Ranger565

There's two types of TV pilots you can sculpt. There's the ones for athmosphere and there's the 0-G type. Atmosphere ones have no chin guard, and no backpack. And the collar is out. 0-G has the chin guard, visor closed, backpack and the collars tucked in.

EXO is Correct. I have Images, Just stuck where I cant get to them. I will have black & white scans and Color for you when I get home.

Thanks for all the responses. I'm looking for some references for the back of the TV VF-1 Pilot uniform. If anyone has any illustrations or screencaps I'd be grateful.

NP will have some for you tonight

I will get them from MY DVD's

Peter, if you made a pack of 5 male and 5 female, I think you couldnt keep them in stock.

Agree

I'm in for some TV-style pilots.

Same I would prob buy about 10 TV-style Pilots! With and without Space masks so make that a total of about 20

Destroid Pilots would also be wishful thinking of you as well. We have never had a TV-Destroid pilot And Johns destorids are ripe for them.

Carl

John has been talking about a New Cats-Eye. and you cant have DYRL or Any other kind of Pilot in a Cats-eye, because it was only in the TV. I figure. With Hase VF that I would like to do and Johns Cats-eye, and johns Copter. thats easy 10 pilots for TV Version. Then I need Backups for other projects.

Not to derail the thread, if John doesn't have resculpted TV-style pilots, I have it on pretty good authority there will be another announcement before Christmas that will please you.

I did some research and found that That Most of the UN-SPACY forces wore the same kind of Uniform when it came to pilots, with exception of Destroids and a few other things.

Pilots who flew the Commanchero, Cats-eye, VF's, Stargoose, etc had the same Flight Uniform and Helmet, and well I would love to just place some Decent looking 1/72 TV version Pilots and or Destroids in Johns Kits.

If John truly looks into Re-doing the Cats-eye. Which I really wish he would Do next, I think he would break Sales Records for Kits sold. John would CRUSH Tanmans design and I for one would be buying at least 2. But the need to Fill the cockpit with Decent looking Pilots is important to me.

I would love to have my Little AquaBlue VF-Pilot Like in these pics. (PS. Would love the option to doing the Space Version of the Helmet too with the face guard and visor)

John, thats just awsome!

OK Question:

Do you plan on making a TV Version 1/72 VF Looking Pilot??? John! Serious We have never had a 1/72 TV Pilot. Only the pilots we have are from DYRL. And since We know they wear the same Helmet and uniform as the VF Pilots! It would just be a NICE Touch! !

I beg of yea oh great Maker of Kits. (I would even pay extra for the Pilots!)

As mentioned above, clear resin canopies can be a real b*tch to make. I have experimented with many different types of resins, and aside from the fact that if you don't get a perfectly consistent thickness throughout the canopy, the cockpit will appear distorted through it, there are many problems with resin consistency and hardness when cured. Basically, I want the end result to be the best it can be, and it's very hard to beat vac-formed lexan for clarity.

As for them being difficult to cut, I think that I can help solve that issue by providing a resin "buck" that can be used to trace, trim and support the canopy while cutting; a template essentially, that I can include in the kit. I'm a smartass with an answer for everything. Almost.

Thats cool john, I think you have done that in the past. I noticed that with the Zentradi face armor that you made in the past.

John,

This is something I always wondered. How come the canopies have to be vaccume formed?

Is it harder to make a clear canopie like Haseygawa makes for velks or any Plastic model kit out there?

Or is that its much Cheeper to do the way I see the bubble form made?

Reason i am asking is. I just always have a hard time with cutting that material when Making a kit. Example the mask for the Zentradi you have made.

Carl

great job! That exaclty what I did back 18 years ago when I made mine! I ended up using the "Battleship" the Game, white pegs for my Missiles. I am Really wanting to see what you come up with!

Good luck!

I am also working on doing the same thing for 1/100. Jessey Mayers sold me a kit back 3 years ago that gave upgrades for the 1/100 kit. Here is a picture of some of the pieces. The kit also came with the "Bat" for the 1/100.

<shrug> I figured the missiles fired from the bottom and fed down from the top...

No they kind of all go off at once. In a scatter Kind of style. They really dont lock in on a target, they are of what I would call a Scatter missile. They just destroy anything in a given area.

Still looks out of perportion. I think if I were to buy the kit and build it. It will need some Personal detailing that John has put into his kit. that this kit does not even have. Where the torso meets looks kind of weird. They made it like a ball joint.

2 questions.

1. where would someone even get one if and or when its released.

2. Compared to the kits that are out there now. whats a price on a kit like that?

Just 2 questions that would make the kit worth it on my end.

Carl

I would hate to see Hobby fan copy Johns stuff. I would never buy from them if they did that.

Hi Carl.

Sure, I don't mind tackling different types of vehicles, so long as the demand is there. One of the ones I want to tackle at some point is the Cat's Eye plane, which I don't think acheived its full potential in the hands of Tanmen, but there will likely be at least one big, phat Zentradi kit before that

John Did you just say Cats-eye? Oh err ahh that will be 2 please! John I think this board will LIGHT up with requests if you do that! Tanmen has nothing on you! Oh and for the Zentradi kit, yeah I am all over that too!!

Yeah any word? hehe

Wish I had your tallent. Nice John, Very very nice.

Serious question, Now that you are stating to do other things like the this one. Do you think you woudl ever work on some of the other macross Copters and Planes?

One idea I think you would sell a million is ground trucks and supply vechicals. Like a set of 5 different trucks and ground support.

Does anyone here know of something we could do to get some instrument panels printed up? I mean, there's no way to paint one like this--there aren't even any gauges molded on to drybrush or anything, it's just a bunch of green flat-panel displays in the anime. And bandai just gave us a featureless grey slab.

Here's the best pic I could find of a "normal" VF-25 instrument display:

Dude you can so make your own with that picture. All you need to do is print it out on a white decal paper. Serious. Just scale it to your size.

White Decal paper works best when using Colors and its not an Irregular shape. Thats a square shape and you dont have to cut around.

Here is a custom Decal I made for Johns Destroid Defender. Granted its more complex and I had to cut around the Blue Reaper to make it right. But It worked.

Remember Yours is Square

John, do you plan on adding the Missile pods under the stabilizer wings?

Carl

John, I firmly believe that your Tomahawk Kit is the Best Kit of that Class ever made.

oh John, Yes!! please include 2 pilots. If you could you also please keep the design to the TV uniforms and Helmets? Please!!!!

I am in!

Ok here are the pics of the small kits in detail. I said I would post them about 2 weeks ago, My camra got droped so pics kind of suck but here is the 4 destroids close up

Even though it certainly looks great

I cant get into that Koeing monster. the Origional is 1000000 % better looking to me.

I was looking at my Pefect Memory Its got good angles of the Comanchero! John can make a sick kit from it i am sure!

FYI guys the chopper is a BIG! its like those Russan Hines?(Spelling) They not little!

I dont play many games, and I dont have PSP, but I would buy one if this will work on USA based PSP? Or do i have to get some kind of emulator like the other stuff to play Outside based games? If I have to go that way, its not worth it.

HEy guys I will take some close up shots tomorrow of the kits so you can get a better look. I dont think they are Recasts. But they are the size of a dark hosrse but they dont look like them. Their is WAY to much detail on the kits. I will put them next to a Quarter so you can see size.

I got

2x Tomahawks

2x Spartans

1x Defender

1x Phalanx

1x Monster