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The color version looks awesome! This would be great to print on styrene and sell as a kit! - MT

More awesome work Cody! I still love that design even though it isn't "canon." - MT

I HEAVILY advise you do a search under this or the "Models" section. It HAS been covered before, BUT VERY in depth and you'll miss A LOT of great advice! - MT

At least your model will remain warm next winter Z0mBe! I brought this out of storage on the request of my son. I buyilt it over a decade ago. We've been watching Mospeada lately and got the Mospeada bug! In fact, I just bought the Eta and Jota 1/48 and 1/12 Stick/Rey transformable models. Oh yeah, and an Aoshima Legios and MPC TREAD (I'm doing surgery on it later). Yes, I ACTUALLY bought "TOYS!" [atta chment=65944:Gurab_Lower_View.JPG] I heard a glass shattering sound and it was this all over the floor in pieces! So it's fixed butt has more chips than a poker hall! I would HEAVILY upgrade and sell this as a kit, but I don't want to get sued by someone in particular. I have a half done 1/48th version that is 100% better than this. - MT

1/48th is the hottest scale modeling wide right now. You can get just about anything in 1/48th to include all sorts of armor now! I think Hasegawa is getting in on it. - MT

I saw that years ago somewhere. I think he scratch built it, I forgot. I think the truck is a Roco HO model (I have one ). What I can use are Z gauge or Herpa 1/200 aircraft accessories that I know of SO FAR! Thanks MilSpex!

Lookin' good so far! - MT

Thanks guys! I'm hoping to wire it all up this week. The yellow controller is for all the the stuff on the top section basically. The Radio control is for the lower hull (piloting and throttles). Basically the "playing around stuff" doesn't need the radio turned on or all the massive 6 volt batteries charged up. This is a bonus at some shows where R/C units must be impounded for safety reasons. - MT

The detailing looks great! If you made up some decals for Ranka that would be the perfect finish! - MT

Bigger bang!? Was the disassembly going to be with an M-80? -MT

You can get a Monster and make the appropriate modifications...That's one down. I think they would make great kits too! - MT

Cool! More Macross stuff! And Blue Thunder with the metal gun -MT

Sorry for the LONG delay in updates. I did get a B+ in my class which is good for someone who SUCKS at mathematics! The ship will float with the hanger deck on it. In fact, with all that stuff just on the bow, the front bow half floats by itself. Thank you ALL for the many compliments! It helps keep me going when I'd LOVE to be building something else at that time. UPDATE 13 APRIL 09 I'm back to my days where I was designing and installing high end car stereo systems (except this time much smaller and in a "ship." First I built this hidden speaker: Then I really hated the sound quality (it was the driver) so I ripped it out and now the ramp is hollow again! Then I built this frame to mount three boards on: The two end boards are the sound cards containing the recording. The output of them sounded HORRIBLE. When I took the output, put a load on it and ran it through an amplifier (the tiny, funky shaped board in the middle) it sounds 100% better. Each board only has 30 seconds of time so one will be like alarms and announcements while the other will be "Daedalus Attack" related stuff. Then I can plug an MP3 player into it and play like an hour or two of background stuff (or even music)! The new speaker unit is made from a MUCH better speaker, styrene tube, and a segment of styrene towel rack holder! It sounds great. Nothing sits above deck in the newer installation: That little square in the top right hand corner is the speaker under fine stainless steal mesh. It will be covered a little better later on. The smaller flashing light by the door failed so I replaced it and added detail: After COMPLETING the controller and looking over the sound cards, I realized I would have to manually actuate the sounds. So how to add buttons to the controller and not make it look overcrowded? This was my solution: The smaller button in the middle controls amp power and the two big buttons control sound effects. The buttons are black with same colored yellow plastic cut THICKNESS wise from the battery hatch cover. It's a little thinner now, but my buttons match the case! That's it for now. I still have to wire all of this up. I tried to put this all on the same power supply, but I was getting nasty results despite using filter devices on the power inputs. So one runs off the ship, and one runs off of batteries. That's it for today. - MT

It can do the splits and everything! Must be a gymnast pilot! Thanks for sharing that, it does look a lot better. - MT

What really happened is that he built the kit, THEN the fast packs/armor came out. When he tried to take it apart to fit them on...well you get the point Actually it does look really good! - MT

Remember, it gets blasted to pieces in the anime Looks cool! - MT

Looking awesome! - MT

There's no school like the old school! I remember when that was THE BEST looking valk! The Hase's do look better, but can't transform. - MT

WOW! I miss this page for a week and I miss out on a lot!!! The Garfish looks awesome (you know you'll get buyers here Cap'n! The Optimus looks awesome and looks like a great piece of engineering! Everyone's work looks awesome! - MT

Thanks for posting that! It's a good thing I was eating some crackers to soak up the drool I always wondered what that place looked like - now I know! - MT

Let's see, it's a low wing with turbofans (not an A-10)... - MT

Coming along nicely! Sealing with superglue is a good idea. - MT

Ouch! Take it apart and glue it back to shape. You can do one of two things next, make a "washer" out of styrene that fits around it and glue it over it. The other is to glue fiberglass or carbon threads around the socket. Hope it come out out alright! - MT

I'm doing some catching up and this is looking good! - MT

Hey Cody, I think I recal your work. Your Mospeada work looks great and the the other works in progress too! - MT