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Welcome nana to MW, enjoy your stay here. Be warn highly contagious, you may end up buying something no matter how you try to resist. Btw are you a he or she? Cheers

They could, but I deprioritized that set since Hasegawa released their own armored Minmay Guard model and the option decal set with the basic Minmay Guard markings. If there's enough interest I'll make the 1/72 set as well. Don't worry, I've got you down for the 1/72 Blue Roses set. Hi Devin, Yes i know Hasegawa came out with the Minmay strike variant, but the decals arent to my liking as too much pink were involved, not forgetting the minmay design wasnt as nice as the ones produce in the decal options 3 set. I was thinking of doing one till you came along and produce one, boy it would save me a whole lot of work dedicated to masking. Anyways i love this design more as featured in Model Graphics. Hey no rush, just finish what you need to at the moment, if there is enough interest for the 1/72 Minmay Guard sets, im in. Meanwhile i will be contented to have the 1/72 Blueroses set. Minmay Guard set is a bonus. not forgetting i would love some of your 1/48 stickers set for the variants as well as the Fps. Cheers Thanks

Hiya Devin, Can this decals be made in a 1/72 scale and fit on a Hasegawa 1/72 Battroid? If it can be done, i would love a set not forgetting also a 1/72 Blueroses decal set. By the way devin, yamato should hire your to do their decals/stickers set for them cos your works are always of a high quality. Thanks

Hiya, I will only keep one MISB of my favourite valk be it 1/48, 1/72 or 1/60. At the present, i only intend to keep one 1/48 VF-1S Roy reissue and one 1/48 VF-1S Hikaru and 1/48 Fps MISB. The rest will be on display in my glass cabinet. Alot of them are my favourites but i try to restrict myself to the ones at the top of the list. Cheers

Frankly saying, a 1/48 GPB design would be quite complicated in the sense that the 1/48 has a much wider chest plate and elongated nose. However, i believe Yamato has made provisions when they design the VF-1J such that it will accomodate the future GPB armor given that the nose cone could be removed. It would be interesting to see how the GPB armor would fit or attached to the 1/48 Chest plate without any modfications to the 1/48 VF-1J itself. I would be getting the 1/60 VF-1J with GPB amor for sure but if Yamato decides to surprise me with a 1/48 GPB armor, i will grab it too. 1/60 for fiddling around and 1/48 for displaying and admiring. Bring it on Yamato. Cheers

Hiya guys, My view on this, Its cool that Yamato finally released a VF-1J with GPB armor but bearing in mind that Yamato doesnt always released a mold to be used only once, hence you might see another variant in it. For e.g. a GPB VF-1S. Boy its going to be expensive year, 1/48 VF-1S Roy, Hikaru, VF-1J Hikaru, 1/48 Fps, Transfomer alternators line, 20th Annivesary Optimus prime, M0 and M+ variants next year as well as others from the DYRL and TV series for eg enemy and support units and so on. 2003 and 2004 will be filled with plenty of choices but bad for our wallets. But what the heck, get them. Cheers

Hi Slaxed, could we have closeups on the 1/48 VF-1S Hikaru with Fps or any larger pictures of the GPB? Thanks Boy i do hope they will make the GPB armor for the VF-1J, anyways i will be getting the 1/48 VF-1J with Fps, slapped the Fps onto the VF-1S Roy, there you have an accurate VF-1S TV version. And my VF-1J will wait for its GPB armor hopefully. Cheers

Hi Wmcheng, you managed to do the decals for the intakes, awesome!! I heard its quite a tough and difficult decal to do due to its contours and shape. I was thinking of masking the intakes and spraying the yellow patterns. Please do give us your frank opinion as well as steps used in applying the decals for the intakes. Thanks

Hi Wmcheng, Thanks for the advice. Its sort of a relief for me especially when spraying big areas or small parts requires much stability as well as flexibility in movements.That reminds when i get to do my YF21 or YF19 to used a new pair of surgical gloves for each when doing the base coats, that way it sort of prevents me from getting finger prints on the body itself or parts even though the paint is totally dry. Cheers

