Saburo Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Just picked up my sons custom build 1/72 Bandai Kit. Build and paint done by Lancelot. Looks pretty good eh! That custom looks awesome! Your son is a very lucky kid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchieNov Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Just picked up my sons custom build 1/72 Bandai Kit. Build and paint done by Lancelot. Looks pretty good eh! Is your son's name Dylan Porter by any chance? Edited July 26, 2015 by ArchieNov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Is your son's name Dylan Porter by any chance? hey yep! good guess! hehe! I did ask him if he wanted his name blocked out but he said he was ok having it shown.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 That's awesomeness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 All credit does go to Lancelot for yet another fantastic build and paint job! These 1:72 kits are a very fiddly, flimsy and fragile! if you are not careful or too heavy handed it will literally fall to bits in your hand! We were just taking the gunpod off the hand so to switch it from gerwalk to fighter mode and it just broke off! Had to superglue it back on.. Its quite a bit smaller than I had expected compared to the 1/60 line but now I couldn't imagine having any of the 1/100 line.. they must be tiny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Great updates guys! That's one great custom Valk there, Mr. Porter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Great updates guys! That's one great custom Valk there, Mr. Porter. Hehe! Thats sounds weird being called by my actual surname in here! Reminds me of highschool and being told off by my english teacher! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 All credit does go to Lancelot for yet another fantastic build and paint job! These 1:72 kits are a very fiddly, flimsy and fragile! if you are not careful or too heavy handed it will literally fall to bits in your hand! We were just taking the gunpod off the hand so to switch it from gerwalk to fighter mode and it just broke off! Had to superglue it back on.. Its quite a bit smaller than I had expected compared to the 1/60 line but now I couldn't imagine having any of the 1/100 line.. they must be tiny! That looks great. Does he have an Alps printer or something? Wondering how he made the decals for the pilot name and the squadron insignias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Yeah I think he must in order to print his own decals! Although im not sure what his setup actually is.. He has also made custom decals on a few other builds he has done for me. Talanted guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Driver Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) That looks great. Does he have an Alps printer or something? Wondering how he made the decals for the pilot name and the squadron insignias. You actually don't need a special printer for decals. You can use a laser or inkjet printer with some of the new decal papers that are available. Here's a video that might help: It's specifically talking about wargaming, but the process will work for any plastic model or toy, that you're wanting to use waterslide transfer decals on. Edited July 29, 2015 by Valkyrie Driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chyll2 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Yes, you are correct, you dont need special printer for decals. This is true until you want to print with WHITE ink. For decals with lots of white part, modellers usually use the White decals and trim but I dont think that was possible for the text that small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Yes, you are correct, you dont need special printer for decals. This is true until you want to print with WHITE ink. For decals with lots of white part, modellers usually use the White decals and trim but I dont think that was possible for the text that small. This. I've made decals before and sometimes using white decal paper is enough to get the job done, but when you need things like small white lettering or complex insignias that has both white and transparent portions, it's just not possible to do. There is a custom I want to do with a 1/60 VF-1 assembly kit, but without being able to make my own white lettering, I have to put it on hold indefinitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Driver Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Yes, you are correct, you dont need special printer for decals. This is true until you want to print with WHITE ink. For decals with lots of white part, modellers usually use the White decals and trim but I dont think that was possible for the text that small. There are some printers that will print white, but those are probably more than most people want to spend on a printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Just picked up my sons custom build 1/72 Bandai Kit. Build and paint done by Lancelot. Looks pretty good eh! That is freaking sweet! Fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 You actually don't need a special printer for decals. You can use a laser or inkjet printer with some of the new decal papers that are available. Here's a video that might help: It's specifically talking about wargaming, but the process will work for any plastic model or toy, that you're wanting to use waterslide transfer decals on. Ah, that last bit about the light layer of clear coat is what I needed to know so I can finish my custom VF-4 decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 That is freaking sweet! Fact. Thanks! My son is really loving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 hey yep! good guess! hehe! I did ask him if he wanted his name blocked out but he said he was ok having it shown.. you should've named your son Roy Focker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Driver Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Ah, that last bit about the light layer of clear coat is what I needed to know so I can finish my custom VF-4 decals. Glad I could help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 you should've named your son Roy Focker hahaha! It would have been cool for him to have a Macross related middle name of some sort but his mum would have never agreed to that sadly.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizicke5273 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Awesome custom Valk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Driver Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 you should've named your son Roy Focker My dad would kill me If I named his grandson Roy, regardless of where it came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaoticYeti Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 My dad would kill me If I named his grandson Roy, regardless of where it came from. Name him Focker, than Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 In fact I did want to give him Max as a middle name but at the time I never mentioned the reference to Macross to the ex and the fact that we had a cat called Max which she didn't like cos he didn't like her and scratched her a few times. So that's as close as it ever got.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Driver Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Name him Focker, than Mom would kill me because she doesn't want her grand kids to suffer dutch names, like she and her siblings did, so that's out... Also, my last name begins with an F, so not going to do that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The printers you guys are wanting are called ALPS printers. They print using a opaque coloured resin impregnanted onto a tape cassette. Besides the usual colours they are the only desktop printers that can do white and metallics. The bad news is twofold. They are no longer made BUT you can still get the ink cassettes as they are hugely popular printers. Second, they are between 900NZD and 1300NZD for a refurbished model out of Hongkong etc. The MD 5000 is the one you want. They carry 5 film cassettes and do 2400DPI resolution! http://www.alps-printer.com/ I'm looking at getting one to do the Hallway display models with my own logos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyg Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) I looked into this a few years ago and was very close to buying one. I thought the chance to sell custom decals for folks would pay for the printer, but then had some very good discussion with someone who used to do exactly this and the advice was that the maintenance costs for the printer would always keep profitability out of reach. That, and I haven't learned Illustrator or any other Vector based graphics utility well enough to ever make my time investment pay off. If you want it for yourself and can justify its expense, that's an entirely different situation. Edited August 3, 2015 by mickyg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) I used to have my own afterhours signwriting business, before racing and Army studies and deployments took too much of my time up, called Slydesigns, then AsylumArt, doing door paint on airforce helos, APC names, Unit logos, Drift car full wraps and Motox helmet airbrushing. I still have the airbrushes, vinyl cutters and the Design programs which I use to camo up real steel and airsoft rifles. Might just give this a go if I can convince the wife. My own ride... make an interesting macross scheme... Edited August 3, 2015 by NZEOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Triumph 675! Lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) Ok, so this technically isn't part of my Macross collection, but this has kind of become my "catch all" place to display things that don't have a home anywhere else as all my display cabinets are filled to overflowing! The Robotech/Voltron stuff I had as a kid in 85ish and the DVD's were the last unedited versions, which I think are better, and the artwork on the cases and DVD's were from all 3 of the original Japenese shows and is absolutely gorgeous. The Aliens are crap toys because of the fantastically horrible ball joints. They look great, but don't buy them. Two broke right out of the package. The rest are all models I have built over the last couple of years. Edited August 9, 2015 by derex3592 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Great little display Derex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Driver Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Agreed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Love the diorama! And the queen Alien! And the BSG Viper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saburo Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 @derex3592 nice Dairugger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Got tired of how dark the insides of my Detolfs were,so I rigged some quick and cheap lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Very nice and clean displays Lolicon! And you did a great job with the lighting! Seems to work very effectively and everything seems to be illuminated very well! Im thinking of reworking my lighting system for a better and more even spread of light. My displays seem to have a few dark and shadowy spots and it bugs me a bit.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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