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Clearing out some of my 1/72 scale backlog. All kits are new/unopened with one small exception for the VF-1A (see photos/description below)

Hasegawa VF-1J Armored Valkyrie $45
Hasegawa VF-1A Armored Valkyrie $45 SOLD
Hasegawa Regult Light Missile Carrier $35 SOLD
Plamax VF-1A/S Fighter $45 SOLD
Hasegawa VF-1A Super Battroid* $30 SOLD

Models ship from the US via USPS. Please reply or DM for a shipping estimate. Payment via PayPal.

The YF-19/YF-21 are recasts of the Wave 1/100 kits. The VF-1A/J is a recast of the Super Robot Heaven non-scale kit.

2 hours ago, Big s said:

I think that they looked at Bandai instead unfortunately 

Yeah, I think that's precisely it. This is a kit designed to match the Bandai approach vs the hardcore scale aircraft modeler audience like Hasegawa. 

The more anime-style look of the battroid is great... but it only comes with stickers, right? Not waterslides?

20 hours ago, Big s said:

While Bandai plays it safe as far as their franchises, Moderoid is far more adventurous. And even more completionist

The quality suffers, though. A lot of the Moderoid kits feel like they were designed in the 80s with a lack of poly caps and design choices (specifically the knees) that make painting more complicated than they should be. I don't mind the prices, but the design choices need to improve. 

(started the MADOX-01 kit a couple nights ago and got tired of it after 30 minutes or so, which is my usual Moderoid experience)

Noticed some folks on Japanese twitter have been saying preorders are also filled for the YF-19 on some shops, so might want to grab a pre-order when/where you can.

On 7/27/2022 at 3:36 PM, Goodman Models said:

Looks great! Well done on the construction and finish! What colour did you use for the super pack?

I don't remember exactly, but it was either Tamiya TS-32 Haze Gray or AS-26 Light Ghost Grey. I think the former.

Finally took some better photos of this.

1 hour ago, tekering said:

That's wonderfully clean paint work, and a real unique piece to be proud of.  The squat line-art proportions don't really correspond to the VF-1 Valkyrie body, but you did the best with the available model parts.

I love the primary color you chose for the body.  What does Tamiya call that color?

It's Tamiya AS-5 Light Blue (Luftwaffe). Isn't as much of a blue eggshell color as you see in a lot of Orguss art, but I think it looks pretty good.

And yeah, a lot of it doesn't quite match up. I debated using an older 1/100 or 1/72 Battroid kit to get closer to that anime/lineart proportions but it'd need a ton of work. 

I've wanted to kitbash one of these for a while and have been putting aside kits for it for a while. Ended up using a 1/100 Wave Super VF-1S for the legs/arms/back, a 1/100 Wave VF-1A for the head, an old Bandai 1/100 Strike VF-1S for the fast pack, a 1/72 Orguss Tank for the shoulders, and a 1/48 Orguss Tank for the chest, pelvis, gun, and hip pods. Feet were made with styrene on top of the existing Wave kit feet.  Abdomen was the knee pad from a HGUC Marasai or something.

Sizes and detail on the old Orguss kits are really weird. The 1/72 kit seemed sharper and had decidedly different detail than the 1/48. The 1/48 chest was a bit too big (or too small? I honestly forget now), so I sliced it down the middle. The round piece where the UN Space kite sits was a generic Wave piece. The lineart for the Orguss-Valkyrie is kind of vague in a lot of places, so I took some liberties. The forearm missiles were swapped for generic Wave tubes because the lineart makes them look more like guns. The lower chest and pelvis in the lineart don't really match either the VF-1 or Orguss, so I just kinda make it up and tried to maintain some of the same detail (like that small detail bit on the left hand side). More generic gunpla parts used in the hip pods to better match the lineart. Used the the old Bandai 1/100 fast pack because it was easier to pair two external sides (ie with boosters) than it would have been to cut out the internal structure on the Wave parts.

