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very nice.

I was considering doing the dome as the UNSpacy roundel... I have lots of other Macross models with such Radar Domes for ubiquitous anime girls... but that said ubiquitous anime girl is always an option

Mine just arrived. I'm very impressed with her. I'll definitely pick up another if the opportunity presents itself! [that way I don't have to choose between stowed and in-flight] now the question is paint-scheme... the JASDF scheme looks like a winner

wow, the 25's look great! Nice to see some Razgriz love too!

nice! interesting mod to the camera pod... do you plan on swapping in a gunpod? or just have it removable for sleekness?

why yes, yes I am! lol

That's no moon...

... something I just noticed, and it's so blindingly obvious I can't believe I hadn't thought of it until now: they built the VE-1's because they were more economical/useful than building replacement ES-11's

oh good... maybe I'll have some cash to pick up another... sorry wallet....

well, in the USAF/RCAF one of the multi-directional buttons on the flight control stick is referred to as the 'China Hat', because of it's similar appearance to said conical head-ware. In Canada such a chapeau would be stereotypically associated with China...

to be fair, we never see enough of the VE-1 to know if it could jam *Throws up the metal horns, begins headbanging* Yes, Luca's RVF Jams the Vajra's fold-comms, but it's also unclear [within the show at least] if that's a post-fold quartz capability, or if it could do it the whole time. since the F-22 can do both with it's in-nose radar, I'm just going to assume that the RVF had that option designed into it, they just never used it because the Vajra don't communicate with EM wave, but fold waves. merging what I know of real space, combat tactics and Macross [a dangerous rabbit-hole to enter, let me assure you ], one would think that a RADAR-Jamming role would be of limited use, since any kind of EM emission [particularly something as broad-band as jamming signals] would be like lighting a bonfire at night... you'd be extremely visible to any antenna that could pick you out of the background noise of space, and even if they didn't know what you were, they'd know you were there, and a zentran fleet for example can level a barrage like nobody's business.... Covering a strike package by scrambling the enemy's targeting systems once they were trying to lock them up seems like the only time [other than "Don't let them talk to other Vajra" and simmilar comms-jamming situations] that it would even be considered. short version: we need to see more VE-1 in action!!!!!!!!!

if someone can scrounge up the cash and purchase the masters for Capt. America's Battlepods, I'll pay the extra money demanded by a labor-of-love garage resin kit!

If I had a top 5 List for Resin Macross: 1/72 VF-17 + fastpacks 1/72 VF-171/171EX + fastpacks/weapons 1/72 Battlepods (all of them, really) 1/72 Queadluun Rau and UNS ships like the Uraga, Stealth frigate, Stealth Carrier, Battle7, Macross Quarter etc. in-scale with the Hase SDF-1 and I'm still willing to do horrible things to get a set of Mac+ fastpacks for the Hase YF-19......

the Growler is taking over the EA-6B's role of electronic support/jamming/anti-radar attack, isn't it? E-2 Hawkeyes are still the Navy's AWACS bird. I think they would use the VE-1 like SMS would use an RVF-25: loiter at the fringes of the combat zone, and relay more accurate forward observation data back to Macross, allowing the capitol ship to maintain some kind of emissions control. the fact that It's unarmed suggests to me that a combat jamming role is not one of the VE-1s duties.

Yea, I don't know what it is about the ES-11D... but I've been in love with it since the first time I saw it, then Blappy mentioned another run, and I've been checking the SSM store every day for the past 3 weeks... lol and now I finally have one on the way!

Available!! https://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.cfm/product/2920_61/172-es-11d-cats-eye-reconnaissance-spaceplane.html already snagged mine, so I figured I'd share the good word

Oh yeaI Bring it on Wave!!! Looks better than I had hoped.

Harsh... maybe it's movie version will be better?

ah the catharsis of scale modeling

I like it! the more I see it the more I want one... or maybe a few to do as different ships of the class

Ooooooooooo... pretty... I haven't watched any of Delta yet, but I think I'll grab at least one of these. I'm not so keen on its gerwalk or battroid, but it's a very pretty fighter.

usually it's different or limited decal sets. because they've been in the game so long though, sometimes the difference is because of newer tooling... try looking for the different kits on hlj or hobbysearch and you may get more info on that particular kit.

She looks almost as embarrassed as I would be in that get-up!

anyone seen Under the Dog? I'm wondering If I should pick up a copy, since I declined to support it's fundraising campaign....

at least you're going to be looking for kits and not toys