Awesome video! You answered your own questions about the "...two large protrusions". It made the life size filming prop "more stable" by adding those two additional sets of land gear bays to both the prop and filming miniature. If you look at Ep IV and the docking by 94 scene, you can see large metal stanchions supporting the filming prop when Han Solo is underneath.

Turned out great! You ever tackle capital ships? I'd love to see you paint up a Dreadnought or Carrick class in 1:2256 (that's in scale with the Revel Venator kit).

Thanks so much for the shout out. It is appreciated. This is all part of my favorite era of car manufacturing. Some real jems have come out of this era and this is for sure one of them. Appreciate your insight into this beauty.

This is the former Lindberg kit which debuted in 1988.

Sweet car!

The MQ-1B is the armed variant of the Reaper.

Very cool looking wide body kit! I like it much better than the AE86 👍

Nice kit! I built both versions, with and without the Hellfire missiles.

Awesome tribute! Of course, these tiny Banda kits are just begging for a little diorama base, in this case a spaceport landing pad.

I've always liked Fujimi kits and find they have a lot of interesting cars in their line up. The BBS wheels in this kit are amazing and I love the extra pieces you get. I have purchased a lot of the Fujimi extra sets like the drivers, the Bike and box, the Garage tools sets and so on. I wish those BBS rims were still available with the disks. Makes me sad. I am not sure, but I think Fujimi was one of the first with the removable bumpers which also helped to minimize the mold lines on their kits. Also love me some wagon kits! Good unboxing. Appreciated.

Nice review

I love these hasegawa Macross kits. I have a few but I really should get more of them. Hasegawa did such a good job of the jet modes for these. I recently picked up the zero VF-0.

With the time change it’s almost impossible for me to see this live. Great unboxing tho

Good work, I may get one of these and do this. However you really need to cut away from your hand. 50 years of building models and cutting myself has taught me to be careful, and keep a sharp blade in your knife, a dull blade will cut you quicker! And to brace things I'm cutting on the table, (cutting down).

I remember having that model had two of them back then turned them into new Sci/fi starfighters for wingcommander style should've had them hidden better tell my cousin found them and decided to blow them up i wasn't happy for that all that work gone up in smoke, I think that was 35 years ago.

Black Hole and 20000 Leagues are very different. Nemo was going out sinking ships. Reinhardt just sat still on the edge of a black hole. Totally different stories.

I bought this kit and I don't know anything about assembling it. Which glue to use what kind of paint to do. I am from india.. Can u help

Bro when is the second video coming.

Had this one. Maybe 14 or 15. Really liked it and don’t remember having a hard time building it.

Okay! THIS is not that figure, but you dint say whether or not you HAD that figure!!! Tell us the truth! You HAVE that Boba Fett action figure- dunt you?!?!?!?!

You should totally do a time lapsed short of this build!!!

Microprose definately stole this design almost unchanged for their F-19 Stealth Fighter game for the Commodore 64. The only difference is the canards on the game are rounded.

Not meaning to be critical but a couple of things. First, to get better results from decals its better to give the model a coat of gloss varnish or in this case paint the model a gloss white. The decals go down better and there is less risk of "silvering" ie air bubbles between the paint and decal. No matter how smooth a matt paint finish might look, it has minute imperfections like pebbles that trap air. Gloss finish reduces if not eliminates that. Second, just dip the decal in water. Remove and leave on a paper towel while the adhesive softens. If you leave it in too long, the decal can float away from the carrier paper and can fold up on itself when you come to use it. Plus a lot of the adhesive can be washed away making the decal more likely not to stick down (although the MicroSol and Set definitely help). Side note the two large hull additions to the Falcon between Star Wars and Empire are extra landing gear. In Star Wars, the Falcon had only three landing struts - two at the rear and one centreline to the front. Empire increased the number to five although i have no idea if an in universe reason was given or indeed if there was a reason as part of the filming and production. Solo kind of retcons the Stellar Envoy out which is a shame. We go from a ship that looks more or less like a snazzy version of the Falcon to Landos ship with the snaller weapons mounts and fixed upward facing antenna dish etc and then back to the Falcon. The difference between Landis Falcon and Hans was all the hot rod modifications that Han made. I guess when Star Wars fell into Disney's clutches they just had to stamp "mine mine mine" all over it.

