Master Dex

Thanks honkhet, that was very helpful, I found a bunch of Mr. Color products after searching. I couldn't find that exact same one, yours in Mr. Color 182. The closest I could find is 181 which is a Semi-Gloss Super Clear. Do you think it will matter if I am just using it for joints if it is semi-gloss and not flat? Also do you recommend the retarder? Looks like it would help in making the clear coat application a bit more even.

Will the armor packs for Ozma be sold separately like the super packs? If so that is all I need to know since I already have Ozma. Also to anyone who may know, is this a good clear coat to go for? The only good seeming one I've found in stock somewhere (seriously, I am finding it difficult to find this stuff, must be searching wrong): http://www.megahobby.com/index.asp?PageAct...amp;ProdID=9439

A bit off topic, but I have some questions. First continuing from my stand question earlier, does anyone think it would just be more prudent of me to go ahead with using flexi-display stands for these to ensure they don't fall over and such (see earlier post for my worry of why they might with action stand)? I want to get flexi-displays anyway for my 1/48 VF-1J Max so i thought I'd get a set for three and use the extra 2 for my VF-25S model and the the other could be for my future VF-25G model (I don't have any other valks right now). Another question I have concerns clear coat. I am having more trouble than I thought finding some clear coat stuff for use in the joint tightening method honkhet described to me. Most of this stems from me really not knowing anything about clear coat substances so I don't know what is good when I search for this stuff. However what I am looking for is some type of flat clear coat (non-spray is preferable), but my searches leave me with results I am unsure about. Does anyone know a good place to get this or a good type or brand since I am not having much luck in finding either?

The VF-25 models are actually in between the High grade and Master grade Gundam models. All I did is panel line and apply stickers to my 1/72 Ozma and it looks great in my opinion. You only paint if you want something more personal than decals or stickers or if you want something custom. Panel lining just because it looks much nicer but they still can look good without it.

Well for when I am home this isn't a problem, but when at school my desk is combined with my bed and it is very easy to shake or bump the desk. For most of my items this is little of a problem because the shake or bump isn't enough to mess with any of them, but it might mess with this. The VF-25S can stay standing though in gerwalk and battroid through these shakes, but only if in a stable stance. Maybe I should just utilize flexi-display stands for this and the VF-25G model I plan to get since I was going to get a set of those anyway for my 1/48 VF-1J Max.

While we are on the subject of stands. I am a little cautious of the action display stands. I have considered getting one for my VF-25S Ozma but it seems the stands by the instructions connect to the piece on the gunpod (in fighter mode that is anyway). Problem is, and this may just be with my model, is that the gunpod isn't the most sturdiest piece of the model and I've had the thing fall of before in fighter mode several times. So I am worried that if I get the action stand and set it up in fighter, the gunpod may decide to fall off again which would result in the entire fighter falling off the stand which I don't want. Anyone have any insight on this, whether I am wrong or if there is a better way of getting the gunpod attached? It is sometimes the hardest part to get back on in fighter after a transformation (next to the shield). Also I'd like to thank honkhet for the great pics and for the help in telling me how to tighten up the model like he did. I am giving very serious consideration into getting the VF-25G with super parts and trying to build it up to see if I can get the same success he did.

Like I said, I'm no camera expert. I don't even have one for myself, I borrow friend's cameras, lol. As for me, I keep on going. 2 more weeks before the end of the semester for me, so lots of work going on. Will be nice to be on break for a while. Debating getting the VF-25G model, will continue debating for a few days before officially deciding. Think if I do I'll do like honkhet so posing will be easier, make some good pics.

Hey, I haven't been monitoring this thread in a while (not since early Feb. at best). I have gotten and built a 1/72 VF-25S Ozma a while back so I am not new to these models. Anyway I have been thinking about getting a VF-25G and I was wondering if there are any structural improvements that have been made since the Alto and Ozma releases? I'm not implying that my Ozma model is bad but sometimes (randomly almost) it can get real finicky and is very difficult to pose or transform while other times it will handle perfectly (if anyone wants to take a stab at why this happens go ahead). Also I am thinking of getting super parts for the VF-25G if I get that, are the super parts difficult to attach to the model and/or is it better to just leave them on or is it easy enough to take them off if you want to display it without?

