peter Posted October 25, 2021 Posted October 25, 2021 Honestly, I might just go for instant gratification and try to source the 1/200 Bancroft RC, lol! Quote
peter Posted October 25, 2021 Posted October 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Thom said: I zoomed and I REGERET NOTHING!! Outstanding looking Excel! Oh man, the pics didn't look so bad from my cell phone, but I'm looking at the pics on a larger computer screen (which is bigger than the model itself) and I missed SO MUCH STUFF....yikes, the overlapping decals, a lot of paint runs (capillary run from the panel liner under the decals). It doesn't look nearly as bad when viewed in person.....from a meter a way, lol! Quote
MechTech Posted October 25, 2021 Posted October 25, 2021 @peter I had the Nichimo 1/200 Yamato back in the day, but sold it. The ABS plastic is NOT easy to work with or cement! What a pain! I had the brass barrels and PE too along with Janis' book. It was a beautiful ship though! - MT Quote
Thom Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 @peter You're not alone, must of us only look at them from a few feet away anyway! Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 16 hours ago, peter said: Few shots with other 1/1000 ships. Just need to figure out Photoshop so I can delete the stands, lol! Quote
peter Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, pengbuzz said: Oh, nicely done pengbuzz!! And who needs to illuminate models when you have friends to help you with that! Edited October 26, 2021 by peter Edited for spelling Quote
electric indigo Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 "Lady with Sword" for the guilty pleasures shelf. Quote
arbit Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 @electric indigo Nice work. And great photo! Tell us the background on that figure. And just for you this is "Minmay with Valk", on the Not Guilty shelf Quote
arbit Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) On my workbench, 1/48 DYRL Minmay v2 with 1/60 Xigfrid's bike. I have a mask on the canopy, hope it comes off okay. Below was v1. I got more details to pop out, like the shoulder sleeves, and a more dynamic pose. Even tried some wet blending. Edited October 26, 2021 by arbit Quote
electric indigo Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 2 hours ago, arbit said: Tell us the background on that figure It's from "Gantz", and that's pretty much all I know. Looking forward to see your M+ bike. _ Siren has the full set of armor now, I just need to do some touch ups on the shield. Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 11 hours ago, peter said: Oh, nicely done pengbuzz!! And who needs to illuminate models when you have friends to help you with that! There is that! And you're welcome, of course! Speaking of which: Quote
peter Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 5 hours ago, electric indigo said: "Lady with Sword" for the guilty pleasures shelf. I much prefer this over Elf on a Shelf. Gantz right? Watched a version on Netflix a while back, all CGI. Pretty entertaining. The costumes though, lol! Not complaining. Quote
peter Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 5 hours ago, arbit said: @electric indigo Nice work. And great photo! Tell us the background on that figure. And just for you this is "Minmay with Valk", on the Not Guilty shelf Nice! I should get back to Macross kits Quote
peter Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 3 hours ago, electric indigo said: It's from "Gantz", and that's pretty much all I know. Looking forward to see your M+ bike. _ Siren has the full set of armor now, I just need to do some touch ups on the shield. I still haven't gotten around to watching this series yet, but that looks fantastic! Quote
peter Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 2 hours ago, pengbuzz said: There is that! And you're welcome, of course! Speaking of which: Man, I am never lighting a model again, hahaha, just going bug you to edit the photos, SO AWESOME! Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 27 minutes ago, peter said: Man, I am never lighting a model again, hahaha, just going bug you to edit the photos, SO AWESOME! it's all good bro; it's a survival skill I picked up when I realized how much it would cost me to try lighting mine. My process: Quote
peter Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) 40 minutes ago, pengbuzz said: it's all good bro; it's a survival skill I picked up when I realized how much it would cost me to try lighting mine. My process: Looks like a screenshot from the film, wow! Hope you don't mind, I posted your touched up photos to IG and FB, with credit to you. Edited October 26, 2021 by peter Quote
pengbuzz Posted October 26, 2021 Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, peter said: Looks like a screenshot from the film, wow! Hope you don't mind, I posted your touched up photos to IG and FB, with credit to you. No problem! Quote
MechTech Posted October 27, 2021 Posted October 27, 2021 @electric indigo Cool! Though I don't trust ladies with swords The Siren is looking great! @pengbuzz That's some AWESOME Photoshopping! Looks like Starfleet is escorting the Yamato out of orbit before they get into a franchise war!🤣 And that Enterprise slick sheet looks awesome too! - MT Quote
CrossAir Posted October 27, 2021 Posted October 27, 2021 I did it again - though I wrote somewhere back in this thread I would not repaint a DX ever again. But I couldn’t stand the look of my poor yellowed YF-25 and felt I had to do something about it. Use of peroxide was no option. Good thing I had already knowledge concerning disassembly and scratch sensitive parts. The color scheme was an easy choice: VF-31A Kairos. It took me a couple of weeks as I did not have much free time for modeling but finally it’s done: YF-25 Xaos Gamma Flight 01 Before repaint (in reality the white parts are much more yellowed than in the picture and on the lower side, too) And after: VF-31A and YF25 in comparison: Quote
