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Help? Any one with a spare part J23 & J24 for any of the Bandai 1
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Thanks for the reponses! Jefuemon - you're right (I was thinking of the older VF-1 where you'd see the head upside down between the legs) - I never have my VF-25 in Gerwalk mode, but now looking at the pictures, all you'd see is the top of the head (same as fighter mode). If you're willing to part with it - I'd love it and would love to pay for it and cover any shipping costs! David - why did you never finish your 99% done VF-25F? You're almost there... I'd still love to see it! You might break the part if you disassemble it - the "hook" that attaches to the collar is REALLY delicate (that's the part that breaks). Thanks for the offer though, I'll let you know if Jefuemon decides to keep his. -
HA! You caught me!! I was debating that seam for days!!! I was trying to weigh the seam against tremendous masking of all the metalized parts and the awkward masking of the rear plate which I wanted in metal, but had to be in as well as the fins before the two parts were glued together. Yes, I hate Bandai parts breakdown when you want to paint it. The other way was to assemble it to this point and spray the whole thing blue/grey, then mask out the blue/grey to spray all the metalized parts, but I couldn't get into all the fins and nooks and crannies properly from this angle. Argh, I loose either way. Unless I had tonnes of time and patience and majorly mask like crazy - I was in a rush and didn't known when I'll start work again.
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+ a million!
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I love ghetto setups! My first air compressor when I started my airbrushing was a junkyard fridge compressor that I rigged up with a sponge on the cylinder head which I kept wet so it would cool it down as it got hot and shut off (right in the middle of some important spray!) Well, finally one of the best parts - I matte/flat clear coat the packs and start assembling the pieces! All this is before the weathering - its pretty much spanking new now. Well, my mid grey turned out a little dark when it dried, the wet paint colour perfectly matched the plastic, but with the additional semi-gloss clear coat it darkened it a tad. Plus the darker fast packs definitely lightened up with the matte/flat coat, not sure if there's enough contrast yet. There's still a lot of other decals to go onto the plane and clear coat that, plus all the missiles, fins, guns, engine nozzles and gak, before I can assemble it and start weathering (I'm worried the weathering will start to tie together all the different shades a greys a little too much).
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Help? Any one with a spare part J23 & J24 for any of the Bandai 1
wm cheng replied to wm cheng's topic in Model kits
Thanks for the offer Jefuemon, Well, you wouldn't need J-23, but you'd need to fashion a baseplate out of sheet styrene to mount the neck piece within the collar. However, you'd still need J-24 - not for the hinge, but the ball joint to mount the head and allow it to articulate over the neck. Unless you can find a generic ball that will fit into the socket within the bead that can be glued to the top of the neck piece or if you want to fix the head permanently in a certain postion. Now if anyone wants to build a fighter only mode - then they definitely don't need those parts as the head is mostly hidden within the well. Anyone going to build or has built a fighter mode only version? -
PLEASE! Everyone please wear a mask if you airbrush. A real mask (http://www.amazon.com/3M-Low-Maintenance-Half-Mask-Respirator-Assembly/dp/B00004Z4EB) not just one of those white fibre thingys. Make sure you get the filter cartridges for organic solvents - especially if you spray lacquers or any type of metalizer. This applies even if you have a spray booth and ventilation system. (My best friend died at the age of 35 from lung cancer - he never smoked ever! But we built models throughout high school without any type of mask - they're not saying if that's what caused it (cause I'm still alive) but just to be safe!) I get your masking hell Jefuemon - but its worth it in the end, nothing like real paint!
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Well, another 12hrs later... more masking... - discovered this Alclad Stainless Steel, if airbrushed onto something with a gloss coat (done for the decals) - it goes on amazingly smooth and reflective - the rudder inset silver is done with this stuff and really glints in the light like real polished metal! Some warning stenciling, in face that's all I've been doing to all the darker armored packs while I have the gloss coat on them. I wanted to get all the data stenciling on before I seal it in with the flat/matte clear coat so I can start assembling them Disaster struck though... I broke those little arms holding up the neck/head to the collar (parts J-23 & J-24) while I was trying to strip them down to repaint them (I seemed to be doing that a lot on this build - I vastly underestimated the scope of this build when I started - it wasn't the easiest kit to get "back in the saddle" with - I've had to re-learn a lot of decal handling and painting) Anyone with a spare part to sell me? http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=38586 I've pilfered one of my other VF-25 kits in my stash for now - but its a shame to lose one of those kits for these 2 very import parts.
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Hi all, Huh, the topic title got cut off (I can't seem to edit the topic title) - I am asking about any of the Bandai 1/72 VF-25 models - this part is common to all. Disaster struck! While I was stripping off paint in an effort to re-do a botched pant job on the collar/neck assembly of the VF25S Armored - I broke the two tiny arms that hold up the neck/head which connects it to the collar (parts J23 & J24). I dunked the entire assembly into lacquer thinner to remove the Alclad metalizer which I had sprayed on - for some reason (which I still don't know yet) the paint reacted funny. I guess I must of left it in the lacquer thinner too long to weaken the plastic, because the tiny c-clamp arms and hole just broke apart in my hands - note to self, lacquer thinner and ABS don't mix well. I have e-mailed HLJ about buying a replacement J-Tree - but their FAQ specifically states they will attempt replacement of missing or damaged parts within 10 days, and "...do not accept orders for parts in general." Unfortunately I ordered this model over 4yrs ago. So I'm appealing here in case anyone has a trashed VF-25 or spare parts box (you never know!). Thanks.
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Yes, I heard that rumour last year... now that's the kit I've been waiting for! I hope its as good as that resin kit that's always out of stock. There's one of my most highly anticipated kits if it ever comes to fruition.
