Model-Junkie

I fly with British Airways almost every year, I find their service good & consistent plus they are the only airline who flies direct from BWI to LHR. Though Heathrow is not my final destination when I fly to the UK, my connecting flight is with BA & the transfer is trouble free. I flew with Lufthansa for the first time a couple of weeks ago and was able to fly on my favorite airliner, the A340-600. The flight was torture though, 12 hour flight from Munich to Hong Kong was hell, especially when I had to do it again on the way back. I do not remember much of my flying experiences with Cathay Pacific or Air France.

I already have several of the Hasegawa 1/72 VF-19A Ravens & YF-19 model kits but I'll pick up a few of the re-release for those extra missiles!

I haven't pre-ordered an item from SSM in 6 months+ but if they still do it this way, you are just added to the pre-order list & you will be sent an invoice once the kit becomes available again. They try to fulfill pre-orders before offering the kits for sale in their store so you are pretty much guaranteed a kit, you just got to complete the order within a certain time frame. Edit for spelling

I only know of the VF-25G that was built & painted to look like a U.S. Navy fighter, perhaps this is what you are looking for?

I am one of the 1/72 guys but the cost and size would limit me to one. How about a 1/200 scale version? I also collect 1/200 airliners / military transports, which seems to be a popular scale, and should make it more affordable.

Link for the above mid-air collision

I agree that the kit seat is fine & I will not be changing them out on my kits. As for fitting aftermarket seats, I tested the GRU-7 (A-6 & F-14), ACES II (F-15 & F-16) & SJU-5/A (F/A-18) ejection seats & the only ones that 'fitted' comfortably were the SJU-5/A seats. All of the seats were too tall & the bases will need sanding down considerably. Also, the GRU-7 seats were also too wide

If you can wait until Saturday I can pull out my VF-1A kit & try the resin seats I have.

Sorry, I haven't had a chance to pull the VF-1D kits out to check what spares they have. However, I do know the tail mount plate is common to all the VF-1 fighter kits and the 1D did not come with a duplicate, I'll check the other parts when I get home this afternoon.

Kelsain, I have several Hasegawa VF-1Ds that came with spare parts for the regular VF-1s - upper fuselage piece & the piece that goes in the middle (pieces A8 & A17). Let me know if you are still wanting to convert to a regular VF-1

Thanks for the help folks

Hey all, I need help identifying the female character in white/blue/pink outfit with the bow. Does anyone know who she is & what anime she is from? TIA

Nonetheless, because the gunpod is on its own sprue Hasegawa will most like not include it for the VF-11D. Now the VF-1D did include parts from the VF-1 single seater kits (ie: cockpit, nose section & chest piece/top fuselage piece) but only because the VF-1D re-used parts from the same sprue. Whilst odd, one excuse I can think of is because news crews will not be able to use helicopters in space?

The gun pod is on it's own sprue for the VF-11B kit so most likely the VF-11D will not come with one and it will be replaced with a sprue for the camera pod.

The plane that crashed last week was a JH-7, not the J-20

Shaorin, the Hasegawa kits have previously been discussed on the board here. Apparently the resin kits made by Club-M, Orange Collection or Yellow Submarine are more 'screen accurate' or closely follow the line art more so than the Hasegawa kits. I, like many others, prefer Hasegawa's real life aerodynamic take on their VF-1 kits.

Hobby Search shipped my order out today. For those who are planning to get one, AmiAmi has them available at 1970 Yen.

I am up for one

Awesome news & a welcome addition to their 1/72 line. Can't wait to see some test shots!

Thanks for the latest photos and descriptions. I always find it fascinating to see how artists create their work and not always have to use fancy tools / equipment. Is there a certain way to cut / extract the parts from the molds? Are the molds only good for one use or are you able to get a few pulls from them?

Nice work, a good alternative to the kit version. I am not familiar with the Revoltech line, were you able to swap parts between the figures or did it also involve some surgery to make the parts fit?

Excellent work so far! I've been following this thread with great interest. Just a heads up, those are Jamming Pods and do not contain fuel. Their real life counterparts can be found here. Also, the fan at the front of the pod is part of the RAM air turbine generator and is used to provide power to the pod and does not provide propulsion in any way

For those interested in the video: http://www.studio-tenjin.com/VALKYRIES2nd.html It plays through once and stops but I am able to replay it when I refresh the webpage.

Do you live in the U.S.? How much was SAL from AmiAmi?

Thanks Captain, I had missed a page from the instructions! Major Focker, I was under the impression that it was just the dark blue parts that needed baking.