Gabe Q Posted October 12, 2007 Posted October 12, 2007 Sweet Jeebus! You're very talented. I am always humbled by the talent of the scratchbuilders. It's one thing to build a kit, but to come up with one from scratch? That, my friends, is real talent. Quote
big F Posted October 12, 2007 Posted October 12, 2007 I stand in the shadow of your awesomness. If only they had ever done a kit of this it may have been half as good as yours. Quote
MechTech Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 AWESOME valkyriepm, AWESOME! She looks thirsty for paint now. I wondered what happened to your build. I've spent more time with my children too lately, so less time on the build. Can't wait to see what's next! - MT Quote
orguss01 Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 WOW,, I am amazed..such quick progress. So you are using multiple types of material. looks like metal,(strength) wood(shape), styrene(light weight structures)? Very nice. Quote
warpaint22 Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 Great to see you back, I know how kids can take time away from building, since my son was born this year time is hard to spare. The bridge came up awesome, and the whole model is sweet, can't wait to get some more time to work on mine. Great work, I'm feeling very inspired to do some more work now. Quote
JuanJovv Posted October 14, 2007 Posted October 14, 2007 Great job you have really patience to do that congratulations! It´s a wonderfull piece Quote
valkyriepm Posted November 7, 2007 Author Posted November 7, 2007 Hi people! Little update. First, thanks everybody for your comments, it's what keeps modelers going Well, I sprayed the whole ship in neutral gray just to see how's everything together and the results were great. Just a little Mr. Surfacer here and there. Added the photo-etch net to the "fingers" but I have to take a close-up of those. The pics are blurry 'couse were taken in a hurry. I hope to have an update soon when the painting begins. Martin Quote
warpaint22 Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Looks absolutely awesome, and the bridge looks spot on. Quote
MechTech Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 Looks awesome man! I'm still teething through the ramp on my ship! Two weeks of work just went down the tubes, so thanks for the encouragement! Keep it up! - MT Quote
Knight26 Posted November 7, 2007 Posted November 7, 2007 (edited) So nice man, I can't wait to see it finished, and alongside or attached to the rest of the giant project. And chin up MechTech, you will figure it out, if you let us in on the problem some of us might even be able to help. Edited November 7, 2007 by Knight26 Quote
Isamu test pilot Posted November 8, 2007 Posted November 8, 2007 Really, I mean really great job Quote
007-vf1 Posted November 8, 2007 Posted November 8, 2007 (edited) your project is really starting to kick @ss...... keep it up... Edited November 8, 2007 by 007-vf1 Quote
valkyriepm Posted November 30, 2007 Author Posted November 30, 2007 Hi guys! As always thank you everybody for the comments. This is a little update. Started finally with the paint and have the two basic hull colours. Everything went really smooth until I took off the masking of the red and the Tamiya tape took some paint with it. Just some little spots but is another airbrushing session. This weekend I'll spray the dark gray base for the deck and then I'll start weathering. I think I'll make some really soft dark gray or black spots on the gray before the chalk washes. As I build mostly waterline models I'm really not sure on how to weather the red... MechTech, any suggestions? Well, here I leave you the pics and any idea welcomed Martin Quote
warpaint22 Posted November 30, 2007 Posted November 30, 2007 Great work as always Valkyriepm, it looks awesome with paint on. It sucks when paint peels, it has to be my pet hate when modeling. Funny you mentioned you normaly build waterline ships as this is how my 1/700 is being done. Have to admire anyone who builds full hull on these ships, much more complex than standard ship hulls. Thanks for sharing your work and keeping me inspired to keep going on mine. Quote
MechTech Posted December 1, 2007 Posted December 1, 2007 That looks awesome man! I wish I was that far along! As far as weathering goes, the only recommendation I have is to add some panels lines in a slightly darker red. The other question is how "new" is it. If it's been in the water for years and its in dry dock, add some rust and barnacles! If it's new, the panel lines still help give it depth. Experiment on on something disposable before touching your beautiful ship. Keep it up! - MT Quote
mriboy Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 Man that is looking great can't wait to see it finished. Quote
valkyriepm Posted January 12, 2008 Author Posted January 12, 2008 Hey guys! Finally started painting the flight deck as posted before. The hull is mainly finished on the painting and weathering. Thanks MT for the suggestions about it, I tried painting the panel lines but the result didn't convinced me; finally I decided for the rust The lines on the flight deck are like the designs on the artbooks (Perfect Memory, Miyatake, etc.) Still to do the ones of the elevators and the weathering on the deck. I hope you all like it. Martin Quote
big F Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Na IT'S RUBBISH Only kidding your work on this piece is inspiring, thanks for sharing your progress with us. Quote
MechTech Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 (edited) I was wondering if you were still alive? That looks AWESOME! The pictures are fuzzy, but the weathering on the sides and markings look great! Are you going to weather the deck area too? I think the F-14 is too big though - MT Edited January 12, 2008 by MechTech Quote
mriboy Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 It's looking good, man you sure do have talent. Quote
neptunesurvey Posted January 19, 2008 Posted January 19, 2008 Damn its looking hot! Do you have any stern pictures? Quote
valkyriepm Posted January 21, 2008 Author Posted January 21, 2008 Hey guys! Thank you all for the comments! I finished painting the flight deck and I'm really happy with the results. Just a few details left to resolve. Here is a geneal view of the flight deck, elevators and bridge detail As Neptunesurvey requested, this is a dark pic of the stern. It has almost no detail becouse I hope one day to be attached to the SDF-1 Now this is a detail of the hull as how turned out the weathering (you can see the rails of the elevators made of 1:700 ladders). Now my real problem is how to make the lines of the elevator as seen on the lineart, becouse they are really thin Here is the lineart I mean from the fantastic Macross Mecha Manual site Martin Quote
MechTech Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) That looks awesome! I think you did a really great job on it. And unlike some of us, you're actually finishing you're project! The line art you referenced I believe is for another type of lift; not an elevator as on the sides. The large U.S. amphibious ships have similar passage ways. The one in the line art has some kind of lift in the middle like a winch or tow unit it looks like. The other line art does not have those marks on the elevators. I think you're about done. - MT Edited January 21, 2008 by MechTech Quote
valkyriepm Posted August 7, 2008 Author Posted August 7, 2008 *BUMP* Just letting know that I finished this baby and I'll be posting pics soon. To have a 2-years-old son really pulls you out the workbench -not complaining, just a change of habit-. I'll let rest the big ships for a while and I was thinking on work some 1/72 Macross vehicles for a change. Martin Quote
Smiley424 Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Nice, can't wait to see the finished product. From all the progress pics, it looks unbelievable. Quote
valkyriepm Posted August 10, 2008 Author Posted August 10, 2008 Finished pics here http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=27179 Quote
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