wm cheng
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Wow!!! Simply breathtaking... beautiful paint job, congratulations on such a gorgeous build and thanks for sharing. Man, I always knew it was big compared to the VF-1, but seeing it next to that 1/48 really made me realize just HOW big.
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Yeah, I get what you're saying, but even the new Hasegawa VF-25 looks weird... like a stilted chicken (each gear is nicely detailed in themselves, but taken together, it looks odd) - the gear struts just seem too long and make the aircraft sit way too high - the rear gear placement is really odd too, too far back and too short - that's a K design flaw I believe. Yeah, I totally agree with the "nostalgia for the old Takatoku-style bare gear" comment. I can't display any of my Macross Frontier toys with the gears down - they all have to be in flight!
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Is it me (or maybe I'm just gettin' old) or is it that all the new generation of designs have really awkward landing gears? The older VF-0, VF-1, VF-4, YF-19, YF-22 all seem to have decent credible looking landing gears, but all the new stuff looks just stuck on and out-of-scale - just awkward. Maybe the metallic dark grey Bandai uses for the gear struct doesn't help things either.
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I hope not! I have armors all weathered up and waiting for the naked bird...
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Hey if you come out with those decals, I'd gladly buy them off of you for mine. Let me know when you're going to attempt that 1/350 Yamato - I'd love to see what you do with it, maybe it might inspire me to get off my ass about it ;-) Great job Jefuemon on those... (yeah, I never really had problems with the Macross Figures either - flight suits are easy, its those Yamato uniform markings that I wasn't happy with).
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How did you paint that down arrow / boat anchor on the front of this shirt and the 3 bars on the shoulders?
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You are just crazy!!! Amazing, how will you paint it? Does it come with decals? I can barely paint the 1/72 scale pilots from the Yamato 2199 fighters let alone imagine how to eventually paint those 1/350 scale Bandai Yamato crew. Perhaps I can send them over to you to paint for a fee?
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Wow, I love the photoetched and additional details - can't wait to see what you do with them! But at 1/500 scale, you'd think they should have included these gimmicks at such a large scale already.
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Hey, speak for yourself - I STILL NEED THE VF-25S Ozma for my armored pack. Come on, bring on the last of the reissues why don't ya?!!!
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Bit the bullet on the VF-25F Tornado pack (even though I have my old v1 - maybe I could get something for it?). It does look good. I like my VF-25G in Battroid mode and the wings just look too back heavy in that mode - the Supers would do just fine... The Tornado does look best in aircraft mode - however that Gerwalk mode is really growing on me.
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Hasegawa all the way!!! There really is no comparison. Bandai is a real exercise in frustration for those of us who want to build a "real" model - it's simply not geared towards modelers, its more of a "snap-fit" type of kit, not really meant to be painted. Unfortunately, there were no other options for Macross Frontier and we were stuck with only Bandai kits. They are the only options if you want to transform them, but then, why wouldn't you just get the toys which are infinitely more durable for playing and transformation. The transformation process leaves gaps all over the place and sacrifices accuracy for the transformation mechanism which any single mode kit doesn't have to make concessions to. Check out my link and hear me swear my way though the dog of a kit that Bandai forced upon us... (I can't wait to get some time to start on the Hasegawas now and leave my pile of Bandais in the trash!) http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=28142 Here's my VF-25S (also Bandai) - minus the bitching throughout the build process... (can't wait for the Hasegawa version to blow this out of the water!!!) http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=38780&hl=
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Hmm, is it a substantial improvement over the v1? I know the plane is, but what I loved about the original Tornado pack was that it hid all the deficiencies of the v1 toy - its the only v1 VF-25 I own. How much do you think I can sell as v1 with Tornado pack & super weapons pack for now-a-days with this on the horizon?
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Thanks... those acrylic cases would be much classier than the flexible one from HLJ - I think maybe something 1/350 might deserve one of those someday...
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Hey would this super long one fit the Bandai 1/350 Yamato? (do you have a link?)
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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
Yay!! Love for the 1/48s - I still prefer my 48s over my 60s... since I mostly leave them in fighter mode all the time ;-) -
That sucks, these cases are really reasonably priced initially. I'm surprised they won't ship anything else with them as it was such a waste of space... basically I paid EMS to ship a big box of air-filled plastic bags. Let me know if you find another retailer that might have these cases with more reasonable shipping. Gotta convince a local hobby shop to carry them.
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Wow!!! I can't believe that's in 1/1000 - pretty cool. What Yamato modeling guide?
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Yes, its a beautiful paint job (I don't know if I'd go that far...) but fantastic execution! I might have to try and pick up that issue if I can find it for a decent price/shipping.
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Well, I know the panel wash they used was enamel. I had a little slight smudge leftover on mine that I cleaned up with some enamel thinner and it left the basecoat intact. My guess would be a lacquer base paint since it would adhere well to the metal hull and it seems to be really smooth like lacquer. Those are great pictures from that Model Graphix - do you know what issue or do you have any higher resolution scans of those pages? Can't wait to see how your 1/500 turns out!
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Well, before shipping it was... I hope you managed to bundle it with other stuff. I ended up paying almost $50 for shipping it (it only cost $18). Glad you like them, I thought they were even more perfect for the Andromeda as the older stands held the ship higher so it was right in the middle of the clear box. You can cut the clear box down so its shorter and fits the lower GX-64 even more. Hey Chris, are you going to do anything to your GX-64?
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LOVE IT!!!
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Fantastic work so far!!! I will definitely be following with great interest. I can't believe you've polished this turd so well ;-)
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What do you think? I hid all the Macross Vernier thrusters in the floor of the white lab and the pressurizing clean-room glass tunnel... did anyone catch it? ;-)
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Striker was in the last batch... its already out a few months ago (before Christmas)