Chas

Just checking in to see if any of our members in Japan live in or near the Nigata area? I hear the earthquake was felt as far away as Tokyo. Hope everyone is O.K.

Both Arii and Imai went bankrupt in the early 80's. Bankruptcy court forced Arii to sell off all their tooling to Bandai for any Macross model kits that cost more than 300 yen. All their later re-issued kits are the ones they were able to keep! Whereas Imai were for forced to sell off all their tooling to Bandai for any Macross model kits they had made. (info taken from the models section of the main site - Very handy and informmative ) I think the only 1/72nd scale stuff Arii released were an armoured Battroid, a Glaug, and some Destroids.

Wow! you mean Bandai actually included some Anime Magic in their kits. That's pretty cool!

Excellent, clean finish to these. Really captures that Anime look. I noticed that your Millia doesn't have the knee-cap piece, was this in order to capture the pose you wanted, or did the kit not have it?

Not to mention having quick access to MW and the other Sci.-Fi. modelling sites I frequent for the wealth of tips and tricks that they contain. Edit= And all those online videos of different techniques for everything from putting together your workbench/space to building, painting, decaling and finishing. Lots of reason to have a comp. in your workspace. Although, personally I opted for a Mac powerbook instead of a desktop, so it pretty much goes wherever I go.

Here's a link I found while searching for info on a DIY booth Lots of info. LINK Hope it helps.

Although they were a little on the expensive side I love my set of Copic Multiliners. Link I've got the whole set and Although the ink is water based I've used them with no problems on some of my kits (base coated of course - never on bare plastic). I particularly like the variety of line widths; the .03 is AMAZING!. But, unfortunately I think there is only black ink available, but I think it might be worth contacting Copic to find out for sure ' cus they are amazing!

I found the post I made about this when I ordered the parts trees here's a link: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...st&p=304127

A word to the wise, I've ordered replacement parts from HLJ before too. everything went well, but I wished I'd been able to combine the shipping with other items/kits 'cus, in the end, it was a bit steep for two VF-1 canopy trees. Oh yeah you have to order the tree that the part was on you cannot just order the part. good luck but, trust me, try to combine it with another order. Oh, and don't hold your breath it took a couple of months for my parts order to ship. I think there is a thread hrer on the boards somewhere about it. I know I've written about it here before, I think it was Bertt that wanted me to keep him updated on the cost and how long it took. I'll see if I can find it and get the details for you.

Wow! it's hard to believe I'm looking at an Imai kit in those pics. Nice Job! A word to the wise though, the pose in that line art pic is unatainable, or it has been for me anyway. I have managed to achieve a close approximation though. What I ended up having to do was adding weight (in the form of the little lead balls that make up the contents of buck-shot shells) into the nose, feet, and front portion of the super packs. So before you start to glue the sub-assemblies together you may want think about where you want to add weight. I was working with two Hase. kits, I don't know if the Imai will have the same issue but measure twice cut once! as they say. Once again it looks GREAT!

Yeah, I've used Windex to remove Acylic paint, works pretty well, so Iguess it'd work as a thinner. For enamel paints I've had success thinning with using lighter fluid in a pinch, as for Lacquer Paints I've heard of folks using brake-fluid to strip Lacquer based paints off of kits - but that stuff is pretty toxic so I wouldn't suggest trying to use it as a thinner. Hope that helps some.

Epson also has a non fading (archival) ink for their ink-jet printers. It's called DURABRITE. It's the oly kind we use for printing photos. Our printer is not being made anymore (got it in 2004) it's the Epson CX5400 (all-in-one) and a full set of cartridges runs $88.00 (Can).

Did you scribe the rivet marks on the leg piece? If so, what did you use?

Wow nice work with the mods there. You should start another thread for the build-up/mods you are doing. I for one would like to see more.

Holly Crap! Watching that just makes me tingly all over. Just incredible! Wow!

