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                        Macross GB

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                        Guy Smiley
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                        Posted by Guy Smiley on Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:42 PM
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                        Trigger
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:12 AM
                        Bandai makes a transforming kit of a VF-19 Kai that can be found here: Hobby Link Japan

                        It's different that that YF-19A you found, but it's the same scale, transforms and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. But it will take about a month from when you order it to arrive at your doorstep.

                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Guy Smiley
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                        Posted by Guy Smiley on Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:03 AM

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                        archangel571
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                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:06 AM

                        it's a pre-made toy but those pictures kept on making me think they are custom made from model kits...  don't know where to find those but they certainly look nice.

                        that koenig monster in fighter mode looks something that came out of gundam!!!

                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Guy Smiley
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                        Posted by Guy Smiley on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:08 PM
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                        Trigger
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:50 AM
                        OK... here are some VF-22S Schemes I've been messing with...

                        Inspired by this VF-19


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                        "Blackbird"


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                        Ferris


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                        Heater-Ferris


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                        Compass Ghost Gray


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                        "Raptor"


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                        Tactical Paint Scheme


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                        And here are two new VF-19A Schemes I've comped up:

                        Gray Splinter


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                        Gray/Green Splinter




                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        thevinman
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                          December 2003
                        • From: CT - USA
                        Posted by thevinman on Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:12 PM

                        Looking good Trigger & MUD!

                        MUD,
                        Don't worry about where you post pics. As long as it's in the thread, I'll link them up...

                        ghettochild,
                        Nice! Can't wait to see it come together!

                        Everyone,
                        I've just updated the 1st post with new & updated participant builds and direct links to pictures. (Let me know if I missed anyone!)

                        -Vinny



                        My Website Macross Group Build
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                        ghettochild
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                          November 2003
                        • From: houston,texas
                        Posted by ghettochild on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:32 PM
                        vin i am no longer Desperately Searching! all my christmas shopping is done and ive ordered the hasagawa YF 19, i can hardly wait!
                        -Josh
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                        Cobrahistorian
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:11 PM
                        Just ordered my VF-19 last night.  Can't wait to get started!
                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        stram8777
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                          March 2011
                        Posted by stram8777 on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:51 AM
                        I was about to finish up my P-51 and F-15 project when my air compressor went out.  I am on hold on my VF project until I get a new compressor.
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                        Trigger
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Monday, December 19, 2005 10:32 AM
                        Pix of my VF-1S build from this past weekend:

                        Forward fuselage with pre-shading of the panel lines:


                        Wings with preshading complete


                        Fuselage with preshading (and a couple of oops that need to be fixed) and the beaver-tail/backpack. I'll finish the tails, attach them to the beaver tail and weather that subaseembly before I attach it to the rest of the kit.


                        Exploded view of assembly. Leg/Nacelle construction also started yesterday, but i need to paint the engine components (fans, etc) before I can make the final assembly


                        VF-0S Fuselage pre-shading complete, top white coat in-progress


                        I got some decalling done too on the VF-1S wings, but haven't taken any pix yet. Should get them shot tonight and posted
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:18 AM

                         Aurora-7 wrote:
                        LTS....er, I mean, Mud, nice work. I've heard of that variant but had never seen it before. Looks good on the base. That was a resin kit? How do you support it with the acrylic rod? Did you have to put a hole in the back of the battroid?

                         

                        The acrylic rod is supporting the battroid. There is actually a "T" at the end of the acrylic rod... and it fits in a small space behind the main body and before the wings. It is not the best job of mounting it, but I wanted to move on to my next project! You know how that is.

                        The variant is an odd one. I wanted to start with this Wave kit, so I'd have some practice by the time I got to the Wave YF-19, VF-22S, and the normal VF-11 Thunderbolt.

                        By the way, I have that recast of the Cat's Eye... needs a lot of work, but I think it'll be my next Macross build.  

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                        Trigger
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:22 AM
                        Can I add a VF-1S to my mix? Since I'm already going to build Roy Focker's VF-0S, I thought it would be cool to have his VF-1S to display side-by-side
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                        Aurora-7
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                        • From: Connecticut, USA
                        Posted by Aurora-7 on Monday, December 12, 2005 8:22 AM
                        LTS....er, I mean, Mud, nice work. I've heard of that variant but had never seen it before. Looks good on the base. That was a resin kit? How do you support it with the acrylic rod? Did you have to put a hole in the back of the battroid?

                         

                         

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 11, 2005 2:31 AM
                        Fantastic work.  I still have to get started on mine... LOL.  
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 10, 2005 10:36 PM

                        Ok, I've finished my model. Here it is. Should I submit it for the group build somewhere else or is this thread adequate?

                         

                        Thanks.

