wm cheng
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I wouldn't hold your breath, this rumor comes back every year - they were sure it was going to be released the year Force Awakens came out but modified with the rectangular dish.
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Wow, how do they get that chrome on the landing gears?! Great, more boxes for the basement that I'll never get around too...
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My lament exactly!!!
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You are lucky because my gap is about the same.
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Wow! Flawless paint scheme, all that masking really paid off. It's going to look so beautiful!
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Wow that was fast!!! Came out last Friday and I got it to my door in Toronto, Canada today via EMS. That's been the fastest and no customs & duties to boot!!! I feel lucky, maybe its time to buy a lottery ticket. I find that if I go FedEx, it always get caught in Customs, plus they charge a $9.95 handling fee on top of the customs, duties and HST tax on the value of the parcel, but if I go EMS, sometimes (not always) it sneaks though maybe 50% of the time (I'll take that!) - just my observations for Canada. Looks like they "cleared" up the forward red sensors - it looks more clear than red paint on the VF-31J. Its too bad they haven't gotten rid of that horrible speckly painted canopy or that fuselage gap right behind the canopy though.
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Woohoo!!! Payment processed and just instructed PW to ship - although shipping slightly higher than with the VF-31J hmmm.
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Thanks! I guess I'll have to see if there's any orange on the packs to decide - I love orange.
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Wow! I'd definitely be interested in the FanRacer - it doesn't transform, so QC wouldn't be that much of an issue. Where can I get/order these - any links in English for Canada delivery, if its a problem posting here, please PM me with the info. Thanks!
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Sorry slightly OT, but with all this talk of Super packs, does the VF-31E AWACs have super packs or drones? (sorry haven't watched the series yet - just couldn't get past the first 2 episodes yet). Just trying to plan out which of my toys will get packs - I certainly won't have the entire squad, I think getting 3 total, VF-31 J,F,E - displayed one in each mode will be enough for this design (with the exception of the VF-31A of course, just love that one!)
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Has anyone heard of UV Adhesives/weld products? - seems interesting...
wm cheng replied to wm cheng's topic in The Workshop!
Good to know, thanks for all the feedback. I was hoping for some miracle. I guess its a cleaner version of 5min 2-part epoxy. -
At first I thought this was going to be some miracle glue to repair our broken toys... Then after some testing was done, it seems not to hold up well in shear... However I've found another link that is more model specific and it seems like there are some good alternate uses... At least it seems like cleaner less messy and easier alternative to 5min epoxy or JBWeld. The resin casting properties seem neat and maybe able to cast or create an entire small replacement piece for broken toys and I love it as an alternative to PE crazy glue. Might try to go out to find it somewhere.
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You've got that right brother!!!
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LOVE IT!!! Thanks!!! ... so funny. (can't believe there's no Rogue One Steelbooks in Toronto already - what's up with that, there are still Steelbook TFA lying around, was there something special about the Rogue One Bluray release? - argh)
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
wm cheng replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
Beautiful customs!!! Congrats. Truely unique, you just need a little light panel lining on those puppies to bring out the details to match all your amazing paint work. -
Great! Cause I love orange and I'm a sucker for the radome/awacs. I certainly hope you're right.
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Great!!! I certainly hope so, and I'll hold you to that
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Well I stayed away from this one... giving you guys mine (aren't I generous :P) I hope mine went to a very deserving soul on these boards here. All I want is the orange one left, not a huge fan of all these colours. Hopefully by then, a lot of this hoopla would wear off. Just remember this when Chuck's VF-31E comes up for pre order OK?
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The only problem with the scanning is that you can't print white (the thorn in my side for years!). You'd think after all these years they'd come up with a replacement or advancement to the Alps printer that is no longer in production eh?
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Yeah, I should. I originally thought it was just a straight up out of the box build - because I like the painting/weathering bit the best, I thought I could race to that part of the build, but the more I got into it, the more detail presented itself and I just couldn't leave it alone. One of the best kits I've ever had the pleasure to lay my hands on. I should have done it with the Tamiya paint jar as you said, but I rushed it because I might be starting work up again. Here's a shot I did but I didn't include it because the lighting didn't turn out but it does show scale with a penny.
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Yes, I was super careful after reading about it in these forums, and I could see the spot that lifted on the gold before I even peeled it back. It must be something in the curing or storing of the toy afterwards and its definitely not user error. MJ, I find that one can usually tell with metallics (especially with cars because the flakes are so big) - maybe I'm just too anal (I've been told that before :P) I just can't imagine buying gold and copper just to fix a tiny spot though - argh, its not like I ever use those colours in my modeling.
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Woohoo!!! Finally finished, "... She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts ...I've made a lot of special modifications myself" Cut in/recess cockpit exterior greebles Greenstrawberry Photo-etched kits (overall + exhaust grills) Custom lighting kit from Tirydium Models Shapeways 308Bits Cabin cone and Turret well set Dremel in blast marks and scratches Added cabling/hoses to the landing gear struts Other than that, its pretty much straight out of the box - amazing job Bandai! What fun to paint!!! Thank God for magnifying glass, my eyes need a bit to recover now I wished I had a Macro for my DSLR.
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Yeah, I wish my spot was on the white as that is much easier, my one tiny spot was on the coppery gold which would be a really hard match especially trying to get the metallic flecks orientated in the right direction as the original paintwork. Mine was also in the Private Warehouse, I wonder if it has anything to do with being stored/transported in heat, my guess is that the heat would cause the film to bond with the printing.
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Well I'd love to see the quality of the KO result. It's not a bad thing necessarily. Lepin and LeLe did the same with Lego KO and its the only way I could afford the UCS Millennium Falcon that was going for $8K on the scalper market - in fact the KO quality is quite good. If Lego ever releases that set again, I would still buy the original at MSRP, just not the scalper prices, so Lego doesn't lose out, just the hoarders.
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After playing/transforming it for about 2hrs; the metallic coppery/gold paint apps and tampo are just amazing! gerwalk lock keeps snapping loose super-tight tolerances at the upper thigh going into behind the intakes (worried about rubbing and damaging red paint) very finicky, not that poseable considering the amount of articulation, once locked together is ok, but cool almost too many points of articulation where you just have to align everything just right (should have some detents) nose cone made up of too many panels, too gappy, and its what I see first (unless its in Battroid mode) very cool and different looking Gerwalk mode (wasn't even one of my favourite modes) ... on to Battroid...
