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over 100 if I remember correctly?

not really a purchase as such.. more of a trade actually! and not Macross related but im still excited about it! I traded my 1:18 TSM Tyrrell P34 six wheeler F1 car (Silverstone Trophy Race edition) for three other cars.. I got a 1980 Marlboro HDT Brock 05 Commodore, 1977 Bill Paterson Racing L34 Brock 05 Torana and an Autoart C7 Z06 Corvette. All in the same 1:18 scale of course.. The Commodore is very cool, the Corvette is beautiful but dang that Torana is just gorgeous! Even though im not actively collecting model cars, I couldn't resist this deal and seeing its the 10th anniversary of Peter Brock's untimely death, I figured a few more his cars in my collection would be an ideal tribute to such a great man and legend of Australian motor racing! Its still hard to believe he isn't with us and that its been 10 years since we lost him! Where do the years go..?

awesome! im feeling a smidgen more confident about tackling this build myself!

cool thanks Mick! was just curious as I can get fine line from my work but it isn't very well suited to small intricate work.. so if the Tamiya tape can make a good clean paint edge then im happy! now to go out and buy some!

how good is the Tamiya masking tape when it comes to doing fine edges? or do you still need some kind of fine line stuff? I am going to give building that assembly kit I have a go but don't want to make a train wreck out of it..

bugger.. that's no good. Engine failure perhaps?

thanks for the update Jason! its all good buddy, no need to explain yourself for anything. You're doing great and we're all happy to wait so take your time mate!

hehe! I had all my Macross related books (and others) laying all over the place on Sunday but didn't take a photo of it.. might have to take me all out again!

thanks matey!

ahhhh choooo!! gee.. someone must be talking about me!? hehe!

I know this isn't the 1:60 toy but seeing this just adds to my ever growing regret not buying the Arcadia VF-19 FIre Valkyrie with sound booster re-issue.. been looking around for one but they are quite rare and expensive.

impressive work! those VF-25 look really good!

as JV said, you'd want to inquire regarding the possible yellowing.. it could just be the poor quality pics & lighting making it look that way but you still want to be sure about it as you reeeaaalllyyy don't want something with off color plastics. pricing wise its ok... though keeping in mind this is a 1:48 so essentially you are getting more Valkyrie for your dollar but the general consensus is that the 1:48's aren't quite as correct in physical proportions as the v2 1:60's toys. Also it depends on what scale toy you want to pursue or you don't mind having mixed scale collections. have seen them go a bit cheaper but you might have to put in the effort to find better pricing without sacrificing condition. But I have also noticed a slow upward pricing trend on the 48's over the last couple of years as they get older and probably more desirable. best of luck with your Valkyrie hunting!

I certainly hope so! Might try and get two of em! I would like a couple of them to pose next to my HWR Monster!

Hehe! I'm not angry at all! Don't want to give that impression.. I rather enjoyed reading through all those books! Was quite relaxing actually!

I totally agree. A non transforming VF-4 (VF being "variable fighter") is just Master File series page space filling nonsense.. in a way it makes me glad I can't read a word of Japanese as it would just piss me off to read all the other 'no thought given / spur of the moment ideas' nonsense they would have come up with.. I took out all of my Macross mecha & art books over the weekend and the VF-4 master file is definitely the worst of the lot. But still glad they actually released it.

its been very cool to follow your amazing progress with this! cant wait to see more! better yet I can't wait to see it finished!

yeah the VF-0S would be a better thing to buy if one can afford the extra stretch! I would really like to see Arcadia re-issue an updated VF-0D with some of the improvement they made to the A & S variants.. such as the fold out shoulder gap fillers, knee joint gap filler for fighter mode, re-position the slots on the arms so that the gun pod stows in the correct position and doesn't get in the way of the arrestor hook.. I'd probably offload my original three if they actually did that!

hehehe! as much as I would piss and moan about them releasing a V3, you're probably right.. I would buy them!

yeah I did like the other Mission Impossible movies. I'll happily watch no.6

Gorgeous photos Saburo! The Arcadia YF19 sure is a stunner!

awesome! thanks jv! I totally forgot that I had a few points to redeem with CDJ anyways so that worked out a treat!

V3! are you making fun of me!?!? hehe!

dang! I want this book! where do I find this!??

wow! 1/4! she's huge! and regarding those "ribbons" no comment.