                        http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/bbeargie/Jamming%20Bird/jamminbird1.jpg

                        http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/bbeargie/Jamming%20Bird/jamminbird2.jpg

                        http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/bbeargie/Jamming%20Bird/jamminbird3.jpg

                        http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/bbeargie/Jamming%20Bird/jamminbird4.jpg

                        http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/bbeargie/Jamming%20Bird/jamminbird5.jpg

                        http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/bbeargie/Jamming%20Bird/jamminbird6.jpg

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                        archangel571
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                          June 2005
                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Saturday, December 10, 2005 10:35 PM
                        I just heard about it myself a week or so ago on the Gundam GB.  I will try it out soon and will let you know. = )
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Saturday, December 10, 2005 7:35 PM
                         archangel571 wrote:
                        alright, thanks for the inputs.  of course that by no means says that I am gonna build a valkyrie...  grrrrr...  two more minutes playing Robotech battlecry on the game console will throw me right on gundamstoreandmore.com to get that super valkrie...  just watched macross the movie and macross plus yesterday again and that just oversaturated my brain with the desire to have a valkyrie right next to a 1/72 F-14A...  for now back to the game.


                        How would you rate gundamstoreandmore.com as a retailer? How is their turnaround time, customer service, etc.?
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                        archangel571
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                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Friday, December 9, 2005 11:50 PM
                        alright, thanks for the inputs.  of course that by no means says that I am gonna build a valkyrie...  grrrrr...  two more minutes playing Robotech battlecry on the game console will throw me right on gundamstoreandmore.com to get that super valkrie...  just watched macross the movie and macross plus yesterday again and that just oversaturated my brain with the desire to have a valkyrie right next to a 1/72 F-14A...  for now back to the game.
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 9, 2005 10:45 PM
                        I normally tend to shy away from gloss for most of my kits.

                        IMHO, flat to a semi-gloss works best with gloss used only for a few selected areas.

                        The way I see it too many people try to reproduce a 1:1 finish on scale kits that ends making them look unrealistic and or toyish.
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                        Aurora-7
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Connecticut, USA
                        Posted by Aurora-7 on Friday, December 9, 2005 9:20 AM
                        I thought gloss was a pretty good standard for any scale.

                        If you want a base for your Valkkyries to be displayed on, here you go:

                        http://www.themodelbase.com/misc.asp

                         

                         

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                        archangel571
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                          June 2005
                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Thursday, December 8, 2005 12:36 AM
                        Popping in for a general question here.  Should the clear canopy be finished in Satin or Gloss for that scaled shine? 
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Trigger
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Tuesday, December 6, 2005 8:19 PM
                        Woo-hoo!!!! My VF-0S arrived today! Thank you HLJ!
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                        Trigger
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                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Monday, December 5, 2005 7:03 AM
                        Got a couple more schemes this morning and a profile drawing of the VF-19A...

                        SVF-111 "Sundowners" CAG



                        JASDF F-2 Scheme



                        VF-19A

                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        thevinman
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                          December 2003
                        • From: CT - USA
                        Posted by thevinman on Sunday, December 4, 2005 7:06 PM
                         My_name_1s_MUD wrote:

                        Vinman, is it too late to join this GB? I'm finishing up my VF-11 Jamming Bird Battroid and I'd love to share it with you folks. I also have a SDF-1 I finished this year.



                        Of course not! Post some pics! I'll put you up for the VF-11 Jamming Bird Battroid. What's the make/scale of that?
                        -Vinny



                        My Website Macross Group Build
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 3, 2005 7:11 PM
                        Vinman, your VF-19 is looking great Thumbs Up [tup]

                         My_name_1s_MUD wrote:

                        Vinman, is it too late to join this GB? I'm finishing up my VF-11 Jamming Bird Battroid and I'd love to share it with you folks. I also have a SDF-1 I finished this year.

                        I know i'm not Vinman but yea post some pics, especially the SDF-1
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 3, 2005 1:07 PM

                        Vinman, is it too late to join this GB? I'm finishing up my VF-11 Jamming Bird Battroid and I'd love to share it with you folks. I also have a SDF-1 I finished this year.

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                        jcheung5150
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                          January 2005
                        Posted by jcheung5150 on Friday, December 2, 2005 11:09 PM
                        Yeah thevinman, its the one by Bandai.  hopefully I can find time to start it soon......

                        Jimmy Photobucket

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                        thevinman
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                          December 2003
                        • From: CT - USA
                        Posted by thevinman on Thursday, December 1, 2005 6:35 PM
                         Martacus Mk 2 wrote:
                        So is the box sceme really supposed to be that dark a yellow, thevinman? I tried mixing radome tan and white in Model Master colors in a 50/50 mix. It looked way too dark for me, so I added more white and wound up with a color almost identical to the sprue color. I thought it was supposed to be a more "off-white" color. 

                        Keep in mind that my current digital camera sometimes makes images a little darker than they really look. (my G2 is in the shop right now)
                        That being said, it's all in the eye of the beholder...since there is no "real" YF-19 to get reference photos of. It's an animation so there really is not any "supposed to be" color. I suggest you make it whatever shade of white / radome you think looks most like the box model, the box art, the macross movie, your imagination, whatever...etc. Pick one and go with it.



                        On the other hand...



                        What do you think now?

                        ...make a gloss black bunny version, that would be cool!

                        -Vinny



                        My Website Macross Group Build
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 1, 2005 6:23 PM
                        So is the box sceme really supposed to be that dark a yellow, thevinman? I tried mixing radome tan and white in Model Master colors in a 50/50 mix. It looked way too dark for me, so I added more white and wound up with a color almost identical to the sprue color. I thought it was supposed to be a more "off-white" color. 
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