The Tomahawk is one of the non-variable Destroid mecha from the original Super Dimensional Fortress: Macross. The Destroids are the second-string machines in the show after the variable VF-1 Valkyries, and are often shown on defense and meat-shield duties (or so it seems)!
This is a 1/72 scale garage kit of the Tomahawk. Out of the box this kit was meant to be static once assembled, but I did some hacking and slashing and gnashing of teeth and made it articulated with polycap and ball-type joint option sets and leftovers from Gundam models. The designer of the kit was astonished at how far I took his creation.
I finished the Tomahawk more recently than the Gundam MkII, after spending some time doing historical models (pics to follow)! I spend a great deal of effort trying to translate techniques from armor modeling to sci-fi and mecha, and this is one of my earlier successes. Paints are mainly Tamiya acrylics, with oil work and pigments added for effect. The WIP shots show some of what I did to improve the kit, and the little tank in some of the finished shots is an in-scale Tiger I.
What is the manufacturer of the Tomahawk 1/72 scale model posted here. It is beautiful. Where might I get one. Thank you.
Thanks for the comment! It’s a Moscato resin kit, and just about impossible to find, unfortunately. They were basically made to-order and just about never come up for sale.
There IS a new 1/72 plastic Tomohawk coming out soon, from WAVE, I believe. I may pick it up, as it looks worth checking out as an affordable and accurate 1/72 ‘Hawk.
If it’s not to much trouble, you don’t happen to know of a website where I can find out about the wave model do you? I have found the wave website but unfortunantly I don’t read Japanese. Thank you for your efforts.
This thread has the news we knew about the kit:
News has been a bit slow lately, I do not know what has become of the project…
Thank you. You’ve been very helpful.