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Thanks guys! I did have to walk it back a bit though, as the dark areas looked more bluish than "dirty"; was trying to go for a multi-layered paint and repaint job here! lol Current results so far: I finally finished the framing on the cockpit, which is hard for me to get my head around, because the canopy came from a different model! Stay tuned...

In case anyone is wondering where I got that from: https://cheezburger.com/13685509/tumblr-thread-the-staggering-recklessness-of-humans-in-star-trek

Thanks Thom; more to come on this, as I went over the DVD and picked one version of maverick's Tomcat (I counted three versions of Mav's Tomcat, each with a different modex) to replicate. The weathering's going to look a little heavy, but that's how it appears in the film (to me, anyways): Added the underside fuel tanks; just need to add in the underwing missile stores. Stay tuned folks...

The Romulans were stockpiling explodium and it go ker-bluey.

Well, at least this is also Macross, unlike the other two series that Macek tried to cram into the mix. So there's at least some consistency. Because we humans are adept at things like plugging two warp cores together and turning a star into a torus and giving the Vulcan Sience Academy a migraine.

Naw... "RT-style mods" would be trying to piece together MII with two other unrelated series and hack them to bits. Were just talking a little bit of added animation or maybe just a voice-over.

UPDATE: Some paintwork done on the Tomcat ( Corrosion-control painting weathering): Soon, I will be moving into attaching weapons rails and tanks (need to check the movie for whether these are on Maverick's bird during their time @ Miramar); before that, need to check specific references from the movie on any distinguishing different-colored panels and whatnot on the plane. On another note, before I knew that we were going to obtain a new printer, I had put in an inquiry with Round 2 about the cost of obtaining the decal sheet for the refit; on their re-pop of the kit they had redone the decal sheet, correcting the old markings and adding additional ones as well. This was about a couple of weeks ago or so. Being that I had misprinted some of the markings (I didn't use them, such as the hull registry numbers on the nacelles and such), I was preparing for another round of resizing and reprinting. Lo and behold, to my surprise, I got an email from them stating that they were sending me the decals! O.o So, just going to hold off on printing replacements here, and thank those at Round2 who seem to like me an awful lot! Stay tuned...

It would have been more plausible that someone who had it in for the Romulans as a whole either found the designs for or procured one of Dr. Tolian Soran's Trilithium weapons (Star Trek: Generations): https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Trilithium_weapon

And it would only take about 2-5 minutes of additional animation to work it in.

Since they had more than one idiot working on the series' storyline, they really dropped the ball on that one. On another note: I wonder if Earth at the level of development they had in Star Trek (TNG era) would have fared any better against the Zentraedi Attack in Macross any better than their Unity Government counterpart? (perhaps fodder for another topic...)

Fun would be the WC IV "Dragon" fighter.... BTW: I just realized which fighter you're building! One of the most famous in Wing Commander...the Excalibur- https://wingcommander.fandom.com/wiki/F-103_Excalibur_Heavy_Fighter And here I thought it was the Hellcat! lol

UPDATE: got some decals printed up- Still have some rough patches to clear up here and there, but nothing too hard. Stay tuned...

Yeah...there are some battles that are just not worth it. I feel for you, bro. The only cannon I know of in Macross are the big booms mounted on the SDF-1 :D

Be careful your wife doesn't mistake it for makeup!!

Looking forward to seeing this all together.

I didn't: I won 20 bucks on a bet I made with one of my friends several years back! Gonna sink that into a new model!

Small update: After going for some time without a printer now, my wife has finally had enough! We went online and researched some printers, and finally decided on a Canon PIXMA MG2522 color printer. Looked good (read the reviews on Amazon and a few other places), so we purchased it online and will pick it up at the store tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be able to print decals again...we'll see.

"Indiana Jones and the Prune Juice of Doom".

Ah...so back to the Future, eh?

Nice project to look forward to; reminds me of the 1:200 Round 2 version I did from their "man in space" series: They had included a replica of the original fold-out cardboard "gantry"; well... a Pengbuzz needs more than just "fold out". Someday I'll finish this one... Update 1: Got some more work done on the Tomcat's nose; Canopy seems to have taken pretty cleanly; just need to fix a couple of small issues. I'll also glue the pitot tubes on when the primes is dry enough to not smudge off the plane (Rustoleum 2X takes 5-7 days to bond properly to plastic). Update 2: First colors on the Refit E! It needs a lot of touch-up (I never can keep white clean, even with gloves!). But she's finally underway, and over the next week or so, I'll refine her even further. Stay tuned...

Agreed. I think folks should celebrate while there's still something to celebrate. With all the craziness and grief that has taken place the last year and a half, "take yer victories where you can get them". And this one was almost on a silver platter.

You're in Detroit? For some odd reason, i thought you were in Australia! lol

Hey, at least you lucked out on the damage to the paint! As for the weathering: they basically don't get a whole lot of dirt per se, but i would so a very light wash just to bring out the details, then some light drybrushing.

I never saw it where I am (Northeast US) in any shop (even the ones that imported Anime models). I finally got to work with the Hasegawa ones when a friend of mine here sent me a couple as a gift.

Or perhaps some of Hasegawa;s Macross stuff as well? I'd like o find a TV version Storm Attacker SDF-1. Hey, I'd be down for some Angel Voice or Totsugeki Love Heart! Power to the dream!