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DONE! will post more detailed pictures in the weekend.

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Thanks! Was working with whatever are left of my destroid sticker sheets, so there are a lot of trimming here-n-there's. But one thing that I feel lacking is the Macross "screw-cover" and "VF" decals since all JM customs on the board have those. I may have missed the opportunity to purchase the JM stock decals (probably by takatoys) back in 2004-2006. But that time the JM bug had not bit me. Anyone's selling theirs? EDITED : Also ordered 4 sets of H-eyes from HLJ (2 x mini circles and 2 x standard squares, each in green & red - they dont carry blue at HLJ ) to be used as : 2 x nosecone lights 2 x wing lights 1 x visor 3 x backpack lights/thrusters 4 x rear legs lights (L&R) 2 x under wrist lights (L&R)

with decals :

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thanks! decided to use a "used" destroid sticker sheet..feels more natural bcause the destroids are also brown

good to know that! will be my 2nd 1/60 (1st was the 30th anniversary aka ugly duckling)

DONE! All thats left are to let the parts sit for a few hours before applying some decals ... and coat it with semi-gloss paint Gonna dig my 1J 30th anniversary sticker sheets. Heard they include waterslide decal with that (never inspected the manuals/stickers - lol)

this came in yesterday

Great tips! Thanks! Thinking of using those mini circle for my JM nose-lights

Looking good. Im looking for clear parts to be made into a 1J head visor..do you have any suggestions? or may I know where did you purchase those clear visors set? Im just too lazy to think/search/lift my fingers to google....

Done painting : 1) Left arm (donated by EXO - thanks!) 2) 1J head (donated by EXO - thanks!) To do : 1) Putty leg thrusters (from a "battle damaged" toy) & paint black 2) Repaint inner tights (some paint chip after inserting spring) 3) Coat all parts (semi-gloss)

Price can range by a lot, depending on how you get them or how they are listed on ebay/places where you can get them..but I would say $40-60 sounds about fair for a loose JM, and +-$100-ish for a complete with box

here's your chance to own one (not my listing, just passing it around) : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Macross-Wonder-Festival-VF-5000G-1-100-Transformable-Model-Kit-/321418339751?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item4ad606a5a7

sweet deal for the person who got it : http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1668158.html EDITED : nevermind...didnt read previous posts!

here's a group shot with EXO's donated JM recast hmm....custom paint-scheme goodness! Thinking of doing a YF-19 scheme on one of the JM's and a battle-damaged on another (since it will be missing one arm that will be used on the cannon fodder custom)

Thabks!. Cant wait to get this done quickly!

Sacrificial 1A JM for my cannon fodder custom just arrived. Ye huu (with isamu's voice). And another that I just won tonight!

Managed to get this off ebay. Gonna use the head for the CF custom~!

Finally finished with all the parts. Just need to use black sticker strip for the border between the white and tan colors on the bottom half of the nosecone. Parts will be left to dry thoroughly before coating them in semi-gloss paint. And, waiting for 1 x left-hand (EXO) and 1 x 1A head (CrazyDude/ebay) arrivals before I can continue working on them! Sorry for the crappy cellphone pictures. Will snap some using a real camera when its done.

Update : 1) scrubbed the paints off the wings and top fuselage. 2) painted wing (white) 3) painted cockpit trim & intakes (matt black - pic not updated for the intake) 4) painted outer calves (dark tan) 5) painted tan on the tailfins. Modified the paint-scheme a little bit since the bottom area will be rubbing against the backpack hinge. 6) found a 1A JM head on ebay! And just realized that my backpack is missing the two rear tabs. The break was so clean that it almost looks like nothing was broken. Oh well, doesnt affect the functionality and transformation.

One is selling on mandarake for $250 as we speak. man, price sure shoots up the ceiling with ozma's

messed up the paint (tan) on one of the wings and the top fuselage Soaked them in pine-sol to paint-strip and will be repainted once I get a new set of paint cans, hopefully by this weekend.

Thanks for the kind words! Another update : A bit slow today. Had to accompany the wife for her Sunday's shopping till 8 PM! 1) Cleaned/brush/paint-stripped parts that were painted too thick yesterday. 2) Painted the dark tan on the 2-halves of the fuselage 3) Painted white parts. 4) Painted dark tan on the inner calves 5) Puttied right solder-damaged hand (not sure why the original owner did that), sanded and painted it white. Initially, the inner calves were supposed to have white trims around them (lineart accurate) but I decided to paint the whole innfer-face tan since I made a mess on the paintjob. Before painting dark tan on the calves, I taped the circumference with 3M painter's tape. However, it seems that the tan paint managed to seep through the tapes, leaving unclean looks on the white trims. Would really appreciate it if I could get some suggestions/pointers from MW guru's on how to get a clean white-trim on the outer calves. Hoping to stay as lineart-accurate as possible, especially on the outer calves colors. Parts donated by EXO and CrazyDude will prolly come in before next weekend, so my next update will be by next Sat/Sun. Cant wait to finish this up and big thanks to EXO and CrazyDude!

Freee! Ha i was about to ask that myself. Is this a listing error?