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6 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

If the Minmay figure from the Fan Liner or modified Minmay from the VF-1D don’t work out, I might just alter and repaint a Minmay from the VT-1 to fit inside the VF-1D.

Which Fan Liner is that sh9000?

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2 hours ago, DewPoint said:

On my screen the VF-1D looks to have the same orange color issue as the VT-1.  The Orange of the chest plate appscreen ears duller than the painted orange.

My CD Japan order is also in "In Shipping Process."

I can easily tell the difference in orange on my phone screen too.

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5 hours ago, DewPoint said:

On my screen the VF-1D looks to have the same orange color issue as the VT-1.  The Orange of the chest plate appears duller than the painted orange.

My CD Japan order is also in "In Shipping Process."

 

3 hours ago, Lolicon said:

I can easily tell the difference in orange on my phone screen too.

Ah that the color just behind the cockpit? I see now it seems to be a little lighter compared to the body...I cant really tell the difference viewing it from my phone or pc..but after zooming in i detect a slight difference...

will await the verdicts as it rolls in....

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12 minutes ago, seti88 said:

 

Ah that the color just behind the cockpit? I see now it seems to be a little lighter compared to the body...I cant really tell the difference viewing it from my phone or pc..but after zooming in i detect a slight difference...

will await the verdicts as it rolls in....

No, the orange of the colored plastic (chest) is clearly different from the orange paint (legs, wings). 

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On 4/13/2019 at 8:15 AM, borgified said:

@tekering (if he has a Yammie VF-1d) will be posting comparisons with the HMR and the Yammie together

As if there were any doubt...  :lol:

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Comparing shades of orange...

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Comparing pilots...

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...and somebody mentioned comparing nosecones...?

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 What a comparison ....The yamato 1D orange looks really bright comparing to hmr...

bandai made the 1D canopy different from the super O, I tot they wouldn’t have bothered..

thanks for the comparison tekering...how did you find the orange on the hmr 1D, was it as evenly colored in itself? ie was the orange color on fuselage, wings or legs visibly different from each other?

lovely pics!

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Thanks very much @tekeringfor the detailed comparison. I was trying to highlight a paint difference in fighter mode yesterday but didn’t describe it well. The circled area in the HMR 1D is different to both the Yamato and the HMR super O. To me it’s a step back from the super O and it bugs the hell out of me that Bandai didn’t so the same thing with the 1D. I like my 1D in fighter mode and that is an eyesore to my OCD eyes..

 

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1 hour ago, rdrunner said:

Thanks very much @tekeringfor the detailed comparison. I was trying to highlight a paint difference in fighter mode yesterday but didn’t describe it well. The circled area in the HMR 1D is different to both the Yamato and the HMR super O. To me it’s a step back from the super O and it bugs the hell out of me that Bandai didn’t so the same thing with the 1D. I like my 1D in fighter mode and that is an eyesore to my OCD eyes..

 

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It's just Bandai cheaping out, as usual. That's how they get ya. Cut a little corner here, a little corner there. Don't paint the back cover, stop painting the navigational lights, "accidentally" give you two left leg armor pieces because for some ungodly reason they didn't make the same number of left and right pieces, only one seated pilot figure for a two seater aircraft, etc. :fool:

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2 minutes ago, tekering said:

I can't help but think you overdid it just a little on that bird, Lolicon...  :huh:

Did it come with the rainbow canopy?

All the early V2 Yamatos had rainbow canopies. I mean, I didn't add the rainbow canopy myself, if that's what you're asking. :ph34r:

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5 hours ago, tekering said:

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As if there were any doubt...  :lol:

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Comparing shades of orange...

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Comparing pilots...

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...and somebody mentioned comparing nosecones...?

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Thanks for the nose/canopy comparison!

Chris

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6 hours ago, rdrunner said:

OH. Another “grey or white goggles” conundrum... why am I not surprised, haha. But I didn’t know that, so thanks @seti88 for letting me know. 

Macross Mecha Manual is an awesome source but the color line art isn't official in regards to color.

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25 minutes ago, jenius said:

Macross Mecha Manual is an awesome source but the color line art isn't official in regards to color.

