Berttt

Don't soppose I could get soem close ups of those feet could I? Cheers, Berttt

Go to a lot of modeling sites such as: http://www.hyperscale.com/ http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/ and I am sure there are lots more and read the build ups/features. All the techniques used there can be applied to Valks. Cheers, Berttt

YIKES!!! I don't think we would all be here if thats the case, and macross would have gone the way of Dodo. Berttt

The Harrier Cabriolet! How else are the flyboys sopposed to shoot down the Gerries and still show the world who's good lookin'. You just have to watch the helmet hair.

Thanks for shedding some light on this subject. Berttt

Between the Monkey Nugget Regult and this thing, my wallet feels like a randy Polar bear has had it's way.

Hey Mac, how did you do the ribbed bit on the feet? I wanted to do something like that for the feet on my VF-1 Gerwalk to hide the gap when the leg is tilted back. Berttt

Good luck finding one, I thonk thay have been OOP for a while now. Berttt

You forgot me. Oh man my wife is gonna kill me............... Berttt

I'm in, there goes my modelling budget for the year. Berttt

I found this listing while cruising ebay. Kooky lookin' animal isn't it? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW Berttt

Put me down for one. Sheesh what has this thread turned into? A man asks a question and ends up finding a new way to spend money. Berttt

So there was some recasts at some point?

I have looked through Jesse's complete list of 1/72 scale kits and found no mention of one. Which is surprising given that there must be a bunch of people who want one sourced from the Hase kits. I am currently working on one, but it really testing my patience and scratchbuilding skills. As I see it the breakdown could be something like this: New shoulder joints New knee Section (to hide the ugly gap at the back of the knee) New feet arrangment Which would require the pruchase of the Battroid kit to salvage the arms and legs. I am going to try and build the parts for my kit so that they may be copied in resin. I have no idea how this is going to go, but I'll give it a whirl. Cheers, Berttt

Thanks for the reply Rob, I have both the Rail and the Booster, and are very happy with them. Having read about the trouble you were having with your last sculptor, I can appreciate the determination to get these two out there. Are you planning on re releasing them in the future? Good luck with WF, hopefully you can get some more exposure there to boost future sales. Cheers, Berttt

Yes & No. We are trying to get ready for Wonder Festival Summer. So yes we have kits, but they are for the event. At the moment I really don't want to have new molds made. In order for that I would need to sell quite a few more in order to keep the price resonable. Basically from now on the rail and Booster will be sold as a set and they will be sold at Wonder Festival. Rob Just out of curiosity, are you happy with the how many boosters and rails were sold? And how popular has the Tachikoma been? And I guess you have been bombarded with requests for all sorts of obcure kits to be made, but what are the requirements that have to be met before you give the go ahead? Cheers, Berttt

Really ? i donno , $60 bucks is enough to buy my self another new airbursh , may i know what kinda frustration will i get without the needle adjustment nob ? Thanx !! Maybe it was just me, but I had trouble with balancing the dual action and trying to get my hand in the right spot, whilst maintaining a small line for all those panels AND staying steady. After 5 mins my hand was killing me. I would have loved to be able to just set the amount of paint, pull back on the air and gone nuts. It's just one less thing you have to worry about when learning, and when you add up all the time wasted on practicing, or redoing work where you have squirted too much paint on a job, I think you will find it is well worth the price. And you'll e learning while completing a kit, instead of on a airbrushing hulk, or paper. I mean say it saves you 20 hours over the course of a year, that's only $2.00 an hour which is a small price to pay. But it's all up to you bloke, it's your cash. Berttt

Does that man that there are still Boosters and Rails left?

With the slow demise of Yamamoto toys, the only hope we may have to get 1/60 toys are the model makers. Maybe the captain can save us and produce some resins in 1/60, especially the Battlepod. I would buy several. Please???? Get in line! 1/72 scale modellers first! Damn toy junkies. Berttt

I wouldn't worry too much about the tyres on you VF-1. I think the Hase ones are a little small compared to real world jets Berttt

Is he taking orders again?

Get that HP-C+ plus man, that $60 bucks extra will save you a lot of frustration while you are learning. Berttt

EzyDVD carry the SDF Macross boxset, although I have never seen it in one of their stores. Check out their website: http://www.ezydvd.com.au/ Cheers, Berttt

Shiyao, I love poorly built models, as an average modeller myself I find it can be very discouraging to see all these museum peices on the net, that don't look at all like what I have sitting at home. Thanks for sharing, you have done the right thing, I wish I had of known about forums such as this one a long time ago so I idn't waste as much time. Most of the advice given so far is good, so I will only add some points of my own. The only way to get to a point where you will be happy with the result is practice, but don't just practice with any old crappy kit. As I once heard you can't polish a turd, and with some of those old Airfix/Heller/Monagram kits a turd is exactly what you will get, spend a little more on say a Tamiya/Hasegawa F-16 (or whatever) or late relaese Revell so that you can practice the very basic skills you will need, these kits fit better so you will only need a little filler along the seams, a quick ruub down and you are away, rather than spending hours on a kit made 30+ years ago, getting frustrated and cutting corners. With these kits you can just about follow the tips from WM Cheng to the letter and get a model that is respectable. If you don't know which kit to get search on sites such as Hyperscale or Aircraft Resource Centre and read the kit reveiws and features, or ask someone here - they may know. Buy an airbrush and compressor, like the guys have said already save up for one, and get a good one to start with that will allow you to expand your skills range from basic covering, to pre/post shading, fading etc. In the meantime practice the basic skills of subassembling, gluing, filling and sanding, and spray with a can for a while to keep you motivated. Don't under estimate the value of the right tool for the right job, start off with an exacto with plenty of new blades, some jeweler files, decent glue wet&dry sandpaper, a cutting mat, some good brushes of various sizes for detail parts, tamiya masking tape (the best for the job) and some Mr Surfacer or some kind of equivelent. Washes, dry brushing photo etch, weathering and shading, pastels etc can all come much later, and in some cases can be applied to an already completed model later on. Master the basics first. I like to try and learn something new on every kit I build, I learned the art of seam filling on an old Hobbycraft 1/48 Vampire, the art of masking and applying different colours on a 1/48 Iriquios, and P-61. Pre shading on a 1/72scale Hasegawa Battroid, post shading and weathering on a 1/72 scale Vf-1A Super and VE-1. Good luck, and never let the model kit win! Cheers, Berttt. P.S. Post you kits here so we can watch as you progress with your skills.

Hey man, could you let us know when you are ready to take on new orders?