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Lolicon

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  1. Finally got mine stuck together in fighter mode. Parts fit is just super tight; I wouldn't attempt it after painting it. Slightly larger and heavier than the 25 due to the wings and extra engines, but otherwise it's nearly identical to the 25 in design and transformation (but I guess everyone already knew that). The back is way heavier than the front when mounting on my SMS stand, so much so that it cause my stand to flop backwards at the screw joint. Unlike the 25, the parts used to connect it to the stand are sturdy and secure. Didn't bother with the landing gear; looks kinda funny with the gun split to accommodate the front landing gear. Also looks kinda ridiculous in profile with that huge gun mounted so far forward.
  2. Yeah it's not a design flaw, it's just me being too damn clumsy to handle the much tighter engineering of the 27. I was planning on keeping it in battroid anyway, so I can have him posed in the "about to blow Alto away" stance. I'll probably pick up the DX for whoosh whoosh purposes.
  3. So you're telling me you notice more details in the often low res photos posted on the web versus just seeing said item in person? Like the small photos of the Quarter? Please. In theory yes, you can see more details with a high resolution image. I'd agree with your statement if everyone posted super hi res pics, but that's simply not the case on the web. I'd love it if all these websites had images at a minimum resolution of 1920x1080.
  4. That's why I qualified my statement with the adverb "usually." Anyway, unless the Quarter is tiny like the Wave SDF-1 Macross, I don't think the bent turrets are a case of flaws being magnified by "blowing up" the image. I don't need a magnifying glass to see something obvious like a bent turret.
  5. Details are usually more noticeable in person, not less. I didn't realize I was paying for gashapon quality. I guess if the turrets are removable I can put them in hot water and straighten them out. I really shouldn't have to though.
  6. TV Focker pilot would be great. Or how about a Hikaru pilot with Misa on his lap? (With Misa wearing the helmet, of course.)
  7. Oh what the hell. I could live with the color scheme, but not this crap. Time to look into canceling that preorder...
  8. Almost done assembling my VF-27, but for the love of all that is holy I can't get everything to fit together properly in fighter mode; all I've done is scratch the model up. So I can't comment on the locking tabs. Going straight to battroid mode for this build.
  9. Awww did I insult your precious Robotech? Too damn bad. Nice try comparing me to HG though. Robotech is still a crappy hackjob of a show.
  10. That's where many bootleggers operate out of. Robotech is a bootleg show.
  11. I started doing a test assembly last night on my VF-27. Not sure if it's been noted before, but the kit comes with two canopies. One molded in clear green, the other in the solid red-maroon plastic of the main fuselage. Why? Not sure since I'm not done assembling it.
  12. Gundam marker is too fat and sloppy for any kind of fine panel line work. I use a 0.3 mm mechanical pencil. Though plain lead works fine, on my Yamatos I used a higher density (2H) lead that's harder and draws lighter; I didn't want dark, sloppy panel lines. Not prone to smudging at all, either.
  13. I think I herniated something... that's the best analogy of RT.com ever!
  14. Given a choice between Gundam marker and mechanical pencil, the pencil is definitely the way to go! No pics of my Yamatos atm, but the results are the same as my mostly unpainted Alto.
  15. Me too. You know what this means? CHILD PORNOGRAPHY is being shown in our public schools!
  16. A scale version of the Ranka Messiah girl, please!
  17. Hmmm you may want to email them anyway and ask. The Ranka Deculture Decal sheet is huge; it's as long as the model box. The Armored decal sheets are small and have way too few decals for the entire model, like they were thrown in as an afterthought, so it might be bundled with the regular set.
  18. That was the best Robotech video ever! Hey where's the The Macross II Saga footage?
  19. Armored Alto is sold out at a lot of places. But it shouldn't be long before more become available. The cheapest places I know of are Amiami and Rainbowten, and they're both sold out. Only other place that is under 8000 yen is Hobby Search, but it's not under by much. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10089907 I wouldn't be able to answer the decal question, other than add that I picked up the Ranka Deculture Decal Alto kit and it does not come with the regular decals. It does have a massive decal sheet though!
