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  1. Mog
    Yah, kinda figured that’s what happened. Just surprised it impacted the blue plastic but had no impact on any of the white plastic. Or if it actually did impact the white plastic, it yellowed all the white pieces consistently. In any case, I’m glad it was only the blue that was affected. Made it a quick fix-up:
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    So, apparently white and grey aren’t the only plastics that can “yellow”: Granted, I’m the idiot that left it up in the attic for the past seven years enduring all sorts of SoCal temperature variations. But the 1/48 was left in her original box, which doesn’t have a flip cover and doesn’t allow any sort of light through. Surprisingly the white parts haven’t really yellowed much if any, and I already repainted the yellowed/“tealed” parts back to Macross blue. Comparison of repainted arm to tealed-out arm: One half showing the damage, and one half repainted:
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    So, I left my 1/48 Max up in the attic for the past seven years (no place to display it . . . until now! ). It was kept in its original box, away from sunlight but left to the mercies of California temperature variations. I was worried it would be yellowed all to hell. It wasn't too badly yellowed: But then I flipped it over. . . . whoops! It's even more noticeable in battroid: How she originally looked 8+(?) years ago: I'm kinda surprised the blue in the arms, hips, and head changed to practically teal. Would've thought the white would be the color most impacted by the temperature changes. At least I have some blue paints that are a close match.
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    @enphily posted these awhile back. In these prototype pics, you can see the hard point under the wing and the matching gap on the gun here:
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    I'm honestly okay with the angle of the railguns. I'll probably be posing her in cruiser mode once everything is settled, and the angled guns give her a little more of a dynamic look (than if the guns are all pointed straight with the rest of the ship). For anyone who does this, the challenge is that the railguns themselves are about 5mm thick. So, there's not a lot of room to work with to drill in a joint or connection point. I came up with one possible alternative: instead of using a ball-socket or ball-hinged joint, you could probably make a swivel cut on the railguns and use magnets at the cut. If you ever bought Star Wars figures back in the early 00's, there were a lot of figures that used a swivel-cut for the elbows. Basically, the swivel-cut joint allowed you to pose the arm straight or with a bend at the elbow. In the case of the Macross, a swivel cut at about 80 to 85 degrees on the railgun (basically just slightly off from 90 degrees perpendicular) would give the railgun two pose options: one position angled out and then swiveled on the magnets to position them lined up straight. The tricky part is to cut the railguns at just the perfect angle so that they'll look straight. And you'd be limited to only two poses, as opposed to the unlimited options of a ball-socket or ball-hinge joint. Considering you'd have to purchase magnets anyways to hold up the main guns or to extend the main guns, this is a cheaper/"sunk costs" alternative.
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    Motion has been accepted by the forum and formally adopted. . . Let it be known that we, the members of the Macross World Forums, do hereby solemnly resolve that Dave Filoni should be made head story reviewer with final say on all Star Wars related story content. This final say shall take preference even above any of Kathleen Kennedy’s comments, suggestions, or objections. We shall forward this motion to Disney and Lucasfilms, and they shall initiate this promotion of Filoni post haste and immediately upon receipt. Adopted motion is dated in the year of our Lord 2020 May 15th at 9:35pm Greenwich Meridian Time. We have spoken, For This is the Way. SO SAY WE ALL! (In the tradition of our MWF forefathers, we shall now all take a swig or “pour one out for the homies” of the sacred Yoshinol to commemorate the ratification of this motion.)
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    Nah, Legendary Defender will go down as one of those sneaky good, under the radar series. It struck a nice balance between homaging the old series (both the original anime and the US adaptation) and standing up as its own thing.* That’s not something you can say about any Robotech follow-up. I’d be curious to see if they did do a follow up series with the vehicles. And I can see them doing something that kinda ties back to Dairugger’s original premise. But I’d speculate that it’s Netflix dropping the ball and the creators not having the itch to come up with a follow-up story that resulted in this oversight. * I’ll concede that things on the toy front kinda suck for LD. Would love to see the LD Voltron and the Sincline combiner given the SOC treatment.
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    Plus, they did produce an updated toy of Dairugger under Bandai’s SOC line. But Robotech’s pretty much a dead franchise at this point.
