Newly arrived from HLJ
My first Macross kits arrived from HLJ. I remember building an old Valkyrie kit back in the early 80s, and was always annoyed it wasn't a proper transforming kit. Now I can finally build one with the...
View ArticleMacross VF-1
After really enjoying watching the original Macross series with the children, I decided I wanted to build the VF-1, the star mech of the show. I remember building a VF-1 way-back-when the original...
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VF-25F 1/72 Armored Messiah Alto Custom part 1
I've had this kit since June last year, just sitting on my shelf waiting and waiting and waiting.... I'd previously built the VF-1 and had a bad time of it. I'm reliably informed the Macross Frontier...
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VF-25F 1/72 Armored Messiah Alto Custom part 2
For the dark blue pieces, I've started with a good layer of Tamiya gunmetal. Sometimes this paint comes out bright, other times dark. I guess it's a factor on how well the bottle is mixed. This bottle...
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VF-25F 1/72 Armored Messiah Alto Custom part 3
Because these armour parts are all dark blue, it made little sense to do a black panel line wash that would never be seen. My experience recently, especially with Sazabi is that a white panel line wash...
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VF-25F 1/72 Armored Messiah Alto Custom part 4
Now that a good number of the pieces have been painted, I can begin some of the assemblies.This front of the plane section went together quite well. I had to re-paint the nose-cone white and it came...
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VF-25F 1/72 Armored Messiah Alto Custom part 5
I started on some more of the sub-assemblies. Due to the vast amount of tricky decals, there's no way I can wait until the end to do them. Even the instructions advise doing some of the decals during...
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VF-25F 1/72 Armored Messiah Alto Custom part 6
There's only a few parts left to paint, so assembly can really begin. I'm taking it very carefully though and not rushing.This section went together quite well, but the clip on arm that hold the neck...
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VF-25F 1/72 Armored Messiah Alto Custom
I'm trying out some different lights on these shots. I wish I had somewhere I could permanently set up the right lights and backdrop, but at the moment I'm still just using the projector screen for the...
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Armored Messiah Desktop Pictures
Enjoy these desktop pictures of the Armored Messiah model from Macross Frontier that I just completed.
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1/72 Draken III part 1
I'm sure I've said I'd not do another transforming kit as they're such a pain... But this one looked so good I had to give it a go. It's also a decal-hell, and I'll get to that aspect later.The kit is...
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