Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Thom]

@nightmareB4macross I still can't get over that you made those hands. Those are some of the best mods ever.

[Papa Rat]

@Thom HAHA. Kit”s” is right. Very nice. 
@nightmareB4macross echoing what Thom said, I’m really digging the hands. 👍

 

Sometimes the strangest things show up at the bench. This was my dessert after dinner. Ice cream would have been nice, but you work with what ya got. This was such a fun chunk of a build.  I’m excited to paint this sucker.
It was cool that the instructions included comparisons between the OG release and all the new technologies that went into this “revival” version. A lot has changed in 45 years. 

Edited yesterday at 04:40 AM by Papa Rat

[nightmareB4macross]

48 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Looks like most of us at this age. 😜 

48 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

 

[Papa Rat]

16 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

 

Hahaha. 😂 I find the thick clunky style of the older kits so endearing.  It’s fun to see it reappear more refined.

Edited yesterday at 05:47 AM by Papa Rat

[nightmareB4macross]

Just now, Papa Rat said:

Hahaha. 😂 I find the thick clunky style of the older kits so endearing. 

If I didn’t know any better, I would say you are hitting on me.

😂

[SteveTheFish]

I'm sometimes working on this Dirty Pair garage kit I bought at Wonder Festival in Chiba about 10 years ago. The last time I touched this was in 2021 I think. Now I've done a dry fit to test it out. Just using pins and blue tack to keep it together.

The guy who made this kit also made other Lovely Angel kits, as well as Zentraedi and Meltrandi fleet ships. He introduced me to the head of Studio Nue... I forget his name because I am apparently not a big enough fan. IIRC, I think he told me that Kei's character was sort of inspired by his wife. Don't quote me on that.

[Papa Rat]

8 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

If I didn’t know any better, I would say you are hitting on me.

😂

I’m dying laughing over here. Hahaha ✌️

[nightmareB4macross]

Hand and fist.

[nightmareB4macross]

[jenius]

I'd buy a missing link chunky monkey.

[nightmareB4macross]

1 hour ago, jenius said:

I'd buy a missing link chunky monkey.

I don’t know if any Valkyrie manufacturer is ready for this. 😜 

[Urashiman]

I had white color left over in my airbrush, so I drenched the VF-9 test print in it (after a shoddy priming).

hahaha it looks horrible.

[Papa Rat]

6 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

I don’t know if any Valkyrie manufacturer is ready for this. 😜 

I think you are right about that. 
 

[MechTech]

@Papa Rat Revival? That looks like the original mold (which they are still popping out of after 40 years). I've see a couple of Bandai tour vids and they love to show that off.

@nightmareB4macross The photo of the legs with all the guts reminds me of the original line art showing the internal components.

@Urashiman That's not bad for a test - or a cheap airbrush!

 

The original cannon has very limited detail on it. So I added lots more. Besides cutting out the vents in the side (from last week's post), I added bolt heads to all the empty sockets that they molded in. Kinda weird they did that.

I scribed some details and added lots of other bits to it including various vents. There were so many changes, I circled them all. If not for you guys, then for my records to remember what the heck I did.

Then I custom made the round plate(s) on the mill. I thought it was a nice touch to an empty space after doing some test fits. Both sides have the same details.

Thanks for checking in! - MT

[Papa Rat]

@MechTech

Yeah that revival kit is in the entry grade series and part of their 45th anniversary. It’s priced right too at around $10. The design has been completely reworked while the proportions and basic appearance have remained the same. The seam line placement was thought out so they aren’t visibale from the front along with many other QOL improvements over the original. A very fun 20 minute build while on the couch. Just need to give it a proper paint job or maybe something wild?
 

Now onto your project. Wow!!! That is some outstanding work. This is why I love creeping around this forum. You and many others are flexing your amazing skills and it’s so inspiring. Thanks so much for sharing. 
 

@Urashiman the test print looks great!

Edited 2 hours ago by Papa Rat

[Big s]

45 minutes ago, MechTech said:

@Papa Rat Revival? That looks like the original mold (which they are still popping out of after 40 years). I've see a couple of Bandai tour vids and they love to show that off.

It’s one of the oddest recent releases from Bandai. Basically a brand new kit to have the feel and look of the very first kit