Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[SteveTheFish]

On 3/2/2026 at 11:28 PM, tekering said:

Nah, @SteveTheFish has me working on 3D models of the Buck Rogers Thunder Fighter now...

Oh wow, you must've procured those designs elsewhere. I think I saw those on Thingiverse. All I did was send you the cockpit interior STL files. I can send you the rest if you'd like.

As for myself, I think I'll finally get started laying down decals on my Kakizaki green VF-1A from DYRL by Hasegawa. It has a gloss coat now and is ready to go. I've been slowly working on this for a couple of years now, always getting distracted. I can post pictures of it tonight. It would otherwise be a slow evening after work and the perfect opportunity for hobby time tonight, but today is the commemoration of the female spousal unit's manufacture date. She turned 49 today. Which is fine, but I turn 50 on Sunday. Crap.

[Papa Rat]

10 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

Oh wow, you must've procured those designs elsewhere. I think I saw those on Thingiverse. All I did was send you the cockpit interior STL files. I can send you the rest if you'd like.

As for myself, I think I'll finally get started laying down decals on my Kakizaki green VF-1A from DYRL by Hasegawa. It has a gloss coat now and is ready to go. I've been slowly working on this for a couple of years now, always getting distracted. I can post pictures of it tonight. It would otherwise be a slow evening after work and the perfect opportunity for hobby time tonight, but today is the commemoration of the female spousal unit's manufacture date. She turned 49 today. Which is fine, but I turn 50 on Sunday. Crap.

Oh wow!!! Happy birthday to you and yours. That’s super exciting. I turn 50 in June. Bunch of bicentennial babies right here. ♥️

Please post your VF-1A if you find the time. Would love to see it. 
 

Stayed up late lastnight doing the test fit on the Our Treasure 1/144 Gatexion Mark3 Dharmas. This little model has a ton of detail and is going to take a lot of effort to correct seams and paint. It’s really back heavy too. I am going to mess around with the balance when final construction happens. Would like to avoid a stand if possible. I do have to say I’m loving the wild design. There’s a lot going on here. 

[derex3592]

12 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

Which is fine, but I turn 50 on Sunday. Crap.

WELCOME TO THE 50 CLUB!!! IT SUCKS! 😂

 

@tekering --- Yeh....I'm eventually gonna HAVE to have one of each of those Buck Rogers Designs in 1:48 or 1/32 Scale!!! I always ADORED the single and double seater designs!  Was the 3rd one ever in the show???? I can't recall...

Edited March 4 by derex3592

[Big s]

21 minutes ago, derex3592 said:

I always ADORED the single and double seater designs! 

I think that other one is actually the four seater. The standard is actually a two seater. Thunder fighter, Quad fighter and the last is an early version if I remember Traeger used it, not sure if he’s related to the bbq.

Edited March 4 by Big s

[derex3592]

@Big s -- Yeh that's what I meant...LOL....typing at work when I should be working not model foruming... PRIORITY'S people!!! 😂 And yeh, I need a Traeger smoker at the house too! 🤗😃

[Papa Rat]

1 hour ago, derex3592 said:

@Big s -- Yeh that's what I meant...LOL....typing at work when I should be working not model foruming... PRIORITY'S people!!! 😂 And yeh, I need a Traeger smoker at the house too! 🤗😃

Best time to slack off is at work. As long as your stuff is done on time. I see it as a prime opportunity to talk about models, food, or how to make repairs in your home or car if ya have one. What have you. 😂 

[Big s]

2 hours ago, derex3592 said:

@Big s -- Yeh that's what I meant...LOL....typing at work when I should be working not model foruming... PRIORITY'S people!!! 😂 And yeh, I need a Traeger smoker at the house too! 🤗😃

No worries, I do the same thing. Just need some tri tip to get the brain working sometimes 

[Papa Rat]

Built up a tiny PKA with my kiddo. I really like these 1/35 Artpla MaK kits. They usually come two or three per box so you can give one to a friend or build them up with optional gear/parts that they come with. Great value and smart fool proof construction that has creative peg shapes so there is no guess work.  Mak for dummies. Hahaha

 

[SteveTheFish]

This is my first Hasegawa Valkyrie. I'm building it as Kakizaki's VF-1A. I chose to paint the green stripes, especially after the decals went bad and the replacements I got didn't come with green since Hasegawa no longer makes the VF-1A kit which was their very first kit they released. The decals are still in the process of relaxing. I sprayed the paint job through oven filter sheets to give it a dirty look. I also did the surgery to put the engine nacelles in a straight position.

