captain america

The sculpt won't be ready 'til mid-June or roundabouts, so hopefully plenty of time st save-up

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Hi everyone! Well OK, here it is, my proposal for the 1/72 Kaa-'Tsai in 1/72 scale. I was hoping that it would be a less expensive project, but after checking the actual size of the plane, it turns out that it's a pretty big little bugger, and so the price reflects that. Here are the features that the kit would have: -detailed cockpits with vac-formed canopies -may be built with deployed, reinforced landing gear, or gear up -incorporated sto-wing would allow kit to be built with wings folded or not -projected price of $185 plus shipping/transfer fees I would need a minimum of 40 requests in order to get this project going, so if you want it, now's the time to stand up and be counted. As always, if you have any questions, just ask

I've mastered all of the above.

Good news! All orders paid by March 5th have shipped

Agreed. In fact, they should market the darn thing by placing all the parts inside a chocolate egg, now THAT I'd buy!

I was under the impression that the Tommy was to be a standard, build-it-yerself kit, but I could be wrong.

The reason that this ship was made in both scales was that we felt that 1/5000 would be the "completist" scale, meaning that it was the most realistic scale in which to do all of the Zentradi ships (should we decide to walk down that road) whereas 1/2500 would be better suited to some of the smaller but more popular and iconic ships, like this scout, Kamjin's ship, or even the Macloss itself. As for hollowing, I didn't feel that it was necessary for this particular ship, since it lacks the "corn-nibblets-in-a-turd" glowing orbs that are present on the larger vessels.

No kidding! Especially for a mass-produced plastic kit with mega-wide berthing hips!

Yes! I wanted to put the seam lines in places that could allow them to be more easily repaired or camouflaged. It will essentially be a resin dildo :lol:

An "only" 80cm long model poses some logistical issues and would probably end up being hand-applied epoxy rather than resin. Like molding and casting a baguette Oh, and here are a couple pics of the Salan Scout: 1/2500 and 1/5000. The latter is not yet done, but you get the idea

Hi Chas. It's actually a mix of Super Sculpey and Sculpey III, both of which are heat-hardened clays. I haven't used Chavant in years; great stuff, but not suitable for certain applications. If anything, the one BIG down-side to the Sculpey clays is that they're super brittle, and the master will likely be destroyed upon demold, so my mold has to be done right the first time.

Last 2 pix. That takes care of the 1/2500 version, now I'll be turning my focus to the 1/5000 ship. Once that's done, I'm on a short vacation and then planning for the Cat's Eye

All done!

The HP-C has the paint cup built into the airbrush body; the advantage (to me) is that you can clean it much better by using a spray bottle to get windex (or similar cleaner) in there, as well as a Q-tip to really wipe away any traces of paint residue. The problem with suction-feed (glass bottles) is that if you just dump cleaner in the paint bottle and suction it in, you will always invariably have a small residue of paint that will accumulate on the paint feed tunnel. Over time, that can accumulate and eventually restrict the flow of paint, or, depending on what colors you use, the previous color you sprayed might "leech" into the new paint you're applying. Also, suction feed is a bit of a PITA if you're just spraying with a very small amount of paint (like when touching-up, etc) and is a bit more wasteful. Further, you have to make sure that the tip of the suction tube is fully immersed, or you'll get an air "hiccup." This is not to say that it's a bad system, it's actually a good airbrush for medium/medium-large areas to be sprayed, whereas the HP-C is more for small to medium jobs. As with any airbrush, just make sure you clean it religiously, and never let it sit or put it away dirty. Remove and clean the needle after every use, or better yet, after every color you spray. If you use it a lot, I recommend disassembling it and putting the main parts in an ultrasonic cleaner overnight. All this might sound like a lot of work, but it becomes quite routine after a while; I've had my HP-BC for over 20 years, and it still works excellent.

Hiya Jesse! I have a few guns myself: Iwata RG-2, Iwata HP-C, Iwata HP-BC, Iwata Eclipse, and even an old Badger dual-action. If you want something with multi-use capability, I would highly recommend the Iwata HP-C or whatever the newest variant of that particular airbrush is. Loads easier to clean than a suction-fed unit, plus it's a real workhorse: easy to maintain, reliable, and capable of very fine work.

Actually, I think that the canopy in the top pic is more bubble-like, whereas the bottom is not. Just have a look at the hoop spar right behind the pilot's head. Slightly OT, does anyone else find it funny that they managed to get a really clean windscreen on a VF-1, but its much more advanced sibling, the VF-25, has to make do with a canopy spar that's right in the pilot's direct line of sight?

I told you, NO LOGAN!!!!!

A resin FAST pack system wouldn't be ideal, since it would put a considerable amount of stress on the landing gear. Somehow, I get the impression that Hasegawa will eventually produce a Super/Strike version. In fact, I'd be very surprised if they didn't.

Quite possibly, yes. Though due to the nature of the Salan Scout, it will have infinitely fewer parts than the Garfish.

I wasn't a fan of the "Lucifer" 27, but the green unit looks quite nice indeed. Replace that silly long gun with something more a propos, and it'll really give the design a new lease on life. I'm not going to budge though, I want my 1/48 VF-25. You hear me Bandai!? YOU HEAR ME!!!???

More cucumber madness! In all fairness, I could have cut corners and simply duck-taped some cucumbers together with some corn nibblets, but I choose to take the difficult path.

The detail is looking quite good; I'm pleasantly surprised! ...Shame they didn't mold the wing flaps & slats separately.

Am I the only one who finds it funny that some of the fugliest mecha designs in human history are Gundams?

One zillion Quatloos! Actually, no price in mind, it's just a private project for the time being.