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Is that what it sold at? I got this one for about $100 and some change, but I have no other references to price it at. I can only really guess, being that the 1S, A, and J have sold for almost $200 at times. Being that this was a much smaller run, I have no clue if this would really make it a higher price, especially since the parts are in the 1st episode trainer colors. I'm debating whether to work on something completely different with this, or just keep in box until another light bulb goes off on what to do with this. I don't really need a 3rd 1D in the same colors, but if I decide against doing anything with it, I hope to have a reference selling point.

OK guys. I have a VF-1D unassembled kit, and I'm trying to figure out what it's worth. It's in the original packaging and all that, with all the parts. I'm not really looking to sell it but I'm curious if anyone knows how much they go for? If I see another one, I'd like to get one, but I don't want to walk into something that's way too overpriced. The problem is, I haven't seen any for sale since I got mine over a year ago (partially because I wasn't looking). Thanks for your help.

I almost forgot about this. Were these ever redone and finished? I'd like to get a set of both.

I started painting a couple pieces over the weekend that were ready for paint. I'm not liking the color of the paint, as it seems to be more of a dull, cooler orange than I had expected. I have 3 new bottles coming in that I know are much better, just need to put them in a larger bottle with a slight addition of red. The alternative is getting the Tamiya orange in the can, which is the color I'd like to go for. I may just do that though, and if anyone needs to do repairs or wants to customize more, they'll easily be able to find the color. As for the smaller parts that require different colors, those will be getting the airbrush, as I can get a little technical in making sure those don't get overdone, or too heavy. As for the cleaup, this is where the time is all going. These are decent pieces, but they still require some patch work, some evening out with other sides, and so on. I'm gonna do my absolute best to make these look perfect, but at some point, I need to really draw a line, or I will never get these done. It is a one man operation. There's already been some people who can't wait, so I'm working on those first and as fast as possible without sacrificing my work, rest, and family time. To those who can wait, I appreciate it. Your waiting will not go in vain. I will have the process of cleanup and painting all these perfected, and it should be a nice piece for everyone. Of course, as with other large projects, I'm not going to have the time to weather these, and he decals will be all you. If I could, I'd give each one of these the personal touch of my own projects, which take awhile, but I hope that doesn't worry you. These will look great with all the other Macross Plus items that preceded it in the toy lines.

I am actively prepping parts for paint, so I'm actually doing that as I type.

Small update today. parts are still coming out, and I'm focusing on prepping the finished ones for painting. I'll be recasting more of the wings, tail fins, and the clear parts as needed, but I may have a better way of making clear parts for , so until I see if it works reasonably, those are getting made as well. Other than that, They're getting closer.

Yes Gubaba was at Satelight's booth. As for those wanting a rundown of the panel, Mazinger pretty much covered the content. There will be some sort of article on the panel coming soon somewhere, and of course, a full podcast on the events of AX coming shortly. It was a great time for me, and from those that I met throughout.

I fitted one together last night while packing the unpainted ones up. They look damn cool. I can't wait to finally get to put one together for myself.

Either way, the molds will last for an additional one, so no worries, Spanner. As for some good news, I finally have enough parts done to start sending out the unpainted versions. Those will start going out this week, well, tonight they'll be wrapped up and sent out tomorrow. For those who ordered unpainted kits, I will update you with tracking numbers as soon as your kit is boxed and ready to drop off at the post office. Prep work will start on the painted versions next week. I'll be doing some minor patch work on some tonight and tomorrow, but the bulk begins next week. Paints have been ordered and the airbrush is clean and ready. I still have parts to recast, but because it's mostly small parts (not counting the wing, which I'm only halfway done recasting), I can start on the big items. and getting those put together with the smaller parts.

I thought about selling my concert tickets, but apparently, that concert is 4 hours, and because of that, I'll just do both. I'm actually going to be there all 4 days. Between the Macross cosplay gathering, Kawamori panel, autograph sessions, interviews, and an annual dinner, it's going to be a long, but good weekend.

Thanks, guys. I hate having projects sit like this, but I'll start prepping parts as well as recasting this weekend (sanding, filling, sanding, priming, etc.). I'm waiting on a new clear resin as well. the old stuff is industrial grade, and really strong, but extremely hard to work with, and takes way too long to set. I have a few of them done, but as I'm preparing new 1 part molds for them, they should look a bit better coming out of the mold. In any case, I've only done 3 of them with the old clear stuff, but I may save that for larger pieces for something else. The struggle continues, LOL. Oh, I'll submit pics of the tail fin tonight.

Tail fin recast have come out great. I'm really happy how it looks. The last master I had was prepped pretty bad, so I was able to get another one, and I made sure it was done in a way to keep the panel and flaps looking clear and distinct. I'll be working as much as possible to get these finished as well as the rest of the rear section. I'm also starting new molds of the small pieces. Well, they're 50% done already with one half the mold done. Work continues. I won't have pictures for awhile, as I'm cleaning up the house for a number of people staying over for AX2016 and 4th of July. Nevertheless, I'm cranking em out as much as I can after a 10 hour work day.

Apparently, there's a large group of us going. This is gearing up for a great 4 days or so.

It's all the same. I finish up the tail fin tonight to restart that. The beauty of using bulk medicine measuring cups is great. I get perfect amounts of resin to use every time, and the resin is always mixed equally.Thank you Amazon.

