Urashiman

I have the ones for the 1/72 yf-19. really good quality!

They will eventually re-issue them frequently. I saw that happening at least two times now (could be more though), so you just have to wait. You can also check Jasmine Models photo etched sets if you are up for something fancy. https://jasmodel.shop/products/248001-pe-upgrade-parts-for-hasegawa-1-48-macross-plus-yf-19 There are some re-sellers that sell the set for outrageous prices if you really want the original hasegawa ones. PS: Welcome to the board!

it is fully poseable!

Workbench stuff! I didn‘t have time or space to go on with modell kits in the past weeks/months, so I got this for 2.62€ from the TEMU online store Temu is some Ali Express style china store. They had a new customer promotion, so instead of 30€ I got it for 2.62€. PS: no advertisement for the store, because everything else (if not promoted) is just the same stuff as on Ali Express. Anyway, this was worth every little cent.

@wm cheng that is an awesome galactica! @electric indigo glory to your house!

Nice - I was thinking about purchasing one of these as well. How long does the charge hold up?

Not really my workbench, but I gave my kid my over 20 years old yf-19 to play with. He loves planes. I knew what would happen and I didn’t mind, because I have a brand new YF-19 kit waiting for me in the basement. this is what pros call „natural heavy weathering“ XD the kit falling apart due to heller glue (useless kit glue, takes ages to dry) and was heavily damaged by my siblings less than a year after I finished it. It was in bad shape already…

They HG YF-29 looks super bulky ...

hahaha - yeah, good point. Maybe you can use gears and transmit them to single axis dials or something. That might work, but maybe that is a bit of overkill hahaha.

Dude ... hahahahaah that is awesome. You are missing the seven segment display on the UHF radio for the freq. You gonna build that? Is the dial working on the rotary switch for the TACAN control panel? Gonna have the numbers on it as well? I know exactly which plane this is from, but want to let others give it a try as well.

ah okay!

Oh man! You are right! Bye bye money ... wait a moment ... my purse is empty ... damn

Nice - is that a F-14 canopy?

Oh! It'll come with more weapons.

Ever heard of that "bad influence" your parents were talking about? That is me.

I‘ll go with a careful rub on this one now.

Well, it just straight went into the fine structures of the uneven paintjob. It wouldn't be that bad if the color would have been more glossy. Technically, I have to rub the color off, and then spray it again to fix the issue here. @Big s Yeah, it is the tamiya panel line stuff. It is too thin. I will go back to oil color washes now. It smells more due to the turpentine, but works much better. I am p****d because the panel liner from tamiya worked great on my gundam and the 3D prints, even with mate colors. hurghghghghglgl! @ahiachris Nice rabbit! Is it a scratch build or 3d printed? @Bolt Yeah ... I kinda got back some motivation as the F-14 turned out that well. The VF-19 and the VF-22 looks nice so far as well. Sometimes the setback is just annoying as hell.

@pengbuzz & @Big s, thanks a lot for the troubleshooting. I usually use gloss color or a gloss coat so panel lines and washes go great. From time to time, color is less glossy in some areas, the surface a bit more rought, causing the stuff to look super dirty. To fix that, In usually spray over it, so the model is recovered. ps: my f-14 coming along well.

$%#@&!!!!!! Never going to panelline and wash anything anymore ... The wash went super bad on my Plamax VF-1. I am really unhappy, and I am at the point where I am just like "Argh ... **** it, just **** is, I am not going into contests with this." And I think I forgot to paint something... 😒

Was a busy building day today. the VF-22 is nearing the finish line. the vf-19 got the main color, the f-14 got some masking and details. and a little horror story about me destroying my plamax vf-1… this morning I looked at the minmay decal on the vf-1 and was unhappy with it. I decided it would be best to take it off, and print my own with better quality. Sounds easy but… it was not. printed decal versus the low quality chinese one. And guess what? It didn’t wanna come off, so I had to scratch the decal off…. I hat to paint it again. rescribing… No decal on it yet, but soon. Needs to cure first.

Progress!!! because I don‘t like large decals, I masked the VF-22. How to make easy masks? Tape the decal sheet to a clear piece and have fun. Then peel it off and stick it to the plane. I did some progress on the F14 too (seen in the back here. And I worked on the vf-1… The chinese reprinted decal sheet is good for the small decals, but the large one are hardcore. It took me literally one hour to apply Minmay, as the decal was super thick and sturdy. will do the rest tomorrow and then the vf-1 will be finished. After that I will get the vf-22 and F-14 done. Then the VF-19.

Yeah, that is exactly what they do. I didn’t want the seams, so I went the c-clamp route.

I think your second option there would work well, as the underside would be covered by the engine bay/legs. So drilling the hole from the buttom of the fuselage could work.

Yeah, the 1/72 one. I really like it. The only downside is how the wings are working. The Hasegawa kit has this pin like setup where you can stick the wings onto the fuselage later. The plamax kit has a bad solution. Just two pylons you stick the wings on and then close the fuselage. What to do about it? 1. Live with it and close the fuselage after painting everything. 2. C-Clamp trick. Enforce the bearing at the end of the wing and cut off a piece, so you have a c-clamp, which you can snap onto the pylons in the fuselage. The Plamax kit looks a bit more bulkier than the Hasegawa kit as well. I will compare it to my Kakizaki VF-1 once the Plamax thing is done.

Finally, some time again and I finished the X-29. the plamax vf-1 made much progress today as well. masking stuff everywhere! Maybe I can get it done tomorrow, but lets see. I need to finish up the VF-22, VF-19 and F-14 as well. The most annoying thing will be the Decals on the VF-1, as I am going for the Minmay 2009 scheme.