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  2. DONW999 started following VF-X VA-3 Invader 1/60 scale, the dead horse rises again
  3. DONW999
    This is my first post, and it looks like a mega dump of the progress so far. Follow Haotian Niu or DONW999 on facebook and Instagram for WIP and videos demonstrating mechanisms. Now to the main thing. I know this thing is unpopular, otherwise there would have been Bandai or Yamato/Arcadia toy already. And to be completely honest, I don't think it has any right to be. It looks weird and buffy to say the least. But in a round about way, it also looks kind cute. So I decided to have a go at it. Took me about a 2 weeks to get where I am now, which is most of the transformation mechanism is completed. Studio Experten(http://experten.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/va3/index.html) is a huge inspiration, which I got the links from this forum. Thanks a lot. I cant find any high quality Studio HalfEye version, and yes, I have looked through the achieve, which is the low quality I was talking about. So far, I have replicated the Experten mechanism through their photos, Great, GREAT reference. However I also notice there are quite a few very weak points that requires a lot attention. The printed model is very flimsy at the moment. The torso transformation mechanism has these for swing hinges, that are almost impossible to secure. The hips are on these, in comparison, tiny parts. I can't imagine their 1/100 scale is any more sturdy. Other than those, I also reinforce the wings some and developed the best possible printable ball joints. There are many things that need revision and I can see this would be a long and arduous journey. But I promise you this, I will finish it.
  4. Bolt
    Looking forward to more.!
  5. RangerKarl
    Sad, but I guess Culture-style ship names don't come off the same way in Japanese
  6. davidwhangchoi
  7. treatment
    Pretty sure there's been alot of it, but it's been years since. I'm too lazy to dig out my Strike-Hikky, but here are some from others that I can still recall: Hacchaka has this static from his 2020 review : https://hacchaka.net/archives/52052122.html Here's MarkH's attempt from his yt-video at 12:39 time-stamp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yHcRqCMykg snapshot sample: hope these help you out! add/edit: here's a couple of recent ones from Robolabo's video at 11:05 and 13:17 time-stamps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dojg1jYJSCc snapshot samples:
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  9. JB0
    It's definitely original toy-accurate! But I think general consensus is that the original Devastator is the worst of the combiners and kind of a mess, especially from the back. Whether toy supremacists or toon supremacists, people seem to want a cleaned-up and idealized Devastator.
  10. dec0y13 started following SDF-1 DYRL 3D Build
  11. sh9000
    Additional pics of Naked Snake.
  12. sh9000
    Avatar AT-99 Scorpion Gunship.
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  14. m0n5t3r
    +1
  15. Froy
    Late to the party Had it on private warehouse at HLJ. DK 72 kit comes from TF Safari. Waiting for the Dna Design DK 73 to release. I'm putting this bad boy tonight
  16. 505thAirborne
    Well after a detour here & a detour there during its travels, look what arrived today.
  17. davidwhangchoi
  18. Old_Nash_II
    And the Final Frontier trailer
  19. Big s
    Reminds me a lot of Witchfynde. Kinda heavier than glam metal, but not quite as heavy as thrash metal, just kinda in between sounds. Kinda like the NWOBHM scene with a little more pop to it.
  20. Big s
    I’d be tempted to buy one
  21. Big s
    They at least fixed that with the sleeping bag
  22. Big s
    This is what happens when even Star Wars gets lazy and has AI design things That’s a little like people arguing over at at or A.T. A.T., there’s no winning only finding out Santa is a ton ton of B.S. and never getting the U.S.S. Flagg because Santa had a supposed budget because his mystical boss didn’t come through with a raise or bonus and just got the employees a pizza party instead
  23. Big s
    Not quite silent, but totally deadly
  24. derex3592
    🤣🤣🤣 I myself was disappointed when the Kenner TON TON didn't come with icky guts inside the body cavity to stuff Luke in...... "Mom?...Can you make me some spaghetti???"🤗😂
  25. derex3592
    Calling @tekering😁
  26. Chas
    Thanks Thom. I'm hoping I can finally bring it to a satisfying conclusion with this round of working on it. 🤞
  27. Protoman
    There are files to 3d print the Hovercycle. It had been my hope that someone on this board with a printer might be in the mood for a little extra cash and sell them to those of us that bought the figure.
