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  1. Rock
    Hack 'n Slash and she still doesn't fit even with 3mm out of her torso, her butt cut off amd her ponytail mia!
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    Mirage wasn't too bad, but wow does the nose cone leave a lot to be desire in the way of fitment and details. I really want to get her in the pilot seat. Can't build in peace these days either! Any future parts that drop off the table are GONE!
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    Really love scale mixing to create a complete scene! Great way to display the nose cones too!
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    Pretty much? I may have 2 or 3 more Wings 1/2 finished somewhere. Lol. I think your thinking of my 1/72 B-Club resculpt which was also finished and still need a base (and display case big enough) to show it off. Happy to kit bash! I got 4 model kits out of the back log basememt pile in one quick swoop! Unless I decided to remodel the old 1/60 MISA DX figure I can say I am 100% Wing'd-out! I'm not even looking to see what new resin kits exist this year. As far as the Kaizo booth. Cleanup sucked, but was swift. I imagine less work had I not left the booth full of dirty water for the better part of the month! Need to figure out a better backing for the waterfall. It gets hung up and stops flowing o. The tinies particles. Does no good without a stream to take away the paint!
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    Got my quick project done that I used to test out the Kaizo Waterfall Spray booth which I give a 80% passing grade. Put it through the ringer spraying enamel, laquer, acrylic laquers, acrylic clear, and 2k polyurethane clear. Build was fun and opposite of the matte finish I tend to do on everything. Now to get everything put away and cleaned up in time for next week's holiday festivities! Wing Gundam EW, a kitbash of the HiRM, MG Ver.Ka and MG Proto Zero with some light remodeling and cleanup to make it all work together. The Drei Zwerg was from a Club G kit and wasn't the best quality. I also feel like it is slightly oversized for 1/100 but, it kinda works with HiRM's oversized and stylized wings. This year I've officially built 3 kits. 1 IRL Aircraft, 1 Macross, and 1 Gundam. Maybe I should keep it rolling with a figure kit next?!? Stay tuned!
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    Twitter search, #WF2023夏 You can find a lot of the smaller group's offerings being shared before the show.
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    Yep, still getting used to her. Yes Sir's. That is a Kaizo Waterfall spraybooth (Ver2.0 large) As the name implies, they use a waterfall and a fan to do their job. The waterfall goes down the backside where the white and black graphics are. The fan is above and behind it. The water catches the solid particles and takes them to a 1.2gallon tank below the stainless shelf and the fan takes the fumes away as needed. The booth can run the systems independently or together and has built in led lighting. I'm getting to the point where I'm also painting using more polyurethane 2k paints/topcoats and moving onto some of the larger (1/35 FSS/Gunpla for example) kits I have had stashed going forward. They AFAIK are only sold through https://robotkai.com/collections/kaizo/Spray-Booth. This youtube did an indepth video review/demo here. Note his booth is missing some parts such as the clear plastic front. Speed running my Wing Kitbash to try her out before moving it upstairs to it's new home.
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    New toy!
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    Gundam SEED Freedom, Movie Jan 2024! 1st Trailer!
  10. Rock
    Pretty interesting video by MADWorks on the GFFMC WZC (Nobel color.) They looks at the work put into finishing the GFFMC and how much time is needed to recreate the finish with a model kit to determine if the price from P-Bandai matches the value.
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    I hadn't even opened mine to see of they updated the casting. I'm not use of I'd consider the canopy changes an inprovement or not. Why it is still a solid chunck of resin I'll never know given they did their 1/144 kits right.
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    Playing with this rarity before realizing it would be better to scratch-build it myself. 1/144 head on a 1-60 body and 90's funk! That endeavor... which then got me to the PC (and realizing I forgot another project I was wanting to do...) resulted in me realizing it too would be easier to scratchbuild. So yeah, nothing done. lol (sigh)
  14. Rock
    1/72 Platz Mave Yukikaze (Jam Sense Jammer) with ordinance for late June/July! Same as the previous updated (Feb 2023) Mave that included missiles but also includes fluorescent decals! https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10912815 Not new but, the Super Sylph update also seemed to fly under my radar last month. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10918717 Also this 3d model! https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xJZk84
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    Slow and stead my friend.
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    https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-06-05/animeigo-to-launch-kickstarter-campaign-for-macross-ii-anime-release/.198835 "AnimEigo's Robert Woodhead announced at the Animazement event last week that AnimEigo will launch a Kickstarter campaign for its release of the Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: The Movie original video anime (OVA) this summer. The company will reveal more details at its panel at the Otakon event, which will take place on July 28-30. Bigwest announced in July 2022 that AnimEigo would release the anime on Blu-ray Disc. Woodhead previously revealed on Twitter at that time that its release of Macross II would be an HD transfer and not an upscale."
