what scifi stuff has the postman delivered to you today?

[rockpopandchips]

This arrived yesterday another very nice looking kit from Dragon Momoko the 1/100 MG Testament, ordered this from Gundam Central and I must say Im very impressed with there service, arrived within 8 day of dispatch the package is very well packed and with extra corner reinforcement to boot. Only worked out at £26 with delivery and no extra charges.......

 

 

 

And the parts look so much fun, lots of different colours and as this will be just a quick snap fit together for now it should still look good.

 

[FG2Si]

I got this in the mail at the end of last month.

 

 

I'm now just starting to collect all the paint colours needed for it.

 

Carl

[Thud4444]

On 6/5/2017 at 10:22 AM, Blastvader said:

 

 

 

 

Koto's NERV VTOL CAC aircraft thing...which is tiny.

 

 

 

 

That looks fantastic.  What scale is it?           

 

FG2si y'all are killing me with those Zoids kits. I want one so bad I can't stand it. But unfortunately,  I'm super cheap so....

 

Edited June 8, 2017 by Thud4444

[Blastvader]

On 08/06/2017 at 5:10 AM, Thud4444 said:

 

 

That looks fantastic.  What scale is it?           

 

FG2si y'all are killing me with those Zoids kits. I want one so bad I can't stand it. But unfortunately,  I'm super cheap so....

 

 

1/100

 

Too bad there's no EVAs in that scale (that I know of) but they would be over 75cm tall...

[Will Vale]

An EVA that size would be a kit to be reckoned with 8)

 

Not from the postman, but I was given the Psycho Zaku Ver Ka for my birthday - it's got a ridiculously big booster/fuel tank combo but it still manages to make sense, somehow. Also some 40K bits like the new cranes

 

And from the postman but not sci-fi, I finally have some clips-on-sticks and a drying stand so I'm hoping that the MSO Zaku I've prepped will be going into the paint shop soon. It's just so cold here at the moment...

 

Cheers,

 

Will

[Blastvader]

On 14/06/2017 at 0:02 AM, Will Vale said:

 

 

Not from the postman, but I was given the Psycho Zaku Ver Ka for my birthday - it's got a ridiculously big booster/fuel tank combo but it still manages to make sense, somehow. Also some 40K bits like the new cranes

 

 

 

Ah yes, Katoki's big brown butt-plug. It does balance out though doesn't it? Probably because of the fact that its legs are super model long...

 

Still want one though, think it's a great looking thing.

[Richard Baker]

2 hours ago, Blastvader said:

 

Ah yes, Katoki's big brown butt-plug. It does balance out though doesn't it? Probably because of the fact that its legs are super model long...

 

Still want one though, think it's a great looking thing.

OK. after reading all these descriptions I would really like to see a photo of this kit.

(as long as it is 'Safe for work' :-)

[Thud4444]

 

 

It's just a Zaku with an absurd backpack.  But it manages to still look cool, IMHO. 

[Richard Baker]

I see what you mean. 

I can see this sort of thing working if in Zero G...

[Will Vale]

Yeah, I assume it's like a staged rocket, where it burns the fuel in the booster and then detaches it, repeats the process with the diagonal tanks/boosters and then maneuvers with the MMU-esque backpack. Provided the thrust axis goes through the CoM it's all reasonably practical.

 

I wasn't sure I liked it initially as it looked like the bazookas were part of the bracing structure between the tank and backpack, but I think they're actually separate so that's fine. It's quite a nice counterpart to the more NASA-ey design of the Full Armour Gundam from the same series:

 

 

Again, I think you'd want to leave off the shields and some of the armament for best results.

 

One interesting wrinkle about both kits is that they have "joint covers" which are thin plastic sleeves you're supposed to wrinkle up to mimic the look of thermal blankets. I think this is a neat feature, plus it means you don't have to paint the frame (or at least only have to paint a handful of areas) as it's all hidden by the covers.

 

Will

[Thud4444]

The soundtrack is a little odd, but the story and combat are outstanding !

 

 

 

The suits just take some getting used to. I'm really digging season 2.

[Will Vale]

It seems like an attempt to take the feel of Cowboy Bebop and mix it with both 08th MS Team and Unicorn. It's certainly spectacular!

 

Will

[S5 modeller]

The nice postman delivered this, to my work, this morning.... 

 

 

[Will Vale]

Nice!

[The Chief Smeg]

On 21/06/2017 at 0:25 PM, S5 modeller said:

The nice postman delivered this, to my work, this morning.... 

 

 

Ooooh dead jealous, I want both this particular kit and iron man, I've even worked out the paint for iron man (vallejo metal colour gold with Tamiya clear red over it for the red sections).  I'll be watching this build with interest if you create a WIP thread. 

 

<subliminal message> START A WIP THREAD <\subliminal message>

Edited June 23, 2017 by The Chief Smeg

[Blastvader]

On 23/06/2017 at 9:15 AM, The Chief Smeg said:

Ooooh dead jealous, I want both this particular kit and iron man, I've even worked out the paint for iron man (vallejo metal colour gold with Tamiya clear red over it for the red sections).  I'll be watching this build with interest if you create a WIP thread. 

 

<subliminal message> START A WIP THREAD <\subliminal message>

 

Personally, to get the really bright gold, I'd go for a gloss black base, Molotow chrome, clear yellow with a touch or orange for the gold and clear red with a touch of smoke for the red parts. Most gold I've tried have been a satin gold rather than a bright gold.

[Kallisti]

This was delivered by the postman this week, after finally completing the Warp Babylon 5 Agamemnon after 4 years, I thought I'd like to have one of these to go with the Starfury and Omega Destroyer...

 

 

It appears to be a much better moulded kit than the Omega!

 

 

May try to get onto this sooner rather than later, but there is a 1914 Dennis Fire Engine to build first...

[TimMather]

bhiner/taobao delivery today.
no kits just parts.

AW photoetch
metal thrusters
1/100 cars for dioramas
photoetch bending tool
fixed pose kotobukiya hands
metal pipes and colored piping
carbon fibre decals
full detail set for tamiya NSR500
decals

[Mick4350]

Bandai's recent 1/144  AT-AT courtesy of Hobby Japan via Ebay that only took 5 days in the post from Japan to Australia via EMS.

 

Very happy I am !

[Madmonk]

Postman dropped this off at the weekend from Destiny Models, 1:4 scale Dewey from Silent Running.

 

 

 

 

Had chance to have a quick look through and the casting is very nice, only a few small holes to fill.

 

Edit: Photobucket finally got me so moved to Imgur

[Kallisti]

Starting the countdown... 5... 4...

[khimbar]

On 30/06/2017 at 6:25 PM, TimMather said:

bhiner/taobao delivery today.
no kits just parts.

 

 

Where is this magic place you speak of??

[The Chief Smeg]

So, 5s modeller is wholly responsible for this, because I saw his War Machine and needed his best buddy:

 

 

thanks 5s, I have been needing this in my life for some time and your purchase reminded me to go looking! 

[TimMather]

14 hours ago, khimbar said:

 

Where is this magic place you speak of??

it is a chinese mega online site where venders/retailers can sell almost anything like ebay or amazon.
as it is a domestic site for china only, you have to use a agent.
as i do mostly mecha/gundam modelling the ungrade parts are not easy for find outside asia to use taobao.
heres a link to the thread i wrote on how to use it.

 

[Mike]

Just a minute Jedi Starfighter, mainly for the completeness of the series, not because I like it that much.  The box had a bit of a dent in it, but plastic was undented.