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Yamato 1/48 Vf-1 Pilot and DX VF-31 pilot


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I did try to put a 1:48 pilot in the DX VF-1J but the legs and hands were not well oriented. After reading your post, I decided to slightly change my 1:48 pilots and have these printed. I don't know if they will fit the VF-1J, I will let you know.

Also I made the 1:60 version for the VF-31, but I have near 0 hope they will fit as is. Probably they can fit if I reduce them down to 1:72 scale though

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Concerning the pilots, there are male above and femal below... I know this is not that obvious :) As print material, I prefer to use resin UV cured printer to obtain fully detailed surfaces and smooth finish. But I have also used  basic SLS plastic or HP plastic and both were giving good results once painted.

I don't know Tamiya plastic sheet, but for the size of a 1:48 pilot hand and fingers they are all fragile and you better avoid these to fall on the floor. 

No, I am not doing DX VF-31A wings soon, why should it be needed ?

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I could test the pilots this night and the VF-31 1:60 scale are a no-go. The pilot is almost straight leg and scale as a 1:84 figure...

For the VF-1J, there is more room for a 1:48 pilot but somehow, the chair is too high, so I had to sand 2mm of the pilots’ buts so they can fit inside comfortably and have clearance on the top of their helmet. 

 

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The 1/48 pilots came in they're pretty good. The male pilots won't fit so easily since their arms get in the way, but the female pilots work really well and you can't really tell beween them and the male pilots unless yo look at their waists and hips which are obscured by the valkyrie.

Only thing that could be better is if the male pilots also had their arms to the sides like the fem pilots imho

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That was a fast painting, and it looks really nice ! Would you mind take a new picture a bit more far away?

I don't know for the arm. To be honest I like to have different poses between the male and female pilots. When I tested my male pilot, the hand forward didn't obstruct with the screen panel.

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