HWR MKII

thanks guys. another VF-0 coming soon too

Yes i am . Still some more finishing work and other effects to add. I also ran out of dull coat.

Paint, clearcoat and decals applied. now some weathering and dullcoat.

After a very turbulent 2 years and alot of other stuff i managed to finish the Battroid kit my wife got for me back on christmas of 2013....Hasegawa kit straight out of the box. nothing fancy as far as finish or anything.

They are out of production Moscato resin kits.

Amazon.com has alot of macross kits listed. Bandai and hasegawa and good prices. I trust Amazon more than ebay to be able to get my goods these days as well.

not worth it. its juuuust strong enough to work on your nails. Not strong enough for resin or plastic.

Amazon.com had low vis valks listed. Look there first and save money and frustration.

Fixed it for ya

Yes Macross models for christmas. Wife got me a VF-1S Strike Battroid!

Some 1/1 work..... Yes its airsoft.

most important watch your fingers. I had the body swivel down on the leg pivots. Almost broke my fingers like a pair of blunt shears. This thing is gangerously heavy.

It could also be that your auto paints are too "hot" and are reactivating the Mr Surfacer causing it to lift. Surfacer is a cold laquer meaning its solvents arent very strong. It could be the solvents in the overlayers are stronger and breaking teh bond between the surfacer and plastic.

If i have areas i suspect of being troublesome. i test them out. If the problem occurrs i wipe the area with alcohol. If the problem still persists and isnt a film but is from the surface being too smooth i scrub it with a medium grit sandpaper to give it more bite. After a prime and rub the area should be invisible under paint. I have the issue more in the higher end resin kits where teh surface is too smooth for any paint to bite.

If it helps at all i am stripping my kit down and readressing some things as well. But its more to bring the model in line with a more improved skill set than anything else.

So when can we expect your buildup!

something like that yeah...

Things are looking a bit more monster like. As this kit is meant to be variable there are alot of hollow areas in it. Such as the area under the main guns. It is also difficult to see how things would really align. On the second one i aim to block off some of these open areas and see about making it resemble a static kit more. There really is no way to make it variable (transformable) The joints were not designed with any method of locking in place. I tried to see if i could get some areas moveable but no luck really. The feet will set better once its attached to a base and some slight heat applied to settle the model. So far though i am pretty happy with it. Could it be better...sure. But it wont be me who makes it better this time around. As far as this being from some old project. I have no idea...I dont think i was a member then. Or if i was it was also when i first joined. I looked up said project and the casting does seem to be based on the same kit though. Dude if you can get me some suitable decals id do it.

Do you have plans for any future destroid releases? Like a Cheynne from Macross zero or Frontier?

This is awesome!. I wish i hadnt fallen on difficult times when he started getting into more of the zentradi and other unusual subjects...

It was the ball joint for the hip and no its still fragile. The VF-0 Battroid has the same design and its just as easily broken

Looks good to me. ALso remember the pilots will be bigger. In the show they wear an armored interface suit in the cockpit.

if anyone wants an honest comparison i can give you one. Im throwing out my Bandai VF-25S kit. Seriously its a mess of a model. I know the Hasegawa will fit tightly and wont sag or flop when finished. Simple tehre ya go.

Noyhauser which M60. I have an A1, A2 and A3

1/72 not stock