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    You knew it was coming. . . But damn, did it still hit hard. Glad to finally see the “how” of everything. Also, it was cool to see Ursa Wren at this time without the helmet. And see
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    Welp, we got a one-armed bandit in our midst now!
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    Pics of custom VF-1

    Mog replied to Ryoma's topic in Toys

    You can also look here: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/gallery/category/2-macrossworld-member-custom-toy-gallery/?ct=1588210127
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    Lotta rotating parts and extending parts if you go through the center/“tummy” area. Would be kinda tricky to wire it that way. It’s kinda small, but what about the leg compartment that acts as a cannon? You probably have to mod it to make it open up completely (probably have magnets to lock it in an open/firing position and in a closed position?). But it’s close to the feet thrusters, and you can still wire it in a way that you can still move forward with your leg extension idea.
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    In my head canon, after Return of the Jedi, Luke gets involved with a few redheads with issues. Lots of issues.
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    Rewatched the ep today. Definitely enjoyed the fights more this time around. I wonder if that whole "You are warriors who shouldn't be hiding in the gutters!" was a nod to the future and Mando's coven in Navarro.
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    Thanks! Still gotta repaint the other leg, chest pieces, and main gun. Then still gotta make the cuts and mods to the chest pieces and the other main gun. Getting one half done is easy, the hard part will be getting everything to match up and align on the other side. As far as repainting the Prometheus' deck, I had already laid down the sticker and painted the deck details. Plus, I didn't like how streaky my brush painting was on the Daedalus. It would have been glaringly worse on the Prometheus' flat surface. Between family duties, keeping tabs on the kiddos' Zoom meetings and their homework, and doing the whole work from home bit, I need a fun distraction to get the creative juices flowing. The fun challenge is figuring out what I can work on each day or what little bit I can squeeze in between tasks or while waiting for stuff to dry. Plus, I'm a little stubborn and got on a hot streak late last night.
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    If they finally (hopefully ) release Houquet in late 2021, it will be all worth it, having the full Ride Armored team.
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    “Whoa, we’re halfway there”. . . So, here’s what I’ve been up to since the last update: * Repainted the bridge, changing the red stripe to black (the factory red had a lot of slop) and using chrome paint and a blue Tamiya clear to redo the bridge window. * Did minor paint details and added a few of the stickers to the bridge and center fuselage areas. * Like @tekering, cut a notch into the main gun and added magnets to help the main guns from drooping. * Painted and extended the main gun. * Much like @tekering, used polystyrene for the gun extensions (though mine probably looks a lot rougher). * Cut the connecting joint to the main gun tip and used a polystyrene rod to extend the length and maintain the rotation: * Because the shoulder joints were so badly broken, I basically used a semi-long screw to act as the one rod through which the main gun rotates AND around which the shoulder ratchet-joint rotates. * The screw is a little off-center for the shoulder joint, but the shoulder can still rotate and maintain its ratcheted hold. * Because of the screw I used, I had to use drill bits to enlarge the “divot” in the die-cast metal (so the chest assembly could sit a little more flush with the center fuselage): * Painted up and panel-lined the shoulders and their rail guns. Still have to retouch the main guns with white paint, but still happy with how everything worked out. Armless and busted no more!:
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    ^^I disagree; Maul has shown in previous Clone War eps that he's still a vicious fighter, even after being cut in half. MASSIVE SPOILERS for anyone who hasn't watched Season 5 of Clone Wars:
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    That went unexpectedly. My only complaint was that the saber fights were a little slower than what we’ve seen in the past. Curious to see how everything pans out next week.
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    Semi-related, when I visited the USS Missouri and the USS Iowa (on separate occasions), it was interesting that both of those WWII battleships had wooden decks. Apparently, one of the reasons was that sailors were less likely to slip on the wooden decks, even when the wood got wet or covered in oil. Interesting little tidbit I learned on those tours.
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    Space rust and the constant temperature changes OF SPACE!!11111!! caused that 'ish to turn blue over time!
