Duymon Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 I painted up the recast copy of the pilot. Was a lot harder than I thought it would be :0 Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 9 hours ago, Duymon said: I painted up the recast copy of the pilot. Was a lot harder than I thought it would be :0 Nice! It looks better than the original. I plan to paint the bike and pilot figure also when I eventually get mine, but I need to find or mix the right colors for it and I hate mixing paints. Quote
Darth Mingus Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 6 hours ago, MacrossJunkie said: Nice! It looks better than the original. I plan to paint the bike and pilot figure also when I eventually get mine, but I need to find or mix the right colors for it and I hate mixing paints. When I saw your post, I thought "hey, what about the old Legioss kits, they should have a colour guide". So paint mixing looks like a must. Searching through HobbySearch lead me to discover these, which I did not know existed: Spoiler Legioss Cutaway (the Legioss has hidden boobs): Mospeada Cutaway: Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) How do non-Japanese reading people go about reading or translating that though? I had the same issue with the color guides for some bandai Macross kits. They tell you the percentages of what colors to mix, but I can't tell what colors they're saying to mix. Edited July 22, 2020 by MacrossJunkie Quote
UN_MARINE Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 1 hour ago, MacrossJunkie said: How do non-Japanese reading people go about reading or translating that though? I had the same issue with the color guides for some bandai Macross kits. They tell you the percentages of what colors to mix, but I can't tell what colors they're saying to mix. The color guides usually correspond to Mr. Hobby/Gunze paint numbers. For example, H-5 = Blue. Quote
sketchley Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, MacrossJunkie said: How do non-Japanese reading people go about reading or translating that though? I had the same issue with the color guides for some bandai Macross kits. They tell you the percentages of what colors to mix, but I can't tell what colors they're saying to mix. As someone who can read both (J and E), I can confirm that UN_Marine's colour guide matches up. However, there are some discrepancies. E.g. 56 "medium blue" on the instructions is "UN Gray green" on the colour guide. On closer inspection, the instructions do have a disclaimer in the upper right: "H = GSI Creos water-based hobby colour numbers". (Look for "GSI" in the 2nd line of Japanese above the Hobby Search in the upper right). Here's a linky to the "Aqueous Hobby Colours" (colour information at the bottom): http://www.mr-hobby.com/en/itemDetail.php?iId=83 #H56 is described as "Intermediate Blue", which matches the instructions. Edited July 22, 2020 by sketchley Quote
jeniusornome Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 It would be a good reason to learn some basic Japanese! the ones I’ve seen are usually written in Katakana (used to write words from foreign languages, like “blue” would be “buruu”) or Hiragana (used to write native Japanese words, so “blue” is “aoi”), which are phonetic scripts. So you could sit there with a small chart (about 50 symbols for each) and learn a little. It’s both fun and practical! Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 48 minutes ago, UN_MARINE said: The color guides usually correspond to Mr. Hobby/Gunze paint numbers. For example, H-5 = Blue. Thanks! that helps a whole lot! Up until now, I've been referencing translated ones like this http://www.mech9.com/2016/09/172-vf-31s-siegfried-arrad-molders-ver.html?m=1 but I couldn't find ones for every bandai macross kit. 37 minutes ago, sketchley said: As someone who can read both (J and E), I can confirm that UN_Marine's colour guide matches up. However, there are some discrepancies. E.g. 56 "medium blue" on the instructions is "UN Gray green" on the colour guide. On closer inspection, the instructions do have a disclaimer in the upper right: "H = GSI Creos water-based hobby colour numbers". (Look for "GSI" in the 2nd line of Japanese above the Hobby Search in the upper right). Here's a linky to the "Aqueous Hobby Colours" (colour information at the bottom): http://www.mr-hobby.com/en/itemDetail.php?iId=83 #H56 is described as "Intermediate Blue", which matches the instructions. Also good information. 4 minutes ago, jeniusornome said: It would be a good reason to learn some basic Japanese! the ones I’ve seen are usually written in Katakana (used to write words from foreign languages, like “blue” would be “buruu”) or Hiragana (used to write native Japanese words, so “blue” is “aoi”), which are phonetic scripts. So you could sit there with a small chart (about 50 symbols for each) and learn a little. It’s both fun and practical! This is good to know. Thanks, I might just do that. Quote
