vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Well at least I took a couple of pictures to celebrate my 2nd Mcross model I 've ever built. I am amazed at how beautiful this model is. The shapes, recalls Kawamori's concept but goes a little further. Hope you enjoy them! Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 No paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 I know, I know, I sucked at painting it, but it has that Je ne sais quois?(sp?) That rock hard image to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 I spray painted the light grey, and continued to hand paint(bad move). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 So many little parts, little, that's what they are, too little. I wish yamato would do at least a 1/72 or 1/60 of this little bugger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Also, the plastic on this suckah is very brittle, I made my mistakes and had to correct them myself . Oh well Here is the almost final, for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Back detail without the cannon. Not a great paint job but hell, at leats I painted it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Complete pic including cannon. Next would be Fighter mode shots.(my favorites) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Before paint.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Fighter pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Here without the cannon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 (edited) Without Large cannon once more. I personally liked this way a lot. Edited November 18, 2003 by vlenhoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 No cannon here either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 One of my favorite pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 One more.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Hope you enjoyed it. I like this model a lot, but my modeling skills are not great. Anyways, any comments, complaints, or destructive critisism are encouraged. peace, vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerX Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Nice work! Practice makes perfect! Makes me want to dig out my VF-2SS to build too! Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Hey VicKudos to you for being courages enough to show us your latest experiment. Did you use an airbrush to paint the majority of the piece? It looks as though you had used a spray can to paint the chest area with that heavy granulated effect, this maybe a result spraying to heavily from one coat of paint. Investing in a good aribrush would eliminate having to use a paintbrush on large sections of the model and eliminate all the tell-tale signs of where a paitbrush have been applied. Refer to WMCheng's threads to get all the info on what masking products, paints & of course his great artistic touch by adding weathering effects to his models. I'm sure learning alot from the master! Eric Yeap, that's exactly what happenned. Sprayed a bit to much with a testors spray can. Thanks for the pointers! Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghadrack Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Nice kit, and good job putting it together and getting it painted I used to have the same problem with paint granulation, it can also be caused by humidity exceeding the recommended limits on the brand of paint. (humidity in the 90+% range all summer here Yuck ) In the past when I have had this happen on a nice kit, and something you might consider if you have a rainy day or two and feel like farting around with touching up your valk, would be to find some really fine sandpaper, like 400-600 grit ( The stuff that looks like construction paper the grit is so fine) and lightly sanding the parts of the kit that got granulated paint flecks. This will scuff your paint job all to heck, but it turns into a great basecoat as it is the same color as you intend the model to be. Then dilute/thin out a bottle of the paint that you will use to recover the affected areas. It is a ton of work but if you got nothing better to do some day it might be a fun project. Your pictures look great I really like the way you set the valk up on the stand Oh, and if you don't have access to an airbrush, as I didn't for the longest time, I found that the best way to get smooth coats of paint is to invest in a couple art brushes with very fine bristles and to paint in multiple thinned out coats. The thinner the paint (At least for me) and the more careful I am are the less chance there is of having bristle-lines and stroke patterns show up in the fnished product. And I don't mean that as criticism, your kit looks really cool, just a technique you might like to play with sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyowelb Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 vic, that's a great kit. hey you're not the only one that sucks on painting, i myself sucks too... anyways, practice makes perfect. keep up the good work...by the way, what's the scale of the model?. dyowelb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy's Blues Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Good Job! Does yours have floppy large cannon syndrome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Nice kit, and good job putting it together and getting it painted I used to have the same problem with paint granulation, it can also be caused by humidity exceeding the recommended limits on the brand of paint. (humidity in the 90+% range all summer here Yuck ) In the past when I have had this happen on a nice kit, and something you might consider if you have a rainy day or two and feel like farting around with touching up your valk, would be to find some really fine sandpaper, like 400-600 grit ( The stuff that looks like construction paper the grit is so fine) and lightly sanding the parts of the kit that got granulated paint flecks. This will scuff your paint job all to heck, but it turns into a great basecoat as it is the same color as you intend the model to be. Then dilute/thin out a bottle of the paint that you will use to recover the affected areas. It is a ton of work but if you got nothing better to do some day it might be a fun project. Your pictures look great I really like the way you set the valk up on the stand Oh, and if you don't have access to an airbrush, as I didn't for the longest time, I found that the best way to get smooth coats of paint is to invest in a couple art brushes with very fine bristles and to paint in multiple thinned out coats. The thinner the paint (At least for me) and the more careful I am are the less chance there is of having bristle-lines and stroke patterns show up in the fnished product. And I don't mean that as criticism, your kit looks really cool, just a technique you might like to play with sometime. Critisism, is my best friend right now Thanks for the comments, Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 vic, that's a great kit. hey you're not the only one that sucks on painting, i myself sucks too... anyways, practice makes perfect. keep up the good work...by the way, what's the scale of the model?. dyowelb The scale is 1/100, so it is a small suckah! I so hate to have different scales among my Macross collection. I've got( 1) 1/100, (5) 1/72, (2) 1/65, (9) 1/60, (4) 1/48. The only thing I can compare with my Macross collection is my 1/60, and 1/100 Gundam Models(wich are not painted all the way) Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlenhoff Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Good Job!Does yours have floppy large cannon syndrome? Actually, the "rod" that holds that cannon broke yesterday. It seems like a little extra paint forced the loop that held the "rubber" peice to break.This piece also holds the "cannon pack" I fixed it yesterday, but it sort of limits the overall movement of the cannon. sucjy, sucky, sucky. Next time I'll be more careful. Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfunk Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Looks WAY better than my second model With a little time in refinishing, that thing will look 100% youve got the skills man, keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechwarrior Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Well i'm just happy to see someone actually building their models, rather then horde them away in a dark closet for noone else to see (brings Gollum to mind "My Precious..........") Hard to beleive that here in Macross World, I have only seen 5 other VF-2ss Valks. It's too bad more people collect models instead of build them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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