Megapixels really has nothing to do with how good the picture the camera takes is. However I am not a camera expert, I was just told that by a camera expert, so I wouldn't know when one is good.

Actually I don't think Alto was born on Frontier, but I don't know where he was born otherwise. Nonetheless I don't remember their launch dates but I believe that information does exist.

I know this valk comes out in April sometime, but does anyone have any idea as to when in April or is Yamato always this vague? I am just curious because right now I am wrestling with buying something either (much more expensive than this) or this VF-1S here but if this doesn't come out until late April I don't know if I will wait for it (if I don't get it this month I'll wait a while longer for it probably). However if this comes out early to mid April I may just wait for it (or place a pre-order).

Let us not forget throughout all this that Ranka isn't really Ozma's sister... she is adopted, so Lee isn't her real surname, or whatever it is (I can't keep any of this straight truthfully), Mei is... but she doesn't use that obviously because until the end of the show she didn't know it and now she may just prefer to be known as Ranka Lee.

Mog, that is clearly a VF-1A DYRL Max. Also it seems that it is a 1/60 v2 scale... but that valk hasn't come out yet. How do you have that, or did you paint parts blue not wanting to wait? If it has come out already (I know it comes out this month) then HLJ is a bit slow on the uptake.

The blue seems bright indeed. However it seems Max's VF-1S has a black heat shield. I think it looks a bit better as black than blue. Can't remember which it is in the game or the movie right now. So yeah, with the black skull logo, it would look fine with that on the fast packs. Good to know the fast packs can be made to be for any of them though. I think if and when I get Max VF-1S I may have to wait a while before picking up strike packs to save a little money.

I know Max never used SSP on the 1S in the movie but I just really like strike parts on a 1S. Also I use Max's VF-1S with strike packs if SDF Macross on PS2 all the time (that or Max VF-1J with super parts, depends on situation) and it looks killer there. However that makes sense that they wouldn't release a set just for Mac since he didn't use the parts in the movie. So the current standalone SSP set, will that work fine with the VF-1S Max you think? I was worried they'd have Roy or Hikaru colors that couldn't be changed or taken off.

I too am very interested in getting a Max VF-1S even though I'm not exactly easy on the money right now. However I have a 1/48 VF-1J Max and the new 1/60 VF-1S Max will go great with it, two different versions of the legendary genius. I have a question though someone may know, I can tell the VF-1S Max isn't coming out with strike or super parts at first, any idea when we get a set with strike parts, or even when a strike parts set will come out. Or would any strike parts do for it? I don't know if they can be interchangeable (color wise and all, Roy's strike parts probably wouldn't work as well). Do they even sell individual strike and super parts for the existing 1/60s?

I thought Milia despite her looks was much older than just 15. Don't the Zentradi have rather long life spans being genetically engineered clones?

Most likely the Supervision Army war was all but done. The Zentradi were ordered to eradicate all traces of them though so they were making sure that there were none left. It is possible remnants still exist and are active, but I don't think there is an all out war still going on. If so I think we would have seen evidence of Supervision Army activity, all we have seen that humanity encountered in the galaxy are Zentradi, Protodeviln, and Vajra (and the protodeviln were in stasis originally so they almost don't count). The Zola are another race but not one they warred with, even so the fact that they encountered all these and not Supervision Army remnants most likely means they aren't around much anymore if at all.

I think truthfully if I get a 1/60 I'll either go with a VF-1S Roy strike pack or wait until the DYRL VF-1S Max that comes out this month has a strike pack set and get that. You can guess I am a fan of Max Jenius and his valkyrie line up.

Very good, that is what I needed to know. I think it is well worth getting the set of 3 then. I only have the 1/72 VF-25S and the 1/48 VF-1J Max but I am sure I can find a use for the third one. I may just have to find a new valk for it, lol, as if I could afford a third one. Though the new 1/60s are really nice.... This is going to be the end for me as far as any money I have...

