MechTech

Your best bet is a Dremmel with the LiPoly battery pack. I charge mine every few months and it's got plenty of torque, it's light, and the variable speed is a MUST for styrene work. Remember, you get what you pay for! The nail tool probably has a Mabuchi (or similar) 180 motor in it - not very torquey. All the same, let us knwo how it works -MT

Your Misa still looks better than mine! Guess what, I did the SAME THING, only with Sharpies and rattle can laquer! That AND losing the dumb eye decals. Same thing, she's staying like she is. I wouldn't normally clear coat a figure like that (usually keeping them flat paint), but since it was for my young daughter who would probably play with her and move her around her shelves (and she does), the coat gives the paint extra life. Oh well, back to the work bench... - MT

Needs a BIG "L" sticker like in the UK for "Learner" That looks great AND clean! Nice idea and creative scheme. - MT

I'm more of a model guy, but this is REALLY cool to share with everyone! It's cool to see how you went about doing it. Thanks for sharing! - MT

Hey EXO, if you print it out on white sheets, you're good to go. Only the top and bottom are actually natural aluminum. Here's some history: http://aytm.com/blog/research-junction/rebranding-budweiser/ The squid drink looks the same - yummy! - MT

Nice Derex! I built the Misa and lost the decals so she looks more like Little Orphan Annie (eyes wise). I recently bought the set of all four from ebay and I'm considering building them someday - MT

You even added weathering to it too! Don't worry, EVERYONE has had some gripes with the Bandai transformable valks. Some of us suspect there is a hard core Gundam guy back in Japan trying to sabotage the Macross projects Don't give up - you conquered one of the tougher kits in recent years. - MT

It looks like the "conventional" ordinance has some embellishments on it to make it look more futurisitc. The GBU-27 fins look different. The AMRAAMs are nice reproductions though. - MT

That's cool looking!!! I think you'll need to add beer can/squid drink and eye decals for it... - MT

How about this? http://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/sdfmacross-index.html - MT

AWESOME job Berttt!!! The finish and lighting on that are top notch! Ditto to what the others said about movies props. Time to make a home movie Congrats on chalking up an excellent build to your collection! - MT

Thanks Sketchley. The only problem is others being able to easily import it into their works. They have to cut and paste from the PDF versus just right clicking and pasting. But for other types of work the PDF is great! Thanks for your tip! - MT

Aren't the EA-6's being pahsed out by the 18's? How old is that footage. That si the best ever first person footage too. I kept waiting for the guy to get sucked into the EA-6's intake! Thanks for sharing! - MT

EXO's figures ARE GREAT! The Zentraedi pilot he did for me came out great! - MT

Yeah, Big F said it, we lose people and we wonder where they "go to." Thank you kanedaestes for sharing with our family here and letting us know. I pray for his family; losing their dad/husband is not easy - I've seen it too many times. Thanks for being part of our family Macrossman and may the Lord bless your family as you move on! - MT

Wow, I missed this AWESOME upgrade! It looks great and you've improved a lot of the engineering issues and limitations of the old mecha. I'll have to track this. GREAT work! - MT

This kit came out absolutely GREAT!!! I too believe you got the line art and anime magic thing balanced just right! I kept forgetting about this NOT being in the modeling threads. Why wasn't this over there? AWESOME work! My son is drooling over it and wants one - MT

Some people are going to read this and say, "duh!" But I always wondered the difference between the two. I have to convert a lot of Power Point drawings to a more common format like JPEG, but I'll be changing that to PNG to resolve a lot fo the clarity issues I had to put up with. Thanks Jin! - MT

Those came out great Zombe! You have a VERY creative mind to use for all those different bits and pieces. I remember the earlier stages of the Frazi thinking, "he's gonna need a lot of primer to cover over all those colors." I am laughing at the pedometer though - how many laps has your T-65 made around the Death Star? Have you shown your co-workers what you thought of the pedometer Congrats on two marvelous displays for your collection! - MT

I really like the metal fininsh and choice of colors! Thanks for sharing that great piece of work! -MT

I thought this was going to be a different kinda thread too! In reality, we don't have the technology. The turbines that could lift such a craft would suck so much fuel, it would not be practical. The F-15 can go vertical because of its power to weight ratio - but it can't maintain that very long, say like a gerwalk in hover mode (out of ground effect). Then the robotics would take up so much weight, what weapons could you carry practically? Even the Harrier can only hover so long due to temperature issues (it has an onboard water injection system to aid in cooling - until the water runs out!). IF you could get past the fuel and power to weight ratio thing compounded by robotics (which are dead weight when not in use), then you have a VERY delicate, lightly armored vehicle that small arms fire could take out easily. Then comes maintenance - turbines, robotics, airframe, avionics, and a slew of other systems that specialists would have to maintain. That all equates to not practical with current technologies or being cost effective. Yes, I actually went there with all this!?!?! On the other hand, dogs can surf, skateboard, hanglide and kinda talk. Give it up Pikashoo, go shave your head, wear clothing of the opposite sex or whatever you have to do if you lose the bet...because I think you did! I say all of the above in a funny and light hearted spirit - just to clarify - MT

That's cool Jefuemon! Herve, keep us up on the X-47B build. I have the Orange Hobby kit in 1/350 which has awesome details for its size. You KNOW it's gotta be a Monster - but which one is the question - MT

That looks ccol; thnaks for sharing! - MT

Some cool stuff guys! That's great Jefuemon you got to meet your favorite group! How did you manage to go about doing that? Modelglue, I built that kit about 23 years ago! It does not match up to modern kits, but it was "the bomb" back in the day! It was also the biggest valk styrene kit adding to it's popularity - the cool box art didn't help either. - MT

Those are some GREAT models and photography to match! Thanks for sharing! - MT