Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[nightmareB4macross]

22 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Thanks for the compliment!

It’s supposed to be the VF-1D but lacks any details for the most part. 
Have a look.

That’s the VF-1C. Nice.

The kit is labeled as the VF-1D. The version of that head makes an appearance in Macross Design Works and possibly in SDF-M in grey.

The 15th anniversary VF figures also had this unique head found on the Super VF-1D GERWALK, but not in the Battroid. 🧐

https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=5625

Very cool.

 

 

[MechTech]

@Cheese3 Your Misa figure looks good! I lost the eye decals for mine, so she came out looking more like Little Orphan Annie!🤣

@derex3592 Your work areas are looking great! Congrats!

@Papa Rat The paint on your -1D looks REALLY good! Nice shading with the color mixtures.

@Chas The mods to your SDF-1 made it look much better!

@pengbuzz I saw a video online on how to save money model building. One of the suggestions was to use a watered down solution of white vinegar for a decal setting solution. I always thought setting solution smelled like acetic acid. I would give it a shot! - MT

[pengbuzz]

28 minutes ago, MechTech said:

@Cheese3 Your Misa figure looks good! I lost the eye decals for mine, so she came out looking more like Little Orphan Annie!🤣

@derex3592 Your work areas are looking great! Congrats!

@Papa Rat The paint on your -1D looks REALLY good! Nice shading with the color mixtures.

@Chas The mods to your SDF-1 made it look much better!

@pengbuzz I saw a video online on how to save money model building. One of the suggestions was to use a watered down solution of white vinegar for a decal setting solution. I always thought setting solution smelled like acetic acid. I would give it a shot! - MT

Thank MT: I heard of that a while back and tried it.

My bottle of metallic blue acrylic paint STILL won't talk to me after that one! O.o

[Papa Rat]

1 hour ago, nightmareB4macross said:

That’s the VF-1C. Nice.

The kit is labeled as the VF-1D. The version of that head makes an appearance in Macross Design Works and possibly in SDF-M in grey.

The 15th anniversary VF figures also had this unique head found on the Super VF-1D GERWALK, but not in the Battroid. 🧐

https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=5625

Very cool.

 

 

Wow. Thanks for the info and link. I’ll check it out. 
 

Thanks for the kind words @MechTech

[Big s]

5 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

That’s the VF-1C. Nice.

The kit is labeled as the VF-1D. The version of that head makes an appearance in Macross Design Works and possibly in SDF-M in grey.

The 15th anniversary VF figures also had this unique head found on the Super VF-1D GERWALK, but not in the Battroid. 🧐

https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=5625

Very cool.

 

 

I have a feeling that Arii just f***** up the sculpt on the tucked in head. Then again they could’ve tried sneaking something in that they thought no one would notice, but I’m pretty sure they messed up.

they may not have had the best of art to go on and just figured it was good enough. Some of the box arts looked a bit funky at the time as well. Arii wasn’t always the best at details or proportions. I’m still surprised at the overall appearance of their fighter kit in comparison to the oddities on the fighter and gerwalk kits

[Papa Rat]

Work is underway on the IMAI 1/48 scale Orguss M.Lover Lieea.

I’m currently modifying the rear vents to be closer to the animation artwork. This is my first foray into using Milliput…I think I like it? I roughed in the area I wanted to change and will dial it in tomorrow when it hardens. 
 

[nightmareB4macross]

5 hours ago, Big s said:

I have a feeling that Arii just f***** up the sculpt on the tucked in head. Then again they could’ve tried sneaking something in that they thought no one would notice, but I’m pretty sure they messed up.

they may not have had the best of art to go on and just figured it was good enough. Some of the box arts looked a bit funky at the time as well. Arii wasn’t always the best at details or proportions. I’m still surprised at the overall appearance of their fighter kit in comparison to the oddities on the fighter and gerwalk kits

Not quite. The VF-1C was an intended VF. 

[Papa Rat]

14 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Not quite. The VF-1C was an intended VF. 

Thanks for the reference material. Very cool. The head on the runner is exactly like the one that came in that VF-1D fighter. 

[Big s]

11 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Not quite. The VF-1C was an intended VF. 

Did they just mess up and make that alternate head and then just get lazy and not change it in the fighter and gerwalk? Just wondering since it’s labeled as 1D

[MechTech]

@Papa Rat Cool! I haven't built one of those in decades! Looking forward to it!

@nightmareB4macross Thanks for sharing that! I forgot about that awkward designed head! - MT

[Papa Rat]

The milliput looked like crap and I would say it was unsuccessful. So I figured addition by subtraction will work better. I don’t own a micro saw or whatever so I used a big old hacksaw to cut off the rear. You make do with what you got. It was a mess but I rebuilt it with a few pieces of .5 mm pla to make up for all the material I lost in sawing, reattached both halves and I think it worked out great. In doing so I created a panel line that I was going to scribe in anyways.

Edited 13 hours ago by Papa Rat

[Thom]

Good improvement!

[Papa Rat]

59 minutes ago, Thom said:

Good improvement!

Thanks. There was some trepidation in sawing it in half but it was not a big deal. A first for me.