David Hingtgen

I still think they could have designed a trailer WITHOUT the BFG. I mean, Magnus' trailer is supposed to be an OPEN car carrier. It can be incredibly hollow/spindly--see the RiD version, which IMHO is the best Magnus trailer, and most realistic. And they could have just included a normal gun like that. But they made a pretty solid trailer, which is both un-Magnus-y and makes half of it transform into giant gun kibble.

Does anyone here know of something we could do to get some instrument panels printed up? I mean, there's no way to paint one like this--there aren't even any gauges molded on to drybrush or anything, it's just a bunch of green flat-panel displays in the anime. And bandai just gave us a featureless grey slab. Here's the best pic I could find of a "normal" VF-25 instrument display:

The Tuvix story could have been done better in TNG or DS9 though. Crusher+Troi, or Kira+Dax, etc.

Wow, xacto for painting thin lines. Never thought of that. Will have to try it--maybe for the red parts on Alto (his suit, not his valk). I always use xacto blades to apply both stickers and decals.

The episode(s) of "Enterprise" with the Defiant showed the perfect way to do a new interpretation of TOS-era bridge displays It looked awesome. However, it did follow the original design EXACTLY for buttons/controls. If you allow for some (SOME) movie re-imagining, it could be stunning while still pretty closely resembling TOS. As opposed to making something completely unlike the original. White and blue were NOT the colors of the original bridge.

Well, most of the mods are over at the 1/72 thread drooling at the new pics there and we're too busy to update this thread... Also, when we're getting dozens of new pics a day it's hard to pick and choose and upload. Personally, I am not going to upload every single new pic to the first post.

That is part of the Super Pack armor. Both the Super Pack and Full Armor have "codpiece armor"--and it's different for each one. The DX seems to completely ignore this fact. It's basically plain grey for all valks with the Super Pack, and it's "the main accent color" for full armor--all yellow for Ozma, all red for Alto. Here's a good view of Michael's with the Super Pack:

Annoying that Ozma gets green parts. (Hey, merchandise spellings aren't canon IMHO--look at all the "Galdo" and "New Edwars" stuff out there) The Ozma canopy is clear, not purple though, you can see it if you know where to look.

More importantly---1/72 Ghost?!? PS to wolfx: Regarding: http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?s=&a...st&p=670492 I only just now realized you meant the upper intake and not the auxiliary intake. For that, I plan to try to mask with 1mm wide strips of Tamiya tape, and/or "scrape" the excess paint off with a toothpick. Acrylics don't stick to bare plastic (or even primer) that well, and if it's less than a day old, can often be removed "perfectly" just using a toothpick to scrape without damaging the plastic. Scraping off acrylic paint is my big "cheat".

True Trek-geek nitpick: What's with the preceding 0 in the reg number? NCC-0514? That's just wrong/weird. There's many canon ships with numbers less than 1000, and they don't have preceding zeroes. I mean, they don't do NCC-01701. It should simply be NCC-514.

I don't really need *removable* full armor, so long as it's still transformable. I will not buy a battroid-only full-armor Ozma. Though at this point I need a green VF-27 even more. (Green=Grace)

3 LR44? That's the YF-19 fold booster.

<--still annoyed no one's cosplayed Grace yet. Easy costume, too.

Just a little note, since I don't think I've seen anyone paint it yet, even Bandai doesn't mention it: The little "camera pod" on top of the head? The front has a green lens: (ep 25 cap, but I first noticed it in ep 12)

Yup. Seems to be the new style for Kawamori--if anything it helps a lot in making realistic 3D toys/models of his latest designs, as you don't have to worry about retractable hands. (personally, I think that's why he does it now)

Does anyone have the specs for the LEDs that Bandai uses in MG/PG kits? I've got my PG Zero taken apart further than I ever have before for some cleaning/tweaking and am considering going "all the way" to replace/redo some parts, to the point of unsoldering the LEDs to upgrade them and allow FULL disassembly of the torso. The main problem with PG WZC's lights is that the eyes are "indirectly lightpiped" and there are two layers of clear plastic for them, not just one. So they BARELY light up, whereas the crest/head sensors are very bright--the opposite of what I want. A much brighter LED alone wouldn't help much, I really need to get one of those wide-angle LEDs I think, to help get more of the light into the surrounding part that leads to the eyes. But I'd like some electrical specs to ensure compatability before I start swapping LEDs. Anyone ever seen someone attempt "lighting upgrades" in a PG kit?

Ignoring the bad plot and lines(all 3 of them), I really liked Ming-Na Wen in the first movie.

I'd vote for Nora.

The VF-25's hands don't retract into the arms, they "stick into the shield up to the base of the fingers" with the back of the hand remaining visible.

Me again: Anyone know of a review or something about the pearl-coating PG Wing Zero? I can find nothing other than the single main photo everywhere has. I'm contemplating trying to order just a few of its sprues from HLJ for my first-release Zero. Does anyone know if the feathers themselves are coated, or are they still plain white rubber? Also---any suggestions/tips on a good gold paint to use for a Gundam? My most recent experience with Tamiya X-12 sucked, it's basically silver+clear yellow factory mixed. And Tamiya clear yellow is basically maple syrup in color and stickyness. (but the color is still the best I've found) My PG Zero has Tamiya clear yellow over Testors? silver for its gold parts, but I'm seriously considering redoing them, but I'm not sure with what. Might just go with pure yellow, as every gold paint I've ever tried sucks, in either appearance and/or application. Or maybe some sort of gold-chrome spraypaint. (and before I risk ruining my originals I'm trying to get a spare set of yellow parts, or the pearl-coated version---annoyingly they're not on their own sprue, they're on the main color-injected sprue which greatly increases the acquisition cost) Possibly--pearlizing my existing wings. I bought a can of clear pearl spraypaint to try when I got the kit, but it was more like "clearcoat with small gold and silver flecks" and was only slightly pearlescent. I really want a rainbow effect. Anyone know of something that can be airbrushed on? Also---is there a way to strip pigma micron ink? I did ink in the wings a bit, but I'd want them to be ink-free if I try to make them pearlescent.

I like that pic a lot. Mainly because of the "hair swap". (I like swaps) ::imagines Sheryl/Grace swap::

As did I--but frankly, this is a lot less than we see in many Yamato threads.

I'm still trying to find a GOOD Copperhead. I've seen the pack twice now, passed both times due to godawful paint apps.

Bandai didn't do any schematics, there's just photos of the completed model.

Crotch armor's still missing. And these pics just prove again that Bandai seems to have "missed the point" of the VF-25, that which defines it compared to other valks: The VF-25 is supposed to be skinny in battroid so as not to look FAT when all armored up. VF-25 is the first valk to be able to transform in full armor, and is thus designed to look good with it equipped in all modes. Unless you fatten it up...