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From the album: Xigfrid 9 Ghost
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Last update. Thanks for reading. I'm about 85% finished. Just need to wait for the stand adapters and new lenses that I ordered, glue the landing gear doors shut, put on the smaller kites, give it either a flat or semi gloss coat, and a few touch ups then done. For the big kite I gloss coated the white primer , then masked, then used grey primer, and reused the TS-8. For the exhaust I added smoke to the gunmetal. All in all it was a fun little build being this was my 1st time trying something like this. Learned a lot of new things and some things I would do differently next time. Big Mahalos to Xigfrid to even dare attempt to make this project a reality.
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I think the cockpit doubles as a miclone chamber.
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Dunno but if Hayate didn't say anything then it's fine.
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Nice. Need pics with the ground crew next.
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Include the VF-1J head too and I'm sold.
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Not much chance for that to happen.
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Anyone tried a Bandai Armored/Tornado Pack on Hasewaga's Messiah?
wmkjr replied to Rock's topic in Model kits
http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=43365 Build up http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=43554 Finished Dunno if it helps -
Would love to get a Walkure set
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Looks great! Now I got something to reference for the exhaust. Is that the TS-85? That red looks nice. Too bad my LHS don't carry it in stock and they take forever to order.
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Slowly getting there. Still needs more work done till I call it a day. Will paint the upper intake fin and bottom reactors gunmetal today. Getting the tail section to hold together while adding it to the main body is tricky for me as the bottom exhaust doesn't hold firmly to the upper housing. I might have to glue it or add some future for more friction. Here are some pics with the boosters free standing:
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Probably something like active camo or something.
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A little update for today. Sorry to hijack this thread but I didn't want to start another one. I stripped the lens back to clear so everyone can see how it looks( I'll dye it blue again later) and painted the inner part Tamiya XF-66 light grey. For now I painted the eye Fluorescent glow in the dark pink just to test. I might go the led route later on. I also painted the laser pods and intake(?) gunmetal though I'll redo the intakes as I used white primer versus the grey for the pods. I'm still debating how I should paint the rear area. Here are a couple of pics showing the lens in clear and the ghost mocked up without screws as I need to do a lot more painting and finishing.
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Nice. They'll release them 1 per month just to make my wallet scream.
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Thanks for the link. Love your avatar.
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I forgot if it was blue. It's probably clear but just colored blue to give it shape. Most of the online pics of builds or colored pics I used as reference has it blue so I went with it. I like it that color anyway. I forgot to add that one thing you can do is use clear future on the inner part first to clear it up some, paint the inner parts of the eye, then dye it (or just clear Future the whole thing if you want it clear).
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Thanks for the tip and links! Unfortunately I lost those 2 pieces that broke off. I'm gonna try and see if I can use some clear resin I got laying around to fill the smaller windows..
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Awesome sculpt! Are you gonna recast it for sale later on?
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Thanks for the info! I sanded down the canopy then gave it a coating of Future and it came out looking great! The only problem was that I broke the 2 smaller lens but I think I have a solution for that later: I wanted the lens to have a bluish tint so today I gave it another coating of Future with blue food coloring: I used Tamiya TS-8 Italian red over Tamiya fine white primer for the body color so here it is with a test fit to see how it looks though I still need to spray on another coat as I missed some spots:
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You could fit 3 VF-1s on a Yeti in a detolf shelf. Dunno what the Detolf dimensions are but you could try using a Trident act stand. I've seen someone here with 3 VF-11s on it if I remember correctly.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
wmkjr replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Great pics Saburo! Surprised you still have cassette tapes around. Your custom radio mixes I presume? lol. My kids laughed when I told them I used to record the radio songs to make my own tape. -
Condolences to you and your family.
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Bandai Macross Δ Mecha Collection Small Scale Plastic Model Kits
wmkjr replied to IXTL's topic in Model kits
One of, if not, the greatest post for this thread I say. -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
wmkjr replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Nice addition and also nice coffee cup haha! -
Ground and pound
