Solscud007

I wouldnt go as far as to say that. Hotel Cafe, from my past experiences, is a rather dismal and slightly pathetic event. the majority of the fans that go are there for the next act. there are a couple DIEHARD fans liek the creepy thin man, this white guy, with somewhat long hair, that I have seen numerous times when I have seen Mari at various events in LA and San Francisco, and yet he is NOT a macross fan. From my experiences of Mari's past performances (MWCON 5 and 7, Hotel Cafe, SF JAFcon, & Tekkoshocon) she likes to use her time to soap box her grievances and crappy life. Her songs also suffer. You posted a youtube video of a song from WAY back. yes her earlier work is pretty good. but her more current work is lacking. She utilizes the yamaha S800 keyboard like a security blanket. but it too hurts her performance. she needs a much richer and real accompaniment than just a beatbox out of a $800 keyboard. Also, according to Mari, she is done with macross. This mentality fluctuates. she of course is typecasted and resents this greatly, again returning to the soap box grievances. So dont go expecting to hear your favorite macross songs. understandably she is an artist and is desperately trying to get her own pure sound out. while commendable, her own "sound" needs work. The subject or topics she discusses in her songs are somewhat crude and word usage in her lyrics can be awkward to the point of being awful. songs about laptops on rainy days and "all you want, is to f*ck me" are just terrible and should not have been used. english word choice and grammar are of course her second language and yet even though she has lived in the USA for more than 20 years now, she still has not mastered the language to create lyrics that dont seem awkward and improperly constructed. I dont want to paint a negative picture of Mari, she is a nice person and I have enjoyed hearing her intriguing tales of working on Macross, because I am a Macross Otaku; to a certain degree. But as I said above, take her performances with a grain of salt. It most likely will not be what you think it will be.

are you asking me to take a picture of the "M. Falleina" decal? if so, sorry I cant. cause mine is correct. here is the pic I posted earlier of my cockpit titleing. it says "Pilot R.Focker" http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1831/dsc00832oa0.jpg You can get the film loope, probably at any photostore. like maybe ritz camera here you go http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/22166086...rkroom-supplies

we did do a custom VF. did you not see the first page? also to see the original pics go to MW main page. it is in the magazine section. Here is the link. It was in Model Graphix Oct 2002 http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/magazi...odelgraphix.htm

Vegas Valk, nice factory variant!!! a little advice on the lighting. I think you need more light on the valk. the background is nice and bright but it contrasts so much with the valk that some detail seems lost. Also you can use the file loope trick I did to show the M. Falleina decal.

wouldnt it be easier to get a thin sheet of clear styrene and cut it and curve it?

sort of. the missle door fell off its peg. see this is the suff behind the scenes you guys on MW dont get to see. not only do we play with our rare and beautiful toys, but we are clumsy with them haha.

I remember this. funny story, after we both lost out of our local Socal poker game, I decided to take pics of the TH. This was pure kitchen table lighting and a poster sized piece of black paper. I accidentally dropped one of the shoulder armors while handling it. opps.

wow I remember those. we were waiting on the Thunderhammer to be finalized and put together. the armor with the valk. so in the meantime, as a preamble and for practice, I shot some of Hirohawa's customs. no we didnt transform any of them. I like mine more hehe j/k. Hirohawa did a great job on the visor.

hmm I guess I will have to trace my weathering special then.

takatoys did not sure if he still does.

No you misunderstood. the one I used looks like the one in the pic above. it is JUST a plain slide loope. it is NOT a camera attachment. I was just clever enough to make it work as a macro lens.

sort of. it looks like this. Really? I paid $220 for hand delivery from japan, now I realize that I am a lucky SOB and that opportunity is not available for everyone however I dont think that was too much.

I mean lineart of the TOY.

Does such a thing exist? I need hi-res line art of top, bottom, and side w/ landing gears down of a 1/48

ok but you gotta print one up for me. I can recreate it in photoshop.

Here are some more pics Decal close ups. I used a lupe/loop. I put the loop over my POS Sony Point and shoot camera and VOILA!!! Instant macro. Missiles!!!

no the clear stand is not. that is just a bandai action base in clear plastic.

well they are water slides. really well done water slides. if I can borrow my buddy's D-SLR I can use his macro lens and see if I can show you how good it really is.

hey you have the original 1/48 TH and that is more rare. . . ass haha.

that is how it looks out of the box. Ok so I had my gf briefly read the chinese characters. it seems the "weathering" is hand painted. and the decals are had applied from yamato. hmm mine are not white though as usual white missles. they are a sort of off white color. The only other valk I have to reference is my Hikaru VF-1S, which i dont have here with me, but i remember them being white vs the weathering version is off white.

Here is my Fokker Weathering Special. Just came in. hand delivered from japan, thanks to my friend's girlfriend. When you remove the blue cummerbund and lift the box flap, you will see this piece of paper that details that this is a special edition and says that the decals are different. I have yet to actually translate this. And here is the Valk: Gerwalk Mode: Battroid Mode: And as a little tease TH on weathered 1S!!!!!!

yep I gotta say GBP armor and VF-1J is the best combo.

you are in denial and jealous haha jk. fantastic job on the weathering. you should put up a guide in the modeling custom section.

have we put the Thunderhammer in the customs section? I think that deserves its own section.

Yeah I met a guy at Botcon who is from Japan. Said he got 6 of these at Wonderfest. Sold them for about 515 USD each. Well good news I have confirmation that my weathered VF-1S has arrived at my friend's house. So all I have to do is wait for her to come back from japan. I will take some detailed pics when it arrives.