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#5 Max 1S again

#4 Max 1S

#3 Max 1J

#2 Kakizaki again

I got a new camera and to test it out I took some real quick shots of some of my Valks. #1 Kakizaki

Thanks for the heads up >EXO<, I PM'd Rohby asking. Just incase he doesn't have any to offer if anyone does please let me know. Thanks

Ok, I know this is a tall order, but does anyone have a spare 1/48 heatshield? Any color will do. Thanks! PS one of the tabs from the heatshield on a custom broke that's why I'm in need at the moment.

Tim Roth as Archibald Cunningham in "Rob Roy". Maybe not the worst villian, but he certainly made me dislike him

Petition for a SOC Macross? Highly doubt it work though...but maybe worth a shot at least.

Yeah, I'd love a Bandai SOC Macross ship. But for some reason Macross doesn't seem to get any love from Bandai. I mean, even Dunbine has a MG kit, several HG's and 2 MSIA type action figures. But Bandai only seems interested in releasing old stuff, (and didn't even release the 3 most wanted 1/55's in the process) for Macross and can't even put out a nice rendition of the vessel that "Macross" is named after. Yep, a SOC SDF would be the coolest thing,either version...however I just don't think Bandai is interested. Unless, somehow a cameo of the ship ends up in the next Gundam series...

Yeah the landing gear was always spring-loaded. I remember because I use to have the Hikaru Strike where you had to unscrew the canopy/heatshield to replace it. and the screw for it was what held the front landing gear spring in place.. damn if that thing wasn't a pain in the ass to get the screw back through the hole in the spring and back where it belonged...

They all had the same head. It has the 1J visor but the 1S lasers. hey a new valk type! perhaps we'll se a 1R'ish toy of it. Wouldn't that be neato?

hmmm...1/60 Monster is still coming? MUCH more profitable and sensable toy to release then saaayyy....ANYTHING ELSE! (<---sarcasm) Especially a 1/48 Cannon fodder...was really hoping for one of those. guess not though...

Just out of curiosity, I placed my order at 8:00AM (Pacific) on the 17th. Did you order before that? Again, just curious. Not going to start sh*t with them. Thanks! H well I don't know what the exact time was...but I live in the same time zone as you and I had to be to work at 8am and I placed the order from home. So between 7 and 7:30 I'd say.

well I am getting SOMETHING shipped to me from them..hopefully it's what I ordered. And it will most likely be dusty if it is...

I guess I'll find out $160 shipped..not to shabby. Thanks for the heads up on Anubis

yeah, same thing happening here...right now she is totally on the ground and Mao is leaning over looking at her. I'm about to cut off the foot pegs and use the regular white stand.

Wow..you're lucky they didn't open it up and notice all the missiles

Cool...thanks Graham.

Just a question that may have been answered before.. Does the VF-1J that comes in the set use the newer collapsible gunpod or the old non-collapsible style? Thanks James

Well I use the pen and then wipe off with my nice clean finger where I just lined. Takes away any excess and keeps it limited to the line itself. Sometimes they are a bit more stubborn though. Or else when you are say panel lining and suddenly a bird hits the front window causing you to go "Ahhh" and sending the paint pen across the whole piece of the Valk.. Well for unfortunate occurances like that I use a clean eraser to get rid of thoses stubborn stains (an eraser works well also to get rid of paint mess-ups that occur directly on the plastic, meaning this won't work if you painted the whole valk, just detailed on the plastic. Toothpick does the trick also) Hope that helps in some way

I pannel all my valks with Grey gundam markers. Looks a lot better IMO. The only thing is that the grey pen tips frey after a few uses. Seems to be only an issue with that color. This is the best pic I have showing the panel lines

Haterist How did you take your 1/48 apart like that I like to do some repairs to the rubber ball socket in the let leg joint because it's trying to slip out. Actually fixing the leg rubber ball joint thingie is real easy. The part that attaches to the leg pulls out and has a screw in it. No disassembly of the leg needed really. Where the ball joint piece goes into the leg intake, all you need to do is pry is out a bit with a small screwdriver or something. When I got my second 1S the rubber was all over the place on both sides. I did some poking around and was relieved how simple it was to fix.

It's actually grey...my camera sucks

Well there is Skull 001, and 011-013, so where are the rest? Well here is my rendition of Skull 010. Since VF-1J's were available in DYRL? I thought it would be cool to have one in the squadron. I wanted to make it 002 or 004, but those numbers would not fit in the space between the black lines on the nose. Actually it turned out better then I had figured it would. Looks really neat IMO, and has sort of become my fav valk, even though is doesn't really exist in the show. I'm need to clean it up a bit more then let the paint dry for a few weeks to be on the safe side, then I'll finish stickering and put up some more pics in various modes. Oh and ummm..In the interest of customization I decapitated my Hikaru 1J ..so I could use another 1J head if anyone is parting one out. I could trade a 1A head..but I imagine no one needs one of those. But you never know.