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The 1:72 kit would be approx 70 USD

Same for 1/72....

Thanks.

No problem I still have the first 1:72 PM alert available

So much details !

Nice!!! Great design and engineering. I'll probably order mine in WSF, then thin layer it with putty to smooth out the slightly sponge like texture. This is going to be a fun kit to work on.

Thank you for the kind words! I was thinking also to do a layer of resin+microsphere before painting and gloss. I hope not to ruin it with the painting as I am planning to spray it.

Bro, please PM me when your 1/60 version is ready! I will be your first customer!

Haha that's nice to you, I will give you a small head up in PM so you can be the first on this one Thank you again for the great support !!

Finished to review the 1:72 version and I got great news; the laser will slide in the same fashion as the 1:60 version and the hanging lever and the lower "inside the head" camera will also be rotating.

The 1:72 version will not have the removable bottom trap it would be only panel lined, I had to review a little the proportions of here and there parts, but globally the differences are very thin to bare eyes.

I have ordered the parts already and they should arrive in 3 weeks. I will review the fit and proportions.

The 1:48 parts are ready and are exactly the same but scaled bigger so they would be available pretty much at the same time.

I am having a closer look at the 1:72 parts and in fact there are less issues than I expected by this scale. I already fixed a few issues so normally they should be ready by the same time!

Every chance

Nice! Just let me know if you keep the same Yamato/Arcadia attachments or if you scale it down Kurisama.

In fact you need 6 HMMs.

An Arcadia YF-19 has 4, so you will need to source 2 more if you don't have 2 copies.

Kurisama has a pack of 6 available on shapeways already. I haven't tested them but they seem really well made

I'm just concerned about sanding/painting. My other experiences with Shapeways parts have been that I'm very good at accidentally breaking things when attempting to sand or modify them. I never finished Kurisamas 0D mod because I kept snapping tabs off of things.

As long as you order in any of the "Strong and Flexible" plastic, it should not break easily because it is pretty strong!

At the opposite, Frost Detail and Frost Ultra Detail are very fragile and brittle, this is a nightmare if you need to put stress on this material, but once they are in place and do not get handled, they are very neat and doesn't need sanding.

In between you got the Acrylic plastic, which I belive is not very strong compared to the WSF, but significantly more robust than the Frost detail.

I began to experiment with metals and they are very nice, I made the Laser canon in both plastic and Black Steel, I will see how they get from the printers!

Again judging from the 3/4 view, I think the nose should bulge less at the front when viewed from above. Everything else is pretty much perfect IMO.

I reviewed the model and I liked it more with the line you suggested!

I have finished the 1/60 model, I got to review each part for the tolerance before proceeding to the first 3D print.

I have added as my personnal touch the internal nose cameras, the bottom one is rotating up and down.

I also exploded to explain how the different nose parts fold one into the other make a locking mechanism to hold the Laser canon once everypart is installed.

Just hold a little for my definitive "GO" before ordering the parts and I hope everyone will enjoy this model as much as I did to built it !

1:48 and 1:72 would be available soon after this one

I am pretty happy with the general lines and the detailing.

There are a few internal mechanisms and the bottom window to finish on the nose, but you got the general idea of how the drone would look like.

I still can change things, so don't hesitate if you find design / line art errors!

How many parts is this thing total?

For the moment, it is 12 parts, 13 if counting the small rear trap.

I haven't finished the nose, but there would be at least 2 additional clear parts that would be cut into a recycled 1.5L Coca bottle to make the front windows.

I see what you mean in fact this portion of the nose is already made of two curves but I think that I have rounded it too much after the purple stripe, I will rework it a little in that direction, thank you!

The bottom nose is still not processed, I agree it should be more square than the top portion

A few exploded views to entertain the long wait

Working on the nose ...

another view

I separated the reactor from the intake to make it easier to paint.

Added details on the reactor intake.

Yamato/Arcadia stand adapter is also complete.

I am trying to make it printable before the end of the week so that I can test fit it. I have put them online as separate parts but I will try to make one single printing batch to reduce costs (Shapeways charges at least of 1.00 USD per seperate print)

Really nice, thank you! I am trying to get te picture of the x-9 in the macross chronical, but can't find which one it is.

Anyway I will find it for sure.

I already made the 1:60 laser canon retractable. Your idea would certainly be great for the 1:72 version! thank you !

Main lines have been refined

more detailing and panel lining

Hi Jasonc,

I really like the proportions of this 1/72 kit but I don't own one. I was greatly inspired by its curves. How long is this kit from nose to tail, and how much smaller did you think it should have been?

For the moment I got these moving parts:

-laser canon slides in and out with a little tab to pull it out

-launching arm that can be deployed to mimic the attachment to the Starwing wing

I still can't decide about the land-launching trap (bottom of the drone) if it should open / close or only panel lined. I can use this trap and make a Yamato compatible attachment stand from this hole or even a launching arm style display stand, but for this later addon I lack imagination.

The general shape is finalized now, there are many steps left:

-adding the details for the drone internal camera

-finish the moving parts and mechanisms (deciding about the trap)

-surface subdividing and smoothing on the main body

-Yamato compatible stand

-etc

a few pics of the parts on the Shapeways thickness validation interface, this interface gives a good idea of the finish printed part.

I began to upload test parts on Shapeways and it seems that the whole Fighter Drone won't be other 80 USD to be printed in White Strong and Flexible.

I am encountering several challenges mostly because of moving parts, I don't think they would be doable on the 1/72 model, I am thinking of the retractable laser canon by exemple.

Anyway I will post some pics when I can

Thanks everyone! I will do my best to make it as cheap as shapeways allows it. If it still not doable I can try to contact a skilled gentleman who could make resin molds of them and at last resort I can email the model to Arcadia