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Monofilament nylon is used for external sutures for open wounds too. So I would say its safe for the valks.

Great in depth review jenius, always wondered why your VF-1 review was not as complete as your other reviews. Thanks for taking the time for this and sharing. BTW, HUD is not the same as instrument panel.

Swweeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!! love it. *envy envy envy* You forgot to tell your wife to turn the faucet on :lol: You must get Kurisamas upgrade to turn the Yammie Q-Rau into the TV Q-Rau and have the whole set.

Damn! indeed it is! impressive is that an F1 Alonso Renault helmet I see? can't really tell. Big ass collection of everything jvmacross, awesome!

Mr_K answered my twit, I guess they really are going forward with the Alaska base https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/423642931589689344

The reason for the pricing was the HDP resin used and limited numbers. I frankly was not thrilled by this, if they would've made the kit at least for less than 300 it would've sold better. I know its a huge kit but still don't understand why it's so difficult to mass produce with cheaper lighter materials, only one hatches open, waist, knees and ankle articulation, not complicated. But I'll be honest, I would not pay 350-400 for this kit.

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If the part does not require friction to stay in place or close a gap, sand it down to allow clearance for the extra layer of paint.

Well done MJ, well done!

Why don't the Japanese like enemy mecha? The Regult is as iconic as the VF-1

Pretty much, the prototype Yamato featured had the same color and tail error. WF is in February. I tweeted Mr_K, hope he understands English well

I guess it's called "special movie version" because the Fokker VF-1S is the only Macross VF-1 that's pretty much the same in the TV and DYRL aside from the head arrows and strike packs.

Alaska base incoming? https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/423364166544412672/photo/1 Could someone translate? if so, could someone make him aware the green accent goes in the rudder and not on top EDIT: Mr_K said in his way its the Alaska base, somehow hinted it will be shown in WF (If I understood google traslate)

Gorgeous!!

Congratz! good haul! Agreed, the 1/60 Angelbird is very nice in person. I have to get some time to built the fan racer

Got my Hikaru 1S finally, the Arcadia white suits it much better than the old Yammie off white. My 1S tail skull is not crooked.

Just got mine today, took forever to arrive to Panama. From NY it was shipped quickly and very well packed to the US, so kudos to them cause I've been very openly critical of them and its nice to see them improve. Manage to open and inspect it quickly, sorry to say but I'm rather underwhelmed.

Now that's all Fokker'ed up! Well done Scream Man!

Great display with nice dynamic poses MacrossJunkie! I like how each section is from one particular series and not all mixed up. The only thing I don't like is that your awesome SDF-1 is way up there, should be right smack in the middle of everything.

Helmetless Isamu bundled with fold booster release :lol:

Part 3 of Alaska base WIP. When reassembling the forearm, remove the paint from the little pegs or the forearm will not attach fully and you could break something by forcing it. It's not necessary to glue this piece (unless you want to) Now for the leg fins and tail stabilizers. First I remove the paint, if I can take the piece out I throw it in some brake fluid for a few hours. It's great to remove paint and safe for the plastic leaving the paint gummy like so you can scrape it off with your finger; but, the black tampo from the Yammies is extremely difficult to remove, so you will need some extra light sanding to remove it. To remove the wing marking, I can't throw the wing into the break fluid cause I don't wan to loose the other tampo. So I just mask around the panel where the markings is and sand it off, I use 400 grit to remove it, clean it with some 600 and finish it with 1000 Grit to get an even finish as close as the surrounding panels. Now for the hips, the extra coat of layer will rub when you move the hip forward. You can see its a rather tight fit. So, just sand or cut off a few mm to give extra clearance. Voila. Now you can pose and transform the legs without fear of this part chipping. Looking good. Time to remove the paint here too, I will also sand it out, same process as before. For the Alaska scheme this part is white and the rudder green. And time to prep masking for painting. Not bad And the final markings to be painted, the tail lights, that intake sensor? and the red stripe on the legs. There's a sticker for the leg stripe but I prefer painting it. That's more like it. Now I have two, weeeeeeeeeeeeee... Now to begin adding the decal markings. Little tip, pretty much a given but just in case, add the "no step" marking with the wings swept to match each side. One more thing, the legs and intake tab that lock fighter mode, mask around and remove the paint here cause it will chip anyway. Still a few decals left to place but its pretty much done and can now enjoy an Alaska base scheme VF-1 Yammie that can transform with little fear of ruining the paint, you will only need to be careful with the shoulders when transforming into fighter mode (will add pics of this later). Total working build time 3 days. Now to finish this other bird. Thanks for looking.

Tamiya racing green TS-45 spray can. I have not and will not clear coat it. Yep, I'm making the one in the Masterfile book. Bottom right.

Antibiotics? I hope you mean antivirals. Get well soon.

Coming up very well!! sadly, the boring stuff is the most important things to do. Thanks for the updates!

So nice!!! When will the artistic pictures come along?