Briefly considered either scribing more panel lines in the older model kit parts or filling some of the panel lines in the newer Wave parts... but both of those seemed like a lot of work I didn't want to bother with. When it's all painted, isn't as noticeable as I'd thought. 

Haven't had the time to get better pictures done, but it turned out alright I think. Ended up using mostly Tamiya rattle cans for painting, Mr. Hobby Weathering Color for panel lines. 

On 6/7/2022 at 10:01 PM, Anasazi37 said:

No, but I've been waiting for them to process the POs so I could order it (I missed the PO window) and it's still listed as "Order Stop" more than a week after release. Very unusual for them, I think. I finally gave up and ordered it from Amazon Japan.

Yeah, it's odd. I contacted customer service and they said they haven't even received it yet, should get it next week. Probably smart to order off Amazon.jp.

Anyone else pre-order this from HLJ but not have their order process yet?

I know these Playmax figures have eye decals, but do they come with just one set or do they include extras?

Updated original post. Still looking for TECT kits and some of the Yellow Submarine VF-X kits. Thanks!

On 1/7/2020 at 1:41 PM, Convectuoso said:

https://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/products/detail/330761

Is that one of the kits you're looking for?

Yeah! Thanks for the heads up. Just ordered it.

23 hours ago, VALKYRIE-EXCHANGE.COM said:

I have quite few Tanmen kits from back in the day. Unbuilt and pristine condition.  LMK if interested

 

 

Not as interested in Tanmen's stuff, but thanks for the offer!

Looking for some obscure garage kits from the '90s. Let me know if you've got any and are willing to sell them.

Specifically:

• TECT kits, both the Macross 7 parts kits and the stand alone 1/144 kits
• Yellow Submarine 1/144 Macross VF-X kits (specifically the VF-19, VF-22, VF-4 Battroid, VF-11 Battroid, Valhalla ship)

If you've got other random Macross garage kits, might be interested in those too. Let me know!

Thanks!

As impressive as this build is, the quality of photos and modeling tips in this thread is staggering! Resin kits can be so different than normal plastic kits, guides like this are always awesome. Well done!

3 hours ago, TheLoneWolf said:

Excellent work, I love reading translated interviews!

I think the TIA editors made a mistake in that article. It says that Kawamori was born in Fukuyama prefecture, but at his panel at Otakon last year, Kawamori said that he was born in Toyama prefecture. I double-checked the panel's audio and he clearly says Toyama.

Great catch! I double-checked original Japanese text and it definitely said Toyama, so that mistake was on our end. I've fixed it in the article. Thanks for letting me know!

I recently published a translated version of Kawamori's interview in the This is Animation: Macross Plus Movie Edition book on Zimmerit.moe: 

http://www.zimmerit.moe/macross-plus-shoji-kawamori-interview/

AFAIK, this hasn't been translated into English prior. It includes some interesting insight into the creative process of Macross Plus (and 7) and Kawamori's thoughts on... Robocop. 

A few HMRs left, price drop!

Getting rid of the last of my HMR collection. All of these are in good shape, no missing pieces/packaging/papers (except where noted). Boxe have some slight shelf wear (a few creases, rubs on the corner, etc). Adult owned, all displayed (aside from the VT-1) away from direct sunlight. Open to offers.

Items ship from Austin, TX. Please shoot me a message if you're interested with your zip code and I can get you a shipping quote.

Defender - $SOLD
Spartan - $SOLD

VT-1 Superostrich - $SOLD
This is new, never been opened.

VE-1 Elintseeker - $SOLD
VF-2SS - $SOLD
VF-1J - $SOLD
VF-1A - $SOLD

On 3/24/2019 at 6:36 AM, Convectuoso said:

Thanks. Unfortunately, my order for purchasing this kit was canceled for the 2nd time, so I'm losing hope on getting it already 

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There's one on Yahoo Auctions right now: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/l517280346

On 3/18/2019 at 11:28 PM, 505thAirborne said:

Wow!! What an improvement so far. 

