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I'm thinking of using pantyhose as mesh, what do you think? Also thinking of using reed switches for the garage roller limits. But have not tested yet if it will be reliable. I thought that the garage roller may not hit a normal limit switch well.

Nice trick!

Nice to see an old school anime build pop up here. I assume Hasegawa is now using advanced 3d modeling for their kits, which is why you are comparing them to Bandai. I also assume they had no such thing when they first did the questionable F-14s and the Vf-1s. And I see what you did with that masking guide. Lesson learned! Mechtech, Gosh, I'm also working on a rolling garage door. But it is just not fair how smooth your finishes are. What kind of mesh did you use, how did you make the gear box, and will you install limit switches?

Im not following. What is it you're going to drive?

Great work! I like the paint scheme AND the high kick.

The level and variety of skills there are amazing.

I recommend 5 minute epoxy. Gorilla glue is hard to control because it expands. But epoxy is perfect for this stuff in terms of strength and control.

No one drills perfect holes. There is usually some error.

Nicely done. Very difficult to pull off. I would like to see some clean pics without the backgrounds.

A little progress made. Still need to trim the fibre to the edge of the thrusters so they are not sticking out.

Don't know. Can't find the UN Spacey kite

Ahhhh Hasegawa... If it is 0.5 mm too wide on each side, I would live with it, rather than risk damaging the canopy or displaying it only on one side.

I guess you like the challenge of this old cast. How does the canopy look on it now?

I have some spare Shapeways 1/144 R2 and C3PO figures. PM me if you are interested.

Nice! Can you recess those joints deeper into the shoulder so they don't show as much?

Nice work. I want more Zentraedi's in my life!!!

Really nice work as usual CrossAir. Really love your paint finishes.

Nyankodevice, Nice to see your finishing up that Sivil figure. I don't know if you have sculpted your own figures before, but it looks great. Lt. Z0mBe, you've done lots of great scratch detailing and puttying as usual. Nice cockpit too, where id that figure come form? Electric Indigo, with all the puttying you've done on the F-14 nose cone, I assume the Hasegawa 1/48s are no more easy to build than the 1/72s. Derex, great work on the B-Wing. It looks fittingly alien. Nice weathering and rust here and there. Why does it have the Japanese rising sun, I wonder? As for the new Hase kits your looking at, treat them as you would a resin kit and you will be fine: lots of parts fitting, sanding, molding and puttying. You have all the skills needed and more, we have seen it. Just don't expect a Bandai snap fit kit. If you know what you are getting into, they are fun, and they come out great. I would follow WMCheng's build guides.

Do we know how tall Minmay will be?

Derex. I think your dirt thumbs are to blame here.

Thats weird Derex. The enamel wash shouldnt react with the acrylic that way. It sounds like your base coat hasnt adhered to the model. Or you used an enamel base by accident. Is it the pressure from your q-tip, or the enamel wash itself thats making the base coat come right off? Personally I cant get any wash to work cause I can never get my varnish to be glossy and smooth enough. It usually just seeps into the acrylic. But that's a different story...

Of course! That's why we're here. I've been studying the old 1/72 Hasegawas with working wing gears, but I hear they're awful.

Cool. I think I have that covered. The leds are separate, 10x fiber to each of 3 leds, plus a 4th led for the engine itself. So I plan to have them blink separately, kinda like you said in a cycle.