spanner Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 Finally the VF-1A Mass Production Movie ver. has arrived and I have completed the Cannon Fodder's Squadron 20161205_133355.jpg 20161205_154649.jpg 20161207_161707.jpg 20161207_163943.jpg 20161207_170726.jpg 20161207_165723.jpg 20161207_170246.jpg great stuff Darotower! love the push ups shot! LOL!
sh9000 Posted December 14, 2016 Posted December 14, 2016 Got another Lamborghini at Costco. And another CF VF-1A in the mail.
spanner Posted December 14, 2016 Posted December 14, 2016 IMG_1859.JPG Got another Lamborghini at Costco. IMG_1862.JPG And another CF VF-1A in the mail. How much was the Lambo!? $15 hehe! I was considering buying a Welly 1/18 Lamborghini Miura off ebay which would be kinda out of my normal purchase zone being so cheap.. $35 if I remember correctly.
sh9000 Posted December 14, 2016 Posted December 14, 2016 How much was the Lambo!? $15 hehe! I was considering buying a Welly 1/18 Lamborghini Miura off ebay which would be kinda out of my normal purchase zone being so cheap.. $35 if I remember correctly. Yeah $15. They call to me while I'm buying groceries. $35 for the Miura is not bad.
spanner Posted December 14, 2016 Posted December 14, 2016 Yeah $15. They call to me while I'm buying groceries. $35 for the Miura is not bad. $15 is a bloody good price even for a cheap model car! With my previous model car collection, among other scales sizes I also had a lot of the cheaper brand models even though some were actually quite poor in detail and finish. I don't ever plan on having as many cars as I previously had so im limiting my collecting to higher end stuff instead. But I went to a car museum over the last weekend and saw one of those Welly Lamborghini Miura on display and it looked fairly decent. Hence why im considering it.
Lolicon Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 The Hulk was on sale, so went ahead and picked one up just to pose with my Hulkbuster.
abbadon Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 Couldn't wait for SoC Golion, so I shipped this guy ahead. Â
spanner Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) 22 hours ago, sh9000 said: nice! so.. im guessing this lot cost a whopping $60!? give or take.. each roughly $15 a pop!? am I right? am I right?  Edited December 28, 2016 by spanner
spanner Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 hehe! nice buys mate! well done! I don't have any Maisto models so im not familiar with the brand at all but what does the "special edition" refer to?  and what are the build quality and details of these cheaper models?
sh9000 Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 I have no idea about the special edition labeling.  Maybe the packaging.  I'd say if the build quality and details on your models are a 10, then these are like a 5 or 6.
spanner Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 a 5 & 6 for a model car of that price makes them very respectable! my son has a few Welly brand cars including an Audi R8 and a Lamborghini Aventador among them and they are quite nice indeed! But they weren't quite $15 though.. more like $50 to $80 but even that is still a 1/3 or 1/4 the average price of a Autoart.. And speaking of my collection.. I upgraded my display! I bought a new display cabinet from Ikea as I need the cabinet they were in previously for my expanding Valkyrie collection. Now at least you can see all the cars clearly! and I had some spare LED strip lighting which worked out perfectly too! really pleased with the end result! Here are some pics! Â
spanner Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 thanks! hey did you ever post a pic of your cars? I can't remember..Â
sh9000 Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 No I never got around to it. Â Plus my shelves are all for Macross at the moment. Â I'll try to take one. Â There were other members that posted pics of their cars though.
spanner Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 27 minutes ago, sh9000 said: I'll just enjoy your pics in the meantime. Hehe! Be my guest!
spanner Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 31 minutes ago, Darotower said: Yesterday I've received this baby! congrats!Â
mechaninac Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 ^ That's a bummer. However, if you have the broken antenna piece, all is not lost. Drill both ends with a pin-vise (1/8", ~3mm, deep should suffice), making use they align as closely as possible, to receive a metal rod (I like using a seamstress' pin cut to length for such things... the drill bit should be >= the diameter of the pin to be used). Press fit the pin into the antenna's hole and then the resulting piece into the antenna's base on the head, properly oriented, until it's almost bottomed out (leave a 1/32", ~1mm, gap). Apply a small drop of ABS plastic weld into the gap: Tenax 7R, Plastruct, Tamiya cement for ABS, Ambroid Pro Weld, Even Testor's Plastic Cement (DO NOT use Superglue). Finish pressing the two pieces together until a small amount of molten plastic oozes out; let cure 24 hours; clean the seam with a X-acto knife and a sanding stick. You'll likely need to buff the join to have it match the surface finish of the rest of the plastic, and touch up any painted areas. Another option is to swap the head for the CF version. Or, if possible, swap the antennas.