[Bolt]

Looking good @SteveTheFish 

Did someone say Traeger, tri tip..? Great combo! It's a once a week Combo ritual for me (also w ling cod or striped bass!) 

[Big s]

On 3/4/2026 at 10:15 PM, Papa Rat said:

Built up a tiny PKA with my kiddo. I really like these 1/35 Artpla MaK kits. They usually come two or three per box so you can give one to a friend or build them up with optional gear/parts that they come with. Great value and smart fool proof construction that has creative peg shapes so there is no guess work.  Mak for dummies. Hahaha

 

I like the lil guy

 

4 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

This is my first Hasegawa Valkyrie. I'm building it as Kakizaki's VF-1A. I chose to paint the green stripes, especially after the decals went bad and the replacements I got didn't come with green since Hasegawa no longer makes the VF-1A kit which was their very first kit they released. The decals are still in the process of relaxing. I sprayed the paint job through oven filter sheets to give it a dirty look. I also did the surgery to put the engine nacelles in a straight position.

The stripes are lookin good so far

 

31 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Did someone say Traeger, tri tip..? Great combo! It's a once a week Combo ritual for me (also w ling cod or striped bass!) 

 Traeger might make some changes to the menu, so make sure to guard the meats with some bright lights

[Bolt]

3 minutes ago, Big s said:

I like the lil guy

 

The stripes are lookin good so far

 

 Traeger might make some changes to the menu, so make sure to guard the meats with some bright lights

 

[Urashiman]

8 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

This is my first Hasegawa Valkyrie. I'm building it as Kakizaki's VF-1A. I chose to paint the green stripes, especially after the decals went bad and the replacements I got didn't come with green since Hasegawa no longer makes the VF-1A kit which was their very first kit they released. The decals are still in the process of relaxing. I sprayed the paint job through oven filter sheets to give it a dirty look. I also did the surgery to put the engine nacelles in a straight position.

Is it the same VF-1A as from this video 2 years ago?

 

[SteveTheFish]

6 hours ago, Urashiman said:

Is it the same VF-1A as from this video 2 years ago?

 

Yes, it's the same kit. I sort of lost track of this build last year and I hadn't posted an update on it for a while. I was documenting the build here and there, and I'll probably have another video done soon.

[Chas]

Speaking of old builds, I started this kit-bash/scratch build I think 10 years ago?

Some of you may remember my older posts on this. Well I picked it up again, inspired by a lucky win (at a good price) of a 1/500 S. B. Yamato on yahoo Japan auctions.

It started life as a 1:700 Nimitz class aircraft carrier  - Abrahan Lincoln I think?), but now it's  a 1:500 Space battleship Yamato carrier. Overall it measures 61cm (24 inches) which puts it at a comfortable 305M/1000ft.

I spent most of my time this weekend reacquainting myself with what I had done, and trying to remember what I wanted to do. You see I'm pretty much just making this up as I go along. It is loosely based on some ref. Images though.

After I figured things out a bit I decided to get to work on adding some greeblies to the rear section above the engines. Now that that's done I think I'll  move on to adding some plating to the main hull below  the flight deck to give some detailing and cleaned things up a bit.

The superstructure and flight deck area will likely be last, as I have too many ideas that I need to pare down. None of that stuff on top is glued down yet - just working out placement and such.

