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Space Defense Fortress 1

By Less Than Super Ostritch






This is the Macross SDF1 from the Japanese anime series "Macross" (I came to know it as Robotech, a series in the 1980's that largely bastardized the original series). In 1999, The Space Station New Frontier confirms that object of mammoth size is heading towards Earth. The falling object is determined to be an alien spaceship, specifically a war vessel, and its alien crew to be giants whose height is five times that of Humans. In preparation for alien warfare, a plan is drafted to unify the countries of Earth and to establish an Earth U.N. Government. Research on anti-giant combat weaponry systems (later designated as Battroid and Destroid) begins. These transforming fighter jets, or Valkyries, provided the backbone of the Earth's defense against the alien invaders. During the Macross's space launching ceremony. The Zentradi Army's Vrlitwhai Fleet arrives (after it had detected traces of the Macross's defold reaction). This begins the Space War 1.

This kit is the Yellow Submarine resin kit of the Macross SDF1 in cruiser mode. Actually it is a recast of that kit by a Japanese company called G-System. There were no decals and the kit needed a ton of clean up. I also had to pin lots of the parts because the weight of the kit was too much on several of the joints. I weathered it heavily with pastels and oil washes. I wanted to make sure it looked like it fell to earth. The engine bell area was done with Alclad's burnt metal and exhaust. The rest was done with Tamiya acrylics. I used a small Aztec-ing affect to give the open spots some character. I'm particularly pleased with the Space Carriers (aka the arms of the Macross), which came out well, I think. By the way... this is my second resin kit ever. I'm pretty pleased.

Image: Space carrier arms

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