The parts you are looking for on the VF-2SS are available here from Monkey Nuggett in Japan. These are recasts.
http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~monkey/monkey.htm
For the other kit you should contact Noel Lee aka Blackaces on the boards.
Check out his website here for his latest kits.
http://www.wondershowcase.com.sg/
Hey looks great WM, too bad you didn't see my 1/72 Defender build up, I used the exact same technique and it worked like a charm. Coulda saved ya some money.
Shot of the front, it looked like from the pics that came with the kit that there's some kind of yellow camera lens on the front. So I painted it with a layer of chrome silver and then a layer of clear yellow to give it depth.
Here's a shot of the side, my preshading and post shading came out better. You can't really see it in this pic but I did black pre-shading sprayed it over with white then I did post shading and covered that with some more white. It built subtle layers. You can see some of it here.
Well here's the finished pics of my first resin kit. I'm pretty pleased with the outcome, the funnest part was the custom decals. The decals came from several mfg's but mostly left over from other Hasegawa kits.
Big props to Cobywan for a fantastic kit.
Ohhhh Monky and Blackaces begin collaborating on projects. Pretty soon an announcement is made of a new model company BlackMonkey Productions Ltd. has been formed, soon after every obscure 1/72 model I've ever dreamed of is released.
Then the alarm clock goes off...huh...wha... ah nuts.
Coming along very nicely, I really like the white accents you added, it really brings out the details and breaks up the plane a bit.
Make sure you point out all the areas you post shade, I wanna know what areas you focus on for post shading.