  20. Robotech induces me to consume liberal amounts of alcohol.
  21. I was talking about the grey recesses that the nozzles are inserted into and the ones at the front of the boosters. The ones you masked and sprayed grey. From the new photos you took, yeah you can't really tell once you attach the nozzles, but the other sections look good. Now that I've seen what they look like with nozzles attached, it'd probably be best if I just filled it in with a black Gundam marker. Quick and easy. The insides of the nozzles themselves is what I meant. I just did a wash on mine, inside and out. On most of the previous photos I took, they appeared silver, but they're actually a dull silver-gold color. Hard to get a good photo of the underside of the model, but this is what they look like.
  22. I really like the way the grey recesses turned out. Definitely gonna include that on a future super pack build. Don't know what else to suggest regarding the clearcoat impressions other than saving the clearcoat step for after all painting has been done. I have a bottle of Model Master acrylic clearcoat that I only use to touch up or reinforce certain sections; majority of my clearcoat is lacquer. The one time I attempted to hand brush the acrylic clearcoat over acrylic paint was to protect it against the lacquer clearcoat I was going to spray over it, but ironically it was the allegedly "gentler" acrylic clear that started stripping the acrylic paint off. For the insides of the nozzles, I recommend just a wash. It's black most of the time from lack of light, but it's nice to see details in there if there happens to be light. Keep up the great work! I'm eager to see this thing assembled!
  23. Brief case study of Robotech-turned-Macross fan. 1985: Robotech airs on weekday afternoons, and I love it (as much as a very small child can love any TV show). However, shortly after it went off the air, I had mostly forgotten about it. I clearly remembered "Rick Hunter" and the SDF-1 and the kickass fighter with the skull and crossbones. I also vaguely remembered the "cyclones" and the Invid, but I had no recollection of anything in between for many years. (A testament to how forgettable and crappy Southern Cross was.) I also had no recollection of any of the plot points of Robotech, like the perversion of Protoculture and some stupid flower. So yes, I had fond memories of Robotech, at least the tiny bits I could remember. 1986-1992: Like the rest of the 25 years of Robotech's existence, little to nothing happened on the Robotech front. I heard or read somewhere that Robotech was made from three separate anime, but since I didn't give a crap about Robotech anyway, I never pursued the matter further. Though this was before the Interweb, so information was often hard to come by, much to HG's benefit and our current mutual chagrin. I did obtain a copy of "The Sentinels" during this time. And I was disgusted at how bad it was. Later on I did start reading the Robotech novels because a friend had them and was reading them, and while they were alright, there were hardly anything to write home about. 1993: I got Macross II on VHS and loved it, despite the stupid ending. I hadn't seen DYRL yet but I still felt like it was a weak ripoff of the original Macross (I had already shed Robotech away even though I hadn't even seen all of the original Macross in its original form). I guess it was around this time period that Robotech died to me and it was full speed ahead Macross! 1995: Saw Macross Plus and loved it. If Robotech was dead to me already, then this cremated its remains and shot it out a torpedo tube into space. The YF-19 became my favorite variable fighter for years... until the VF-25 came along. 1996 to the present: I was able to see some of the original Macross episodes during this time, but I would not be able to see it in its entirety straight through, uncut and unedited, until the Animeigo DVD release. I also got about halfway through Macross 7, but I just couldn't go further; it reminded me too much of the "Sailor Moon" type shows of the era. (I think I stopped around the episode where Basara fights off some furry magical monster with his huge speaker attachments.) From 2000 and on, as I learned more and more about the legal situation, HG's sleazy shenanigans, seen the complete stagnation of the franchise in comparison to the continued success of Macross, and the crazed and often moronic Robotech fanboys, my indifference to Robotech has become disgust and contempt. How can anyone continue to gloat over such a crappy series and the greasy thugs who run it? It boggles my mind how anyone can be that goddamn stupid and stubborn. Thanks to the Interweb information (and entire shows) are freely available, much to our benefit and HG's chagrin.
  24. Sheryl with in-concert purple hair I assume.
  25. Getting a little OT there... anyway, I wasn't making excuses for Bandai (I think I've been fairly critical of their Frontier DX line), just offering a possible explanation as to how Bandai ended up with the current Quarter color scheme. Personally I wish it resembled the darker colors of the anime too, but at the same time, I'm so glad it isn't as jacked up looking as the VF-25 line. I've got mine preordered! Maybe Bandai will pull a Wave on us and release an "anime color" version in the summer.
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