Anyway:

Here are the greeblie bits I worked out today:

And some you have some idea where on the ship those bits are:

[derex3592]

@ChasWHOOOAA!!! DUDE that's AWESOME!!! I have my 1/500 Yamato in my "To be finished soon" pile! Love the designs from that show! 

[Thom]

@Chas I remember this one! Glad to see this monster is back on the table!

[Chas]

Thanks Thom. I'm hoping I can  finally bring it to a satisfying  conclusion with this round of working on it. 🤞

[505thAirborne]

Well after a detour here & a detour there during its travels, look what arrived today. 

 

 

[SteveTheFish]

12 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

Well after a detour here & a detour there during its travels, look what arrived today. 

 

 

 

Nice! Are those scaled to fit the Moebius Galactica model? Where did you buy those?

[Big s]

14 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

Well after a detour here & a detour there during its travels, look what arrived today. 

 

 

Looks like you got turrets syndrome 

[505thAirborne]

5 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

Nice! Are those scaled to fit the Moebius Galactica model? Where did you buy those?

Yep, these are specifically for the Moebius kits. 

But they're going this one instead.  The blue pieces of tape is where I'm pretty sure I'll be putting the cannons. 

[505thAirborne]

@Big s My Turrets are ready to smash some toasters! 

 

Edited Tuesday at 06:27 PM by 505thAirborne

[wm cheng]

I loved those tiny turrets (didn't know you could use those on the OG Battlestar as well) - here's them on my NuBattlestar;

[SteveTheFish]

11 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

Yep, these are specifically for the Moebius kits. 

But they're going this one instead.  The blue pieces of tape is where I'm pretty sure I'll be putting the cannons. 

 

If I may ask again, where did you buy these? Is "Admiralty Model Works" another one of those "We only sell on Facebook" entities? I did a search on Google and DuckDuckGo but only saw links to Scalemates.com. 

[505thAirborne]

I'll post some better pics in the morning, just a quick shot with the turrets mounted on. 

 

@SteveTheFish I'm honestly not sure where these originated from, besides being long out of production, MW member @Thom hooked me up with these. Rarely, but they do pop up on eBay from time to time, like 4 months ago someone had a listing, but I missed out. Curious about your Kakizaki VF-1A, any reason you're using 013 instead of 012 for his Valk?

[Thom]

@505thAirborne I bought those many many moons ago, in the hay-day of battlestar modelling. Glad to see them in use now, as they look much better on your model than still in their wrappings.

[derex3592]

I had the PE ones back in the day and they were less than impressive, still better than the kit parts mind you.

[505thAirborne]

36 minutes ago, derex3592 said:

I had the PE ones back in the day and they were less than impressive, still better than the kit parts mind you.

I was tempted to get the PE set for the guns... but that is a level of patience that I do not possess. LOL

[505thAirborne]

Last round of pics, then it's off to the next project. SSWA! 

 

[Big s]

3 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

Last round of pics, then it's off to the next project. SSWA! 

 

I can hear the theme music now

[Papa Rat]

@505thAirborne Wow that came out great! It’s hard to tell how big it is but it really has a presence 

[Papa Rat]

Got some better pics of an old kit I build this past year. I’m so looking forward to the new version coming out this year. 
 

[Papa Rat]

Millions of seam lines later I’m about to prime this 🦖 today. I’m guessing I’ll have to do additional surface prep once the primer reveals errors in my hasty work.  
I had lots of ambitious plans for this old fella but I am feeling lazy so this will be a straight build without modding anything. 

[Papa Rat]

I am in the process of cleaning up my stash, cataloging my kit manuals, decals and extra parts hands etc… and recycling all these empty boxes.
Anyway I discovered I had a resin kit in my stash all this time and never opened it and completely overlooked it. I don’t even remember when I bought it. Lol. I’m old and will use that as my excuse. 
Anyway I pinned it up quick this morning. It’s very very basic with only a few pieces but needs lots of clean up. 
It’s the Hasegawa Macross DYRL Miria non scale figure. This will be my first figure build and hope to work on it this year if possible. It will look nice next to her Q-Rau