Hi Wmcheng, As always a beautiful and outstanding job. Im thinking if i get to build my YF-21 would it be able to stand up to yours, the details and outstanding paint job. Well i guess not. Wmcheng, i have a question which apply to the current YF-21 and the previous YF-19 that you did. how do you manage to secure the whole model while spraying, im sure you arent holding it with your fingers, but any clamps or device used? Pictures would be much appreciated. Thanks Cheers

Toonz, you going to get one? Hmm are you going to paint it? by hand or airbrush? Cheers

Awesome job, GunnerX!! Im just about done on mine, just finishing the final decals application then onto semi clear gloss coat then assembly finish with a flat clear coat using Gunze products. No pictures available however, but maybe in the future i will post my collection of hasegawa models when i get my digi cam. Im too impressed with the pre-shading cos usually i suck at it, im more adapt at post shading so my hasegawa models i decided to do a clean paint job instead. Cheers

Chest size? let me go and size myself up first. Recon / ??? / 1pcs / Black / T / Short Recon / ??? / 1pcs / Navy Blue / T / Short Hey guys, a bit of bad news, there is a slight possibilty that i might not be able to make it due to work commitments and schedules, we will see about it when the time comes. Will keep you informed. I do still want the T-shirts if im unable to make it. Cheers

Hi devin, As always awesome decals/stickers design. Devin, can the red be darken cos they seem abit bright to me? How are the stickers quality, do they have a thin translucent background same as that of takatoys? Cheers

Hey drifand, Shucks i missed out on the release of the Smokescreen, have to wait till the next shipment in 2 weeks time. How much did you pay for it in singapore, which dealer did you got yours? Any photos to show? Cheers

If that is the last alternative, i would recommend Gunze Sangyo's TOPCOAT (Water Base) or Mr Hobby Clear Coat (Water base). But cons is pressure not constant, may indue splattering at low pressure. I would rather you get a modeller at any hobby shops which im sure that is plenty in Hong Kong using an airbrush to do a clear coat for ya. But bearing in mine the coat has to be water based not acryllic lacquer. Cheers

Woah, Wmcheng, that paint scheme is going to involve alot of masking work, from what i can see there are 3 to 4 different shades of tones and colors. For you im sure it aint a problem. Cheers

Scenes

opps double post sorry

Some pictures of destroids

Somemore sketches

Hi there, Was browsing around and came across some sketches done that portrays the scenes in the upcoming Episode 3 of M0. Meanwhile do enjoy. Featured also are some pictures of the destroids design in Ep 3. Cheers

You can say that again, Thats why i always follow on his leads cos of his vast experience and knowledge in regards to modelling. Cheers

It seems that the modeller who did YF-21 at Starship Modeller experienced quite a number of problems in regards to joints and decal. Hopefully Wmcheng would be able to provide an easier and alternative solution to that of his. Seems that the YF-21 although seems easier to build but poses a number of complicated issues than its counterpart the YF-19. Hope someone does a PDF of Wmcheng buildup. Hey Wmcheng, maybe you should consider doing the canopy in the lifted position exposing the details of the cockpit. Cheers

Hi Wmcheng, Thanks for the advice! Im not too comfortable with applying an untested clearcoat on an expensive toy, so i was contemplating on just doing panel wash and decal application. Maybe i would try to locate a ModelMaster Clear acryllics here or test try a clear coat on the missles provided first. Devin did mentioned that even without doing a clear coat to seal in the decals and panel wash, they are still pretty durable. Ultimately i wish to apply a thin layer of clear coat to protect the decals as well as the basic mold of the valk from yellowing due to environment reasons or handling issues. another question for ya, you mentioned about using elmer glue to secure the missles in place in the Fps, i was wondering if i could use Tamiya liquid cement instead? Wmcheng could we have pictures of it in battroid or gerwalk? Thanks