TMBounty_Hunter

Guys, for the 2nd time, it's just the pre-shading
 

The whole point is to give you a much greater tonal variance to your colors than just white/grey/black pre-shading allows.

Here's another example:

That's not camo, that's the pre-shading. That style is pretty popular with Ma. K stuff. Max has done it previously with his Shizuoka Hobby Show valk build.

EDIT: Whoops, wasn't Shizuoka. It was Wonderfestival Winter

Not a kit announcement, but Max Watanabe is doing a custom build for the Tengu Modelers exhibit taking place on the 21st.

The set will be completed in February
 

They're also re-issuing the 1/48 Max/Milia Super Valk

Boxart

He mentions at the start of the video that it's the D, he carved off the DYRL shoulders from Hikaru and in the latest tweet in the background you can see he gave Minmay the helmet already.

As for the VT-1, the cockpit isn't as long so it doesn't extend that far back but the panel detail on the body still changes. It also has a differently shaped canopy frame.

I saw that VF-1D build and it bothers me slightly that he's making the same mistake that Arii did with their kit. They just added a two seat cockpit onto a regular VF-1A/J/S body when the double cockpit is supposed to extend backwards into the body and keeping overall length the same.

Extra Long Arii version:

That Arii kit was my first attempt at any Macross kit, I though it would be a quick and easy straight build but once I noticed this I started modifying endlessly to the point where it's just sitting back in its box half done.....

Even though the release is in March, Max Factory has been handing out sample kits to plenty of modelers:

Just anything Macross 7 would be nice...

Official product page: https://www.goodsmile.info/ja/product/8904/PLAMAX+MF+45+minimum+factory+VF+1+ファイター+バルキリー.html

First announcement: February 2016

Finally released: March 2020

Though they did get sidetracked a bit....

EDIT: Blogpost of runners

https://plamax.exblog.jp/30834546/

4 hours ago, peter said:

Speaking of customizing.....has anyone added joints to the 1/20 Gerwalk to make it more pose-able?

It's really, really, REALLY tempting but I'm already half a year behind my finishing date with just a straight build.

It seems like it would be a really fun project to make it more mobile or even just go full Battroid conversion......maybe if i get another one.....

Oh so there is a price on the placard. Neat. The photo from the previous tweet was so blurry that it looked like the typical mess of TBA kanji instead of numbers.

Peaks at the underside

It's probably safe to say that it'll be a minimum 4,000 yen judging by the Dougram kit pricing. So at least twice the price of Hasegawa. The "quality of life" improvements for the build will probably make it worth it for a lot of people.

Wave 1/100 kits, which are pretty much as friendly to build as a Gundam HG but need paint used to be 2,400 yen and A/J/S sold separately but Wave has recently reissued the with all 3 in one box for 3,600 yen. If those Wave kits were 1/72 for that price and quality it would have been wonderful.

Not 100% sure on this but it seems like it was Kawamori's idea?

Max Factory's own tweets:

I feel like the big question is gonna be price. PLAMAX kits have been on the higher end of the price scale. Meanwhile the Hasegawa VF-1 is dirt cheap.

Well that's unexpected

I still have like a dozen of the Hasegawa ones to build...

Not really a surprise to see it, they've had parts for it for years now. Still no date or price on the placard next to it though.

Mirage is looking great. Hopefully they keep doing characters too.

Tenjin boxart from All Japan Hobby Show

Thanks for the pics tekering!

Updated the known+expectations chart

https://i.imgur.com/n9XzTNv.jpg

Seems that now we just sit and wait until the inevitable vanilla Valkyrie. Not really sure at this point if it will be announced this weekend at the All Japan Hobby Show since yesterday Max posted on twitter a preview of what looks like a 1/20 minimum factory Dougram instead.

On 9/22/2019 at 9:37 AM, tekering said:

 

Anything else you want to see pictures of?

 

Can you please take some pics of the runner pages of the manual? Seems that the multiple taped boxes is preventing Hobby Search from scanning the manuals

1 hour ago, Valkyrie said:

Battroids would be cool.  But I'm still holding out for a 1/20 normal fighter.

Well, All Japan Hobby Show is just a week away so maybe they'll finally announce date/price for the normal fighter that this whole enterprise started with 3.5 years ago

Just pretend you're carrying the first one out of the house then bring in the second one as if it's the same one :P

https://www.goodsmile.info/en/releaseinfo

Super/Strike Valk is listed as shipping out on the 18th