frankell05 Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 Did you guys figure out how to make the shoulder rotation move? Mine are still completely stuck. Quote
Duymon Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 To make my shoulder move I put some WD-40 on a pin and then touched it to the joint. was able to move it after some coaxing Quote
ghostryder Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Small, but mighty! Edited July 23, 2020 by ghostryder pics Quote
Kyp Durron Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 19 minutes ago, ghostryder said: Small, but mighty! I love the Legioss fighter mode, but damn that gap between the wing and shoulder is triggering the Hell out of my OCD. If I knew how to make a 3d printer cover for it, that would have been the first thing I would have done upon removing it from the box. Quote
ghostryder Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Kyp Durron said: I love the Legioss fighter mode, but damn that gap between the wing and shoulder is triggering the Hell out of my OCD. If I knew how to make a 3d printer cover for it, that would have been the first thing I would have done upon removing it from the box. I'm surprised I hadn't noticed that before! I must be losing my OCD powers with age. I transformed this guy and am pleasantly surprised that the wing flaps never popped off. The shoulder rotation is, however, too stiff to move. I'll need to locate the WD-40 or silicone grease. My two favorite 80s mecha in battroid/soldier modes: Edited July 23, 2020 by ghostryder Quote
easnoddy Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 Has anyone tried stiffening/securing the pilot's joints with some clear nailpolish or super glue? Quote
Duymon Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) paint makes the hip joints work well so i'm sure nail polish would too. I would avoid using any fricition additives to the shoulder joints though, because the material is very soft and it's a tiny pinhead-sized ball joint. For the knees just use some hot water to make the sides fit firmly Edited July 24, 2020 by Duymon Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 On 7/23/2020 at 4:28 PM, ghostryder said: Small, but mighty! Somehow, the first thing I thought of when I saw this: Quote
Shawn Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 Did I miss this - is this a re-release of the last book, or a new one? https://www.hlj.com/entertainment-archive-genesis-climber-mospeada-nkp02481 Quote
lavinrac Posted July 26, 2020 Posted July 26, 2020 15 hours ago, Shawn said: Did I miss this - is this a re-release of the last book, or a new one? https://www.hlj.com/entertainment-archive-genesis-climber-mospeada-nkp02481 I've been wondering the same thing. I have the old one. if this has new material it might be worth it Quote
crackpot Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 More photos: https://hakabanogarou.jp/archives/12082 That all hot pink Hoquet and ride armor sure is not good to look at. Quote
jenius Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, crackpot said: More photos: https://hakabanogarou.jp/archives/12082 That all hot pink Hoquet and ride armor sure is not good to look at. Yikes, I hope that's the test shot color and not final! It goes from "it looks better if you paint the pilot figure" to "you kinda have to paint this figure." Looks like it comes with both guns though. Quote
Mog Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) If they’re not gonna paint the figure, just stick with the grey. EDIT: Any preorder date for this yet? Edited July 27, 2020 by Mog Quote
sqidd Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 Dammit...........I know I'm going to end up getting a red one too. Quote
Kyp Durron Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 Pass, gonna wait for the others, hoping for a shadow version. Quote
vladykins Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 At least they custom molded the mini fig and bike. Hopefully that pink gets toned down. Quote
Dobber Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 Beautiful! Though, from what I can see in the pictures, the wing flaps are still not pinned unfortunately. Chris Quote
jeniusornome Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 heh, in that color it makes the figure and bike look like one of those soft plastic gum toys. Are we sure this is a pilot and not a pilot-shaped preorder candy bonus? Quote
vladykins Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 So it looks like the end of the beam rifle swaps out with the alternate gun. Mine hasn't hit BBTS yet so I can't confirm. Has anyone tried removing the end of their Eta rifle? Quote
ghostryder Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 18 minutes ago, vladykins said: So it looks like the end of the beam rifle swaps out with the alternate gun. Mine hasn't hit BBTS yet so I can't confirm. Has anyone tried removing the end of their Eta rifle? Yup, the end is removable. Quote
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