MacrossJunkie Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, chyll2 said: So the canopy can be removed by just forcing it out? Yeah, you just lift it and pull and wiggle it right out. That sounded a little dirty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 hour ago, MacrossJunkie said: I just did a quick spray of the canopy. 5 parts clear yellow, 1 part clear orange, and some tamiya thinner. It's still wet, but here's how the tinting looks. It's pretty close to the original color minus the frosted metallic look. Nice job, MJ! Good to know that it can be stripped and repaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wm cheng Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 45 minutes ago, MacrossJunkie said: Yeah, you just lift it and pull and wiggle it right out. That sounded a little dirty... Thanks! So did the alcohol strip the black as well? I guess you painted that back in? How about the forward piece, its all together with the red sensors, how did you remove that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xigfrid Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 2 hours ago, MacrossJunkie said: It's just paint on the outside. You can get it off with some cotton swabs and rubbing alcohol. The painted black stripes were on the inside or you have repainted them before applying the tint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) 49 minutes ago, wm cheng said: Thanks! So did the alcohol strip the black as well? I guess you painted that back in? How about the forward piece, its all together with the red sensors, how did you remove that? The alcohol will strip the black off as well. I was just very careful removing only the yellow, but I had to do some touch ups still. I haven't done the front piece yet, but I'm just going to use alcohol, cotton swabs, and twisted up paper towel pieces to get it off and then do any necessary touch ups. 41 minutes ago, Xigfrid said: The painted black stripes were on the inside or you have repainted them before applying the tint? The black is on the outside. The whole outside is painted with that foggy yellow actually, and then they painted the dark grey/black frame over top. You can either soak it in alcohol and wipe the whole thing clean and repaint the frame or painstakingly remove the yellow. Using a fingernail or dulled down pencil tip with a small piece of alcohol soaked paper towel over the edge can help to get the yellow off the edge close to the frame. Edited January 27, 2017 by MacrossJunkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xigfrid Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Thanks lot MJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson9 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I haven't picked up a Valkyrie for about 4 years, but I'm really thinking about picking this latest release up. I just started watching the show and the first episode was pretty painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 minute ago, Crimson9 said: I haven't picked up a Valkyrie for about 4 years, but I'm really thinking about picking this latest release up. I just started watching the show and the first episode was pretty painful. If the first episode is already painful for you wait until you finish it. But kidding aside, I agree that this latest Valkyrie design is just perfect for your needs after 4 years of not getting one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saburo Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Excellent work on the canopy MJ! I wish I had painting skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 9 hours ago, MacrossJunkie said: The alcohol will strip the black off as well. I was just very careful removing only the yellow, but I had to do some touch ups still. I haven't done the front piece yet, but I'm just going to use alcohol, cotton swabs, and twisted up paper towel pieces to get it off and then do any necessary touch ups. The black is on the outside. The whole outside is painted with that foggy yellow actually, and then they painted the dark grey/black frame over top. You can either soak it in alcohol and wipe the whole thing clean and repaint the frame or painstakingly remove the yellow. Using a fingernail or dulled down pencil tip with a small piece of alcohol soaked paper towel over the edge can help to get the yellow off the edge close to the frame. Thanks! Can't wait to see you're creation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) Well, here is how I did the forward section of the canopy if anyone wants to try. Please excuse the crap phone camera photos I've been taking. The area is very small with hardly any room to work with for a cotton swab, so I masked it off as a precaution. Carefully rubbed it off with the alcohol and cotton swabs. Sprayed it with the tinting and here we go. Now you can see inside like you should instead of it being like trying to look through a frosted church window. The red sensor array is really foggy too and I think that's the next item on the list to wipe off and spray with a clear red. Edited January 27, 2017 by MacrossJunkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 ^ Perfect as it meant to be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anime52k8 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 kind of want to do this because I don't like the yellow tint and I just want to make the canopy clear, but the front part looks scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyg Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Very nice work MJ! So glad this is doable. Going to add the smoke to the front of the red sensor array on the nose too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Looks fantastic with the proper clear canopy! Fricking Bandai and their outlandish design choices... Are you going to look into a way to achieve the recessed look of the forward sensors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 that looks so much better! I'd love to do this to my lot but as anime52k8 said it looks scary to do! what will totally piss me off is if they make an alteration to the future releases reducing the amount of tinting as apposed to the originals releases.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 transformation guide for people don't want open the paper version 4549660062981.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 23 minutes ago, anime52k8 said: kind of want to do this because I don't like the yellow tint and I just want to make the canopy clear, but the front part looks scary. It's definitely doable. Just have to take precautions to keep yourself from rubbing off the framing. Otherwise, you'll need to color match the dark gray and do touch ups. 8 minutes ago, mickyg said: Very nice work MJ! So glad this is doable. Going to add the smoke to the front of the red sensor array on the nose too? 7 minutes ago, Lolicon said: Looks fantastic with the proper clear canopy! Fricking Bandai and their outlandish design choices... Are you going to look into a way to achieve the recessed look of the forward sensors? Thanks! Without being able to take these darned things apart, I can't think of a way to properly give that recessed look. My previous attempt with putting a smoked tint didn't achieve the results I wanted, so I may just leave it be. It would just be like those 2d perspective drawings that only look right from a certain angle. Stupid Bandai for making it too hard to take these apart. Makes me wish they made a kit like Yamato did with the VF-1's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 2 hours ago, MacrossJunkie said: Well, here is how I did the forward section of the canopy if anyone wants to try. Please excuse the crap phone camera photos I've been taking. The area is very small with hardly any room to work with for a cotton swab, so I masked it off as a precaution. Carefully rubbed it off with the alcohol and cotton swabs. Sprayed it with the tinting and here we go. Now you can see inside like you should instead of it being like trying to look through a frosted church window. The red sensor array is really foggy too and I think that's the next item on the list to wipe off and spray with a clear red. Wow that looks amazing! Great work as always MJ. So did you say after the alcohol rub that the canopy plastic was a bit milky? So you dipped it in future... how about the front piece? Did you spray a really thinned/wet Tamiya clear orange to get that tint? I've never found that I could airbrush a satisfactory clear tint (always some pebbling) I always end up tinting a future mixture. Did you just airbrush the Tamiya Clear orange straight on? Yes, the red sensors could be clearer too, I'm just afraid of the alcohol soaking through the Tamiya masking tape and ruining those tiny white warning tampo prints. 