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Hi, If anyone has a 32scale A-4M USMC Lo-Vis decal please PM me. Thank you :-) Chris

Absolutely stunning work and good choice on the marking too. Definitely one of the best F-18F work in 48 scale. More pics pls!!! ;)

Thank you everyone :blink: Very glad a fictional aircraft can also be accepted :wacko: Managed to take advantage of good day light and took some close-up pics of the VE-1, thot i share them too Thank you for viewing :o

BIG CONGRATULATION to you, my friend!!!!! Thank you for this very wonderful initiative and allow us to learn from u! You r a true master of your art :) :)

Nicely done :) Especially the intake.. :) . May i know if tat's a kit original or a resin seamless intake? thanks!

Hi all, Like to share my latest creation, the 72scale VE-1 ELINT Seeker from Hasegawa's Macross series. A pretty straight forward build except i replaced the front fuselage with another 2-seater kit, the VF-1D. In my opinion, the VF-1D has a more correct 2-seater profile and sleeker line than the original design. It took me a good solid month to complete, mainly focusing on painting and decaling. Hope u enjoy the pictures Here i put my other Valkyrie, the Black Aces side by side the newly finished VE-1 for some group photo shoots. Something i long to do the since the first day i bo

Finishing my 72scale Hasegawa VE-1 ELINT Seeker and hope to go back to my F-2B now tat Afterburner has released a very nice decal set for it...

Hi Falcon, Nice nice work...:salivating: It is always encouraging to see model at decalling stage, please keep 'em pics coming Cheers!

Supergru, This is truly some amazing work, i admire ur skill and courage totally. Never have i expect the academy flanker to need tat kind of surgery... tat said, i m also thoroughly depressed, becos without ur skill, perhaps my academy flanker will never be built... May i should wrap it up as Christmas present for the neighbor's kid :huh:

Hi Spejic, i can't agree with u more. it is indeed a kit tat isn't so straight forward. Strangely though, i went on to work on my second kit right after this one.. and guess wat? it's the VE-1...LOL Stay tuned

Yo Janne, glad u dropped by Thanks for ur kind words but i have my reservations on the 48 scale version... then again, tat's another story for another thread altogether...

Hi sharkey, Here's a link : Macross Black Aces Do note the weapons, as in all Hasegawa aircraft kits, are sold separately... yah, i know, it sucks...

Hi everyone, Just finished my Hasesgawa 72scale VF-1J in "Black Aces" livery and thot i share the joy. I did this almost straight out of box, minus some minor touch up here and there. Painting wise was also pretty straight forward as well, with pre-shading and followed by base colors. As i kinda like the brightly colored markings as it is, i decided to do it almost void of weathering and coated semi-gloss finishing, just to give it that eye candy feel. It feels good to be able to finally finish something, and a subject tat actually didn't involve any research.. . I'll let the pictures do t

Hi Miguelgala from Agentina, Greetings Thank u for ur wonderful compliments. i m glad u r starting ur prowler project. It makes me happy to know i can help give alittle inspiration to a fellow modeler from across the world. Unfortunately i hav yet to hav the opportunity to look at the Kinetic prowler but i m sure it should be more accurate than the monogram/revell or the airfix version. In fact, with the abundant of recently released AM stuffs on the prowler, i personally feel it is never a better time to build the subject b4 it is retired from active service. Sure i'll be glad to help whe

Hi everyone, After taking time off to recover from an eye surgery, i am finally getting back to work on the Tiger again. Also, i went away very motivated after attending a local annual event recently. There, i saw 2 highly detailed and very well finished 1/32 scale Hasegawa Tigers, in which the owner proof that, with some hard work, there is still life in this very old and dated kit The gun bay was finally sorted out and painted... The panels of the gun bay was also reworked to add more bulk to the original kit parts. The Verlinden's resin panels were dropped as i felt that the thickne

don sweat it my friend, it is a sound invesment. At least now u can exercise the option of having PE ammo belt link for a few more future Tomcat projects ;)

Thank you all for the encouragement :lol: i couldn't find a good scale representation of the belt link. The PE which i mentioned came from a Eduard PE set (35103) meant for the 1/35scale M163A1(Italeri kit). Until then, this will have to do i guess... If anyone have ever attempted something similar with success, please share how u did it . TIA

Hi everyone, thot i share this small update... i went to work on the ammo belt feeder in the F-5 gun bay and realised it was trickier than i thot. First issue lies with the complex curves of the ammo belt feeder and the second, with the way the P.E. part was designed : The P.E. provided in the VP set was over-sized and cannot be used. i ended up sourcing from an Eduard P.E. set designed for an old amour kit as recommended by my friend. But trying to bend the P.E. parts to form the curves was near impossible.... <_< To go around the problem, i them cut up into individual link an

Hi everyone, Really appreciate the kind words. I apologise for the lack of update. Adjusting back to normal life after a long deployment is harder than i thot... I did however managed to get some work done on the cockpit. I'll let the pictures do the talking.... I ordered the seat from TD, which i read somewhere was more accurate than the one tat came with the Verlinden set. While this is true to some extend, adapting it to fit the VP tub and P.E. parts did took me sometime. The linkages were done using brass tubes of various diameters. The VP tub have some missing details, most notica

No promise here but thanks for the confident vote <_< Just thot i work on it b4 a brand new 32scale Tiger kit appears on the market...should be pretty soon judging from the rate new kits r being churned out these days. Cheers!

Can't agree with Dave more. If u can, try going for the Blackbox's version. The verlinden set will add the much needed details to this very dated kit but not without some detective work(as a result of an overly simplified instruction) and loads of luck( i will need it... <_< )... Chris

I can find only one nose cone in the kit....But i can't confirm on the larger LERXs molded on the wings as this is my only 32scale Hasegawa F-5E kit....sorry...

Hi Mark, Thanks for dropping by I could use some nice reference pics if u have some...TIA.

With all the recent hype about AFV club’s new 48scale F-5E Tiger, it re-ignited my interest in building this aircraft again. Also, not too long ago I chanced upon a unique resin conversion by a company called “Dangerous†at my LHS, which converts the Hasegawa 32scale F-5E into a RF-5E… So not to miss the chance to join in the fun to build a Tiger, here I am with the very dated 32scale Hasagawa F-5E Aggressor kit, Verlinden Productions F-5E Tiger Detail set and Dangerous RF-5 Conversion set hoping to build my very own RF-5 Tiger Eye, looking like the picture below. To begin, I mar