HWR MKII Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 Well here he is the little green bastard, or the red headed step child. Regardless the second most unique destroid in the macross universe. I say second because the monster came first in development and there is still nothing like it. Overall an excellent kit. Some troubles with removing the pour stubs carefully but that was no biggie. The only other issue i had was the decals didnt like the thinner i used in my wash and fell apart as i was removing excess wash. So i decided to let that issue guide me in the finish of the litle bugger. So heavily chipped and worn it is. Im glad the 2 "Caution this model totally kicks ass" decals survived and are still legible though. Heres some shots of it by itself and with the rest of its family of macross ground attack mecha. Quote
valkyriepm Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 Amazing work man! It's really cool to see them all together. Martin Quote
PetarB Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 Love this thread. Great work there, and those final pics kick ass! Quote
Gabe Q Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 That is some great lookin' work. I'm lovin' the Destroid Dream Team... To think, I have every single one of those kits unbuilt. Ah, the potential... Quote
HWR MKII Posted April 23, 2008 Author Posted April 23, 2008 That is some great lookin' work. I'm lovin' the Destroid Dream Team... To think, I have every single one of those kits unbuilt. Ah, the potential... You know i have been wondering if i am the only one who has bought and built ALL of the new destroid kits. I have yet to see anyone post finished pics of them all. Neptunesurvey finished his spartan i know. But i dont know if anyone else has all 5 of them. Still there is a 6th....im still bugging John to make the Cheynne from Macross Zero. It is in line with the Tomahawk series. It shares some leg design and is like a prototype mix of tomahawk and defender. Plus who can resist 2X 30mm Gau 8 cannons in the arms. Quote
007-vf1 Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 One thing is for sure..Well never see a company create a portrait of the destroids like this on toys..ever... Great job HWR, nicely done... Quote
Gabe Q Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 The reason I haven't built mine is that I just don't have confidence in my skills yet. I don't want to ruin a kit that's worth a lot of money. That, and the fact that I don't have the time right now. Blah, blah, blah... I know, excuses, excuses... Quote
ron5864 Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 That's excellent! What scale is that monster? Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 That's excellent! What scale is that monster? It's a 1/72 provided by one of our resident wonders. Excellent job, HWR. Quote
MechTech Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 Looks great HWR! Thanks for posting those. What's that, like 50 pounds of resin all together? - MT Quote
HWR MKII Posted April 24, 2008 Author Posted April 24, 2008 Thanks guys. Yes all destroids are 1/72 scale and made of resin. Id say about 30 pounds tops. the monster being 17 of them. The smaller destroids are pretty light. Quote
Valkyrie addict Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 amazing stuff HWR, your work always leaves me in awe, still wondering how can you managed and store so many kits, wonder if you could sneak a lil' VF-1 battroid in there, heheh Quote
HWR MKII Posted April 24, 2008 Author Posted April 24, 2008 I have a strike battroid i need to rebuild. Quote
big F Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 amazing stuff HWR, your work always leaves me in awe, still wondering how can you managed and store so many kits His place is like the end scene of episode 1 of X Files where you have the Giant warehouse full of confidential boxes Subsitute them for Macross kits and Military kits and you have the idea. Quote
cowie165 Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 The reason I haven't built mine is that I just don't have confidence in my skills yet. I don't want to ruin a kit that's worth a lot of money. That, and the fact that I don't have the time right now. Blah, blah, blah... I know, excuses, excuses... You should come on over to 1/100 town with me! That's the only reason I'm still here! Quote
Gabe Q Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 There's no selection in 1/100... I guess I'll start one of my kits. Our fastest modeller has inspired me with his pics! Quote
HWR MKII Posted April 25, 2008 Author Posted April 25, 2008 They arent difficult kits at all and can be left in subassemblies for painting. Quote
HWR MKII Posted September 9, 2008 Author Posted September 9, 2008 Just a bump. Its been a while and i know theres renewed interest in mikes monster kit. Theres some pics of it here for those who want to see it. Quote
captain america Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 That's an awesome family picturebook HWR, can't believe I haven't posted sooner. You have an awesome family Quote
HWR MKII Posted September 10, 2008 Author Posted September 10, 2008 No prob John. If it werent for you 4 of these destroids wouldnt exist. Have you given any though to doing up a Cheynne 2 now that it is a mainstay mech in Macross Frontier? Quote
valkyrie13 Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Just awesome! There is nothing like a family reunion... Quote
Lt. Z0mBe Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 Wow Sean, those are nice! No suprise. Kenny Quote
captain america Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 No prob John. If it werent for you 4 of these destroids wouldnt exist. Have you given any though to doing up a Cheynne 2 now that it is a mainstay mech in Macross Frontier? As I had tried to say back on the SM forum before Rob so rudely spoke on my behalf and promptly locked the thread, I'm certainly not opposed to the idea if I can find enough people willing to buy one... And provided that Hasegawa doesn't beat me to the punch Quote
Mechamaniac Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Those need to be in the Models Gallery... MW Models Gallery Quote
robokochan Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 As I had tried to say back on the SM forum before Rob so rudely spoke on my behalf and promptly locked the thread, I'm certainly not opposed to the idea if I can find enough people willing to buy one... And provided that Hasegawa doesn't beat me to the punch Wow I didn't know I was rude about it...... Many times it had been requested and you always said no or didn't answer.... Quote
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