I have been looking into getting a flexi-display for my VF-1J Max (with fast packs) but I need to know something. On LAFToys there are the 3 types and then there is a set with all three. However I want to know if the set has 3 bases and the 3 types of rods or is it just one base with the 3 types of rods? If the set is just one base and the 3 types of rods I will probably just get a single stand with either 4 or 6 inch rods. However if the set has all 3 stands with bases for each then that sounds like a pretty good deal (even though the 1J is the only valk I have besides my VF-25S 1/72 model).

Yeah, it gets deposited there by solar winds. Our atmosphere keeps us from obtaining any useful amount of it.

Highly unlikely. Fusion is a lot more clean than fissions, and doesn't have the propensity for chain reactions. Although it is certainly possible, it is just not likely. After all a pure fusion bomb is well sought after (possible defenition of reaction weapons, but they are more likely pair annihilation). Thing is if you fuse a bunch of hydrogen together all at one you get a big fusion reaction (like stars get), but if you fuse smaller amounts you don't get heavy reactions, just what you need in power. The idea for energy using fusion is to start up the fusion by heating hydrogen so it will fuse by some method (could be tormac, laser induced, or any number of ways), after the first fusion heat from the generation energy is used to fuse more hydrogen, creating sustained fusion. Sustained fusion is what we have yet to perfect. It seems the most efficient way to create sustained fusion in by compression hydrogen or whatever element in a sphere really densely so it heat up and fuses. This is exactly what stars do. However it isn't easy to compact things into a sphere, stars have gravity doing that and we cannot control gravity (maybe someday long in future, but not now). I think the only way to have a VF engine go critical like that would be to remove all fail safes and cause all the material in the engines to fuse at once creating a massive reaction. Like I said, supposedly it could happen with damage, but I don't see it being something that happens often. I have been using hydrogen throughout this post just because that is at the moment the easiest element to fuse, but there are other options. Truthfully deuterium seems easier for us to work with than pure hydrogen, I can't remember why though. Pure hydrogen is what is fused in stars though. Another element which is promising is helium-3. This element fuses easily and does throw away neutrons like deuterium so there is even less radiation than from hydrogen fusion (as if there was that much to begin with, fusion by comparison to fission practically has no radiation, though it is there). Problem is helium-3 is scare on Earth. It is abundant however, on our very own Moon. Which is why I am an advocate for future lunar mining.

Hmm, I looked there for the game before you gave me a copy but I never found it. Strange, I must have missed it. I wouldn't call myself hardcore, I just had a lot of time on my hands. Even though I beat those missions fast they weren't of good rankings in the first go at them. Having had a weeks worth of time to go back and do other missions I have chalked up a large number of S ranks, some easily, some out of pure luck. I got my VF-1J Max, I even have Max's VF-1S (DYRL of course). However I need two more S ranks to get Roy's VF-1S which is the hardest to attain. The last two levels I need are on the DYRL story and they are the Meltran gun destroyer and Boddolza himself... which I have never gotten better than a D before (if I survived at all). So this will take time. I seem to be very good at learning the valkyries moves and knowing when the right time to switch modes is. Also strangely my performance went way up after I was able to use the VF-1J Max, perhaps some psychological thing since that is my favorite VF-1, or it could just be a genius's ability rubbing off the paint scheme. The funny thing is my 1/48 VF-1J Max is sitting next to my TV as I play it so maybe that is adding to its ability to kick ass.

Good to know, like I said I didn't think I'd actually try that. The game is well worth all the work to do the mod. It goes by fast but it is entertaining enough that I can see myself replaying stages for higher ranks a lot (especially since I'm not a big gamer so higher ranks don't come easily). It will also be my personal mission to get Max VF-1J paint scheme (I know what I have to do, so it will take a while). I beat the TV version of the story (with only one S rank out of the 12 missions, so that will take work) and I have done 3 of the Movie story missions with no S ranks yet... will continue there soon. I already tried doing the Pineapple Salad level again to get S rank for Max's VF-1A paint but Milia blew too much of my health away, I just have to learn to dodge her attacks more efficiently.