  17. Rock
    You sir, are giving me dangerous thoughts. With all the Ver Ka Zeta, I decided to revist an old friend built nearly 20 years ago, that became a project 10 years ago, to see daylight 2 days ago. Lol
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    /mission_cmpl
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    Final attack! Not much luck finding a set of resin 3d printed mossiles flr the girl. I tried test fitting some Sparrows/Pheonixn ordinance I had on the parts but they all seemed way too large. Anyways, thr clear parts. AK Aliminum, black wash followed by Tamiya clear geen and Testors Silver on the backside of the lenses. I should have done the lens on the body sooner, so I could have done a better job making them flusher with the body. A bit of Ultra Glue to secure them. The last batch of metallic bits, nozels, and gun barrels painted. Gloss black and polished aluminum for the base. I wanted a bit of contrast with the flat paints without them being too stand-off-ish. A bit of accent handpainting all over. Here, I highlighted the 3 details behind the canopy with some aluminum, a wash and then used a 1/64" pen vice drill to deepen the center nozel details.bit of chipping and dry brushing followed. At this point the final caution markings applied, the marker lights painted and a matte clear was finalized. A bit of touchup, panel line correction and contrasting gloss on the lights/lenses and she will be ready to sortie! note: if anyone wants these leftover/unused decals and PE parts just throw some postage my way and they are yours. I'll toss them in am envelope and to you whenever I can. Otherwise they are gone. 11/12/23 bits already taken
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    Canopy back under focus. I was suprised MIG ammo Ultra glue held the 2 clear parts together during revoval the finishing process! Anyways a quick sand with 3000 and 5000g sandpapers followed up by some compund, ultra fine polish and a glaze. All buffed painstaking by hand using a 2-sided micro fiber towel. With the cockout/pilot work done, it had to be crystal clear to show it off. Next up a mask and quick sand over the exposed areas. The part was the sprayed with some black Mr. Surfacer 1500, and then sea gray mixed with some left over mix used from the cockpit's interior. I however did not like to look contrasting the anti gkar around the canopy. a bit of Tamiya x1 to the rescue. Evrything sealed with Alcladd matte clear before being revealed...
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    Dirty bird! Started off with an oil dot filter of white with just a bit of earthy brown this time. Maybe 1 drip of yellow orchs made its way in (and took over) but, who can tell. Lol A bit of black liner was used to create some random oilsteaks... before I realized I needed to stop playing it safe. Bottom needs to wear! Oils l, spirits and stabbing the plane a few hundred times oughta do it! A youch of grime and a bit of spot detail painting was throw into the landing bays to make it interesting and then the doors were washed and installed. I dare think that the bottom is assembeled minus the nose gear's headlamp amd decals (sigh.) I am thinking this gal meeds some ordinance. Might pilfer something from another aircraft. I don't think I have ot in me to scratchbuild a bunch of missiles. Up next!
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    No grey shoulders this round.
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    This bird is moving. Ready on not. Getting touch ups done. Quick masking and sone over thined colors are being freehanded onto the surface to further tone down my oil work. I'm fairly happy with the result. Also painting in a few areas such as black diamonds all over the body and the inner detail around the head (2nd time now.) Sadly, decals for this kit continue to plague me. They just keep shredding, some while being dipped in water. At this point it is probably 1 out of every 3 applied ends up being spliced back together. 🙃 However, the top is done! I'm going to steal some other kit's caution markings for the underside going forward. The PE became a nightmare. I didn't apply the fins because I wanted to paint them, and the mesh different tones. This was a huge mistake as they fit super tight during my initial fitment and not at all after paint. After breaking the grilles off a few times and trying to save them, I'm throwing in the towel here. I may just glue some plastic plate in or leave it as is. Maybe... just say it is different than the YF-19's design. So, afterwards I painted the remaining mesh with some aluminum. Lol With all that done. The topside was hit with some matte topcoat. Next time we will unmask the canopy and 1/2 the bird will be done!
  24. Rock
    I love this Idea on 3D missile dodging and have always wanted to try this effect myself!
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    I actually have the old Wave 1/100 resin I butchered 20 years ago. I had planned to rob the shields and lance from for my IMS kit to make this. I looked into grabing the old Wave Boomerang/Sarion plastic kit but hell, It'll be 3x cheaper to just wait for the future IMS version's release.
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