NZEOD Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 That would be VF-31A Kairos Beta 05 conducting preflights on the left an VF-31A Kairos Beta 06 about to roll out on the right. I got carried away and bought the entire squadron of 6 VF-31As and the 31S, 31C and 31J so far. Quote
Xigfrid Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 These 31As are nice! Are you planning to make different schemes on these or just the classical grey/white as seen in the TV show ? Quote
Nyankodevice Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 Yea they are very nice, I myself plan to convert one of the bandai 1/72 into one.. Quote
electric indigo Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 Yea they are very nice, I myself plan to convert one of the bandai 1/72 into one.. Better wait for the Hasegawa kits. Quote
NZEOD Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 Yea they are very nice, I myself plan to convert one of the bandai 1/72 into one.. These 31As are nice! Are you planning to make different schemes on these or just the classical grey/white as seen in the TV show ? Leaving these little ones as they are apart from the decals as they are all going on a very busy 1/144 carrier deck. Quote
wmkjr Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 a small step on my project *snip* Is that Kurisama's? Quote
chyll2 Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 yes, that is from Kurisama's Shapeway store. I washed it with warm soapy water and scrubbed with used toothbrush. Primed with tamiya light gray fine primer, sanded using 2000 grit sandpaper then re-prime. Right now, the large area are smooth and need to work (sanding) on the very small hard to reach area Quote
NZEOD Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 Well... have fun all over the next week while the sites down. Should be fun seeing what we can build in that week. Quote
vincemoto7 Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 See ya when the site comes back online. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone! Quote
MechTech Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 Same here! I'll be on break and plan on digging into some styrene! Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! - MT Quote
derex3592 Posted December 16, 2016 Posted December 16, 2016 Maybe I can do something constructive to my SDF-1 model by the time the site goes live again....work, weather, and family crap have been all consuming in the last few weeks. Quote
chyll2 Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 Seam line removal. Tried the CA glue this time. It was frustratingly harder to sand Quote
Kylwell Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 9 hours ago, chyll2 said: Seam line removal. Tried the CA glue this time. It was frustratingly harder to sand CA, once fully cured, is hard as hell to sand. Files are generally better @ it. You can also try switching to a rubber impregnated CA like Gorilla Glue's Impact Tough line. Quote
MechTech Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 The airfield is looking good NZEOD! - MT Quote
Lt. Z0mBe Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 Posted this over at SSM the other day... This is one I've been working on for a while. I was in love with World War II zombies before being in love with World War II zombies was cool. At any rate, this will be my first diorama. Sure, I have done dioramatic display bases in the past but this will be my first bigtime diorama for diorama's sake. I just finished the hero zombies and the protagonists. Their primary construction took around two months. They're made from Tamiya figures (among others), blessed Aves, and copper wire armatures for the joints and scratchbuilt areas. Their places on the base are already marked and set and they're posed as close to perfectly as is humanly possible.g Comments and criticisms welcome. Kenny Quote
edstuff Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 Picked up one of those titan hulkbuster figures for like 8 bucks. Thought it would be fun to paint. Almost done...i think Quote
chyll2 Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 really looking nice edstuff, you should post the Before photo Quote
arbit Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) Take two: No pain, no gain.  I should have thought it through more. This time around, I laid some clear resin to create a window at the edge of the wing.  I think this would work well for non-transparent wings as well. I am planning to mask the warning lights with a millimeter of tape before priming, so the light can get out. Something to think about: Do I leave the warning lights completely unpainted with a gloss, clear paint them blue and white, or give a single light layer of paint without primer, which should still allow most of the light out.  Edited December 29, 2016 by arbit Quote
edstuff Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, chyll2 said: really looking nice edstuff, you should post the Before photo Oh right and thank you. Before pic attached  Edit: arbit thats crazy! Edited December 29, 2016 by edstuff Quote
NZEOD Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 Not much progress so far these holidiays Assembled a few more GiMix's and built a cabinet for them until the diorama is built Had to include the Sgt chewing out the lazy assed Jack Private... Still a work in progress on the figure painting. Quote
NZEOD Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 Then messed with the $5 Banpresto Tomohawk to see if I could bring it to life for the diorama... so I went from this (the grey rubber one)... ... to this... still needs a clear coat and decals. Quote
NZEOD Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 then assembled a 1/100 Regult Tactical pod and a 1/144 Queadluun Rau. These too LOVE the putty to fix the misalignments! ANNNNNNNNDDDDD.... working on a VF-31A conversion... Quote
NZEOD Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 I'll try and kick it into gear next week when Daddy Daycare finishes and get some stuff done finally! Quote
Convectuoso Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 12 hours ago, NZEOD said: Decals and matt coat done. The paint job looks great on that Macross Mission 1 tomahawk. Maybe you could've tried using one of these, though That's a Macross Series 002 posable Tomahawk gashapon from Kaiyodo Quote
electric indigo Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Another entry for my 1/72 air force: Quote
derex3592 Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Mega Hobby has the Russian 2 ft long Star Destroyer kit if anyone is interested. $170.00. Little steep for me at this point. Looks good though. Quote
NZEOD Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 8 hours ago, Convectuoso said: The paint job looks great on that Macross Mission 1 tomahawk. Maybe you could've tried using one of these, though That's a Macross Series 002 posable Tomahawk gashapon from Kaiyodo Is it close to 1/144 scale? Quote
MechTech Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Lt. Zombie, Nazi zombies - the worst kind! Looking good Edstuff and Arbit! Your dioramas are coming along great NZEOD! Electric Indigo, is that the old AMT kit? it's about time to make an R/C ship to run down on the lake. About 12 years ago I made a hybrid drive like this Voith Linear Drive and put it on a small destroyer model (a few years before theirs). Mine had a built in ball nozzle to direct the water flow. The point was to protect the prop, protect the wildlife and keep from getting snagged in the weeds while still having reverse. Plus regular water jet propulsion has no reverse without a bucket which would add weight.  So I'm converting an old Tamiya 1/72nd PT-15 model (Trumpeter PT-815) to a fast missile boat and adding two of these drives for the best of both worlds. So far I only got to the stator jigs and stator construction. It's made entirely of .014" brass sheet and tube and about an inch in diameter. The fun part was machining the water foil and camber into the blades. - MT Quote
Convectuoso Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 21 hours ago, NZEOD said: Is it close to 1/144 scale? Just took a picture of it next to a 1/144 VF-31 for size comparison. It may be too small Quote
NZEOD Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) honestly... I think they can still work. The city battle is in the Ataria Island era so the battroids are VF-1s and they are a little shorter. Also if I keep them in the distance from the VF-1s perspective will remove some of the height issues. Next to 1/144 ground staff and vehicles they are still imposing and come in at 3 N scale stories high. I am also about to acquire a resin 1/144 Spartan so that should be interesting! Edited January 1, 2017 by NZEOD Quote
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