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I forgot to tell you that is smaller than a 1/55 bandai but alot bigger than a banpresto valk. The feet are made on aluminum. Regards Nicolas

Hey, finally! i completly agree with you, Mechanics over Cosmetic, eventually you can make it look nice, but the engineering comes first, in the process usually this projects look horrible but in the end if you finish your project they look nice, they are steps, that is the order the process has. Saddly some people less involved with the mechanic aspec just care about the cosmetic aspect, i know that is the final stage of my project. Thanks for the advice on the customs tariff issue, i´ll chek on the list you mention. Beside the sliding heat shield if you check the original toy i also modified all the leg system, i add a yamato like bar for them to place in both figther an battroid, and i modify the knee to allow a knee cap (i dont know if this is the way to name it, is the cover of the knee junction) and a rotation system too wich didn´t come on the original toy. The nose cone was modified too, i´ve removed the black cockpit cover and tried to cast the inside of the cockpit wich didn´t came on the original toy either. Notice the legs I apologize for my english, some times i want to tell many things but i realize i´m not clear enough. Regards and thanks. The pic...

remember this is just to show a day by day.

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they are improving...

ok thanks!

Please i would like to know wich is the meaning of custom for you guys. Not the word...when you say i´m going to custom something is it just paint?

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eventually all the surfaces will be smooth... See you soon. Nicolas

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a little pic showing the craft of the arms...€

Hey Cristian!!!!! Thanks alot for your words! yeah mechanically i´m very proud, this weekend i´ll finish up the arms!!! Someone told me many posts away on this thread "where there´s will, there´s a way"!!!!! The hardest part wasn´t the making of the all thing but to figure out the design to make it work, i´m really happy with the result. After the arms i´ll start to add locks for the legs and the rest of the parts, and finally i´ll sand everything up one more time and i´ll paint it. Next project will be apply all this to a new bootleg. Regards and thanks for replying. Nico

Sorry for the size of the pics i will! whats a calymation?

Thank you very much! the advices and opinions of the people in this forum are really important to me! You are a follow example to me. Next stage will be the arms wich are al made up from scratch. Nicolas

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finally my tools, remember i love macross, i have only weekends to work on this, now i`ll put all i`ve learned on this valk on a new bootleg one, the mechanical view of the vf compare to the original one looks beautifull to me, just compare it to the original one, peopel this project took many many hours, don`t judge the surface of the toy look at the mechanical modification. Regards. Nicolas

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gerwalk, notice the knees and the foot and the way the heatshield retracs inwards...

transforming to gerwalk...

i had to modify the chest plate in order to let the heat shield slide properly

battroid other side

all the pieces are made on aluminium sheets

the heat shiel system, remember this is only to show it can be added on a 1/55

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