  28. mikeszekely
    I got the first two DNA sets for the Studio Series Constructicons, might as well get the third. This is DK-72, for Scavenger and Mixmaster. This set contains four new arms, a bumper, some shoes, and (of course) the final two bugles. Starting with Scavenger, Just pull his entire stock arms off the ball joints in his shoulders. The new arms pop right onto the ball joint. The new arms don't function any differently, really, than the stock arms. The big difference is that they've got built in filler parts on the inside of the biceps and a new flap over the hand-hole. There is one other minor difference, but we'll get to that in a bit. The shoes are for Scavenger as well, and they work exactly like Bonecrusher's. Fold his toes down, slide them into the gaps in the shoes, and plug the pegs on the shoes into the ports on the bottoms of his heels. As was the case with Bonecrusher, I do appreciate that they give Scavenger more cartoon-accurate feet. It kind of irks me that the new Studio Series Constructicons are supposed to be more '86 movie accurate, but instead of actually copying the Sunbow designs (or, in Scavenger's case, even the G1 toy) they (that is, Takara, I think) basically said, "our Generations Constructicons were pretty good, let's just do those in a different scale." Scavenger's feet were never supposed to just be the ends of his treads. Unfortunately, while Bonecrusher's new arms and shoes fixed his proportions, Scavenger's biggest proportional issue is his massive pelvis. Which DNA didn't fix. Scavenger's bugle is the sort that has a gap in the handle that c-clips around his fist. Since Scavenger's new arms have flaps, you have to open them up, fold the fists in, and then close the flap instead if simply folding the fists in. Transformation is otherwise the same, except you have the shoes to partsform. The new arms, which form most of the back of the alt mode, have little tabs on them. The tabs plug into the bottom of the shoes, so the shoes sit on the back of the excavator. It's not particularly elegant... I think it's less-well integrated than Bonecrusher's... but it's something. But the real rub is that they don't have anywhere else to go in combined mode, either. Keeping them around means giving Devastator a big purple tumor on his right shoulder. The other set of arms in this set are for Mixmaster. You don't have to replace his entire arm. Just slide everything from the bicep swivel down off of the mushroom peg, then slide the new arms into place. At first glance, there isn't a ton of difference between the new arms and the stock ones, save for a little less detail on the forearm. Next up, we have the new bumper. Split it in half, and each half pegs int the stock bumper on the back of Mixmaster's leg. Which... really does nothing for robot mode. So what, then, was the point? The new arms have two advantages, though only one makes a difference in robot mode. His elbows are now double-jointed, increasing their range from a mere 90 degree bend to a full 180 degrees. There's his bugle... which looks more like the fart gun from Despicable Me than a bugle. What was DNA thinking here? They went to all the trouble to make six unique molds for the bugles, but Scrapper's was the only cartoon-accurate one. Why not just do Scrapper's six times? Anyway, there's a 5mm post on the bottom of Mixmaster's bugle, so he can hold it like an actual gun, or there's a 5mm post on the rear so he can hold it more like a bugle. As is often the case with the new DNA arms, he now possesses a flap that opens for his hand to fold in when transforming. It doesn't do a ton for his truck mode. In fact, leaving his fist partially out gives him a place to plug in his bugle. Meanwhile, the new bumper looks ok. It's a bit more "heavy duty" than the stock bumper. But it's also not cartoon accurate, so I'm not sure what's the point here. The best thing about this kit, specifically the new arms for Mixmaster, comes in his combined mode. The new bumper gives Devastator a toe, which actually is something he had in the cartoon. I almost wish DNA had leaned harder into it; instead of giving him a bigger bumper meant to stay on in all modes, they could have given a green panel that covered the entire grill with a big green toe on it, make the foot look even more like the (bad) Sunbow art. It's the arms that really shine. The stock arms just kind of hung off the back of Devastator's legs, with the fists showing (another unfortunately holdover from the Generations toy). On the new arms, not only do the fists fold away, but since the new elbows are double-jointed they can curl all the way up where they actually tab in place, which cleans up the leg mode quite a bit. When I started reviewing my latest batch of DNA kits a few weeks ago I told you that DNA can be very hit or miss. So it was almost inevitable that after two Constructicon kits I do recommend we'd wind up with one more that I don't. I'm just not sure there's enough value here. Scavenger's new arms are basically the old ones with some gap fillers and tabs for the shoes, and while the shoes are more cartoon-accurate than his stock feet they make his alt mode and combined mode worse. Meanwhile, the kit does not address Scavenger's pelvis, which was his real issue. Mixmaster's new bumper isn't cartoon accurate in any mode, and is kind of pointless. The only reasons to get this kit at all are to complete DNA's set of not-at-all-accurate bugles, and Mixmaster's new arms. They actually do help clean up his leg mode in a meaningful way. Is it meaningful enough, though, to justify the entire kit? Although that was my main reason for buying the kit (and the fact that I needed to hit the threshold for free shipping, otherwise my shipping costs would have been nearly as much as this kit), I think the answer is probably no.
  29. Thom
    So, kind of the same thing.
  30. Thom
    Star Wars is not just worn, it is a broken universe!😁 @TangledThorns That is a memorable way to find out the Big Secret. Other than the one that aliens are not among us...
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