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The pics above are probably the 2 most important pasrts of the whole construction. as you can see i try to use as much as possible on the kits peices that practically discarded during the convertion build up - the shoulder Joint on the Gerwalk are pieces of the hip joint from the battroid. the shoulder socket has been trimmed down to fit a cut on the back of the chest plate right under the wing and close to the wing pivotin point and filled/packed with pieces of styrene to obtain a solid "weld" between both pieces. -the shoulder peg has been glued in after drilling a hole on the upper part of the shoulder which will create a clearance to the wing. The original peg on the battroid shoulder joint had been cut off ( it will eb use later on in the modified gerwalk hip joint) and covered with styrene to create a smooth surface and a thicker wall for the new peg attachment; as you probably will figure out the new peg is the ball joint of the battroid hip. ***** ***** ***** A close up of the intake leg joint ; On this post pic (arrow 1) you can se the cut off battroid shoudler joint that has been attached to the foldable "joint cover" with a pice of styrene. ( arrow 2) I have added extra support by drilling a hole through ( the styrene and the peg) and glueing a piece of styrene rod.

UPDATED !!!look bottom for pics ... I been requested a comission job for a couple of Hasegawa gerwalks and I thought it would be nice to show some of the steps I came up with as I indulge on a project of this level for a second time.. Some of you might have seen the Minmay guard I build before where 3 different models were kitbashed to make the Gerwalk a reality. I originally made a complex convertion on the shoulder Joint using a bandai model, the hasegawa fighter and the battroid model models but now I am following the 2002 Hobby japan magazine techniques that actually are not only easier to follow but also mechanicaly sound

nice scheme with low/non weathering, specilay the way you hadled the aileron Wanna tell us a bit about the way you got the coloring and details so crisp?

Now that's just perfect, but pricy...

nicely done dude...nicely done; congrats...

wow!, thanks LTSO; is nice to reminisce about this stuff that happily enough is still around on my collection display cabinet. I know there was also some people having the fanjet recasted so i wanted to add some of the old pictures and the old tread about this model in particular Fanjet & vf-1 blue angels

I was born in Peru, I am half Chilean; lived in Mexico for 4 years and in LA ( just seems to be a different country of it's own if you tell me) been In Virginia, USA for 14.... Nacido en el Peru, soy mitad chileno; vivi en Mexico por 4 anos y en Los Angeles ( porque esa cuidad es un pais extranjero en si mismo) estoy viviendo en Virginia, EEUU por 14 anos

how did you finish this sucker so fast..? smoking...!!

My take on this is that the reaction you are having it could be happening for many reasons; 1-enamel base coat is not getting long enough time to dry and it mixes with the future coat 2- it could be that when you airbrush the future over it the layer it's too thin. 3-the thinner (mineral spirits) on the wash is too strong and goes throught the layer of Future eating away the enamel 4-the mineral spirits that you might be using on your wash might also be strong enough that when it sits on the model too long eats through the future layer. I had this problem before with acrilics base coat and a top layering by testor clear coat. the problem was the dying time of the acrilics wich wasn't enough and the testors coat was too thick that even with a long drying period wouldl find a way to eat throut the base coat layers and destroyed 2 model all together. I don't let the wash sit too long on the model i wipe it right aftr no more than 10 minutes

that is beautiful; great stylized lines..

I think is because no one has figured out that he is the darkest sith himself and has everyone under a spell or something of that sort or a mask that will be revealed once he gains complete power over the republic

btw how big is the slave one? I wanted to get a few of these but i saw the jedi starfighter and it looked tiny as hell. i would rather use the money and get a bigger kit. the slave 1 is big; bigger than the x wing. The box is at least twice as thick, lots of parts, hence the big price tag...

there's still 9 days left and that auction and the bid is already over $100 high. I think people bidding on it is on crack... Just for kicks I am going to build one and sell it on ebay twice as expensive but 20 times better done..

nice, very nice...

those tank treads always reminds me of the guntank...

There are dozens of Macross mecha that people don't know about. They are mostly only seen on the arts bok or briefly on a TV episode and most of them don't have a lot of detailed descriptions. Now, i would love to see some of those made into toys or models...

I believe macross customs toys is a very good idea. I would also like to see specifically macross model customs page added to the toys as well...

well that wouldn't be so surprising since the valhalla 3 kit has them in 1/700...quite small...which makes them the smallest ever, as far as I know..

WHOA!!! I want one, I want one now.....

Isn't that the story of all macross toys..?

Nothing, but nothing on this world will ever compare to the mighty (takes a big breath)...: Power Rangers Dino Thunder Mezodon Megazord go,go power rangers...!!!! (runs for cover...)

Condolences to the family and fans 'Superman' made history and it will be missed...

Well I will answer that question; It is a secondary sport in the US only; and the main reason why that is, is because marketing. You see, baseball and football are "slow" games. They have quantious and boring breaks and stops which allows companies to advertise their products on. You only get one break on soccer and some of the adds are placed atop the screen while the game is going on. So, since is not very nice and profitable for some companies they rather don't encourage it as a sport. Capitalism at its best All soccer fans would hate to see a Budwiser logo on the screen when Romario is heading towars the opposite golie.. See what I mean?

amen to that !! 'After in the dark' is one of my favorite pieces in macross ever. I would call it pop-rock Don't forget that Mac plus vastly improved on better and more complex fighting scenes on the Macross continuity and left behind that slow, sloppy and unpredictable Physics on battles with regards to the earlier series..

MY eyes; my eyes!!! Is the same gigant picture over and over... How about a more subtle one just like this one??