Urashiman

@pengbuzz haha, no worries. Nobody is perfect. btw: it has been done. Lo and behold! Really clunky christmas tree ornaments I tell you...

@wm cheng yeah right? Crazy how this turns out. Btw: the j-20s looks awesome! @Papa Rat great build! Fiddled around this morning. Almost done.

On the plamax VF-1, most of them are hidden. The ones that do show are sanded down. It is also important to use glue which is bonding surfaces by dissolving them and then joining them. Also - clamps. Use clamps to make sure stuff is sticking together until the glue dries. Then I use sanding papers and sponges. 180/320 600 1500 In that order. It won’t go away fully, but most of it.

@pengbuzz awesome! Seems you got a few nice friends. about the VF-1. Only some decals left and venier thrusters here and there. Provide done tomorrow.

Progress from today.

Actually, this kit has two pilots. DYRL and TV versions. so, for the changed parts. here the original one (one big black canopy piece - step 4). and here, the new version where they cut off a piece of the canopy, just to have this little piece molded in white. (Step 10) I decided to use the water slide decals. They are already really soft, so mark setter almost melted them away. I‘ll probably peel this one off and use one from the leftover sheet of the other vf-1 i just build. But everything else comes along quite well. It’s a bit more pieces and stuff to panel line. Few more highlights to set. But hey, it‘ll be fine.

Hard to show, but the instructions might give a hint. I‘ll post that later. here some progress pictures. Remember: no priming, airbrushing and so on. Only bare plastics and highlights with permanent markers.

Building is on! What i found interesting? I had the initial plamax VF-1 and the max/kakizaki version. Both were identical, save for the decals. This one? They seemed to have updated a few parts. Aside from the obvious ones, that need to be different, changes were made to the nose and canopy. So, the kit is evolving. 😮

It is decided then

This one totally went past me… https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-nousjadeul-ger-theatrical-version-hsg35

I am tempted now… should I basic build this one as well, just to see how it would look?

Ah ... The VE-1 Elintseeker - I remember building mine like yesterday. It is a really rewarding build. I had everything down in sections, as the Hasegawa kit would allow it to be build. And then when everything came together, it was like a beautiful marriage. Have fun man, this is such a nice kit

Wait a minute ... is that a kit or do you scratch build this? Either way that is a crazy project hahaha XD

Oh man - that happens when you type up stuff when tired, and on phone using sausage fingers. Hahaha What I meant to say was, that the PLAMAX stickers came off after a night, like peeling themselves off on the vertical stabilizers and the little fins on the engine bays. So I was using the water slide decals for these parts instead. @tekering Yeah, I have the super strong stuff. But for stickers (not water slide decals) it would just dilute and dissolve the adhesive of the stickers. @derex3592 Yeah, right? I believe that was the intention from PLAMAX. The kit comes in different colors, so it is more of an entry grade kit that doesn't need much painting. As I've said a like two years ago. The PLAMAX VF-1 is a really nice kit and I would recommend it to anyone.

It has been done. The last few steps. Kid didn’t want to build anymore and instead went to play super Mario. and … DONE. Tools and colors used: Tamiya Super Thin Cement Tamiya Black panel line color Turpentine substitute 180/600/1500 grid sandpaper Stanley carpet cutter Model kit pliers Red permanent marker (Edding) Blue permanent marker (Edding) silver gloss permanent marker (Edding) Black gloss permanent marker the plamax sticker and for stuff that came off after a night, the waterslide decals. A fun build. The plamax VF-1 is such a nice kit to build. I recommend it.

@Bolt yeah… mine wants to play lego games… @Papa Rat indeed. I learned that from building gundams @Thom not that old… it is the plamax vf-1, which is 3 years old?

This is how far we got today. note: no airbrush use. Only panel line color, permanent marker for some details and the plamax stickers. It kinda looks cool so far. It is crazy just how much panel lines can make a kit make look so much better.

Haha nice! after rubbing off the plastic with ISO, those plamax stickers adhere pretty well.

@wm cheng here you go. Giant decal sheet. VF-1D box for comparison. My kid decided I should build a plane. Plamax VF-1 it is.

Yeah… the decals are bigger than an DIN A4 sheet. Tons of delicate lines and stuff. Might want to mask that… I‘ll take a picture tomorrow

Didn’t post in a while. Got new stuff for future workbenches. Hehe Finally got my hands on a Hasegawa VF-1D that is not sold for a fortune. I was always eyeing that ASF-X, so finally got a nice one And on top, a Plamax Super Valkyrie. Fun fun. I once read: building model kits and purchasing model kits are two different hobbies. I hope to have some more time to actually build stuff. Life is kinda busy at the moment.

oohh - cool. Do you have a teaser or something? btw: Mekanimuss sounds like "Mechanismus", the German word for "mechanism". Is that intended?

For the lulz! nah - my kid annexed it. So no 😕

What's lying on my workbench (couch). I purchased something that has been suggested to me through one of my many ali express orders for RC car parts. For a whopping 7.65€. I couldn't say no to this. The box arrived squished up, so I hoped the pieces would be okay. Checking the pieces - they seemed fine. Everything is snap-fit, colored already and printed on. The assembly is straight forward. Here is a little step by step: The super detailed landing gears - I've never seen them this detailed before XD: And done: With wings that can be swept in It were a fun 5 minutes to snap this thing together. Probably the least accurate Tomcat ever, but hey - 7 euro-something for a plane already painted and printed on? I don't complain. haha... look at those huge panel lines. hahahaa

My purse is crying… another pre-order for me