Urashiman

Here - one completed VF-4 WAVE kit. My initial thoughts on the kit were the quality issues: - thick panel lines that could fit a zentradi finger - inaccurate dimensions of the main body and wings BUT! - most of the parts were fitting together really nice except for some edges. Especially the weapon housing on both engines. I fixed this easily by cutting away a pin on both sides. In the end I am satisfied with the result.

@arbit Great work on that Millenium Falcom cockpit! AWESOME! Yesterday I managed to finish my WAVE VF-4G Lightning III Let the pictures speak for themselves. The cool thing about this is that the Hasegawa Macross display stand works perfectly with the VF-4.

Thanks! Well ... I didn't really measure the ratio. I just put colors together and do it drop by drop until I have the right tone. I was using the following Revell colors: SM 374 - Light Grey SM 378 - Grey Glossy 30 - Orange Glossy 04 - White Additionally I used the following Humbrol Enamel Color Matt 42 - Violett

Finally finished my VF-11B from Macross Plus. Sorry for the bad pictures. I really need to build a lightbox or something. The washing turned out a bit dirtier than I wanted it to be. I was also watching through Macross Plus to get the colors right, as the colors provided in the Hasegawa manual didn't seem right. Sadly, during build up the main body seams ripped open. It seems that due to sanding works they became a bit too thin... Next Project: My first Wave kit So far everything fits nicely. No idea how to to the main engines exhaust yet. If I airbrush it before glueing it together I'll probably have some issues with color rubbing off during sanding. Maybe I have to tape everything first. I'll come up with something.

Awesome work so far! Will if be transformable?

Thanks - I'll think I'll build a small lightbox to take better pictures of it. No, I got mine when it first came out. Also, I got the normal VF-11B without the super packs. Just a small side note: Get the Jasmine Model Photo Etched parts. It is troublesome to get the small parts onto the pieces with my sausage fingers (my tweezers are MIA), but it looks really great!

I wish I could, I have no white background

Finished my VE-1 yesterday. And starting my next project - Macross Plus VF-11B

That'll be cool too

VA-3! GO GO GO! ...but a VF-171 would be nice too. They should scrap the VF-22, as Hasegawa has that covered. A VF-9 or VF-14 would be cooler instead Yeah ... I was a bit disappointed too, but at least I got an affordable VF-4 kit to line up with my other 1/72 macross kits. The resin VF-4s were always way too expensive, and there are bigger mistakes on the VF-4 structure on these. If Hasegawa would come up with a VF-4 I would be the first to buy it, but I'll have to stick with the Wave VF-4 for now

Yeah - it's a pitty with the VF-1 kits ... But hey - I got a bunch of other kits as well. When done with the VE-1, I'd probably build my VF-11 or try my first WAVE kit ... the VF-4 BTW: nice build, I like the washing. It looks really clean.

Nice Build!

Yeah on second thought you are right - FUD is way too brittle for that

This one is on my backlog for over 10 years now. I can't even remember when I bought it. Must have been 2004 - 2005 ish. Now I am finally building it. My first Hasegawa Valk with super packs. The interesting thing: the kit quality is really good. I was building a VF-1A in Kakizaki colors some days ago and the parts had problems with fitting and gaps. It could be that the mold hasegawa uses slowly is degrading. This VE-1 is fitting together really good, but still it needs some sanding here and there as well as gap filling.

Yeah, this is due to the orthographic view in sketchup and the perspective view in real life. Also keep in mind that 3D printing also has errors. It often isn't as acurate as though giving you printing errors of up to 1mm per 10cm, especially with the cheap materials. For prototyping the white and elastic stuff is okay, but if you want a final build, you should choose the more expensive materials. Nevertheless, great work Xigfrid!

Awesome work Xigfrid! Congratulations!

Maybe when the FF7 Remake gets released ...

yeah, but the details would be really bad...

Nice - reminds me of that Shark Attack Cartoon from the 80s/90s

Oh, nice to hear that people still use my stuff. Yeah, the VF-9 is really small, even smaller than the VF-1. Doing it in 1/48 would be better, so the fine structures don't break so fast. Printing in the normal "Strong and flexible" might end up in fragile parts ... You are talking about the Frosted Ultra Detail? I've used that once for a H0 (1:87) Tram I was printing. It is still up on shapeways I think. Actually I had the FUD in mind while designing the VF-9 High Detail model. I also had a High Detail VF-14 on my to do list, but there just isn't enough time. I probably have to take a sabbatical or something to catch up on all my crazy projects.

I've been working on something similar some time ago. After fixing my Papercraft VF-9 I thought about doing a high detailed model in 3D to send to Shapeways and have it printed. I had the HQ wings done and was working to get the mainframe done, but you know - I don't have much time, so this ended up in development hell. Maybe I have to take it up again. My idea was to have it in fighter mode in 1/72 to stand with my Hasegawa models. @Xigfrid: I am thrilled to see your model printed and in action.

AWESOME!

Yeah, I just snapped it together. Going to airbrush this thing soon and panel lining will happen too. No worries and ... I have a giant backlog myself with kits that need building since 1999 ...

Awesome - the decal sheet looks nice. I am going to use this if you don't mind.

finally got some new kits for my collection. Snapped together the VF-171 already