3.14

Sigh. I just got around to watching the M∆ preview. Man I don't know how I feel about this story. Disappointed maybe? Shrug. Walkure feels like a Magicgirl Gatchman team. The mech all seem tacked onto the story, like they're only there cuz its under the 'Macross' name banner. They don't seem necessary to the plot. Hopefully additional episodes will prove this wrong to me. ...Can't be the only person that feels this way can I?

Seems like everyone's holding there collective breath for a LowVis version.... Personally I'm holding mine for Arcadia to release a 'DIY model kit' of this like they Yamato did with the VF-1. (Hint. Hint. Hint. Are you listening Arcadia?)

I hope they sell fast-packs for this with beer can painted missiles. Dare to dream.

Actually this turned out better then I thought it would...Don't like the gaping seam on the 'thighs' though. I would think that that could have been done better. ...Not a deal breaker for me getting one though (or at least try'n). Now. Who is going to give me some money. I had scraped together $300 for this and it seems I need around a $100 more. Anyone? Anyone????

I'd be in for a 'Basic' and maybe a 'Complete' set. ...of your taking a rough count.

Agree with your comment on the directions. They look great at first glance but once you get into it there are quite a few errors partiulary in the order in of how things are put together. There's a a number of places where it has you assemble something when you it would have better to hold off till later. Regarding paint...(for those of us who have no intention of buy'n into Yamato's exclusives) I was able to get a pretty close match to the duranodic bronze color by darkening up 'MODEL MASTER ACRYL-4676 Jet Exhaust' with just a bit of 'MODEL MASTER ACRYL-4767 Aircraft Interior Black'.

True! I considered contacting Yamato (USA) to get them to cough up what was missing but figured it would be easier and faster to just go buy them my self. I'm lucky enough to have a store close buy that specializes in model trains, RC cars and aircraft so picking up the odd dinky pice of hardware is not a problem. Not the first time i've opened a kit of some kind only to find i've been shorted a screw or two...or drop one only to have it vanish into thin air (which is usually what happens.

I got the same issue after I sorted my screws. Found I was shorted a few here and ended up with more there (got all the flat heads though). I sorted my with calipers so know that I did a pretty accuret job of breaking them out. I've decided that i'd worry about later and see how things go along. Hope'n it all works out in the end...then grip about it later if doesn't

Yep molded in color except for the damaged parts which are in in 'resin jaundice yellow'...It's the 1/3000 toy re-released as a big box-o-parts.

Yeah I saw those post on Yamato's site. I can't read Japanese but I gathered from the pictures it says "Step 1: Get ruler, calipers, tweezers, patients, a beer, maybe an magnifying glass and sort itty bitty screws into piles labeled A,B,C..." I may be winy about the screws but it's not that big a deal, really just an annoyance. This is actually a nicely done kit with pretty good directions. I'd recommend it to anyone who is up to the challenge. ...the construction manual is 27 pages long so, sorry I don't see myself scanning and uploading it any soon but here is some example pages I found on Yamato's site. <http://www.yamato-toys.com/items/photogallery/photo.php?glid=44>

Yeah, the directions are quite clear on the screw size and quantity for each size breaking them out into groups of 'A,B,C,...etc'. It's also clear in the directions which size/kind screw goes where. So no worries there. ...But mans sorting so meny teeny tinny itty bitty screws is tedious!

Started work on this bad boy. A little overwhelming when you first get started but you have to remember that it was designed for 'factory assembly' so it has a certen logic to it. To anyone who is worried about buying this I would say if you have put together a lot of models (successfully) and you can maintain a steady level of organization (which is key because their is SO many parts) then you should be able to pull it off. Though one thing that really drove me f-n crazy when I started was that there are something like 190 screws in 13 sizes that come mixed in 3 bags. You have to sort your self which is a real pain. I mean come on Yamato really? You couldn't provide them presorted? I know thats how you bought them. Took me about 45 minutes separate them all out. Even with calipers...which you will need because some of the differences between screws is less then a millimeter.

English just the cover, everything else japanese. But the directions are well laid out step by step pictograms...at least they they appear to be. Hard to know until you start putting this bad boy together. ...I'm starting to wish I had ordered 2 of these. Oh, and it would be blasphemy to make a Jetfire out of one of these. Truly

Just got mine...I squealed like a little girl when I opened it. Such a thing of beauty! Can't decide to put it together or just marvel at all the parts. Lots and lots of parts. ...it's no snap-screw together. It's a glue, patience, pin, patience and screw kind'a kit. Oh and did I say patients!. Yes, lots of patience with be needed to put this together.

1/60 Zentradi trooper sold by T-rex as a Wonderfest exclusive shown on collectiondx.com http://www.collectiondx.com/news_item/0208...fest_2010_t_rex ...dang I really want one.