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What I've been listening to while building Macross models lately.

Will do He's in the middle of putting together the Battroid part of the kit

That is cool!

Come to think of it though, the designs are a bit on the blocky side.

Hmmm.....not sure I can stomach the designs (old guy here.....stuck in my ways).....and it looks like there are an awful lot of people in it. Might take some getting used to.

Omg, just heard Ironhide's voice for the first time, lol, totally agree, what in the actual fuk???!? He had a really distinct voice in G1, not sure what's going on in this series. The doing Soundwave doesn't know how to do Soundwave. Shockwave isn't right either. I like Starscream. Megatron is grown on me.

Lol, I noticed that too, though I'm totally ok with that, hahHHaha

Just watched the first few episodes, not bad....maybe the most tolerable TF since G1. Observations: Prime's waist looks wierd when he walks. While the voices are ok, the show would have benefited tremendously with the original voice actors. Some of the voices just sounded tinny and generic. They should have gotten the guy that did the Randall Ng/NGSmoov guy, lol! Willing to watch more and give it a chance though, despite my gripes.

Kid threw the stickers on. Personally I think it looks better without, low vis and all, lol,!

What a difference, need to dig out some of my old Star Wars toys and models for refurb.

I sealed the hell out of my 1/537. A whole can of Tamiya clear, then half of a big can of Rustoleum dull cote. My mentality was the clear coats will help keep the whole thing together. Those HDA decals are pretty robust too, almost feel like the decals and clear coats are doing more to keep the kit together than the glue I used.

Lol! The build definitely benefited from all that hardware. I have a feeling that without it, the nacelles, pylons and saucer would just sag or break eventually. Not sure I want to woosh it around the room, but I feel like it could withstand some light play, hahaha!

M 5 year old wanted to build a model so I gave him this and he slapped it together: Pretty clean kit for 1/144 scale. It actually looks really good, but I'm not super familiar with the VF-11 (old guy here, only the VF-1 exists in my world). Compared to my old ARII 1/100 kits, this thing looks miles ahead. It was simple enough to build for my 5 year old to build, and Bandai seemed to do a pretty good job of making sure the parts fit nice and tight, and hide most of the seam lines in the assembly. I tried to find other kits in this series and scale, but sadly, it doesn't appear that they made any kits from SDFM or even Mac Plus. Would have been nice to have a YF19 and a YF21 to go with this. Anyway, after the kid went to bed, Da-Da took the thing apart and added some detail: Simple build, no primer, no sanding, no mods. Just some panel lining, paint, and maybe a wash and a touch more paint. I don't know this plane very well, only experience is from what I saw briefly in M+. I might do a bit more research to get the colors and markings right, but ultimately, it's for my 5 yr old who hasn't even watched M+ yet, lol! When he wakes up, I'll ask him if he prefers the current low-vis look eta: I just looked up some line art from M+ and there is no way my shaky hands will be able to paint the orange highlights on the legs, lol! I'll let him add the stickers when he's up

Nice. This is the reason I need to get an airbrush and learn how to use it. Pretty hard to do that sort of work with rattle cans..... Do you guys find it's cheaper that spray cans in the long run?

Oh, I heard about the cracking of the clear parts on that kit .

Also this kit: Especially if it already comes with all the decals

Actually for 1/1000, this one intrigues me: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082WNB393/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_moLiFbKE4DXKY

Calling this POS almost done. Just need to add the clear parts for the blinky lights the kit didn't come with, for now there are just holes there. Please don't zoom in...looks like a 10 year old slapped it together. Best viewed from afar, hahahah! Nacelles are level...saucer is dipping a bit, but at least it's not falling off. Double screwed and glued. She's big. I think.....the decal that came for the deflector dish....it was actually sized bigger before I used Mr. Mark Softer and actually sat over the dish like a drum, semi transparent. I wonder if I should have left it like that. I should have taken a picture of it before I started setting it. This is all I have, but you sort of get the idea. Next to the Bandai 1/1000 that I sort of used as a decal/paint guide. Anyway, challenging as hell this kit, can't say I recommend it. Would have liked the Polar Lights 1/350 version, but not sure I have space for that thing....must be HUGE.

Oh awesome! A 1/48 brownie!! I dunno, I've recently developed a thing for non-hero Valks.

Lol, I dunno about that. Not sure the folks in the M7, MF and MD forums share that sentiment - I used to shoot my mouth off a lot in there...... Which reminds me, when I'm done this Refit, I need to get back to building a Macross kit.. I found these guys downstairs and although I love the box art, the models inside aren't very inspiring, lol! Need to keep digging and see what else I have.

Lots of good ideas floating around here guys, thanks! I actually tried to fire a screw into the neck through the bridge hole and saucer, however the saucer just flopped forward. I also cracked the glue on the neck. I hate this thing. One more roll at the dice before I either park this thing or set the self destruct to 60 seconds. I cut the little peg off since it wasn't doing anything. Besides it was already soft and gooey from all the times I tried to glue the damn thing. I drilled a hole where the peg was. You can also see where I drilled a hole near the front of the neck where I planned to throw in a screw from the bridge. I might still do that as long as it doesn't crack again. On the right there is my Mickey mouse hardware solution. This actually worked on its own. Saucer stayed in place, no glue or secondary screw from the other side. Anyway, I pulled it all apart again to dullcote the whole thing. Will assemble and post pics later.....unless I trip and fall while moving it and the whole thing blows up because AMT/ERTL. Yes, I would blame them for that too. Hahahah!

I might look into that as well. I can now look into the saucer and see where the neck comes into the saucer, but visibility is limited. I was going to assemble the whole thing then gloss, then Dullcote, but I'm sealing the surface now so when I handle the subassemblies, the decals don't get damaged or come pealing off again. Also, it will give me time to take a step back and find a resolution before rushing back into it and end up destroying the thing.