Jasonc
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Looks damn good. I'm really liking the tail fin swivel up for runway ground clearance. Are the fast packs going to be designed to come on and off of the kit?
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Thanks guys. Parts are coming out. I'm going to start on the 1/60 test run today. Knowing what I learned from the 1/72 parts, I'm automatically going to put air ports in the same places. Hopefully the next two days will come up with some great results. I will not be doing any recasting this weekend due to MW con. However, I hope to have the decals up soon as well. Working on those. With the size of the kit, they won't have very many decals, but for those that want to put them where they can, I'll probably add some no step decals, and some standard extras for the sake of adding some value to them. Maybe if you don't need any extras, they'll be there for something else.
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Definitely not, LOL Here are a few shots of good recasts. They're Pretty good for the complexity in them, but like any kit, they're gonna need work by the builder. Good thing is, the resin is quite solid. I'm happy about that. testing out some other parts now. I'll need to do th 1:72 wing AGAIN!!! Going to do to that what I did with the 1/60, as that seemed to work. In the meantime, I'm moving onto tweaking the 1:60 molds and checking for places where air bubbles will get trapped.
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It's a set 1:1 ratio. Changing any of it leaves a crippling mess to a mold that has to be redone.
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I'll get some up tonight. I have 4 molds ready, so the pieces I put up will be good to go, but a little unrefined until I get some like cleanup done. It's too hot today, so I tried to pour some resin, and it set a bit too fast. I'm gonna put some in the tank tonight when it cools off, as well as tomorrow, as I continue to tweak the molds to get no air pockets.
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Very true, but since I ordered them in November of last year, I've been putting away a bit of money from each paycheck, and after the extra Sheryl, will still be in the hole about $150. My fault for over spending on other Macross items, like the T Rex VF-19/25 fast packs, and a ton of other things. Nevertheless, that one will cut down the price I spent, and will be happy with just that. And pics will come as soon as I can get them.
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Once the other project is done and out, we can work on this one. Hopefully with the dive into recasting, we can work on the best ways to design this for easy recasting. I have all the dyes I would need, and for this, will probably need to use the next step up in resin, a TASC resin, for moving parts.
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Thanks. My wife thought that at first, but they grew on her, and now she's excited to see them when they show up. The total for Ranka and Sheryl with all outfits was (if I remember) 191,200 yen, which is about $1500. I was saving up since I pre-ordered, so the money is just waiting to be paid. I also had my wife order me an extra Sheryl, which I will sell after the release. Figure they are about $600 ish, and I can probably get about $1200 for that one.
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If I get involved in this kit, for color recasting, this would be an entirely different beast for painting, with lots of moving parts and such. It would need clean color casting for many parts, and if it were to be painted, the resin would need to match the paint color in order to not mess up the parts that rub, if that happened. I'd also limit the painting on this, as it would require a lot more work to do, and the cost of that would go up as well. However, I'm getting ahead of myself here. Either way, I definitely want a kit of it, especially if it has the option to attach/detach the fast packs.
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These are the 1/72 scale parts, so these are getting worked on, and soon will be sorted out for delivery, At the same time, 1/60 kits are going to be worked on, but obviously at a slower pace, as most preferred them painted.
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OK. As you can see in this picture, there are places where the parts aren't getting enough resin. These are going to be fixed via pin holes in the mold cover, which will push the air out by the heavier resin.the color in this picture is a little lighter than they really are.
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If they come out clean enough, they will be coated with a good clear primer and clear coat. It really depends on the result of clean up. If I need to do extra work on the clean up, I'll probably do a full paint on them with color, and the kite decals. Either way, they're going to get a paint treatment treatment. Whatever the best result is, that's what it will be.
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I know this thread has been sleepy lately, but anyone order the Volks Dolfie Dream Sheryl and Ranka? I just got my payment information from them today. They will ship end of October.
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Testing continues. There are some that have some air traps in them, and so I am now putting smaller vent holes for the air to escape from those areas. Orange color is pretty decent and think it should be a good orange. I may put a bit more red in it. I have a few pieces in the tank now, and will take pictures after my errands tonight.
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That's the idea. It rained today, so couldn't do any recasts to check. I will do some tomorrow, weather permitting. No, I don't do these outside, but the temperature and wet climate, at least in my opinion, makes the resin not set so good. I'll run a set through as long as I have light tomorrow though, pics good or bad.
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Really liking what I'm seeing. I hope to get this as an entire kit. I really want to put one of these together.
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Darn. At least something different would've been nice.
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I may get one just for the FB custom, but when looking at the picture, it looks to have blue trim. Did the original have that?
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I'd like another VF-4, but I'm not going to be too interested if it's going to be the same as before. You'd think that they'd work on getting the license to make the Hikaru version from FB2012. While they will do well selling this if it's the same (a guess), there is revenue lost in not doing something different.
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All molds are done. I'll be testing them (recasting now). So, any that aren't working right will be redone. The good thing, is that many of the molds look great and should have no problems at all (fingers crossed again).
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For rubber tires, there are some that can simply be bought. Making landing gear that fit to a tire that can be bought at a hobby outlet would help out a lot, if that's the route you're going for.
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No problem. Just got home, so I'll be doing what I can for the evening, then try to set up the last parts for tomorrow. Long work days and not a lot of sleep are going to put me out early today, LOL.
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Update time!!! I have two more molds to make before I'm done with the molds in both scales. Sorry for the delays, but the wings have been the biggest obstacle for doing all of these, and having to have a tank go down, and need extra rubber has been a bit of a delay. Other than that, I will be doing one tonight, doing the second part of one as well, then doing the last one tomorrow. After that, I go into pouring and getting these out. I have resin in the orange, some saved for dark grey/black, and clear. Decals need to be printed, so I'm waiting on ink to come to replenish the printer, but that is this weekend. I have everyone's info, so I will hopefully be taking pictures of parts this weekend. Fingers crossed it all goes smooth. In all of this, I can expect that once the recasting process goes, the ones to be painted are going to take a bit more time. I'll need to clean up parts (sanding, putty, etc.) as well as assemble key parts. Decals will not be placed, save for the major ones. All that, while sounding like a quick job, really isn't. I have a lot of them to do in 1/60, so I will be sending them out in order of payment sent in, which I will verify with Xigfrid. Aside from all that, all the material to send them out is in, so once done, I'll be packaging and sending them out the day after (barring nothing of major importance and all that). If you have any questions or concerns regarding an order, you can contact Xigfrid or myself through pm.
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Not sure, but I think he got out of making them awhile back.
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Yeah, it's a never ending search, but I do love them. Wish I had a house big enough to display them all. I know you have a large poster collection as well. That's the frustrating part of collecting them. Nevertheless, I do enjoy it.