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    Season 3 will be subtitled “The Search for Ezra.”
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    All the blue sections. Still experimenting with extending the guns (using your styrene technique ), so I’m holding off on reassembling that whole chest/main gun section. I did back off from painting the Prometheus’ deck, partly because my brush painting tends to be streaky on large areas and partly out of laziness. I guess my excuse can be that the Prometheus was never intended to be attached to the Macross.
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    Added some light panel-lining to the center fuselage and one of the main guns. And reattached the repainted leg. Made a couple of foul-ups making the A-stance cuts and with the spray-painting. But nothing too catastrophic, and I was able to “cheat” a bit when I retouched some areas of the legs.
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    I think a happy medium would be something between the old Matchbox version and the model(?) in tekering’s photo. Now that I’m staring at the model and the pics on M3, the old toy does look like someone mashed down the front door and made it too flat. But the overall shape still evokes a sub. If they had rounded out the edges, it would have helped a bit too. I can live with it on a 35 year-old toy, but would probably scream bloody, hell murder if Bandai or Arcadia did something like this now. Given my limited skills spray-painting and some dumb foul-ups I’ve done, I’m pretty sure I’m gonna have to make some “eh, good enough” decisions.
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    Since no toy company was making an updated TV Style SDF-1, I finally caved and got an old-school Matchbox version. While waiting for it, I started seeing all the customs and mods everyone was doing or did to theirs. Needless to say, y’all are a bunch of enablers! I was only gonna do a few changes, but I decided to do a “few” more custom touches. So yeah, I’ve been cribbing notes from everyone’s work. It looked like the Macross I got was in good condition (no yellowing, all railguns in great condition, etc.). But it had this issue: I’m gerry-rigging a workaround, since the plastic around the ratchet is kinda brittle. But I’ll see how well it succeeds, once I reassemble that whole chest/main guns area. First up, I painted and detailed the Prometheus and the Daedelus: Spent too many times referencing back to the M3 website. Painting the lines yellow (that mark off the Prometheus’ elevators) was an idea I cribbed from @nightmareB4macross’s awesome custom. The sides of the Daedelus looked kinda bare, so I made some homemade stickers to detail her up. I’ll post more as I get other bits done.
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    Don’t wanna hijack tekering’s thread, so here’s my detailed up Prometheus: Mad props to @nightmareB4macross. Yes, I stole your idea for using yellow paint to detail out the elevators. Still working on the Daedalus side details, and I’ll see how badly I skunked up on spray-painting the Matchbox SDF-1’s parts. Been awhile since I spray-painted a toy. I’m horribly out of practice.
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    I never thought they were gonna meet that June 2020 release date, even BEFORE the whole Covid-19 pandemic hit.
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    I’d like to believe that this is still canon: Just too damn good to exclude. It really made Grievous and the Magnaguards such intimidating foes.
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    “You’ve taken your first step into a larger world.” Next thing you know, you’ll be weathering and panel-lining the Valks, and fabricating pieces to simulate battle damage.
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    I also appreciate that some of the Tartakovsky Clone Wars bits can still be viewed as canon (the little mention of Shaak Ti going to check on the Chancellor but losing contact with her). With all the tie-ins, I’m secretly holding out hope we hear the phrase “This is the way” just once from a Mando.
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    Your review tried to warn me, and for that, I appreciate it. Should have been more skeptical and asked for out of box pics from the seller. But hopefully, my workaround is successful. Back to Mospeada stuff, at least the seller mentions how glass-fragile the Alphas are (the Betas, of course, are solid beasts). I’m looking forward to the Sentinel Legioss too. But I’ll wait for the red girl (probably getting released in 2021 at this point, huh?).
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    The big unknown with that auction is the condition of the Alpha. Don’t know what condition the hands are in or whether anything has deteriorated over time. Seller was good enough to show numerous pics and show box damage. But guess I’m still a little punchy after getting a nice Matchbox Macross, but discovering it had broken arms out of the box.
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