The Metal Siren Battroid rocks, can't wait to see this one all painted up & rocking some Gun Pods! 

Thanks! Unfortunately, this kit doesn't include any handheld gunpods. Not sure if it's worth it to try and scratchbuild one from one of the wing hardpoint gunpods it does include, though.

On 3/19/2019 at 6:30 AM, arbit said:

Nice! Can you recess those joints deeper into the shoulder so they don't show as much?

Yup! I ended up pushing them in a bit more.

Still rough around the edges but it's coming together. The studs on the shoulders and knees had a lot of air bubbles so I removed them entirely and replaced them with 2mm brass rod. The detail on the inner legs was lacking, with a couple of recessed areas where the Metal Siren's "missile pods" pop out. Unfortunately, both legs had massive mold lines running through them and rather than trying to salvage the detail I decided to fill, sand, and add similar detail with plastic sheet instead. The lineart is vague enough to not really show if they're recessed or not, and having them stick out a bit made more sense to me. The vents near the knees were a mess, so I just replaced them with generic aftermarket vernier parts.

At this point, I still need to sort out the hands (the fists included in the kit aren't great but I don't have anything else similarly sized to replace them with) and the entire backpack and wings situation. Once those are done I'll be hitting it with some primer to see what else needs to get cleaned up.

 

why didn't you go for revoltech style joints I think they will increase poseability? much better than polycaps can find them as ball shape joints https://hlj.com/ball-shape-sphere-joint-dark-gray-ylsppc-tn09

Funny you mention that, I actually ended up switching over the elbow joints to that style of joint since they fit into the recesses of the forearms and (as you mentioned) offered better mobility.

Excuse the bad picture, it's late and I didn't feel like setting up lighting for a better one. I ended up cutting back the shoulders a bit and added a polycap to the neck, though it doesn't really need one. 

I ended up using a bigger joint that I would have preferred for the hips to support all that weight, but I'll likely sink those in a bit more to reduce the bow-legged look. I'm also not thrilled with the knees and I'm thinking I'll end up cutting notches into the thighs to sink those in. 

I'm a big fan of Macross II despite all of its (numerous) faults and I'm a big fan of old garage kits despite their (numerous) faults, but the old B-Club 1/100 Macross II kits really aren't great. They're from that era riiiiight before you started to see polycaps in a lot of mecha kits and the result was some pretty awkward posing that didn't quite reflect the dynamic poses you see in the anime itself. I mean, come on:

Anyways, I've got one of the B-Club Metal Siren kits and recently started thinking it might be a worthwhile project if I tried to add some polycaps to give it a bit more movement. Granted, I'm not hoping for a full range of movement or anything resembling modern standards of poseability, but ideally I'd like to find a little flexibility so that it doesn't look quite so rigid (and adding polycaps might help "stretch" out the arms and legs a bit and keep it from looking so stumpy, check out the legs in the VF-2J kit above -- they all look like that).

Oh, and I've never done anything quite like this before so who knows how it'll go.

I began with the shoulders because that seemed to be the easiest place to start. Thankfully the design of this kit is such that for most joints, it's designed with a deep concave area on one part and a long protruding piece that fits into it. In theory that gives the builder a bit of flexibility with how they drill and pin the pieces together, but it's not quite what I want to do. The upside is that with a bit of cutting it should give me enough ample space to put in some polycaps. This won't be true for all joints on the kit, but definitely is for the shoulder and elbow joints.

I'm using a bit of wall adhesive to keep the polycaps in place, which is also why the elbow joint doesn't fit quite as snugly into the forearm as it will when I'm finally ready to glue everything together. Unfortunately, ball joint pieces aren't going to give great flexibility for shoulder and elbow movement, but any other type of polycap joint would require some serious cutting. It'll do.

Here you can see what the joints look like at the kit originally was designed. The polycaps definitely don't sit quite as flush, but I think once there's some paint on everything they'll be harder to spot.