• Manufacturer: Arii
• Part number: Arii Macross series #66
• Year of production: Old…. 1990's at least
• Scale: 1/20000
• Series: Macross
• Kit type: Fixed posed spaceship
• In-universe role: Standard Cruiser
• Build date: Started in March 2025!

• Badger Ultimate Airbrush Primer (dark grey)
• Vallejo Model Air Panzer Dark Grey (pre-shading)
• Vallejo Mecha Colour Dark Green (main green hull section + used unthinned straight from bottle for random panels)
• MIG Dark Compass Ghost Gray + Vallejo Mecha Color Magenta (grey hull section)
• Vallejo Model Air Red RLM23 (red highlights)
• AK Interactive Silver Grey (grey external tanks)
• MIG Medium Gunship Gray (panel highlights)
• Vallejo Game Colour Gory Red (hull red stripes)
• Tamiya Panel Line Accent Black

Bought this as part of a set with several other very old Arii Macross ship kits back in the early 2000's and never got around to building it.

Box artwork:

Box contents (sorry, had already mostly clipped the main parts out several years ago!):

Instruction sheet:

Waterslide decal sheet:

This kit also came with a figure of Quamzin Kravshera, one of the antagonists of the original Macross TV show:

Assembly process:

It's a very simple model but goes together easily. Whilst it is clearly a design from a long time ago, due to the presence of a recess around the seam of the two halves, there isn't really any filling/sanding to do beyond a little bit on the rear engine/thruster section, but it's very minor.

Here it is complete (minus the grey external modules - which will be painted seperately), glued to stand in order to attach the very small antenna/sensor parts. Next up will be priming and pre-shading:

Primed:

Pre-shaded main panel lines + recess line:

Main green hull colour (and black recess) added:

White external tanks added:

Details added to various panels, almost ready for gloss varnish and then decals and panel lines/weathering:

Gloss coat sprayed and then the original waterslide decals applied. I didn't use all of them, as it seemed as though it would be too much:

Panel line ink:

Next will be some weathering effects and then a final layer of matt varnish.

Enamel washes and pastel weathering applied, stand painted. Finished kit:

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