• Manufacturer: Arii
• Part number: Arii Macross Series #
• Year of production: Old…. at least the 1990's
• Scale: 1/20000
• Series: Macross
• Kit type: Fixed pose spaceship
• In-universe role: Landing Ship / Assault Craft
• Build date: Started March 2025

I have two of these, bought as a set of 5x Zentradi enemy ships in the early 2000's and sat unbuilt in my collection for the better part of 20 years. This design is supposed to be an assault ship or landing craft; carrying Zentradi soldiers and fighter craft to battle.

Instruction Manual:

Two frames of parts:

Waterslide decals:

Original promo booklet:

There was no figure included with this kit.

Assembling the ship. The body of the ship is formed from two large parts - unfortunately, as was common back when this kit was released, the join is extremely visible and the two parts are not exactly matched in terms of panel lines:

Trying to sand down the seam lines:

Adding external parts (thrusters etc):

Glued to stand in order to add the very delicate sensor/antennae parts:

The external grey 'tanks' have been left off the model to be painted individually. The model itself is going to need to filling around the seam line (using Mr Surfacer 1500) and possibly some re-scribing of panel lines. It's not dreadful, but a sign of the quality of model kits from when this was originally produced:

Mr Surfacer sanded down:

Final antennae/sensor fins added:

The second kit included a Lynn Minmay figure (swimsuit variant - I found a Lynn Minmay dress variant in another of these Arii kits), unlike the first (which if I remember, was an open-box), otherwise the box contents was identical to kit #1:

Assembling main hull, attaching to stand and applying Mr Surfacer on seam lines:

Sanded down:

Both kits fully assembled and prepped for priming:

Primed and ready for pre-shading work:

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