Thanks a lot for sharing, very usefull for me.
Nice, thanks for the sharing from someone who is keen to get his head around hard surface modelling in Zbrush. 
this is really interesting and good work! Firstly I thought youve imported your model to zb in order to paint or add some details, but then I figured out that entire model was done in zbrush!
WWon Impressive !!! you can make video tutorial ?
Did some poly paint texturing / zapplinking YAY! I’m thinking of doing 2 images based on this model (one in the air an one in a hangar).
Still keeping it all Zbrush and photoshop!
Here are some wip renders out of ZB.
Lots of work to do ! 
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Keep it up mate, this is shaping up to be a great piece of work 
hey man! it’s a awesome work =) you hav a super control of the mesh! =) congratssmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamond
nice just saw this for the first time, thanks for telling us in a simple way how you did it
Jim,
When using the displacement brush, how did you achieve the straight lines?
Hi I use the Slash 3 Line brush with the standard square Alpha 28.
Other for more complex shapes I mask the area, invert and do a slight negative inflate.
Ohh and the divets are using the same brush with a circular alpha and the Roll effect in the stroke settings.
Not too exicitng ,
Pilot WIP
Finally got the illustration done ! 
Hope you guys dig it !
Modeling Zbrush
Texturing Zapp link Photoshop
Rendering Zbrush
Weathering, Background, and clean up Photoshop
Great modeling work. It’s amazing what ZBrush (and you, of course!) can now do with hard-surface models. Congrats!
New image with 76% more POP !
Got some feedback from friends.
Blended in a reflection map from Zbrush and played with the background.
I love Macross, if you put 2 bullet marks on the first plane it would make this even more gorgeous for me.
The texture work is really top notch for me.
good model ,machine in ZBrush always difficult for me…
wow! i just love macross! great model and technique! thanks for the tut! maybe a render in maya? i’d love to see that rendered in mr!! great stuff!!
Wow Jim, this really came together for me when I saw your photoshop comp! Looks like a panel from a great comic. I prefer the less poppy one, I feel the mist of the clouds is between me and the plane, it makes them sit in the scene so well! Also it looks to me as though it was painted with washes, which adds to the classic Manga feel you pulled off!
Also thanks for the tips on brushes and techniques you used - Slash3Line is going to be very, very useful!
yea, good job, thanks for the SB inspiration! =)