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My Bad. I stand corrected. That said, I'm thinking an ELINT version of the 0B would look REALLY cool as a conversion Sean

Sweet Zombie Jesus! In the immortal words of Ron Popiel: "It slices, it dices..." Sean

I would expect the VF series of fighters to have advanced cmputer systems, thust making a second crew member redundant. However, if they did provide a back-seater for bad weather/night operations or other reasons, why didn't those design considerations carry through to the VF-1 series? Only the trainers have a tandem cockpit--not even the ELINT Valks have a second crew member (although the Cat's Eye does) Just doesn't make much sense to me unless they're meant to be trainers. Sean

I actually like the mystical, 'magical' (in the Clarke's Law sense) overtones of the Macross series. While I've not seen M7 (And I suspect AgentONE will consider that a blessing--if he would deign to consider my meek humbleness before his great mightiness at all) the rest of the Macross franchise (save M+, which from my understanding was not intended to be part of the Macross universe originally) really does have a very deep mysitical subtext--especially in the revenance shown for the lost Protoculture. I see it sort of like a grand Greek epic, with the Protoculture cast as Olympian Gods--great and powerful, but flawed nonetheless, and in time, crippled and crushed by the weight of their follies. But that's just me Sean

Hmm, interesting. I can understand why Hasegawa would give a different Alpha designator to the two-seater--most military a/c are designated in such a manner (The F-18D is the two-seat trainer version of the F-18C), but that still doesn't answer the question of why a back seat was added? I keep wondering if the VF-0B was designed to be the VF-series lead-in trainer, before the VF-1D and VT-1 rolled off the lines--the 0B would have been closer in spec to a 'standard' fighter for most pilots, and thus would provide a good transitional traning a/c before moving into flying the VF-1. Just a thought. Sean on edit: Thanks for the pic AlphaHX!

Grayson, that's a great 0B! I've got mine waiting in its box for its shot at the construction table, and I hope that I can do it the kind of justice that you have On a side note, we didn't actually see the 0B in Macross Zero did we? The only two-seater I recall was the 0D. Where did the B come from? Hasegawa's imagination? Is it supposed to be a trainer? I assume that the tandem cockpit of the D was to mimic the Tomcat, but the F-14 needs a back-seater for interception and weapons operations duties. The replacement in the fleet, the F-18E uses advanced computer guided weapons in place of a back-seater. Why would the 0D or 0B need a tandem crew? Inquiring minds want to know Sean

I'm in Calgary, AB, Canada latitude 51° 4' 18.4813239342" longitude -114° 0' 48.1560578424" Sean

Count me as another MWer from 'Cowboy Hell' Calgary, Alberta. That said, I'm not a native of the place, but a transplant from Prince Edward Island...or God's Country as we Islanders like to call it. Truth be told, if it wern't for the nasty custody battle I happen to be in for my daughter, I'd up and move almost anywhere else...New Zealand...Japan... ::sigh:: for now my travel bug must wait Sean

Thanks guys, these images are just what I needed! Now to get to work....well, not now...maybe after I get home tonight and put my daughter to bed Sean

Yeah Block 5 is TV, Block 6 is DYRL, according to http://www.anime.net/macross/mecha/united_...s/variable/vf1/ the differences are: As for images, these are thanks to AlphaHX in another thread. Block 5: And Block 6: (Disregarding the cockpit on the left which is a Legioss from Mospeada) Again i need high-res scans of these to make mods to the current Has parts. And as I've got the Valk Weapons set I can even do a SDF:M pilot too (which was a plan of mine anyway) and throw that into the mod set. Anyone interested? Anyone got hi-res images? Am I sounding like a broken record? Sean

Hey All, One of the things I've been wanting for my Valk collection was one of the SFD:M Block 5 cockpits--all the Hasegawa's are DYRL Block 6 cockpits. So, as I can't seem to find a conversion kit for my Hasegawa's, I was thinking of doing a little scratchbuilding, and was wondering if any of you good folk had some Hi-Res images of the Block 5 cockpit (AlphaHX has posted some line art of the Block 5 on another thread, but not hi-res enough to draw plans from) In addition, I was wondering if anyone else might be interested in this as a small resin mod kit. My casting skills arn't on par with the masters around here (Cap, Valk, Coby) but I'm passable. If there's enough interest, I'd be willing to make a limited run for MW folk for the price of shipping and materials. Sean

Well just my two cents, but I find white on black a lot harder on the eyes--and I work in IT where terminal text is often on a black background so you'd expect someone like me would be used to it! Truthfully, I like the colors on MW just how they are. Makes me all warm and snuggly Sean

Hmm...just in looking at the various incarnations of Macross proper, it strikes me that you could break the franchise into several 'generations' as it were: First Gen Macross (Earth Wars): SDF:Macross Macross DYRL FB:2012 Macross II Second Gen (Forward to the Galaxy: Global's Vision): Macross Plus Macross 7 (all incarnations) Third Gen (History Lesson): Macross Zero Thoughts? Sean

Okay, seeing as I screwed up on not adding some incarnations to my first poll, here's a revised one...and for all your HG/RT haters, I pulled the RT option because there were too many options for the poll...same with splitting Mac+ into two different options....oh well Sean ps - am trying to add EVERYTHING this time, so please, be kind

Sorry guys, totally forgot about Zero and MacII, I wonder if I can edit a poll... Sean ps - Robotech is added as it is the same animation (well, with some editsw) but the story is somewhat different...

With my growing awareness of Macross in all its incarnations, I'm now wondering what people's favorite incarnation actually is. I do ask thet this thread not devolve into bashing the incarnations that you DONT like--lets try to keep this positive and make everyone happy Sean ps - sorry to the mods if this bas been done before--coultn't find it when I searched. If so, feel free to delete it

OMFG, that's the funniest sequence of pics I've seen in a hella long time!!! Sean

Many sympathies. My idiot German Shepherd/Border Collie cross found the GU-11 gun pod from my VF-15 in my spray booth and decided it would make a great scooby snack. Some styrene tubing and LOTS of putty later it looks functional enough to mount underneath the fighter--but I'd not use it in combat FYI, I'm hoping to get my VF-0B in the post soon, if you want (and correct me if I'm wrong in thinking the parts are interchangeable) I can try to recast the head and airbrakes for you. I'm no expert in casting (just learning to make them somewhat bubble-free) so clean-up might be a bitch, but it could be a solution. Let me know. BOL with the Navy BTW. Best three years of my life were spent in the Canadian Forces as Armored Recce. A training accident, torn ACL, two blown disks and ten years later, all I can do is model this poo Cheers, Sean

Dobber, that 51 is the most beautiful model I have ever seen im my life....what a scheme...I am so ashamed of my poor an inadequate skills compared to all the master modelers here... ::sniffle:: Keep up the great work man! Sean

Just finished watching DYRL, and man, if you want to talk about pathetic deaths, Kakizaki died like a total bitch in the movie--his death in SDF Macross was less bitchish--mostly cause he was at least trying to get away.... Poor Kakizaki. On a seperate note, man is Roy a pig! What a guy, wish he was my sempai Sean

huh? Sean

Nah, I'be been lurking here long enough that not much about the (sometimes forcful) personalities on MW scares me anymore. Well, except for that Angry Monkey.... (jk) Sean

Doh! Guess I really am as stupid as I look Excellent work though. You gonna make resin casts available? Sean

Dang, I'm beginning to think there's lots-o-good stuff in 1/100 too Sean

Me, I'd be shooting for the realism factor myself and ditching the external stores...but then again, we are talking about a fighter that transforms into a giant robot...so realism has just gone for a walk anyway Sean