wm cheng
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I had to pay 4,700Y for EMS from NY (way too expensive, but I'd easily pay way more than that to the government if I went the HLJ route) It's still in preparation since Tuesday...
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Wow! EMS was 4,700Y from NY. Oh well, another Arcadia release that will require a lot of work when I get it. I still haven't gotten around to my YF-19 yet. I think I'm done with Arcadia after this! Although I haven't yet tried the salt wash method, I don't believe its shooting a salt solution at the model but using the partially melted salt as a soft mask and spraying over that in multiple passes with different colours, each time cleaning the salt residue off and re-applying. I just might have to try this to lighten the dark blue, its too bad - but this might be the one time I don't want too much tampo to have to mask around Any word if there are any waterslide decals included in this on top of the stickers? (I can only wish...)
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I think Henry Cavill's acting is intentionally wooden - he talks like all the men in "Mad Men" - I think its something from the era.
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I saw it last week and liked it - it was light and fun! Perfect escape for the cold winter. It made me miss a fun Bond/spy film, the Daniel Craig films have all been so dark and serious that it sucks all the fun out of the genre. Has anyone seen this trailer for "The Man from UNCLE" - it looks great! Its all the best parts of the old Bond films from the 60s - the suave Connery years complete with the dry humor I miss. I'm looking forward to this!
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Great idea to try, I've thought of that too but you might have to mask out any tampo markings or be prepared to re-make some of them in decals and re-apply over. Also it involves really light/thin coats which would be really easily prone to chipping for a transformational toy. I was thinking of trying to do a light grey filter airbrush over the whole thing that would darken the white and tone down the blue at the same time, maybe we could try this light filter over a salt wash - the key would be getting a durable clear coat to seal it all in.
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Wow!!! simply amazing, I'm speechless. Congrats, it must feel so good to have finally complete it. Can't wait to see you populate it and take a bunch of beauty shots.
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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
Every time I see the word "decals" I think someone had finally made decent real waterslide decals for this naked puppy... But I always end up seeing just stickers. Come on guys, they're stickers - not decals. Sorry I'm a bit bitter about how much I paid for this naked thing and not even have the proper markings done up. On the other hand, congrats VF-18S - huge improvement over the naked stock toy! -
Not really... yeah, I've backed large areas with white decal behind, but for those designs that are large enough to cut a white decal to back, I would just mask and paint. Its mostly the tiny lettering that's impossible to cut out - so no, I haven't found any workable solution yet.
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Finally!!! something decent... lets hope there's some more surface detailing to follow...
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I've been printing my own decals for a while now, however the non-printed white is a HUGE issue. You can basically only apply the decals to a white aircraft only. All the colours (especially if your laser printing them) will be translucent and will take on the hue of whatever underlying paint colour your applying them on. Its fine when we have white Valkyries, but when you start to stray and go to other colours, they will "cast" that colour onto your decal designs. If you have a dark paint scheme then forget about printing your own decals. You need the white underneath to make your colours/design show through. The white sheet is of no use because you have to trim around your designs perfectly to not see any white carrier sheet left behind. It's too bad Alps printers went the way of the do-do. Please let me know if anyone finds a solution to this problem!
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Release waterslide decals for all their toys - while we're at it, since its a wish, give out waterslide decals for their previous toys that didn't come with any with free shipping abroad and a note of apology!
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Waterslide decaling or stickering? Don't get my hopes up for waterslide decals... any news on that front?
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Bandai to release Star Wars Model kits
wm cheng replied to Wiz13688's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Wow! A full interior on that AT-ST - cool! -
YAY! Your right, no droop. A glimmer of hope! Any news about the tampo printing? Can anyone ask or suggest?
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Wow, great weathering job!!! ... for armor maybe or maybe it was found in the bottom of the ocean? Really hard to do that though, I'd love to learn how for some of the really dirty Tomcats in the final days.
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Wow, 41m is 134ft - that's huge, it didn't seem that big in the anime. However, if that's the case, then the bridge is way too small - isn't there supposed to be at least 5 levels/floors within that clear part of the bridge superstructure?
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I just lucked into it at the hobby store and asked the clerk to open it so I could see the decals. Try here; https://www.google.ca/search?q=hobbyboss+1/700+russian+navy+typhoon+class&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=FJC2VNXnM8qpyAS_xYDoAg There's a shot of the decals on the images tab - and its on ebay too, although it seems to be discontinued or sold out at HLJ. Good luck.
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That's cool, where do the small Valkyries go on the model? That monster would be huge if it was to scale, look at it compared to the bridge?!!
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Wow, that's great, she loves cute stuff like this! Thanks David. I like this a bit better for me... Now I'm on the search - never seen this before at our local hobby shop. (sorry for the OT)
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Ok, its been awhile, but finally finished my GX-64 toy repaint. Deciding on repainting the deck slowed me down a bit. Mostly what bothered me was the lack of white tiny decal markings on the toy, so I searched around and found a cheap 1/700 scale Typhoon sub that had these small white waterline markings it was $7 so it was like buying a decal sheet. The thick plastic fence for the railing in the front bothered me too, so I also got a 1/700 photo etched detail set at the hobby store on sale - it included a bunch of stairs that I folded up which I used too (man these are small!!!). In fact they are so small that in the end, when I attached them, you could hardly see them anymore since they've been painted grey. I put in a set by the catapults as shown int he sketches for crew access to the planes while on the catapult. Also a set by the doors below and some sprinkled throughout the deck. For the amount of pain and hassle, I don't think they're worth it as you can hardly see them unless you were looking for them Over all I just gave it a dark wash to pick out the recessed areas and a white dry brushing with the Tamiya weathering powders, some pencil graphite rub stick at the panels and a future/matte clear coat to seal it all in to allow handling. Hope you guys like it.
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Sure, maybe we could let her start with your stuff first...
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Love the shot with the Zero!
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Funny, my daughter (8 now) likes it for me (because she knows how much I like it - so cute). She liked to watch Robotech, but really liked the Minmay, Misa and Hikaru love triangle thing - she kind of tuned out during the battle sequences. She likes to look at my collection but knows its hands off. She wants to start a model with me though, I thought I should bring her to a hobby shop and let her choose something she'd like. The coloured Bandai Gunpla stuff might be a good place to start - although I'd hate to get her into Gundam
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Seems interesting, especially for repairs if it can be shaped and is actually strong afterwards. http://www.plastimake.com/
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Absolutely beautiful cool8or! Congrats. How did you manage to hinge the canopy? I've always wanted to do that to my models but just couldn't build a hinge small enough that was strong enough.