peter Posted October 27, 2021 Posted October 27, 2021 4 hours ago, CrossAir said: I did it again - though I wrote somewhere back in this thread I would not repaint a DX ever again. But I couldn’t stand the look of my poor yellowed YF-25 and felt I had to do something about it. Use of peroxide was no option. Good thing I had already knowledge concerning disassembly and scratch sensitive parts. The color scheme was an easy choice: VF-31A Kairos. It took me a couple of weeks as I did not have much free time for modeling but finally it’s done: YF-25 Xaos Gamma Flight 01 Before repaint (in reality the white parts are much more yellowed than in the picture and on the lower side, too) And after: VF-31A and YF25 in comparison: OK, I don't remember much of Mac F and don't know a thing about Mac D, but the repaint looks way better than the original paint scheme. Quote
MechTech Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 @CrossAir Your revamp of the paint and decals look great! Nice color scheme too! - MT Quote
CrossAir Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 17 hours ago, peter said: OK, I don't remember much of Mac F and don't know a thing about Mac D, but the repaint looks way better than the original paint scheme. 1 hour ago, MechTech said: @CrossAir Your revamp of the paint and decals look great! Nice color scheme too! - MT Thank you both! I'm still a fan of the original colors of the YF-25 but as well of this much more military looking style of the Kairos. And I appreciate the matte finish of the VF-31 DX toys. With panel lining and decals the YF-25 now has the look of a premium finish version of a Macross F DX toy. I would like to do that to my other Macross F Valks, too, but unfortunately a complete painting has a negative impact on transformation. Perhaps if I can grab an already yellowed toy at a favorable price I'd do another re-painting again. Somehow I find a liking in it. Quote
Thom Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 @CrossAir That is an awesome repaint. I do like the prototype colors of the Prophecy, but when you got the change to change it up might as well take it! Quote
derex3592 Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 @CrossAir GREAT repaint on that 25!!! Quote
CrossAir Posted October 29, 2021 Posted October 29, 2021 18 hours ago, Thom said: @CrossAir That is an awesome repaint. I do like the prototype colors of the Prophecy, but when you got the change to change it up might as well take it! 17 hours ago, derex3592 said: @CrossAir GREAT repaint on that 25!!! Thank you guys, too! I just checked on my oldest DX toy, that's Lucas' RVF-25 and it shows slight yellowing, too. Now I think it'll look cool with its radar dish painted in grey colors. Especially in combination with its three drones. Could be a nice project during xmas holidays 😁 Quote
wm cheng Posted October 29, 2021 Posted October 29, 2021 So I ended up re-painting my bird after decaling because the gloss coat really darkened the panel wash and weathering too much. Luckily I still had my paper masks for the pattern, so I re-applied a light thinned mixture of the paints overall to lighten up the panel details so they are more subtle. You can hardly even see that there were 60-70 tiny data stencil decals applied over 2 days. Don't like AK paints, they don't stick well (without primer) - a few spots lifted with Tamiya paint and canopy frame had some spots that lifted (never happens with Tamiya acrylic or Mr. Color) Finally after carefully repainting the entire thing to lighten the weathering and panel lines... I get to a less cartoony version of the Eagle. Must say USAF do keep their birds cleaner than Navy. Hate re-doing stuff I've already done. Next time, don't use G.W.H. decals - they are either incorrectly sized or wrong hues/grey. Tried a little metal/burnt tarnishing with metallic pencil crayons (blue, purple and yellow) - looking at Flankers for too long 😛 Quote
peter Posted October 30, 2021 Posted October 30, 2021 That looks amazing, pretty sweet Eagle. I haven't mastered metallic paints out of my airbrush, and still struggle with it quite a bit. Quote
CrossAir Posted October 30, 2021 Posted October 30, 2021 Wow, lightening up did really do a thing. And that burnt metal looks really cool. Great looking F15! Quote
wm cheng Posted October 30, 2021 Posted October 30, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, peter said: That looks amazing, pretty sweet Eagle. I haven't mastered metallic paints out of my airbrush, and still struggle with it quite a bit. @peter Easy, just use Alclad Metallic Laquers, its pre-thinned and easy - just have to prep the surface and make sure its smooth first. @CrossAir Thanks. I hate doing anything twice through. Edited October 30, 2021 by wm cheng Quote
Thom Posted October 30, 2021 Posted October 30, 2021 19 hours ago, wm cheng said: So I ended up re-painting my bird after decaling because the gloss coat really darkened the panel wash and weathering too much. Luckily I still had my paper masks for the pattern, so I re-applied a light thinned mixture of the paints overall to lighten up the panel details so they are more subtle. You can hardly even see that there were 60-70 tiny data stencil decals applied over 2 days. Don't like AK paints, they don't stick well (without primer) - a few spots lifted with Tamiya paint and canopy frame had some spots that lifted (never happens with Tamiya acrylic or Mr. Color) Finally after carefully repainting the entire thing to lighten the weathering and panel lines... I get to a less cartoony version of the Eagle. Must say USAF do keep their birds cleaner than Navy. Hate re-doing stuff I've already done. Next time, don't use G.W.H. decals - they are either incorrectly sized or wrong hues/grey. Tried a little metal/burnt tarnishing with metallic pencil crayons (blue, purple and yellow) - looking at Flankers for too long 😛 Nice! I'll need to give those pencils a try. Quote
Rock Posted October 31, 2021 Posted October 31, 2021 On 10/26/2021 at 8:44 AM, electric indigo said: "Lady with Sword" for the guilty pleasures shelf. Just a random unnamed pinup character from the cover of chapter 069. R, you did a great job with the colors even if the skin tone is too light for the tanned beauty. 😛 Quote
arbit Posted October 31, 2021 Posted October 31, 2021 @electric indigo What was your mix for the black, and the highlights? I have a little black dress I need to paint like that. Quote
derex3592 Posted October 31, 2021 Posted October 31, 2021 ....not sure we reaaalllly wanna know about @arbit's little black dress..... Quote
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