MacrossJunkie Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Another great job MJ!!! Looks fantastic... you managed to even make the minty green look good. Great photography too! Sorry I might of asked before, but what lighting setup to you use to get the background so black? Your photographs really do it justice too. I've finally finished my RVF with the super packs too - just never get the time to photograph them, my ghosts are still naked though. Thanks. I was happy that the crotch plate didn't look so out of place once it was panel lined and had some weathering added. Without it, it just looked like an unfinished piece of plastic. No problem on asking again. Here is my setup from a previous post: At the bottom of the post Hope you find some time to take pics. I'd like to see your work on them too. My VF-25G supers should be up next. Yeah, I mentioned right after I got my Super Parts that it was terrible in Gerwalk as there is no room to move the arms at all. While the Gerwalk mode on the regular VF-25 is probably one of the best/most-free of any toy Valk with the Super packs on it's one of the worst, especially for the RVF variant. Though it really isn't the Toy's fault the design of the giant boosters on the wings effs up everything in other modes. Still, no fun to "pose." Yeah, between the rotodome, the huge boosters, the long ELINT antenna on the arm and the shield that sticks out more than normal, there really wasn't any way to move the arms around in either battroid or GERWALK mode without cheating on occasion. I couldn't even get the freaking rear stand adapter for fighter mode in without risking scraping off clearcoat. That piece is just badly designed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Those Ghosts look amazing!!! Whhhyyyyyyy can't we get a 1:60 Mac Plus Ghost Arcadia???!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon18 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Well, I got to panel lining and stickering my 1S, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barurutor Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 nice work falcon18! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Nice. Few people apply the stickers and even fewer take the time to trim them first. Good work. Did you use paint + thinner or an oil wash for the panel lining? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon18 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Thanks! The stickers were abit troublesome and time consuming to trim but they were well worth it. I used Tamiya's Panel Line Accent Colour. It's like a ready made enamel wash, all you have to do is run down the paint down the lines. Any excess will be cleaned up with Tamiya's X-20 thinner. Gotta do it for my Hik 1S and Isamu 29 next.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I finished weathering my last set of super parts that have been sitting around for months. Fighter GERWALK (yes only 1 pic. Couldn't even move the arms anywhere with the boosters in the way.) Battroid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrentonx Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Pretty sure you're tired of hearing it...beautiful work as usual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reïvaj Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Yeah, what else can we say? MacrossJunkie doesn't give us too many options! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I really like the white paint strips on Michaels missile pods. The pallet swap works great. Great job as always MJ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET7 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 jampack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 We interrupt your usual valkyrie-porn to bring you a snapshot of Minmay in concert with Mylene and Godzilla! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 nailed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I finished weathering my last set of super parts that have been sitting around for months. Fighter GERWALK (yes only 1 pic. Couldn't even move the arms anywhere with the boosters in the way.) Battroid I have to keep sayin' it, it's just beautiful MJ!!! I also love your photography of it too. Really elevates these toys - I guess it was good that Bandai made them in the shiny toy-like plastic - it really forced us to do something about it because it looked so awful out of the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reïvaj Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 That could be true for you and MacrossJunkie but I don't think that's good for almost everybody else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Just trying to find a silver lining in a dark cloud I just wish they at least had some bit of texture to the plastic. Not only so it looks less shiny out of the box, but so that there's more for paint to stick to. Their own paint has a hard time adhering to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
close313 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hey MJ, what do you do to prime your DX's for painting and do you just paint the raw plastic? I'm more specifically referring to the brown markings on the 25A on your profile picture. I'm planning to customise my 25A's too but afraid that the paint will get easily scratched off the shiny plastic when handling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sreichma Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I Loved when Max got down in his 1-A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hey MJ, what do you do to prime your DX's for painting and do you just paint the raw plastic? I'm more specifically referring to the brown markings on the 25A on your profile picture. I'm planning to customise my 25A's too but afraid that the paint will get easily scratched off the shiny plastic when handling. I wipe it down really well with a wet paper towel and then use a brush to brush off any lint left over from the paper towel. The stripes on the wing root and wings themselves shouldn't be a problem as far as scratches are concerned. I had a problem with scraping on the stripes on the sides of the forward fuselage though. Some sanding on the area as well as on the LERX should help with that. You could try spraying some primer also. Just not too much or you might need to sand the inner side of the LERX more to give more clearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkfighter Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 love to see the 1A CF flying, the nose section on the 1/48 looks great, for me looks better than the 1/60 v2, maybe because is longer. by the way, do you like my homemade base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikElvis Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 The 1/48's are a beauty in fighter mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benson13 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Yes they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
close313 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 1/48 valks look awesome at battroid and fighter modes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon18 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Edited February 21, 2014 by Falcon18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Yay!! Love for the 1/48s - I still prefer my 48s over my 60s... since I mostly leave them in fighter mode all the time ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-18S Hornet Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 We interrupt your usual valkyrie-porn to bring you a snapshot of Minmay in concert with Mylene and Godzilla! HA I didn't know Godzilla can play Guitar Hero, no wonder the military ha always be trying to destroy him. Every time he wails on the thing, the shockwave shatters all the windows in Tokyo. DSC_0445.JPG DSC_0483.JPG Nice to see you got yours, HLJ cancelled on mine cause I didn't have enough funds in the bank to purchase. I think it was ofr the best, I want a DYRL Roy 1S with Strike parts added to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET7 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 on a lighter side of the universe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Magnus Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Lol that's funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yman1437 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Jet7 ...its funny! Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaajin Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Loaded with punches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSenpai Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Rocket punch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie addict Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 BreaSto' fire!!!... oh wait Good show also JET7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Magnus Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 BreaSto' fire!!!... oh wait Good show also JET7 Great Mazinger quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaajin Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 DD Ivanov overhead side-shooting in gerwalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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