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    Dammit, @Papa Rat! My Arcadia Premium Finish 1:60 VE-1 Elintseeker isn't looking so "Premium Finish" now... 🫣 In fact, it looks like a cheap toy next to your model. 😞 Can't wait to see what you do to it! 😋 Incidentally, I just got around to repainting my Gachapon ALIEN Juggernaut: It now resides in the lower left corner of my 1:3000 starship display. Now, let's see if you geeks can out-geek this geek: Who can identify what I'm printing this week? And for what purpose...?
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    Yes, he composed the theme for the '90s animated series as well. I couldn't disagree more. 😅
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    Inspiring work as always, Brett. I particularly like the Valkyrie pilot. Did you bother detailing the Glaug cockpit?
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    The Practice S02E10, "Spirit of America" is a definitive example of the form. It can (and has) been done well.
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    Oh man, those vintage Valkyries are rough, but that Gundam... 🫣 I suppose that depends on where you're getting them. 😅 I'd never send anyone parts that hadn't been thoroughly washed, dried, and cured first, but I suppose you can't expect that kind of professionalism from everybody. If you've got the IPA, it certainly wouldn't hurt to wash any resin parts before priming. No way! The bigger, the better. I have the 1:60 KOG with buster on pre-order. 😋 FYI, it's pronounced "New-Jar Dell-gar." 👌
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    Dude, you're a machine! I can't believe how much progress you make with every post in this thread. 😲 I hate struggling with the limitations of vintage kits, and much prefer the accuracy and ease that comes with modern engineering. I think perhaps you enjoy the challenges of surface prep. and painting more than I do. 😅 Yeah, but look at how much time he's putting into it. He's accomplished more in a month than most of us do in a year! I've only been 3D-printing for a year or so, but I've dedicated so much time to it that I know my equipment better than some professional printers do. The more focus you put into an activity, the quicker you gain skill and expertise. Oh, and speaking of which: This cost me a great deal more than @LocusPocus paid for his, I'm sure, but it's still cheaper than what Bandai would charge for the Hi-Metal R toy they teased (but will never release). 🙄 Sounds to me like a bath in isopropyl alcohol is warranted. After that, a little air drying in the sun will ensure the parts are completely cured as well.
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    This is what I see: No two ways about it; gotta paint 'em both, then.
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    Actually, I'm pivoting towards displays with their own internal light sources.
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    Not by itself, of course, but since it's just a massively upscaled Sentinel toy... ...the same engineering principles apply. I see no indication of that.
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    Ricky Mui posted this on Facebook: A costume inspired by Sentinel's 1:12 Brough Superior toy. Unbelieveable! 🤯
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    Great Spider-poses! 👍 I've been busy this week making space to display larger projects... which requires great imagination (and a little engineering) when it comes to densely-packed rooms like this one: I finally realized how I could increase my display space considerably... 🤔 ...and a week later, I've gained another 30 cubic feet. 😁
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    Going all-in on All-Built-In is all-good in my book. 👍 MMC's Combaticons and Protectobots have served me well. ☺️
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    You'll need to take the time to sand off all those layer lines, especially that rough lip along the chest. 😣 Man, DLP printers are no good for miniatures. 🤨 I hope that didn't cost you much! 😅
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    Misrepresentation at its worst, to be sure. 😒 Transformers packaging has come a long way since then. Look what just arrived on my doorstep: A beautiful slipcase reveals a stylish cardboard box inside... ...with the contents neatly arranged in the blister within. This is how these figures have been released for the Japanese market. The set cost ¥10,000 shipped from Amazon.jp. 👌
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    Get it while you can! 😁
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    Yeah, that was the Shizuoka Hobby Show in May of 2009. Promotional images were posted on Toyark. I had to scratch-build a set of landing gear for mine back in the day, since the only way I could justify displaying it without a pilot was parked on the tarmac. The lack of landing gear would've been acceptable if there'd been a pilot figure, but the lack of both pilot AND landing gear was inexcusable. 😡
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    Another significant detail absent from the Cygnus CGI model I'm printing are these "croquet hoop" fuel pods on either side of the prow: Even from photographed from the back end of the ship, they're still prominently visible up front. Nonetheless, I had to kitbash my own because -- even at the tiny scale I'm working at -- the 3D model just isn't adequately detailed. This "weekend project" has already occupied most of my free time this month, and I'm nowhere near finished...! 😅
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    Of course, scratch-building the whole thing would probably be easier. 😂
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    Oh man, that YouTube video isn't doing Pose+ any favors. The fighter mode looks positively awful. 🤢 Still works for me... although PayPal is no longer an option on the site. 😞 Maybe I can find a viable alternative... 🤔
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    Not masking tape... reflective tape. 😉 It might be a viable alternative to painting the vintage POS. 😂
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    No argument there. I imagine the design team were aghast with every decision the factory engineers in China made. Oh, I'd forgotten I'd even done that. 😅 And I keep telling you guys, it's "Brough," not "Blow." The Brough Superior is well-known to motorcycle enthusiasts the world over, including Shinji Aramaki. That's why his VR-041 is called the "Brough Superior" in Mospeada. The marketing team at Tatsunoko didn't know "Fuke" from "Houquet," "Lei" from "Ray," or "Brough" from "blow," and more importantly, they DIDN'T CARE. Imai, Arii, LS et.al used the English alphabet simply because Japanese pop culture thinks it's cool. None of these companies had any concern for the Western market, because it simply didn't exist back then. Four decades on, we know better. There's no excuse for Sentinel to still be using "Blowsperior." 🙄 Apologies for the pendantic rant; I'm an English teacher in Japan. 😣
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    Maybe I can be of further assistance. Drop me a DM and we can discuss options. The Black Hole? What a glorious disaster that film was. 😅 Incredible miniature photography, awe-inspiring production design, a deeply haunting score, and some jaw-dropping visual effects... 😯 ...along with some miserably poor dialogue, a cartoonish disregard for science, and some truly awful compositing. 🙄 Be careful what you wish for... MPC's kit was over-simplified, proportionally-inaccurate, and entirely molded in solid grey. Just try lighting that one, bitches! 😂
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    Nothing you haven't seen before, Mog. You know Sentinel's ride-armors look better with Aoshima helmets... Aoshima boots... Smoked visors for the helmets... ...and Houquet requires a new face AND a total repaint. I can't abide this. The Evolution Toys Legioss were cheaply-manufactured, poorly-made toys, certainly... ...but they were nonetheless they best-looking Legioss we'd ever had, far more accurate than the Gakken, Toynami, Aoshima, or CMs that came before them. Heck, they still look better than the upcoming Pose+ Legioss does!
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    As I begin painting my tiny Cygnus, I look to vintage promotional photographs for reference: This model was larger and more detailed than any ILM had produced for Star Wars, and the lighting scheme was particularly complex. See all those little yellow and red running lights, surrounding the docking ring in straight lines along the bow? How am I going to reproduce those at this scale? I came up with a unique solution for painting them, which required additions to the 3D model itself: Each of those lights is represented by a cylindrical protrusion 250 microns in diameter. If your eyesight is not significantly compromised by age, they might be visible to the naked eye. I can barely make them out myself... They're substantial enough to catch the edge of a small paintbrush or acrylic marker, however. ☺️
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    Yes, the Pose+ will require complete disassembly for parts replacement and repainting... just as the Sentinel ride-armors have. 😑 The upcoming Moderoid model kit may be the very first Mospeada merchandise I haven't had to modify for anime-accuracy.
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