This kit is huuuuuge an really sucks up build time.

Also which kit I is the 1/72 vf-1j?

Cheers,

Brett T

Well well well. This is the first build that makes me think that this kit may not be all that bad.

Love the pilot rescuplt btw. Judt awesome work all around.

Cheers,

Brett T

Or just buy a Hasegawa version. It's cheaper and better.

Peter I got them directly from Plastruct in the U.S.

Regards,

Brett

Thanks guys.

Neptune, yep 22mm pvc pipe sources for AUD $1.90. I now have enough to last me the rest of my days.

Brett T

Very cool man. To the best of my knowledge there has only been one other of these kits built. I have that dpends more time off the bench than on it, and will be a while in the finishing.

It looks great man and you should be very proud to have such a beautifully bult Monster that is very rare to boot.

Regards,

Brett T

I have been wanting to get to this project for a long time, and thanks to a Drones group build on another forum I finally can.

I still have to work on getting the ventral tanks to conform to the fuselage, for a cleaner look, and make some mounts for the tanks/vernier on the top.

Detail shot of a tank/vernier thruster. It isn't shown in the line art but I added it because I wanted to.

Cheers,

Brett T

Pretty much. I'm confident that Hasegawa will (slowly) release the kits with add ons. It's their marketing strategy to maximize revenue from molds by separately releasing different variations.

What was the wait for 1/48 vf-1 fast packs? Three years?

You never know. Heck I never thought they would go and release a 48 scale valk at all. And lookie what we have now.

The Hasegawa Battroid is the best of that line up.

Are you planning a new run? I take it we will be able to get this through SSM?

I have been working on a couple of drones. Full WIP thread to come.

Whoa when did John start doing a Cat's Eye reissue?

Haha, yeah I forgot about the Bandai kit. I guess that just represents my interest in it.

Hasegawa all the way.

Doh. Please accept my apologies.