I have that VT-102 screenshot from episode 1 etched in my mind, so to me that is THE official colour as well.  But there is really no excuse for Bandai's laziness/corner cutting for that small piece.  I am a big fan of valks in Fighter mode, and the 1D is one of my all time favourite from the TV show.  This has ruined the HMR 1D for me.

5 hours ago, Lolicon said:

It's just Bandai cheaping out, as usual. That's how they get ya. Cut a little corner here, a little corner there. Don't paint the back cover, stop painting the navigational lights, "accidentally" give you two left leg armor pieces because for some ungodly reason they didn't make the same number of left and right pieces, only one seated pilot figure for a two seater aircraft, etc. :fool:

If they didn't do that for the Super Ostrich, I can understand their "business" decision.  But they had already done that colouring for the Super O, and that's what I can't understand. I even thought about swapping the two covers, but then realized that the 1D has two tiny antennae when the Super O only has one. :fool:

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9 hours ago, tekering said:

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525301285_VF-1Dpilotseat.thumb.jpg.017ef965a12ff097d16d94af8ee7714b.jpg

891656592_VF-1DGerwalk.thumb.jpg.a15e7ca897272d977d8a6a3352cd0781.jpg

As if there were any doubt...  :lol:

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240326281_YamatovsBandai-Fighter.thumb.jpg.88985ea1dbd544622b7b87167f0fc4ec.jpg

Comparing shades of orange...

1382812211_applesoranges.thumb.jpg.4c5a406f5aa44623712e026cb3315f1e.jpg

Comparing pilots...

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...and somebody mentioned comparing nosecones...?

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Cool pics.  Can you post a pic of the VF-1D with the included Hikaru figure in the cockpit and the Minmay that comes with the VT-1 sitting in back?  Also a comparison pic of Hikaru from the VF-1D next to the Hikaru from the VF-1J?  Thanks.

25 minutes ago, Backlight1 said:

Hello guys this is my first reply ever. I painted my vf4 according to some pics i have seen. 

Used vallejo acrylics and mig cobra airbrush.  Hope you like it 

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Nice pilot.  It surely proves that the pilot figure can be painted up.

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27 minutes ago, Backlight1 said:

Hello guys this is my first reply ever. I painted my vf4 according to some pics i have seen. 

Used vallejo acrylics and mig cobra airbrush.  Hope you like it 

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Nice work! And welcome to MacrossWorld, @Backlight1 :good: ;)

Are you planning on painting the intake's inside to brown as well?

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1 hour ago, rdrunner said:

I have that VT-102 screenshot from episode 1 etched in my mind, so to me that is THE official colour as well.  But there is really no excuse for Bandai's laziness/corner cutting for that small piece.  I am a big fan of valks in Fighter mode, and the 1D is one of my all time favourite from the TV show.  This has ruined the HMR 1D for me.

That can't be true, right? I mean, you can leave it posing in Gerwalk mode. Or add those TV Supers just like the old artwork from the 80's. Or better yet, you can have a custom Supers too. ;)

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Problem solved. ;)

 

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1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

That can't be true, right? I mean, you can leave it posing in Gerwalk mode. Or add those TV Supers just like the old artwork from the 80's. Or better yet, you can have a custom Supers too. ;)

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Problem solved. ;)

 

Well... let's just say I will not be putting super packs on to the 1D in a hurry...

Yes I can leave it in Gerwalk and Battroid modes, but I was really hoping that the fighter mode would look decent - especially when Bandai went through the trouble of re-molding the elongated canopy for a two-seater, unlike the Super O or the VE-1.  Not often do we get a transformable 1D toy (not model kits) that get the canopy shape right.  The HMR could do it because it didn't need to worry about the length of the heat shield during transformation.  To me it's something that bothers me when I look at the fighter mode, especially knowing that they could have got the colouring correct easily (and they have done so on the VT-1).

But enough of my OCD nitpicking -  I'm sure lots of people will still love the HMR VF-1D and I promise I will (try) not mention this again:ph34r::5:

 

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Well, it really is an old argument.  We all know that the show (SDFM) was riddiled with production errors.  Lots of things look different from one scene to the next.  It's really hard to say what is 100% correct.  I'm sure that this won't be the last time where someone feels like Bandai cheaped out on details.

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