{"id":2422,"date":"2025-08-11T08:43:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T23:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T23:43:43","slug":"the-old-legacy-glaug-model-kit-from-macross-by-imai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/the-old-legacy-glaug-model-kit-from-macross-by-imai\/","title":{"rendered":"The old, legacy Glaug model kit from Macross by Imai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0d338c10943&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a0d338c10943\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1519-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1519-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1519-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1519-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1519-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1519-1320x990.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1519.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I took this old Imai\/Bandai Macross Glaug kit to work on while staying at the in-laws&#8217; place for a 4-day summer holiday weekend. I figured that I&#8217;d get familiar with these older kits before building the new Hasegawa ones. But, I am a bit surprised. There are no bottom parts for the feet of this old Glaug kit! I can&#8217;t believe they made the kit like this. Seems a bit half-assed. Now I feel compelled to cut some Tamiya Pla-Plate to make my own feet bottoms. I&#8217;m also going to modify this with proper clear lens pieces as well as ball joints where I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This old Imai Glaug kit is from the &#8217;80s. Bandai bought the Macross molds from Imai long ago and re-issued them under their name. Not all of them though apparently, since Bandai never once repopped the <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@stevethefishdotnet:2\/Imai-Macross-1-100-Armored-VF-1J-Valkyrie-plamo-build-4-FINAL-%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%80%80%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC:9\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@stevethefishdotnet:2\/Imai-Macross-1-100-Armored-VF-1J-Valkyrie-plamo-build-4-FINAL-%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%80%80%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC:9\">Armored Valkyrie kit<\/a> I completed this year, or the Zentraedi recon ship. They repop the Zentraedi battle pod and Destroid kits every once in a while, and this one I have was released for the 25th anniversary of Macross. I paid only 1,020 yen for it about 12 years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took this old Imai\/Bandai Macross Glaug kit to work on while staying at the in-laws&#8217; place for a 4-day summer holiday weekend. I figured that I&#8217;d get familiar with these older kits before building the new Hasegawa ones. But, I am a bit surprised. There are no bottom parts for the feet of this &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/the-old-legacy-glaug-model-kit-from-macross-by-imai\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The old, legacy Glaug model kit from Macross by Imai&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[306,305,56,57,169],"class_list":["post-2422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-modeling","tag-bandai","tag-imai","tag-macross","tag-plamo","tag-plastic-model"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions\/2424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}