Had Guiness and Sambouka with Bono and his wife back in I think it was Labour Day '91. Sorry no Pics though as it was completele coincidence.

You mean the Gerwalk? No I never finished this one. I still have some minor details left to paint and detail. The fighter and Battroid got shevled back in Soul and I just brought them out again. My last few months in Soul were a little harried (sp?) such that I couldn't really do any model building. About the dropship - do you have accessto a heat gun? i know everyone says boiling water works and I'm sure it does. But when I used to work in the shop ( Rapid prototype) we'd alway use a heat gun for reshaping any warped parts. ( We used ployurathane resin). Just an idea.

Nice work neptunesurvey. Boy I wish I could buy resin kits! There have been so many great rare kits lately. Anyway I've been back home in canada for a little over a month now and I've finally got a work space set up so I can finish these guys that I started back in August 10,000 miles away! It's been great seeing the work everyone has been up to lately - It's what made me finally get off my butt, quit moaning and carve out some space for myself! Kylwell, Holly crap man! You are seriously going all out (or rather All-in) on that Falke kit. you gotta give us an over all view (picturewise) of the build-up so far so we can put it all in perspective. HWR, As always your work is an inspiration: in terms of skill, execution, quality, and all those awesome kits you manage to get your hands on! Your build ups are like hobby-porn for me 'cus the kits you build are ones I'll never "have" but it's oh so nice to watch them 'get done'. What's the news with that Dropship mate? Promethuem5 I like the new avatar and I really like what you did with that kit! excellent paintwork. I gotta try some paint-chipping one of these days. anyway enjoy the pic. Oh and by the way is it just me or does the gerwalk look to tall in relation to the battroid? [attachmentid=40786] P.S. Cokefiend: Something went wrong with the Yahoo album.

O.K. this is what I found on the stuff: Ethyl acetate is widely employed as a solvent for chemical reactions and for extractions. Similarly, is also present in nail varnishes and nail varnish removers and even for the decaffeination of coffee beans and tea leaves. Ethyl acetate is also present in confectionery, perfumes, and fruits because it evaporates at a fast rate, leaving but the scent of the perfume on the skin. It also confers a fruity smell, as do most esters.It is also used in Paints as a Activator or hardener. So I'm off to do some experimenting. Mods, you can close this thread if you so desire.

Water hmmm. I've managed to find out that some accelerators use an ethyl acetate base now to I need to find out more about ethyl acetate. Thanks for the help though, I might try just adding water and see what happens.

Well it's kind of a moot point right now as I've managed to accomplish what I needed without it, bu tI was adding a bunch of lead balls (from old Buckshot shells) to the nosecone of a valk and I wanted the CA to set as quickly as possible so they wouldn't roll out of position. I've only ever used accelerators that are in liqiud form and applied them one drop at a time. I woul think that an aerosol would be nowhere near precise enough. Anyway if anyone has found something that works I'd love to hear about it. Does anybody know the chemical name for thr stuff? That might make it easier to find an alternative. Anyway thanks for taking the time P5.

Just wondering, is there a common household alternative?

O.K. Kish My wife is curating an Art exhibition which has as it's theme 'pattern' and I showed her the finished pics you posted most recently ('cus I thought she'd find it cool that you made it out of cardboard - which of course she did-) but she also loves the photo you have of it with the wallpaper background and wants to put the first of the "finished" images in the show. So are you O.K. with that? If so, should we use your handle for the artist's name on the card? Oh Yeah and just so you know none of the works will be for sale, the show is going up for viewing only during the spring festival in the town gallery. Let me know by PM.

Congrats man! This is truly an amazing accomplishment. I just can not get over the fact that you built this out of cereal boxes! Amazing! Just amazing! A great monument to your ingenuity and skill. My hat goes off to you good sir!

No I think wwwmwww nailed it if you look closely at the url on the box in the yahoo auction link you'll see the same name as on the image in the link posted by wwwmwww. here see for yourselves.