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It worths a look, let me know if you have better pictures on how the Arcadia version clip locks to the wing.

absolutely smooth transaction, fast shipping, top packaging from: @spanner

Thanks again!

Hi Jasonc, thanks for the update, and I am eager to see the later one

I am glad they made it up for you. I still can't understand how they can roll back their rules like that. 

Seems the USA region is affected, but I had lately someone from the support to who I could explain the issue and looks like they will loosen the rule a bit. Crossing fingers. 

Goddamn shapeways ingineers who rejected my sprues because are "only" 1,98mm thick. But when you design a 2mm diameter sprue with sketchup, the tube is faceted and the corners are 2mm far apart but the flat of the faces are only 1,98mm. 

this is as if they suddenly decided to make the minimum sprue diameter would be 2.1mm instead of 2mm, so most of the previous models will fail now

The VF-0s is stunning, I wonder how much benefit would gain a Vf-0A, considering this later one is really naked compared to the 0S

The solution will take more than a few email exchanges... I will need to give a closer look at both the design and to shapeways "new recommended sprue size". 

I will have a ticket to see if this is their system error. But if they really need a new design because of an internal political change, I won't be able to fix it before 2 weeks. Sorry

I saw a rejection notice and couldn't believe it, do you know which shapeways is in charge of your area? USA or Europe?

And then out of nowhere, Bandai will release the Miria VF-9, ala VF-19 Advance! I wish

Don't give cheap excuses to Arcadia, a small mold the size of the dual seat canopy and the nosecone won't ruin them, and would drastically increase their sales by dropping the old 1D value and increasing demand from those who already have the Yamato versions

I love Sivil: so many things were never told but her face expressions or reactions would made it clear. 

I will be following your progress 

Yep here are tools 

That's a nice print, better than what you get from shapeways, where did you get them?

Is that a new Cheyenne II toy? Or the Cheyenne that was featured in the hobby magasin?

That's pretty neat result for a 2-pass process and smoothing Wsf parts. 

If I can find Mr putty here I should try it and compare it to the Floor vermish method. Just to make sure @Jasonc, do you apply the thick layer with a brush or with bare fingers also?

Nice finish really, I would like to learn more about your putty method, which brand do you use, and how do you apply it?

My last white attempt was to apply a light "white+blue" wash over the entire yamato plastic. Even if it was great for artificial lights, it was not for sun light. So I clean the bluish wash and I applied the red on the cap to test, and I was happy with the red accent.

Since then, I bought Tamiya X2 White acrylic to test, but it wasn't better than the Tamiya white fine primer. As suggested to me, I think the best option is to completely cover the VF-1 with a white primer to have all the different parts in the same white.

We should ask @chyll2 about its custom VF-1X++ ?

The best seats for the youngest, I like it

1 hour ago, spanner said:

Hey Jason!

Got to inspect mine last night and I have to say it looks fantastic! Definitely worth the wait! I'll be putting in on display this weekend! I'll have to dig out some missiles for it too!

Many thanks again for making these!  

I can't wait to see your new display arrangement and pew pew lightings in actions !

That sounds like a great plan, please share your thoughts about the different methods. Unfortunately, I lately tend to apply the "prime and sand it until it looks good enough" rule with with a very high laziness.

For instance on this VF-1X++ parts, the hands had only 1 primer layer, the feet had 2 layers. Only the head cap has had something like 5-6 sanding/primer layers because I tried so many white to match the yamato white plastic ...

I am very impressed by the surface detailing and shapes made, but no idea of the figure itself, and google doesn't seem to give me a hint

probably those who are afraid of the pinkish gray SDF1!

Not much news, apart that for those who's wondering how does it look like to work on a transforming model.