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Looks great! - MT

Those look great! The head says, "I'm about to kick your butt!" - MT

Those look awesome! I especially like the VF-2. I always thought it looked really cool. Any idea who made them? There's a TREAD in there that looks awesome too. Kit or scratchbuild? - MT

That's cool. I haven't seen that one before. - MT

That's cool! Now I want to go hiking just to try one out The alcohol should not harm the chrome plating, but will definitely take off tinting like gold colors right away. Usually they plate with chrome and then coat with a tint to colorize it. The tiniting will come of with detergent too. My wife cleaned pine sap off some gold glass, chromed Christmas ornaments. Now they're silver and not gold colored. - MT

If it's the one with the hollow birdlike body, they fly great. Just be prepared to wind like crazy. The Falcon cam is cool too. Looks blurred like it was raining, or the falcons wanted privacy . - MT

Talk about a "big" girl . Sorry man. I know it's tough finding referances. I'm working on Millia in 1:200 scale and I had to scour the web for anything decent to use. Perfect Memory has few clothed referances too. What's up with that? Looks like you're doing good though! - MT

Thanks Kylwell. I'll have to try some of that. The little Zentraedi figure needs a good primer and the Krylon stuff I like is not around here. - MT

Hiriyu, actually it was funny, but it scared the snot out of me when it happened. Falcons are quiet! UPDATE 20 May 07 Alright, nothing very spectacular looking, but a lot of precision tooling and gluing to make what you see. The first photo is of the parts partially glued up and all the parts machined together. Note the holes in the sides of the frames. These are where carbon dowels will go through and support frame additions. [attachmentid=42591] Sorry the photo is overexposed. This camera hates indoor lighting. Note the 1/8" thick fiberglass squares glued already into the ends. The dowel bits go into the edges of the shorter bits and reinforce them. [attachmentid=42592] Glued up bulkhead frames. These will have parts attached to them later to make decks and walls. Doesn't look like much, but it will with time. - MT

Hiriyu, thanks. I've been looking to get one for a while. I saw the original Norweigan designer fly his a year ago and said, "yeah, I'm getting one of those"! It would be indoors anyhow. Mine would get shot down by a bird. I had just got an ornithopter for Christmas one year and a Falconcame down out of nowhere and snapped the wing in half! Lesson learned! MilSpex, don't think I haven't thought about it. In the back of my mind I'm throwing around sculpting one to make copies for the ship. Any amphib ship worth it's weight has helos on board! A flying one on mine wouldbe that much better. Maybe just a profile one, not built up like that sea king. Too much weight. OH YEAH, I forgot, pictures of four bulkheads coming Sunday or Monday. The epoxy is curing now. I spent the day measuring and machining the rest of the parts for them. It's disappointing when you see them how plain they look after all the work, but they're precise and all parts fit well; not to mention how strong and light they are. - MT

That does look like a good sculpt for its size. "Borrow" the CM's ordnance and load it up . - MT

I just saw this. They look pretty accurate. I just wish they were 1/200 like the Goshapons. Thanks for sharing everyone. - MT

Like I was saying abaove, you're good with ABS (the chunky monkies are made of that). A Q-Tip soaked in it should get down there. Just don't let it soak in any one spot at a time or the paint can sometimes lighten up. Be sure to use good ole 70% (grocery store/pharmacy), not the industrial 90% and you'll be very safe. -MT

I couldn't work without it! Styrene is softer than ABS and I've have no problems with it ever. Go easy on the paint. 70% can thin off some dried paint if you let it soak too long. - MT

Thanks for the advice. I'm also thinking of one of the counter rotating blade models. They're very stable. - MT

It's out of my budget and scale, BUT I'm looking forward to it! - MT

Thanks MilSpex. I'm working on it. Neptunesurvey, I found the perfect thing: http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=fire...20&aff=1272 and a new body for it: http://cgi.ebay.com/PICOOZ-SEA-KING-BODY-K...VQQcmdZViewItem I went and bought more carbon fiber today with my little son and we both thought it would be cool. It WILL fly on/off the deck no sweat! - MT

Ooops, sorry! My brain was having a Malox moment ! - MT

Thanks HWR, I was wondering what the story was based on. The S&M stuff I can do without too. I thought Macross Zero was weird enough going off the beaten path with the whole other alien thang. The end MAC II sequence ALMOST made all worthwhile though. So I'm not getting us into a rabbit hole, here's what's on my workbench now when I can't draw on the PC (wives gotta shop ya know . I'm trying to get one of everything in 1:200. So if you take an overly tall 1/48 scale figure, slap a helmet on them, add some Milliput (and a lot more sculpting yet) you get... I'm doing the male too. I got a bunch of overly tall 1/48 figures from Takara's old kits. That means more Milliput and Zentraedi for me! - MT

Great detail work HWR. Was that whole series supposed to be a alternate reality thing? I never really got into it. The mecha are interesting though because they are a "what might ahve been" look alike. - MT

Don't worry. I'm sure somebody is smart enough to know these will sell like crazy. I bet they work out the deformed sculpts too. The funny thing is this thread is several pages long over a toy that doesn't exhist ! Hopefully CM knows there's serious fans out there. You can count me in that category. - MT

Thanks guys. I'm still drawing out the plans for the decks and other details. If I would have planned this good when making the lower hull, I wouldn't have changed the bow sections so many times! Here's a line drawing comparison with the original. The original is missing tons of detail and was drawn small and not with accuarcy (note how badly the lines slant on the top deck). Talk to yo guys later. - MT

In case anyone cares, here's what I have for plans so far. - MT

I knew ther was no hope for him! It was the Wonderwoman costume that spelled it out - MT

Those look like the ones from robotech.com. - MT