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UPDATE: continuing to work on "the Lady": Still working out details, as well as trying to source turbo boost nozzles for her. Figured I'd spin the main rotor before snapping a pic just for fun; ended up looking like it does in the show! Waffling a bit still on weapons, as I would have to cut metal on the sponsons and rig a way to plug the ends in in both deployed and underemployed mode. The ADF isn't so much of an issue, as it can attach via magnets. But you never see the pod without the chain guns, so I'm still fussing on this point. Stay tuned...Dom's out getting a sandwich while String is fishing...

That's because they need to degrease the plastic before the vacuum metalization process, which removes a lot of the plasticizers out of it. On that note: I found a very thin foil tape that I use to either repair worn chrome or chrome a piece if it needs it. It can be a little fragile (especially in transform areas), but it does the trick and I'm usually pretty good about where to place it.

Thanks for that info; not happy about it, but at least I have a rough possible timeline.

I'm just wishing BBTS would get the ML Prime preorder I signed up for back in August and they said it would be here in March.

I've found it to be a variant of white glue myself; I've actually taken decals and "re-basted" them when they failed to stay where I want them.

I'd love to see that done!!!

Because "Rick" is RT; Hikaru is the original character he was based on in Macross.

I think microset is just vinegar, anyway. Microsol....not so easy to figure out.

Do you use decal solvent, such as Micro-sol?

Yeah, I love watching Chip Channel; his at least seem to be legitimate, and I've learned a thing or two from his restorations.

I have some considerable reservations about these "restoration' videos; from what I know of die-cast, they don't corrode like that. Also, the parts seem to be in pretty good condition for something that badly "corroded"; I've reconditioned some badly broken and wrecked items, and there are real limits to what you can do with them. Many of these videos seem "put on" to me.

From FoxNews: More: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/oscar-winner-louis-gossett-jr-dead-87

Need to make tail rotor.

Agree with Seto, Chrono, Thom and Big S: if you need "tie ins" to tell your story, then maybe you're not a very good storyteller to begin with.

But the real question is:

It's all good: I went back and grabbed your corrected post and replaced the quote with that! As for the NMC: I would probably use wood (cedar or something else structurally stable) for materials. That way I could simply shape it and glue/ screw the joints directly into it (much like the replacement parts for the 14 inch SDF-1).

*Starts drawing up plans for 14 inch version*

Right? I consider the mecha in Macross are themselves a type of interpretation of real-life combat machines.

I've seen him before, and I don't particularly consider his "opinion" to be worth anything of note.

UPDATE: While waiting on supplies for Reliant ( Plastic Welder and Purple Power to properly clean the mold release from the Reliant correction kit ), I decided to try something with Airwolf to get a windshield on it: It's a modification of my original idea for mounting the windscreen and windows, but using what little Plastic Welder I have left to tack the windows in place, followed by hot melt glue and tape to finish the seals. All that's left is the two lower windows at the bottom of the nose and that part is done. Overall progress on Airwolf: I started doing more of the overall masking tape layer, limited to one layer in most places so it doesn't "bog up" details. This will provide a uniform surface for the primer, as well as cover over the dings and dents in the die-cast. At this point, the top and bottom halves of the helicopter are sealed and the piece is now one contiguous unit. After mounting the lower windows, I simply need to make the rear rotor, cut the slots of the landing gear on the undersides of the sponsons, decide on the weapons, and mount the turbo boost nozzles aft of the sponsons and the exhausts up top. Stay tuned.... Airwolf will be back in a moment...

how about krylon fusion?

It's actually solid black plastic (the soft kind, polypropylene), and it is recessed from the surface. The actual Bell 222's windows are flush with the surface. Also, my heat gun died 6 months ago so I have no real way to heat the plastic (cannot use the stove as it has an automatic feature to turn off the burners with no pots or pans on them). :(

You know, we really could use 1/6 figures of Roger Smith, R. Dorothy, Norman, Alex Rosewater, Angel, Schwartzwald, Alan Gabriel, Beck, Major Dan Dastun and the rest of the gang. I also think it would be fun to have a line of the Megadeuses and other mechs in the series (like some of Beck's utter flops!).

Not sure what "plunge molding" is; I do know the "heat and smash" technique (heat plastic, pull over buck), but I would have to carve a buck for the canopy and I don't have a lot of luck getting proportions right.

NICE!!! Sometime if I come across a 1/100 VF-1 kit, I should consider at least some of those! BTW: looks like you dinged up your right index and middle fingers! O.o Watch out: those models can bite!!! Seriously, I'm sure all of us have those "badges of honor" from our endeavors with modelling. I know I get at least one during any kit or project I build! Thanks! And yeah: just waiting on more Plastic Welder (next Wednesday) to continue that project. I still need to make the windshield for it (no idea how to do that just yet!) and seal up the cockpit before painting. Also still waffling on doing attachable weapons on it. Meantime, my parts for Reliant should be in this morning; I've already done some modifications to the warp nacelles to make them look more like the Refit's (they originally had a "belly" on the bottom, the Bussards were shaped wrong and a few details were lost in sanding and needed replacement). Also: 3 Tomcats still in the works (1/72 VF-1 Wolfpack, Top Gun [Maverick's plane pre-crash], and VF-142 Black Lions), a 1/72 Hasegawa VF-1 Valkyrie (Millia's, but will be repainted to VF-33 Starfighters) with a custom flight deck catapult diorama, a new blade for my Voltron's Blazing Sword (made out of aluminum, once I can find an appropriate piece of the right thickness and length/ width that won't break my wallet!) ... ...and a new set of nerves for my old, poor shot ones! Speaking of projects: I almost forgot to post the pics of the Thuverl-Salan Class ship I scratch-built some time back- Yeah... it needs some work still (antenna, weapons emplacements, etc). Got burned out on this (kept thinking green turd); I'll have to come back to it sometime. Stay tuned folks....