47 minutes ago, valhary said: transformation guide for people don't want open the paper version 4549660062981.pdf Thanks so much!!! Unfortunately I already scanned every page - I love having the digital copy to transform with and I could leave my instructions packed away in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 7 minutes ago, wm cheng said: Wow that looks amazing! Great work as always MJ. So did you say after the alcohol rub that the canopy plastic was a bit milky? So you dipped it in future... how about the front piece? Did you spray a really thinned/wet Tamiya clear orange to get that tint? I've never found that I could airbrush a satisfactory clear tint (always some pebbling) I always end up tinting a future mixture. Did you just airbrush the Tamiya Clear orange straight on? Yes, the red sensors could be clearer too, I'm just afraid of the alcohol soaking through the Tamiya masking tape and ruining those tiny white warning tampo prints. Thank you. Yes, the canopy was kind of milky and no amount of cleaning made any difference. It was just the plastic. Coating it with Future fixed it right up though. The front piece wasn't milky like the canopy was. My tinting mixture was 5 drops clear yellow, 1 drop clear orange, 2 drops Future (for leveling and extra gloss) , and 2 drops of tamiya thinner. Sprayed at a low psi (approx 15psi). When cleaning off with the alcohol, just make sure the swab is not soaking wet, but just damp so it doesn't soak through the tape or squeeze out of the swab.. It takes me about 15-20 min or so to get the tinting off from just carefully rubbing back and forth and changing swabs occasionally when the tips are caked with paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaino Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Mirage when?? I need her <3 And to not preorder an extra extra one by accident this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 7 hours ago, MacrossJunkie said: Thank you. Yes, the canopy was kind of milky and no amount of cleaning made any difference. It was just the plastic. Coating it with Future fixed it right up though. The front piece wasn't milky like the canopy was. My tinting mixture was 5 drops clear yellow, 1 drop clear orange, 2 drops Future (for leveling and extra gloss) , and 2 drops of tamiya thinner. Sprayed at a low psi (approx 15psi). When cleaning off with the alcohol, just make sure the swab is not soaking wet, but just damp so it doesn't soak through the tape or squeeze out of the swab.. It takes me about 15-20 min or so to get the tinting off from just carefully rubbing back and forth and changing swabs occasionally when the tips are caked with paint. Hey MJ, with the main canopy, did you coat it first with future, then spray the yellow/orange tint mixture (with future) or did you just spray the mixture already contiaining the 2 drops of future right on the milky plastic without a pre-prep amd the airbrushed mixture took care of the frosting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 (edited) I coated it to make sure it would become clear first, or else I'd have had to come up with another plan. Fortunately, it worked and so I just went ahead and tinted it sometime after. I wonder if the paint actually had metal particles that was causing micro-abrasions in the plastic when I was trying to get the yellow tint off. The Future coating would have filled in the abrasions in any case. Edited January 28, 2017 by MacrossJunkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 7 minutes ago, MacrossJunkie said: I coated it to make sure it would become clear first, or else I'd have had to come up with another plan. Fortunately, it worked and so I just went ahead and tinted it sometime after. I wonder if the paint actually had metal particles that was causing micro-abrasions in the plastic when I was trying to get the yellow tint off. The Future coating would have filled in the abrasions in any case. But you didn't do that for the front part of the windscreen right? So can we skip that part and just go straight to the tint/future mixture without pre-future before the tint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Correct, I skipped it for the front piece since I saw no fogginess in the clear plastic. You can just go ahead straight to the tinting phase without that extra step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor One Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 12 hours ago, MacrossJunkie said: Well, here is how I did the forward section of the canopy if anyone wants to try. Please excuse the crap phone camera photos I've been taking. The area is very small with hardly any room to work with for a cotton swab, so I masked it off as a precaution.Carefully rubbed it off with the alcohol and cotton swabs. Sprayed it with the tinting and here we go. Now you can see inside like you should instead of it being like trying to look through a frosted church window. The red sensor array is really foggy too and I think that's the next item on the list to wipe off and spray with a clear red. That's beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IXTL Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 https://twitter.com/t_features/status/825252164465340417 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duymon Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Super parts are looking nice. I'm still on the fence on whether or not I'll paint most of the parts grey so that the valk looks more armored up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXis10z Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Can the armaments from the vf -171 super parts set be used on vf-31s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chyll2 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 25 minutes ago, eXis10z said: Can the armaments from the vf -171 super parts set be used on vf-31s? Yes, it can be used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXis10z Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmkjr Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 3 hours ago, IXTL said: https://twitter.com/t_features/status/825252164465340417 *snip* I noticed that the VF-31 statue now has the weapons pod attached or did it have it on before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 we WAAAANTS it precious.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 47 minutes ago, wmkjr said: I noticed that the VF-31 statue now has the weapons pod attached or did it have it on before? Yup, no pods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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