Xigfrid

The red one was printed in white Pa12 (standard plastic) and the grey one was printed in MJF PA12 (grey plastic). 

They both need 3 passes of prime/sanding to obtain a smooth surface. Just take your time to smooth them before painting!

Hi guys, thanks Jasonc for answering all the questions !

Mechapilot77, since I buy precut pins, I haven't adjusted / cut pins to the strict recommended lengths. for instance, if it is said to use 13mm long pins, you should be good with either 12mm or 14mm ones.

4 minutes ago, twich said:

Went searching on YouTube and found your two videos , your VF-9 seems very durable. Is that a special material that you used to construct? Or is that regular shapeways material? Love the design! Thank you, you video was very informative!

Twich

I generally use the white PA which is the standard white plastic from shapeways or the grey/black plastic which is MJF plastic from HP.

Both are as strong as injected ABS plastic used in “quality” toys. But because they are strong and have a natural grainy aspect, they are hard to smooth (and time consuming)! 

Hi guys! I was catching up with the thread and then I saw a few hot answers about me.

I really don’t mind if you want to buy the official version or my version, but as a Macross fan, I will at least buy one copy of Bandai’s speaker pod.

That’s because I really like the speaker pod and I thought it had much more meaning with the general story than the default “drone chargeuuuh”.

Also, I know that the official release will have clever mechanisms that will help me designing new customs

This speaker pod hasn’t sold much in my shop. Where the weapons and custom missiles have sold 10x or 20x more! So I just hope at some point that Bandai release more weapon options, and I am sure it won’t disappoint in sales compared to this speaker pod. 

That’s really really nice! I haven’t finished mine yet but I can see how much love and work you did on the sanding alone!

The weathering fits well this figure too! Great job!

I can’t wait to see it finished!

It’s looking great! I like the choice of colors  

@Lolicon I can find one for you if you are not afraid of painting a 3D printed valk 

@Lolicon, your frontier pictures are always amazing! 

Yes you can found these at custom car parts such as https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chameleon-Color-Changing-Tint-Vinyl-Wrap-Sticker-Headlight-Film-Car-Light-Lamp-/153488396871?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

That’s looking really great! 

Just a note about the head, there is a rail inside to put a plastic visor. You can cut it from any clear or colored “eating” plastic box. 

On the one below, I have used a chameleon colored plastic behind and clear plastic on top of this one. 

Nice found!

Wasn’t it @ChaoticYetiwho made a 3D printed replacement of this part? 

Ok! If you prefer the fighter mode, you can probably slide the head completely inside the cover after you take pictures of the battroid of course!

Doing so can scratch a bit the head painting but the fuselage will be seamless. 

Which mode is your favorite?

Nice pictures @Jasonc! Thanks for sharing your custom with us. 

7 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Hands of the HM-R and Arcadia are roughly the same size.

I made some time ago an articulated hand that could retract in fighter mode. But seeing your photo, I think I can try to print a much larger articulated hand and see if I can fold it better. 

 I just need to dig my 1st release VF-4 now !

The 31 line was great from a mechanical point of view, the toy is solid and articulations are great. 

But they lack presence compared to the 25. The Delta valks, armor parts and supers can’t even compare to Frontier’s. 

On 1/20/2021 at 12:32 AM, no3Ljm said:

Hey @Xigfrid! Is it the one that comes with YF-19 antenna?

 

I think so! You have a better memory than me on this

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

I see. You can probably try on messaging @Xigfrid. Maybe he can cook up one for you.

 

You don’t need, I myself have found a few of these pylons from Taobao. I think they are direct recast of the originals. 

Thank you all, I also know showZ and sure they have a good rep. Unfortunately last time I checked, they didn’t have great shipping rates for France. 

I believe the J-20 is scaled around 1:80

I am trying to find it on aliexpress, and I can’t find it, even the shops that was selling it as pre-order. Anyone has a plausible explanation for this, it looks like this J-20 has been banned from aliexpress ?

I have bought a dozen of these cubes as small Christmas gifts for my kids and their friends. They were between $21 and $30 bought from aliexpress. 

It looks great

The design is amazing! We have great talents around for sure