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  1. electric indigo
    "...you have my sympathies."
  2. electric indigo
    Oh great, now I need a Woundwort...
  3. electric indigo
    Perfect finish on that classic duo. Did you add a gloss coat after the clear blue?
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    I still have a jar of Kosutte metalizer powder that seems to last forever. It has disappeared from the market; from the looks of it I might contain an unhealthy amount of lead. For purely weathering purposes, plain graphite powder (just grind it from a pencil) does pretty good effects. The Vallejo paints are from their Metal Color airbrush line. I tested duraluminium (a slightly less shiny silver), gun metal, and dull aluminium. The dull aluminium is the only one where I had the clogging issue. It also needs a good stirring to make the flat effect work, so I put a metal ball into the bottle. The drying time is also significantly longer. The other two paints are a dream. You can use them right from the bottle, no need for special primer, no odors or tricky solvents, and they are dry to the touch after minutes. Excellent leveling behavior, and no flakes. You can also mix them to get varying shades of metal, and you can easily apply them with a brush for detail work. This pic shows dull aluminium and gun metal on the exhausts:
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    MT, I got something for you... The last weeks were swamped with work, so I did not do much modeling. Today I picked up the Fitter again and worked on the natural metal section on the aft of the fuselage. Base paint is Vallejo Dull Aluminium, aka the fastest way to clog your airbrush. Selected panels were masked and buffed up with metalizer powder for a shinier finish, then stains were added with Tamiya's weathering pigments. I discovered Vallejo metallics two years ago and can highly recommend them for finish, range, and general convenience of use, except that the dull aluminium gives you two seconds to work before your airbrush stops working until you clean the needle with a solvent-soaked brush or q-tip. I'll add even more thinner next time.
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    @CrossAir Very clean paint job, congratulations. Do you hand paint or airbrush? I suggest adding a tad of gloss to your paint to get nice highlights.
  7. electric indigo
    I love the detailed weathering and low contrast on the AT-ST. It makes the model look very real and "scale-less".
  8. electric indigo
    Man, those were the days when they still made iconic spaceship designs...
  9. electric indigo
    Luca Zampriolo - he's basically Italy's Makoto Kobayashi.
  10. electric indigo
    The report also notes: "Touchscreens weren’t the only issue in the collision: the report calls out that several crew members on the bridge at the time weren’t familiar with the systems that they were overseeing and were inexperienced in their roles, and that many were fatigued, with an average of 4.9 hours of sleep between the 14 crew members present. The report recommended that the Navy conduct better training for the bridge systems, update the controls and associated documentation, and ensure that Navy personnel aren’t tired when they’re on the job." From my experience in designing industrial GUIs, they provide much greater flexibility, reduced information load, because the content can be adapted specific to the situation, and flatter learning curve (and yes, you still have to be highly trained to operate a complicated system).
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    One of the coolest Macross designs x beautiful sculpt x masterful finish = awesome3
  12. electric indigo
    Sanding some epoxy resin garage kits really makes you appreciate sanding ABS.
  13. electric indigo
    Turns out ejecting co-pilots are not a privilege of l'Armée de l'air, and you don't even need a civilian passenger: Emergency, my RIO just ejected
  14. electric indigo
    I remember leaving the cinema after Empire (on it's original release) and thinking "Wow, that was... too fast!"
  15. electric indigo
    Three Platz 1/72 resin kits are up for another re-release in June (no Sylphid, though) Product listing at Hobbysearch
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    I also planned to paint the markings on Alto's plane, until I realized how complex the scheme really is. I have yet to muster the courage to pick it up again... @wm cheng I can imagine how painful that moment must have been when the canopy cracked. But on the bright side the problem is fixable for the price of another kit. And the rest of your build looks excellent with the well balanced weathering. It could pass as a 1/48 kit in those shots.
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    Technically impressive and with solid acting, but unfortunately, for the final act they ran out of ideas before they ran out of bullets IMO. And the repetitive slaughtering of police/army men got on my nerves. But I'm totally hooked on "No see" by Man.Goes Human from the soundtrack.
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    I'm in!
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    I finished my Sylphid to 90% ten year ago, but it took a few hits in a move since then and needs some care. Here are some old pics: I highly recommend replacing the resin canopy with a heat-pressed part, I used a blister pack heated on the stove and the original part as a plug. I still have the kit part and it has gone dark yellow. The cockpit detail is not too bad, and a Hasegawa pilot will make things more exciting.
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    The colors came out great! I guess the decals are from a custom sheet?
  21. electric indigo
    Really cool colors on that custom B-Wing. And flawless execution. Keep on modeling!
  22. electric indigo
    I guess "Sixpack Dave" would be a tad too blunt, wouldn't it?
  23. electric indigo
    I find your lack of faith disturbing...
  24. electric indigo
    Whoa, did you ink all the windows individually with a pen or did you apply a wash & wipe?
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    The Idolmaster Rafale is indeed the quite good original Revell kit, and Hase even used a Monogram Mirage 2000 in their Idolmaster line. Tamiya has released the mediocre Italeri A-10 and Su-27 under their brand in Japan. Imagine the disappointment.
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