Xigfrid
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Well no big swords for the mechas, but in episode 5 you can see Bogue trying to stab Herman Cross with its sword.
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You are welcome to post here! I love your progress so far
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You are talented!
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Thank you for the tips, gonna rethink this custom
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Couple of minor additions, thanks to last weekend.
Love the boosters! That reminds me that I got the 1/60 boosters in my todo list.
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Thanks for the tip and links! Unfortunately I lost those 2 pieces that broke off. I'm gonna try and see if I can use some clear resin I got laying around to fill the smaller windows..
I hope it will work! Anyway I also put a 4x version if it can help being a compromise.
4x set: https://www.shapeways.com/product/F9ZNA2QNL/clear-canopy-4x
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I like this color too! I had a hard time to decide which one between TS-8 and TS-85.
Also, i am sorry for the breakage of your clear part, but fortunately for you, the FUD material can be glued back together with 'Power Glue', it will be just like as new. I highly recommend this method.
As an alternative, I have also put the part available on Shapeways, but you will have to sand it all the way again... I order them by 12x to reduce price, but it will be too much if you need only 1, so I put also a single canopy, but expensive though. Anyway it doesn't bother me to put both options. (You got 15% off on FUD orders this weekend)
single: http://www.shapeways.com/product/7JD5XR4E6/clear-canopy-fud-v5?optionId=59292022
12x pack: http://www.shapeways.com/product/N5AFAHF5H/clear-canopies-v5-12x?optionId=59292112
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Condolences for your old man.
Did you only paint the Minmay VF-1 or have you used some stickers? The incoming Arcadia VF-1S just remind me how bad I want a Minmay guard custom!
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You can put me in for a special wing! The resin got my curiosity and additionally the low visibility drone could benefit of the white base color
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For painting, Will enamels be safe? Do you have a suggested paintcolor guide? Going to need to watch Mac+ sometime soon and burn the colors into my mind!
Thanks again!
That's a pleasure! For enamel paint, sound pretty safe. The painted ghosts are using Tamyia TS spray which is supposedly "hotter" than enamel. The color chart is quiete simple, the main body use Mica red (TS-85 sprayed in a can then airbrushed), 5 canons in Gun metal + some black brushing, all the inside such as landing gears, missile bay is white. At the rear, the reactors have been tricky. I will have a few pictures soon to show the result!
I finally got to pick mine up, and its a beauty!
Here are a few quick phone snaps along my Yamato YF-19 AND YF-21. The ghost is held together by gravity only.
Looking really nice with its deadly friends
Got mine today! What a great kit! Very impressive! Thank you Xigfrid!! Can't wait to build it!
Can't wait to see the built too!
How many sections on it are supposed to be clear? I see the main lens and the upper lens. Are the 2 smaller ones that go on the sides supposed to be clear too? The 2 smaller windows and inner part of the eye are cloudy/unfinished. Did I do something wrong or is there a way to make it clear via sanding finer and finer grits of sandpaper followed by polishing?
Everything is perfectly right, don't worry. The clear parts are exactly as you described them, clear on the visible outside areas: easy to refined with sanding/tooth paste brushing etc. Apply a gloss coat when satisfied with the finish.
The interior is cloudy, and a simple gloss coat should make it less cloudy. But you don't really need to worry as this side is supposed to be painted so it represents the details of the eye.
See ?
I might have to take the plunge on this one, though I don't know if I want a pre-painted kit or not yet. It's tempting to not have to worry about decorating it myself, and just display it.
Let me know
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Unless you aim at a total of 365 parts, you are right on time!
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first sketches!
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Thanks for the reply, and as the others said: WOW!
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Thank you for the feedback, I am looking forward for the built progress now!
Just a piece of warning concerning the UN spacy kite logo: the glue is super strong, so be careful when applying it.
You can put a gloss coat before applying the sticker/mask. I did use the kite on top of the white primer, and still have some primer chip out. -
I really like the number bay, did you use some decals? Or you have just painted them?
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Didn't know where to put this kickstarter project:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1094489804/formbox-a-desktop-vacuum-former-that-makes-beautif
Still more expensive than buying of Ebay an old dental vaccum former, but interesting!
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Mine shipped today and i am super excited. Just need to work out what colour to go for, a low vis grey or the high vis orange we see in the anime.
This one is more like red Ferrari! Don't make it orange!
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Not really fan of this valk, but any custom build is a pleasure to follow!
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zooming in the 2 last closeup pictures, and still discovering new details! Amazing work and painting
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really???...where you post that...I will like to see it. thanks
That was not so recently, how can time passes so fast...
http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=39470&p=1246175
The fix really help the wing not moving the 7mm backward when in normal mode. But it doesn't "lock" it in place like a true design should have been
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The third one will probably remain mint, while I tinker with the wing mechanism of one of the older ones, which I've already disassembled. If I can get access to the resources to do it, I plan on reworking the wing mechanism entirely so it functions off of a sliding pivot, instead of the double swing arm.
Whether I'll need access to metalworking tools to do this, I don't know, but I hope whatever I come up with can be put up on Shapeways. At the very least, I plan on a new pivot that'll just remove the high speed mode function.
I will also be looking closely to what you come with. I recently post a quick fix solution, but a more robust one, with click stops would be really something!
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Just updated first post:
"The production is complete. Shipping has started for Unpainted version. Painted Ghosts scheduled to be available in late May.
If you want to secure a kit of the 2nd batch, you can order for Unpainted or Painted version now, I will have a few plastic parts in stock the 14th of May."
Also User Manual can be read online here. This is a colored version. Note that a black & white paper version is included in each kit.
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Anyone? Help?
Is it this one ? http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=36970&p=1265532
M+ ghost X-9
in The Workshop!
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Hey Wmkjr, your ghost is getting some character with these black accents! Looking really great!
I have received the painted Ghosts today, and assembled one to take a few pictures of it.
1) The plastic parts that hold the landing gear need some sanding and cutting to fit. Be careful with them when working them: Work slowly, step by step when adjusting! In particular the front plastic part that is a lot off the perfect dims. I don't know why, probably because the resin recesses more than 3D printing when curing.
2) the paint is not super high quality, and have some defaults: it cannot be compared to a Bandai DX or Yamato painting jobs. But I am really happy with them and I think they really worth it.
I will let you judge them by yourself:
Last picts to show that the rear reactors have been emphasized with a slight darker red than the rest of the body.