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    It’d be nice if they could finally do later season versions of Kanan, Ezra, Sabine, and the rest of the Ghost crew.
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    Are the people running the show and writing it the same folks who made Discovery and Picard?
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    This is probably amateur hour/“no duh” stuff, but I found the following tools and items to be helpful in modding this toy. I know we got some great threads here for modeling. And I know other folks here have more experience working and cutting polystyrene than I do. But I found these items useful for working on toys, especially when working on this mod/custom. 1). Instead of slathering every screwhole with WD-40, I found this set-up worked best to get those stubborn, years-old screws to finally get loose: It’s basically just a precision screwdriver being held by self-adjusting groove joint pliers. It allows me to push down and torque the screw loose without killing my fingers or grip. Usually hear and feel a distinct pop/squeak when the screw loosens. 2). When fixing the broken shoulder with a screw, I had to trim/shear the screw with the following: The “fun” issue: If you cut the bolt/screw too short, you won’t have enough room to get the nut to hold. Cut It too long, and you wind up with the bolt/screw impeding the arm from rotating between cruiser and attack mode. 3). When panel-lining the Macross, I used the following pens: I also used these to panel-line my assorted Valks. Easy to use, and wipes off with just spit and a tissue (when you mess up). I usually use the light grey on the white areas (for a more subtle line). And the black pen on the colored areas to make the line “pop out” more. When using these pens, make sure you point them at an angle, never straight perpendicular to the surface. If you point them straight down, there’s a chance you’ll ruin the tip and the pen will no longer work.
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    All those in favor of having Filoni go over all Star Wars related media for story content and for a sanity/consistency check, say “Aye.”
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    I agree. Just think there should have been less “dumb luck” bits in TPM. Have Anakin and Jar Jar make conscious choices to be heroic at the end. With AOTC, the romance fell flat (what’s Padme’s motivation for liking Anakin?). And overall, there was too much “tell me,” rather than “demonstrate it” in the characters’ actions and interactions.
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    Yeah, I didn’t have any ball-hinged or ball-and-socket joints for that particular mod. I think I was more focused on making sure the shoulder repair/workaround worked and the main gun extension succeeded. Plus, the places that I found the joints were shipping out of Japan (while I’m based out of the US). Like I said before, I tend to be impatient.
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    Holy crap! Filoni actually made me appreciate Phantom Menace now. Bloody brilliant and beautiful explanation for the first six movie episodes!
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    What I enjoy about Filoni is that he’s quick to point out where his weaknesses are and give credit to those who helped him improve. I think he pointed out that, at the start of Clone Wars, he had always storyboarded and then was told that Clone Wars wouldn’t have any storyboarding. He credits Lucas for improving his abilities in a variety of ways. He gives major props to Favreau for helping him learning the ins and outs of directing live-action. Again the collaboration is awesome to see.
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    And a tip of the cap to you, @tekering, and @Rogueload for the tips and pics that gave me a bunch of ideas and examples to utilize.
  18. Mog
    FOR THE REPUBLIC!!
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    As promised, cruiser mode pics: You can see where the front landing gear cover cracked in this pic and the gappy chest seams due to the mods/repairs I did: Close-Up Shots: Bridge work : Even after making some repairs, you can kinda, sorta see that one main gun boom is just a smidge longer than the other (maybe 5mm difference?): Flying on a Flexi/Flightpose stand: Despite some challenges, I'm really pleased with how this all turned out. Finally got my large-scale TV-STYLE Macross!!!!
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    Cruiser Prometheus Side Profile.JPG

    From the album: Mog's Matchbox 1/3000 SDF-1 Custom/Mod

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    Cruiser on Flexi.JPG

    From the album: Mog's Matchbox 1/3000 SDF-1 Custom/Mod

    © Copyright of Kupo Custom Creations

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    From the album: Mog's Matchbox 1/3000 SDF-1 Custom/Mod

    © Copyright of Kupo Custom Creations

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    From the album: Mog's Matchbox 1/3000 SDF-1 Custom/Mod

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    Cruiser on Flexi (Side Above).JPG

    From the album: Mog's Matchbox 1/3000 SDF-1 Custom/Mod

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    From the album: Mog's Matchbox 1/3000 SDF-1 Custom/Mod

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