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Personally if I had to modify my 1/48 it would be a deal breaker. I'd probably either pass on it see if I could get the kit without the leg armor and scratchbuild my own. 1/48 is just too expensive to be making major mods on.

My suggested solutions would be as follows in order..\ 1. Design it similar to the taka GBP armor...a little wide but still very functional. 2. Design it with a slot that might obstruct the missles...adjust missles by aiming them out a few degrees for a secondary solution 3. Recast everyone new outer legs with a color match and add a retracting fin using a small piston to add tension to keep it in place in order to achieve perfect match to line art. 4. Recast everyone new outer legs with a color match and add a removable fin...this would be extremely easy...use those little rubber thingies that the gundam kits use to hold things on as an insert into the recast leg armors. 5. Recast everyone new outer legs with a color match and add a hinged fin...this would be extremely easy...but would also be problematic in that it could cause floppy fin sysndome. So I go with 1 or 2. I like this thread...its giving me some ideas for the leg armor for my Joke GBP. Thanks

Just pm Jessie for details. Also thanks grayson and Jessie for the collaboration and making these available for an affordable price.

Now I get it. When its explained like that it makes sense to me. Cool. Maybe I'll have to watch Orguss 2 if I can rent it somewhere. Thanks

I live in AZ. The only farther I could be from east coast is Cali or Hawii. Don't worry you'll like it.

Revised: 4-17-04 Hey Guys, I'm trying to get a master list together for macross of various paint brands and #'s for the various colors we use on out models and customs. The reason I'm doing this is that I'm betting there are others here that buy a bottle of paint thinking it will be approximately the right color only to get home and its off. God I hate that. So maybe we can help each other with the paints. Especially those of you who can read the japanese in the kits for the manufacturers suggested color. If you post please state brand, #, and whether its acrylic or enamyl. Thanks Below is a start of what colors I'm looking for. Valk White = Semi-Gloss White for Valk white testers acrylics Valk Grey VF1D orange VF1D tan=Model Master (acrylic) Radome Tan (paint# 4722) Focker yellow=insignia yellow or Blue Angels yellow (its less orangy) Hiroku red 1A and 1S = Insignia red testers acrylics Hiroku 1J grey = Gunze 311 Max DYRL blue=Testors brand French Blue Acrylic Max TV blue=Testors brand French Blue Acrylic max 1A 1/48 blue= cobalt blue max 1/60 blue=french blue Milla Qua Ru Green Milla Qua Ru red = Milla 1J = Guards Red testers acrylics Max & Milla white highlights = Semi-Gloss White for Valk white testers acrylics Elint grey Elint black Ostrich orange Ostrich tan=Model Master (acrylic) Radome Tan (paint# 4722) lighten it a little GBP grey GBP red Legoiss red Nora's SV-51 Low viz grey Low viz blue=medium blue VF-2ss colors Glaug red Glaug grey Glaug light blue Legoiss blue Legoiss green Cyclone light blue Monster green Monster tan yf 19 colors YF-19 off white= 50:50 Tamiya gloss white & flat white with a few drops of XF-59 Desert Yellow (all Tamiya acrylics) YF-19 off white/tan=Modern Desert Sand", FS33637 spray only or Panzer Interior Buff YF-19 off white = Reaper Miniatures Pro paint: White leather yf-21/22 colors Enigma - Grey, offwhite Blue Roses Blue and digital blues Minmay Guard Paris color schemes Minmay Guard Moon color schemes Angel Birds - Red, White and Blue Kakikazi Green - my custom used Hasegawa's paint guide colors DRYL FP Blue color TV FP Blue Color Macross Zero VF-0S Roy Fokker Macross Zero SV-51 colors Mylene pink=Testor's "Hot Magenta Mylene yellow parts=Insignia yellow Mylene cockpit=Russian interior green Mylene dark grey accents= Gunship grey Anyway you guys get the idea. Please help fill in this list.

HEy everybody, I got my recast Garub from jesse today and have to say it is awsome. Gonna be a fun build. I'm thinking about trying to add better joints to it to make it more posable. This kit is well worth what Jesse is charging.

They carry plenty of these at several of the stores in the Phoenix area. I might just have to drop in and pick me up that zaku. There's one toys R us here that had about 15 different MG kits about 6 months ago.

I say go after the a-hole. He's ripped way too many folks off.

holy crap! Bar none thats the best paint scheme i've ever seen.