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Thanks! Yes, I checked the junk mail and its not in there, I am still getting notifications from other threads subscribed - just not this particular one. Thanks, finally making some headway... but still lots of tiny warning data stenciling on the fast packs before I can clear coat them in a matte finish before assembling them - so its still in a million pieces at the moment.
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Thanks for the words of encouragement... I need it with this kit! That Bandai Renewal (with armor) for $500?! is looking better and better all the time ;-( I'm just not sure how I'm going to keep all the armor matte while the aircraft semi-gloss to play off each other AND weather them at the same time with massive masking in the end. p.s. BTW, I'm not getting any e-mail notifications when this thread gets updated... I have checked my settings and I have e-mail instantly selected for this thread? any one else experience this?
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Another 10 more hours! (45 total so far) - I guess I vastly underestimated the scope of this build! I was going to power this one out, but ended up getting bogged down in the details (its pretty much straight out of the box with no modifications - its the painting that's a b$#tch!). Finally the missiles are nestled in their cradles! Did I mention masking hell?! This is the second time I had to strip it down completely to re-spray this part. The wings are finally prepped to be clear-coated sealed so I can assemble the back plate and wing hinge - Bandai is so stupid to structure their assembly this way that you have to essentially fully finish the wings before you can close up the back plate - argh! Did I mention I hate Bandai decals - they flaked when you handled them too much. However I did finally found a solvent - if you remember MicroSET and MicroSOL didn't have any effect on the crappy Bandai water slide decals - but Mr. Hobby SOL definitely works! Bandai didn't even measure the geometry properly (now I know why so many of the professional VF-25 armor builds in the magazines didn't have the red pin-striping around the yellow missile doors - they took me 2hrs to get right?!) WTF with screening all the colours - come on Bandai?! Well finally some sub-assemblies to show for all the work!
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I only started this project when I figured that one out! I described it here; http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=35120&p=1020105
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Just downloaded myself - THANKS SO MUCH boinger!! It's nice to look back on this. I had to go through the VF-25 to familiarize myself with what I did when I recently started my VF-25S armored - its really hard getting back into the saddle. It answered a lot of questions I had found myself stuck on. It's funny how much you forget after even a short break - I wish I could be modelling all the time. Maybe in a few years when my daughter grows up some more (unless I can convince her to build with me - don't really know about the exposure to the chemicals though). Again, thanks for all your hard work. I can't believe I typed so much stuff, I guess I'm kind of wordy sometimes. I hope it helps others.
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Masking hell!!! - although the VF-25S seems to go together easier than the VF-25F... pretty happy with the way the missile pods turned out... Now I wanted to try to paint those red stripes with a clear red over a metallic base to give them some depth instead of just stripes.... Sanding on the arms turned out ok... (hate that recess - its a bitch to sand!) Now after 40hrs of powering through this build - here's where I'm at - still all in pieces! The problem is that I want to keep all the fast packs with a flat matte finish but the plane with a semi-gloss finish - so I'll have to decal and clear coat all the pieces separately and assemble in the end! I give myself to the end of the week to get this puppy finished! It's nice to get into modelling again - but it seems like a huge learning curve for me to get back into the saddle. I just don't know how much time I'll have left before I start work again. This is my consolation for missing out on the Bandai Renewal VF-25S Armored.
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Congrats Lolicon and vf_1s Amazing custom work!! They look awesome. You both have much to be proud of.
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Phenomenal work Grayson! I can't believe how small and perfect everything is. As I age, and my eyesight gets poorer, the more I appreciate tiny details!!
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Beautiful! Did you get waterslide decals or is it stickers that came with it?
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Ok! I just couldn't resist... I'm so happy with how it turned out. Can you guess what it will be? I've always been scratching my head of how to paint the missile bodies white, with the red cap and have a dark background when the piece is molded all together - short of insanely painting each missile body individually. Well, if you paint the whole thing in Tamiya white acrylic, then dampen a rag with a bit of windex, you can rub the tips off exposing the red plastic underneath. Then use a thick black oil wash to do the base and the capillary action will draw the black wash around the base of each missile (looking like a hole from which the missiles emerge) and adding instant depth to the missile pack interior. Use the same black oil wash to dot the tips of the red caps to show off the engraved warhead details. Volia, instantly better than just the red molded suckers that came in the box! I want to power through this one if I can (don't know how much time I'll have - so no step-by-step thread for this one, its pretty much like the previous one I already did which I have been referring too before I started) but missing out on the Renewals made me pine for this bird and actually crack the box even though its a nightmare in masking! Plus when Hasegawa issues theirs, I doubt I'll ever look back at my Bandai collection.
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...took the words right out of my mouth!
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This is perfect fit for the SV-51 http://www.hlj.com/product/YLSPPC-KN13 This is a perfect fit for the Bandai Andromeda http://www.hlj.com/product/YLSPPC-KN14CL The only thing is that the clear walls are flexible vinyl, but they hold their shape really well - but for some reason (maybe during shipping which is very expensive to ship an oversized flat parcel to North America only via EMS) they became statically charged and now attracts a lot of dust to the clear walls. I have to try to find some sort of static spray to treat them, but I suppose they will loose their charge over time.
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I wished I had the room for that kind of display, the single item per shelf does give it an air of museum quality.
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Finally I can make my humble contribution. Spent nearly a full week dusting - man that crap is hard to get off after 10yrs! Then some time repairing some of the damage that occurred from the dusting (inevitably for models). I finally got them all under glass now - hopefully I won't have to dust again for a while. My collection has slowly shifted from models to toys as I have less and less time to build. Thanks for looking.
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Fantastic job vf_1s!! Are those the supplied stickers or did you somehow get waterslide decals? It looks great - congrats on a wonderful custom (how Yamato "should" have sold this toy!)
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This interpretation is designed by none other than Syd Mead!!