spanner Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 11 hours ago, linitrofe said: Grace Valk Broken Antenna ouchies! that sucks.. sorry to see that. Have you still got the broken off part? would a tiny drop of super glue work by any chance? Of course mechaninac's repair suggestion is still an option. As he also mentioned you could just swap out the head unit for the CF type. Have you contacted the place of purchase? Curious, where did you buy it from? Hope you can get it sorted out. 7 hours ago, derex3592 said: That car case looks fantastic Spanner! thanks derex!Â
linitrofe Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 11 hours ago, mechaninac said: ^ That's a bummer. However, if you have the broken antenna piece, all is not lost. Drill both ends with a pin-vise (1/8", ~3mm, deep should suffice), making use they align as closely as possible, to receive a metal rod (I like using a seamstress' pin cut to length for such things... the drill bit should be >= the diameter of the pin to be used). Press fit the pin into the antenna's hole and then the resulting piece into the antenna's base on the head, properly oriented, until it's almost bottomed out (leave a 1/32", ~1mm, gap). Apply a small drop of ABS plastic weld into the gap: Tenax 7R, Plastruct, Tamiya cement for ABS, Ambroid Pro Weld, Even Testor's Plastic Cement (DO NOT use Superglue). Finish pressing the two pieces together until a small amount of molten plastic oozes out; let cure 24 hours; clean the seam with a X-acto knife and a sanding stick. You'll likely need to buff the join to have it match the surface finish of the rest of the plastic, and touch up any painted areas. Another option is to swap the head for the CF version. Or, if possible, swap the antennas. Awesome! Thanks for the tip. I think I'll give it a try
linitrofe Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 2 hours ago, spanner said: ouchies! that sucks.. sorry to see that. Have you still got the broken off part? would a tiny drop of super glue work by any chance? Of course mechaninac's repair suggestion is still an option. As he also mentioned you could just swap out the head unit for the CF type. Have you contacted the place of purchase? Curious, where did you buy it from? Hope you can get it sorted out. thanks derex! It is from NY, there is a ticket still open. They are talking with Bandai if there is something they can do for me (long shot but still hoping the best). It looks like pure bad luck. The packaging is in pristine condition so I think it came this way from factory or warehouse
Loop Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 Hey Spanner, you have to use a plastic weld and not superglue. I found that out when someone broke one of luca's ghosts. The litte pylon the comes out the nose snapped after taking a dive. I tried superglue and it all seemed fine until it just fell off again. I night have to sand off the superglue now and start over.
spanner Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 1 hour ago, linitrofe said: It is from NY, there is a ticket still open. They are talking with Bandai if there is something they can do for me (long shot but still hoping the best). It looks like pure bad luck. The packaging is in pristine condition so I think it came this way from factory or warehouse yeah could have been damaged when packed in the factory. Slack workers! I hope they can do something for you or at least give you a credit.. 1 hour ago, Loop said: Hey Spanner, you have to use a plastic weld and not superglue. I found that out when someone broke one of luca's ghosts. The litte pylon the comes out the nose snapped after taking a dive. I tried superglue and it all seemed fine until it just fell off again. I night have to sand off the superglue now and start over. I have yes but on bigger stuff like the fairings / bodywork on motorcycle and not ever something intricate as a small Valkyrie parts. But that's not to say it wouldn't work. Super glue on the other hand I have a couple of times and with good results. Though it will depend on the brand of super glue as some plastics might have a resistance or chemical additive that reduces the effectiveness of the glue reaction. I only use Wurth brand super glue that I get from work and its never let me down. Im sure someone else in here has used other stuff effectively but I wouldn't know what sorry.
edstuff Posted December 29, 2016 Posted December 29, 2016 Hulkbuster baf. This toys got some weight to it!
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