Macross DYRL? 1/144 Strike Valkyrie VF-1S - Roy Focker -

 Last valkyrie up for Skull Squadron is the very cool strike version piloted by the drinking, smoking, womaniser, mans man Roy Focker.

 Compose

Macross DYRL? 1/144 Super Valkyrie VF-1A - Maximilian Jenius -

Finale VF-1A in Skull Sqaudron, the blue ace Maximilian Jenius. My personal favorite, think because the blue is a colour that really goes perfect with the white of the valk.







Ian

Macross DYRL? 1/144 Super Valkyrie VF-1A - Hayao Kakizaki -

Next up is the steak lovin everyman poor Hayao Kakizaki, who in Do you remember Love? get a nice green livary instead of the very cannon fodder light brown in the Tv series.








Until next de-culture!
Ian

Macross DYRL? 1/144 Super Valkyrie VF-1A - Hikaru Ichijyo -

The first super-parts Do you remember love? valkyrie from the Skull Squadron i finished before Christmas but only just photographed.  Will be hoping to post every valk one day after another unless of course i forget.











Ian

Snap fit 1/144 M353A4 Blood Hound or Type 71 Hover Truck

Quickly assembled this today, fit quite nicely. Little bit of work to be done on this which ive seen other 1/144 modellers do and which i will hope to copy.

Have not done anything else much over the last fortnight due to the weather being so ruddy cold. Even though the house is nice and toastie warm, my fingers can't really handle modelling.
Its like because it so cold, the bones in my figures can feel it even though it warm inside, very strange and makes them feels less responsive.
Means like alot of people arounf this time of year i get to watch TV, mostly anime which im speeding through and playing video games in the warmest rooms in the house.



With the Type 61 or M61A5 MBT


One amazing thing about such low temperatures is the stars, don't know why but when cold the stars look fantastic and one of my aims for this year is to learn constellation which ive already nailed a few.

Ian

HG 1/144 U.C. Hardgraph RX-79(G) Gundam - The Ground War Set -

Cool set which when i saw it was an instant buy, first becasue its from The 08th Mobile Suit Team and then it came with what i thought of as the Type 71 Hover Truck but here it is the M353A4 Blood Hound.

Really like the U.C.HardGraph line hope there more in the future regarding 1/144 scale, like some Zeon tanks or the Dopp.

Blood Hound is a bit toyish so a bit of work need to make this look real military like, this is going to be one of my next builds.



Ian

Thunderbirds are GO! - F-Toys 1/144 Scale - Thunderbird 4 -

As soon as i saw that F-toys where acquired the Thunderbird license i was pretty much sold on buying a case but then i was discovered that only Thunderbird 4 would be the only 1/144 scale rescue vehicle, kinda of a let down. But hey getting at least on is better than none.

Alright little machine with all the detail there from what i can tell, something that stands out to me is how visiable the joins ands seams are.



Great little touch is Internatiol Rescue pilot inside Gordon Tracy.



The writing is nicely done for a factory app, still would have prefer decals as then i could re-paint it they apply nice crisp lettering.



Comes with the quality F-toys stand which comes with the Star Wars vehicles, this time in a midnight blue instead of black.



Usual l/144 packaging from most companys, always like the intruction sheet. Can pactice my Japanese (which is bad) and like all the info which you can kind of work out not knowing Nihon-go. From the scale guide i never realised how massive Thunderbird 3 is, wonder if its the same size as the Saturn 5?


Love this intro so much, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.. Thunderbirds are GO!


If only i could own a 1/144 Thunderbird 2... Please takara re-release that beauty.
Ian F.A.B.

The Art of AVATAR - James Cameron's Epic Adventure -

I really enjoyed this film which i watched in Real 3D, an experiance i want to enjoy again i hope soon.

As with nearly every film i like i tend to have a look to see what books are available and with Avatar this was a instant buy.

Really nice art book this, though could have been bigger at only 108 pages, but i think it has nearly everything covered. Even though i bet that for every picture in this book there are 100 more pictures that illustrate such item.



Real NASA style spaceship, surprised that such a cool piece of equipment was only on screen for minutes.



Overlooking Pandora, your not in Kansa anymore.


Thought the idea of a VTOL space shuttle to be quite amazing, i imagine it must also take off which we did'nt see as i did'nt notice any runway.


 "Hallelujah Mountains"



The Samson, a sci-fi Huey, amazing no one thought using the iconic design before.



The Na'vi, i was convinced there real and "very hard to kill".


The Thanator, James cameron said they could eat a Alien Queen for breakfast but i doubt it.



The sweet AMP suit with the badass Colonial Quaritch. Been waiting since Robot Joch to see a mecha which copies the actions of the controller or pilot



Lovin the human hardware, just like the marines in Aliens.That machine looks deadly.



The Dragon, a massive transport come death o'maker



Amazed by the night time bioluminescence, was'nt expecting to see such a sight.



Going to Also buy  Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora which looks Like its the end all of books on Pandora.

Star War The Clone Wars - Clone Commanders -

All the clone commanders from hasbro that ive so far bought Clone Commander Gree, Clone Commander Cody and Clone Captain Rex.

Really like these figures, so much better than the on i had like 10 years ago but then they where half the price.

Lovin Season 2 of The Clone Wars, which i now get to watch on starwars.com which has changed since season 1 which i think was only available in USA.

Star Wars - Obi-Wan's Blue Eta-2 Jedi Interceptor - 1/144 Scale

Obi-Wan Kenobi blue Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor or Jedi Interceptor which he used to hunt for General Grevious in the Utapau system.

F-toys 1/144 scale starfighter with S-foils in closed postion, repainted, decals then applied which. Finished with some Pro-modeller's wash and a little weatheirng with the Tamiya masters.

Really happy with the way it turned out, amazing that such a vehicle so small has such a level of detail, even a simple cockpit inside which most of the Star Wars vehcile from F-toys except there hidden behind the black windows.









Ian