captain america

Still available if anyone wants more.

Hi Amped. Glad you like the kit. Sorry about the rubbery clear parts: I'd gone through so many trials, and believe it or not, that resin was the most user-friendly of all the clears. Most others were almost unpourably-thick, and took over 24 hours to cure As per the clear resin manufacturers own comments, the stuff is designed to remain slightly flexible, even after cure. However, you can try this little trick: place your clear parts on a cookie tray covered with wax paper, and put it in the oven for 4 hours at 150 farenheit & let cool. This has the effect of further hardening the resin slightly, making it easier to trim/putty/sand.

Hi Honneamise. It's all good. I know what you mean about bubbles: I hate those things to death myself; that's why I cast the way I do Also, for those of you who asked to be placed in Group 2 for shipping, I just wanted to let you know that I'm now ready to accept payments again, as well as any new orders. I'm going to cast through to the cycle-life of this mold, and then that'll be it for the standard Regult. The heavy-missile conversion sets will (eventually) be available as a stand-alone conversion, and not sold as a pack with the Regult. Good thing too, cos the regult is a crazy pain in the ass to mold/cast!

Hi Stamen. Umm... Cos that was the only drill bit I had handy at the time Actually, it's cos a 3mm hole would just plain be too tight to push the ball-joint pins into. This way, the hole is just a hair's breath larger than the pins, and the extra slack can easily be made-up with a bit of CA glue. The reason it's such an odd size is that it's probably a bit in an imperial measurement. I simply converted it over to metric for ease of use.

Here are the painting stencils for the large markings.

Hi Will. Amma post the stencils for the 'Gult along with the instructions. Glad you like the kit

Hi Grayson. The second batch kits are already shipping. Anyone who can make the balance of their payments please feel free to do so. Rear view with the stenciled markings...

Hi Vice. It was great seeing you again. Hopefully next time we'll have a bit more time to sit & chat; preferably over drinks. Honneamise: sorry about the large sprue gates, that's one of the downfalls of my casting technique: I need large pour vents to be able to fill all the molds in time & place them under pressure. I tell myself that it's always easier to remove a bit of excess resin than to have to putty/fill, so I think it's the lesser of 2 evils. Oh, by the way. I also produced a set of artwork for the Regult's markings. I didn't do mine as decals: in stead, I printed the markings out onto frisket, and cut them out as spray templates. Here's a quick pic...

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For all of you who have purchased models, here are the instructions for your kit(s).

You'd have to ask Myersjessee about that project. I'm sworn to secrecy.

Hi Gabe. 1D conversion is next, but that's still about a month away from commencing... A non-Macross related project needs taking care of first

There are no hinges, because they wouldn't have been strong enough, and the complex geometry of the hatch door precludes the use of a simple swing hinge; it'd have to somehow pull out, then upward.

Cockpit from the other side. Very hard to photograph this, as my camera lacks good macro capability, but all the detail that should be there, IS there. Instructions: these are in process, and I'll post them here on MW for people to download.

Cockpit interior...

A few build-up pics...

First post has been updated.

Closer to 17" actually. Somehow I doubt it's a 1/35 Regult. There's absolutely nothing else in that scale from any current Macross kit/toy manufacturers. 1/72 would make more sense.

Hi sithlord. With regards to add-ons to the pod, such as missile packs, or pilots, I would highly recommend building the model static, as the extra weight would simply topple the kit at that point. This can be done quite simply by taking a few minute drops of CA and dabbing it into the ball-socket (slow cure CA recommended) and then placing the Regult in the desired pose. This will handily eliminate any chances of structural failure.

Of course. Though I'm not taking any new orders for the time being, when the next set of molds are done and you place your order, just specify that you'd prefer a pod with no clear parts