Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Thom]

It's hard to stay ahead of the curve sometimes.

Your Macross Zero F-14 looks great @Urashiman

[Cheese3]

The logos did so tiny! All 1/72nd scale

[Bolt]

Those look like Macross The Ride inspired paint schemes. More of a civilian flavor.

[Thom]

5 hours ago, Cheese3 said:

The logos did so tiny! All 1/72nd scale

It is a very small fighter.

[pengbuzz]

13 hours ago, wm cheng said:

Weathering looks great!  Yes, I have 2 of the FineMolds kits and 2 Hasegawas and now I'm going to be collecting the new Tamiyas all of which haven't been built - looks like I may never get to my old Hasegawa.  That's the problem falling in love with this plane and not getting around to building them till a better company puts out a better kit to put the older stuff to shame.  I even have all the old Verlinden resin upgrades from the 90s - argh, now with the Quinta 3D printed cockpit controls or MCC nozzles and landing gears with hydraulic lines, it just makes the old stuff laughable.

I have a similar, though slightly different issue: most times, the only kits I can afford are the older, more inaccurate ones (example: my version of the TOS Galactica). The challenge then becomes: how close can I get mine to the newest ones in terms of accuracy and detail. Most times I fall short, but I take it as a challenge to see if I can do with my materials what they did with theirs. Did this with CVAN-65, my 1/537 Refit Enterprise and my Ertl X-wing (1/43).

Stuff needs hydraulic lines? Paper clips! I have a cockpit that needs better controls? Stretch some sprue and use my xacto knife to make buttons, then sand down the surfaces and spend 20 hours gluing buttons in place no one will see! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA(cough, sputter, wheeze!!!).

Sorry...where was I? O.o

[Thom]

You take old kits @pengbuzz, and lift them up to a whole new level!

[tekering]

Well, today was a productive day. 😁

Kitbashing random decals to enhance detail is my favorite part of this process, and the most creatively fulfilling.  I look for shapes and colors that complement the topography of the model, and apply the waterslides wherever it seems appropriate.  Sometimes I find decals that suit the model so well, you'd think they were designed for it!

In this particular case, I'm trying to match the decals I used on the Biopsycher a couple years ago:

However, trying to source more of the Bandai decal sheets I'd used in 2023 has suddenly become prohibitively expensive, as they now command at least TEN times what they'd cost only a couple years ago...!  Frankly, I'd rather just make do with whatever I have left over from those days.

The secondary market is nuts, man.  😒

20 hours ago, wm cheng said:

not getting around to building them till a better company puts out a better kit

...or even a completed F-14, with little assembly required...? 😎

Who doesn't love the Tomcat? 😍

[lochness]

1 hour ago, tekering said:

Well, today was a productive day. 😁

Kitbashing random decals to enhance detail is my favorite part of this process, and the most creatively fulfilling.  I look for shapes and colors that complement the topography of the model, and apply the waterslides wherever it seems appropriate.  Sometimes I find decals that suit the model so well, you'd think they were designed for it!

In this particular case, I'm trying to match the decals I used on the Biopsycher a couple years ago:

However, trying to source more of the Bandai decal sheets I'd used in 2023 has suddenly become prohibitively expensive, as they now command at least TEN times what they'd cost only a couple years ago...!  Frankly, I'd rather just make do with whatever I have left over from those days.

The secondary market is nuts, man.  😒

...or even a completed F-14, with little assembly required...? 😎

Who doesn't love the Tomcat? 😍

Super cool! Gotta love the classics.

[pengbuzz]

2 hours ago, tekering said:

Well, today was a productive day. 😁

Ah... leg day, I see. :D

[Papa Rat]

@tekering That blue!!!! This is going to look amazing bookending that previous build. Love it. 

[electric indigo]

The propeller is working 😄