Ok its confirmed. Got to toysRus.com they slashed prices on at least 3 MG kits. Including the $149 GP-o2 from 0083...get this $90 off.

I remember that. I think Mcdonalds was giving them away too with meals. I know I didn't get mine from KFC. That sucky watch got taken away from me by a teacher about a week or 2 after I got it for playing with it in class. Had to wait 9 months to get it back and by then I had lost interest.

Ok I sat through the hole dang thing. Good story but the subtitles gave it a Cheezy factor of 10. After disk 1 the names changed almost every episode. They were calling Memogy Jimmy at one point. And Altina turned into Argentina. Figure that out. Anyway what's up with the ending. Do the worlds jsut split and everybody get to be with the one they loved in their respective worlds? Who won the gunfight. The guns go off but nobody drops. WTF

I remember back in about 1980 I made a 3 ft long X-wing out of legos. Sold it to a friend so I could get a new bike. The lego technology was definitely there for a perfect transformation valk.

Didn't you ever watch the conan movies. Crom is Conan's god. I think he's a god of war. Conan prays to him sometimes. funny...since when do barbarians pray?

pm sent for the hole cockpit section...with everything, inluding nose and radar, canopy, pilot, and gunpod.

Thanks for the site link. Cool stuff. Does anybody have any pics of their monster or know when the preorder will be?

Does SMT have a website with some pics of thier stuff.

Hey I found it. Here are some pics. I also found a pic of it before I cut the original canopy off.

Hey Guys, Bad news. My custom escape capsule is MIA. I moved recently and cannot find it. Even worse (to me) my Joke GBP is MIA also. I'm sure they will turn up but don't know when. Anyway I'll give you a run down on what I did. 1. Acquire a super cheap knock off on ebay. 2. Take it apart and cut the sides off the nose (by sides I mean the parts that the chest piece slides on. 3. Remove the craptacular landing gear and fill in the hole with styrene and putty. 4. Cut out the plastic canopy and replace with a joons or old taka one. Could use a reissue also. If you don't have a spare canopy just leave the original and paint it light blue. 5. Fill in the sides of the nose (where you cut the sides with styrene and putty. THis is by far the hardest part. 6. Fill in the back of the nose with styrene and a small amount of putty. Now screw the landing gear wheel (it looks enough like a vernier nozzle) to the back...make sure you predrill first. 7. (this was done earlier but I forgot when) Cut 2 pieces styrene...One will sit under the nozzel you just added and run up to the top of the capsule. The second will attach to the first piece and is shaped to fit into the hand like the gunpod does. Only it will fit into the underside of the gunpod. I experimented with several atachment types and even though this wasn't the truest to the lineart it was by far the best blend of functionality and truism. 8. Now you could make the attachment point differently but I figured this was the safest way to do it without damaging the arm itself. If you were to do this with a 1/60 or 1/48 it would be very easy to attach it via the little grove they provide for the gunpod to attach to the forearm. Now that the 1/48 has come out I might try making one for that. I don't plan on doing a 1/60 but would be happy if someone else did one. Don't worry I'll find this soon. Just going to take longer than I thought. I have whole room full of macross stuff in boxes I have to go through to find it. Hope this give you the idea. Jim

Here's where I'm at.

Elint is just in the starting stages. I'm kitbashing a hasegawa elint model for the radar parts and fast packs. Will be modifying the fastpacks to make them chunkier. and will be modifying some of Jesse's recast joke leg armors for the armor. My Joke GBP is on the temporary back burner until I can figure out how to make the leg armor. I've figured out a way but you'd have to swap the legs....not acceptable. I want removable leg armor with opening hatches and missles. The chest piece is finished as are the fastpacks for it. I've finished the shoulder armor but I'm going to rework them because I'm not satisfied with them yet. The chest was a bitch to come up with. As far as who to do the recasting...I was originally thinking of Rohby but he has so much on his plate. I'll probably wait till there finished to decide but will definitely consider you. P.S. Please put me down for one of your strike armor sets and ostrich sets.

I'll outsource the Joke elint kit and Joke GBP kit once they are finished. I might try recasting my 1/55 escape pod myself though.

Please put me down for one of the ostrich's when you finish the armor. I'm working on an Joke Elint. Was going to also start a scratch ostrich but since you've already got it I go with yours.

Funny thing about the Yammie 11B. I bought mine used and have transformed it about 100 times and nothing broke. Granted the only reason I did this is that I preemtively bought one of jesse's recast hips for it. But I have as of yet to break the hip. Go figure!