WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1S Super Strike Valkyrie Pt.4 – Finishing
The fixes required after painting were thankfully minor. The most obvious being the round plate on the backpack. Some careful hand painting fixed it. After a gloss coat, it was time for decals. Since I didn’t have enough of the roundels, I had to use the 2 that were from the old boxing, which is …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1S Super Strike Valkyrie Pt.3 – Painting
After a few stages of gap filling, I’m ready for painting! I’ll be painting the kit in subassemblies which will make everything easier to handle. Color scheme-wise, I’ll be going for the one below. It’s not Milia’s usual color scheme except for the red highlights. Time for the colors. For the VF-1 first, a...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1S Super Strike Valkyrie Pt.2 – Construction
Work continues for the engines as I assemble the intakes. The closed vents on the intakes were painted and masked off. Like the main gear doors, the nose gear doors also needed to be modified to fit closed. I added small steps inside the bay as stoppers and assembled the 3 bay door parts into …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1S Super Strike Valkyrie Pt.1 – Construction
I found a semi-built VF-1S Strike Valkyrie in my stash and decided I to finish it. Turns out I’ve made quite a bit of progress with this one. But: Around this time I chanced upon a configuration of the Strike Valkyrie that mounted 2 Super FAST packs under its wings. This variant comes from the …...
Completed : Italeri 1/72 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-37B Ferret E
Kit Info Brand: Italeri 162 Scale: 1/72 Media: Injection Plastic Markings: Various (see text) The Subject In 1986, Testors Model Corporation released a conceptual model airplane dubbed the F-19 Ghostrider. Their design was based on Lockheed’s real life ‘HAVE BLUE’ stealth fighter project of the 1970s. This F-19 design became...
WIP : Italeri 1/72 MiG-37 Ferret E – Painting & Finishing
Oof… it took quite a while to fix the gaps. It was prime, fill, sand, buff, prime, fill, sand, buff over and over to finally get to the painting stage. I don’t think I did a banged-up job but it’ll have to do. For the color scheme, I played around with the line-art and came …...
WIP : Italeri 1/72 MiG-37 Ferret E – Construction
Next up is what I initially hoped was a quick build. The MiG-37 is a fictional Soviet stealth aircraft designed by the Testors Model Company as the Eastern Bloc counterpart to their F-19 Ghostrider kit. My copy is a Italeri re-boxed kit. Work begins with the cockpit which is very sparse and simplified although surprisingly, …...
Upcoming : Hasegawa Crusher Joe Fighter 1
The actual model of the upcoming Fighter 1 from Crusher Joe has appeared. Looks good! A definite get for me! More pictures on Hobbysearch....
Completed : Hasegawa 1/72 Shinsei Industry VF-25S Messiah
Kit Info Brand: Hasegawa 65724 Scale: 1/72 Media: Injection Plastic Markings: Kit The Subject The VF-25 Messiah is one of the latest variable fighters used by humans in 2059. It was developed as a replacement for the VF-171, the standard variable fighter in the New UN Spacy. Production prototypes were fielded by SMS in 2059, …...
WIP : Hasegawa 1/72 VF-25S Messiah Pt.3 – Finishing
The kit decals went on OK. Some are robust and took handling and adjusting well but others did tear and some careful re-alignment was needed. I also made a big mistake in putting the SMS logo on the wrong side of the tailfins. I had to carefully re-hydrate them to move them to the correct …...
