Grayson72

You know if you check on Yahoo JP they occasionally have the full set of figures that came with the Factory kit. All wearing various uniforms form pilots to full dress officers, all Macross cannon from the TV series.

Ok so here's my dreamlist of kits I'd love to have and am determined to get in my lifetime one way or another. 1/72 QF-9000 Ghost 1/72 heavy & light Regult missile attachements 1/72 Zentradi Scout pod 1/72 Macross support vehicles set 1/72 VAB-3 Invader 1/72 Glaug Booster 1/72 VF-1 Booster Launch vehicle 1/72 VF-1 GBP Armor Conversion 1/72 VF-1 Platypus conversion 1/72 VF-1 Stampede conversion 1/72 VF-11 Armour set 1/72 VF-0 Battroid 1/72 VF-0 Armoured Battroid 1/72 Destroid Cheyenne 1/72 Macross Space Shuttle 1/72 Macross Rabbit Shuttle

Vacuformed! yeck Yeah if we didn't want any of the incredible detail that we've all seen and admired from John.

Well I'll have the molds from the first step in the enlarging process that will be in 1/100, so if you don't have these already I could make you some. They'd be the cannon vehicles from the show and the line art.

I assume and pray to god that it will be you doing the sculpts. So you'd be the expert and the one we and Rob will rely on to tell us what is feasible and in the best interest of creating a model that will sell. You're pretty scary lookin' in the pic

Heh, bad hobby to have a limited budget for.

You finished the flatbed? Well let's see it!

Soooo Jesse, how do we get our Tanmen models from you now? Any updates on shipping?

Woohoo! someone agrees with me!

Agree with you on that point Cap'n, I don't really care for variable models. Seems like the variable stuff should be left up to the toys.

Heh, noob

Hey we all forgot about the QF-9000 Ghost!!!????

Hmph, says you oh master sculptor, the whole point of using the scale up technique with Hydrospan is cuz the rest of us suck at sculpting. Clear windows, he says, detailed cockpits he says, you're mad

I get the feeling though that the expansion rate is affected by larger objects. the example they give is a cast of a human hand, a pretty thick model where the fingers would expand faster than the palm. The vehicles are tiny, I'll just have to see how it works, I'll keep ya posted.

I'd love either the rabbit shuttle or the big space shuttle that transported Misa.

Actually since the product expands so slowly you have the time to exactly measure and mark the expansion process. You don't have to wait until it's expanded to the full size, once it reaches the size you want you simply take it out of the water. If you let it get too big you can set it out of the water and it will very slowly shrink. My first items will be the 1/100 scale support vehicles that came out of the Factory set. The generator vehicle, the personnel transport and the cherry picker crane. It will take a very long time to do it though. I figure it will take 2-3 castings/expansions to get it to 1/72 scale. Those little vehicles almost exactly match the line art in the Kowamari book. If I take the wheels off I can cast them in one piece too (well the generator and the transport anyway).

That's my plan

I guess you missed the recast of the Club-M version. I can't believe you guys wouldn't rather see something original that's never been done before in 1/72 rather than a "nicer" version of something that's already out.

Yeah here's what I'd want in order: GPB Cutlass 17 male powered armor, TV or Movie soldier

I have this kit, I don't know about 360, that seems a bit high maybe 300. You can tell if it is an original if it is in a color printed box that says Yellow Submarine and has a small sticker on it that says Big West.

I don't get the regult or Glaug, do we really need two 1/72 kits of those, both of which are readily available? How about add on parts so we can make light and heavy missile versions out of the ones already released?

What the heck is that?

Ordered the 3 quart! Thanks man! If this works I'm gonna be creating a whole slew of never before released items in 1/72.

Aha, didn't know that, thanks for the tip Mr. Moose Here's the link! http://www.industrialpolymers.com/water_ab..._urethanes.html

Wait, now you guys are getting confused, the Naptha is for expanding/shrinking the silicon molds, the Hydrospan is for expanding the actual smaller resin cast piece. I actually like the Hydrospan method better.