I still have this model.

It’s about as aerodynamic as the Berlin Wall. Did they seriously shape the fuselage like a Smirnoff bottle?😂

I think the Stellar Envoy would have been closer match to the Falcon from Solo. I don't know if Bandai made one in 1/350. Still that Envoy looked Stellar!!!! Awesome job!

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Yeah.... I had ALL Three (3) of these kits Way-back-when, when I was 50+ months old /s But Seriously..... It has been awhile, but as far back these kits were made and YOU making this video (recently Mar 2024)...I would make a diorama like an alien invasion using these a-c (aircraft) attacking some "Independence Day" like "large creature". MayBe having different markings....have the Actual F-117 with US marking, the 'Ferret' in Russian markings and F-19s in different markings ( maybe some Arab country or something to that resort...)

But the real F117 is more like a big triangle with winglets sticking out the ends and the engines are flat in back and the cockpit is much higher than the F19 designs the twin tails raise up and point back too. Nothing like either model designs.

I remember those kits!

Same! I built this when I was a snot-nose also! I was cleaning out my dad's place in 2019 and it was still there on the display shelf. Man. Memories :)

Holy cow! I built this kit when I was 12 or 13 years old. Crazy, nobody knew what the stealth fighter/bomber looked like yet. Wish I still had that model. What a flashback

Love this! Had one and found out my cousin actually worked in Tonopah on the avionics for the A-6 (but turns out it was the F-117). He sent me a big packet of news articles after it was declassified in 1988.

Wow! Didn't think I would ever see one of these again! I had this model kit years ago when I was a young teen. Glad I randomly decided to watch this when It came up on my feed. Greetings from the UK.

Miranda class is an incredible design.

The nacelles were tough to put on this one - but I was happy with the end result. Great video - thanks for the unboxing and review!

Kirk knows Kahn is probably monitoring transmissions so he sells his desperation !

Thanks for sharing! Picked up this and the other two ( Weekend Wrenching & Shop Repair) as soon as I saw them and hope for more! Estes made the 'Great Garages' series and Fujimi has quite a few items in their catalog. Hobby Gear makes a bunch of stuff. Unfortunately, all of the later are 1/24 scale (some seem larger than that) and the 1/25 garage resin stuff on EvilBay is hit and miss in quality. Like I said, I hope Round 2 releases other sets in 1:25 scale. Stay warm & dry!

Have a great build.

Burgundy!!!!! Ron Burgundy!!!!!

Looks like a flying Fiero.

I applause for your attempt at Russian greeting. It ain't easy for an English-speaking person. Well done!

The "MiG-37 Ferret" is an original design by Italeri itself, a free creative interpretation based on rumors from that era. The lack of internet forums and instant fact-checking made the rest and turned this fictional design into a myth.

I remember putting this together.

I always wanted this kit as a kid

Wow!

Hi there. Looks to be a great build. I’m really keen to get one myself, as i’m just finishing up the Series III donor kit model. Any update as to when we might see this build video, or even a video of the finished model?

The triangular clear piece would have been for the infrared imager and laser designator. I like the way the box was designed. The Su-57 would have never been possible if Lockheed Martin and Northrop had better security for their stealth technology. Thanks for sharing - I have this kit in the stash but want to try and get another before I cut open a sealed kit! LOL

Wow! This is a very old model as I'm 67 and I got this model back in 1960 as a birthday gift, that's why it has so much flash. The molds were probably made in the late 50s and it has been sold under a few different brands. I can't remember what brand my Snark was when I got it, I think it was a Monogram. Anyways I was surprised to see it on your KZbin channel as it brought back incredible memories. If I remember correctly it came in three different plastic colors the plane was red and the other was yellow.