It SHALL be aliving and kicking until it's done. No options there, LOL.

I can't wait to go to this. There's gonna be several of us in the ranks. I already got my seats for the concert night with one of the performers being Jam Project. I'm planning on going to whatever Kawamori has planned, so I'll be around. as far as filming it, it really depends on how much space is on my phone.

Ugh, sorry NZEOD, the post office satelight here by work sent it back to work here, where it sat in the main room, due to the fact that they don't take international shipping. It is going out today at lunch, so it's definitely going out today. Sorry for the delay. As for an update, I'm still working on them, but for some of the molds, I have to redo a couple of them. I finished all the engine housing pieces, and have extras in case. The main body is about half way done, and the wings are in the same state. As for the turret, engine, camera, and tail piece, those have been taking awhile due to the onyx resin taking longer to set. Since those pieces will be painted anyways, I'm going to skip using the black and just go with the regular resin. It'll cut the cure time in half. As for the colored pieces, those will be for those that are building on their own, and whatever I have left of them will just go out as the painted ones finish. So, what parts need new molds? The main body part is already degrading, so not too happy about that. They were supposed to last much longer, but maybe just some strange mix or too much moister in the rubber. I don't know. Along with that, the turret, and the wing hook, camera housing, and tail fin all need to be done. Those take time, but I can continue on the other parts, so it still goes on. Work this weekend slowed down a bit, as I had to take care of setting up my corporation and getting the capital needed for the endeavor. Lots of boring stuff, but aside from that, I'll have a pic today of what the progress looks like.

I thought it would've show up by now. I'll send out another one tomorrow. I have a couple left over.

I think he's going by the Studio Half Eye 1/100 kit, and scaling it up. It's what I'm doing with the VA-3, with some modifications. As for the clearance, I've been using .2mm clearance for stuff, and printing in FUD from Shapeways. It can probably go slightly closer, but considering painting and sanding, you can go either way by creating clearance, or not. the other issue is always scale lines in the print, so you really do need to sand anyways. I use clearance, so that I can see how the parts will fit, and possibly printed together, while still being able to easily separate them. For FUD, I think the space needed might be .1mm. .2 gives enough space for me, but I have yet to print another set of leg parts.

No problem. It's been a few days since that last one. I haven't gotten as much done as I wanted to. I did prep the new tail fin piece, so I am now building the mold container for that, which half of it will be in tomorrow. I also had to remake new molds for the lower intake housing, as I'm at 20 recasts, and it's not coming out up to par anymore. One half of it came out beautifully, and looking really good. The other side starts tonight, and will finish tomorrow when the first half of the tail fin starts. I have about 3 sets of the nose section/main body done, and two done in Task. Those should be fine for about 20 or so recasts, but with a new can of mold release, I might be able to stretch it, as those are built to come out of the mold very simple. Sorry if I ramble, part of these updates is to also document what I do here for future work. In any case, aside from that, I haven't done too many more recasts, except small parts. I can fit those in the tank with the molds I'm making, so for now and the next two or three days, just small parts. Even those might need to be re-molded soon.

Coming along great.

Thanks. Yeah, I try to plan way ahead. I'm also hoping that by the time I do get back to the project, I'll be fast enough to turn over designing parts at a faster pace. I was basically learning on a few basic items I made, but this one is where I really "cut my teeth" on the real design. I learned a lot, but there's more efficient ways to do this, and I need to be able to do some things without guessing or hoping it comes out right. Some of these prototype parts may end up being made from Shapeways' highest resolution 3D printer (less cleanup and better definition). I made small tweaks to the leg parts, and I'm going to order those parts today when I get home from work. I hope they come out satisfactory, so I can start tweaking smaller things and get onto the exterior of the machine.

OK, so I've been brushing up on my software, and I'm really starting to get up to speed, as well as learning some of the more complicated tasks that will allow some better engineering. I'm getting quite excited again about this project, thanks to discussions with Tage on his project with the VF-5000. The pre-work I do now will pay off for this soon.

Parts are still coming along nicely. I was able to get 10 of the Task resin wings done, so they came out well. I also did two sets of the man body, and one set of the intake pieces. I wish I could afford to do the entire thing in this stuff. In any case, For those of you who ordered them. Thank you. You helped me to use all of it, instead of having it just sit in a bottle. You guys will be happy with the quality of it when it arrives. As for an update on the intake pieces that I'm trying to finish, I only need make 4 more sets, and could not be better timing, as the mold is starting to wear out. The tail fin was reordered and arrived last week. I got some new sandpaper, cleaned it up (this is a high res version) and after some coats of primer, is ready for mold making. I will probably not get to that until sometime this weekend. I'll be doing a massive amount of overtime over the next 3 weekends, so it will limit my output, but I still work throughout the week and when I have time here on the weekends. With 25 orderes, 14 parts each (I believe), it's a lot of recasting, and i've been able to divide up multiple recasts into sections that will fit into the tank, so I'm working at a much better pace than the previous scale. I will have the ones who ordered unpainted ones only out next week.

They look pretty good. As far as the shrinkage of the resin goes, that's usually a sign of the quality of resin, or the type. Some shrink a lot more than others. In any case, the recasting was done very good, so even with shrinkage, it came out really well, with not too much work required. As for the painting, it's a good job. I know I'd be happy with it if I got it. A job well done.