nightmareB4macross

6 hours ago, MechTech said:

 

@nightmareB4macross Your Chunky Monkey mods are brilliant on that ole' ABS baby! They make it look MUCH better. You'll have the ultimate version when you're done!

I’m trying the best I can to bring in a lot of new ideas but trying to remain respectful of the original design.

My goal is to be able to see it at a glance and people say “hey, that’s the Valkyrie I used to have as a kid!” But when they look at closer it is but at the same time it isn’t. Just my humble take on an update.

Much love for this old 1/55.

4 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Those are some incredibly fine looking hinges on those flaps, bravo!  Can't wait to see where this project goes.

Thank you.

And they work great.

Got a little more done. Extending flaps and each move independently.

Really enjoy the look of the new vertical stabilizers.

3 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Looking really nice so far!! One word of caution on those ailerons though: I tried doing my own years ago, and they kept interfering with one another when I tried folding them! O.o Keep that in mind; you may need a sliding joint kind of like the ones the Yammies/ Arcadias have for theirs.

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On another note: does anyone have a spare wheel from a 1/72 Tamiya air crew truck? It looks like this:

The one on the other side is missing, and nothing I have will fit. It's also too small for me to try to make on my own!

Wish I had the wheel for you. Why not just scratch build it?

Thanks for heads up on the mechanisms for the vertical stabilizers. I was just wrapping that up today. Installing the hinges tomorrow.

You guys are killing out here with all these amazing builds.

The PlaMax VF-1J Battroid kit looks really good.

Here’s the progress thus far on my old school retake 1/55.  

7 hours ago, Hiriyu said:

One of the most interesting things to me about the 1/100 kit (I mean, aside from the fact of its existence!) is that the 1/100 has a separate canopy part, more like a scaled-down 1/55 than a straight copy of the Takatoku or Bandai 1/100 toy.

That is truly interesting. The toys that were released with a blue molded canopy also had the same removable canopy. But for some odd reason there is no clear canopy to swap out for fighter and GERWALK modes. 

On 4/6/2023 at 8:15 PM, Shawn said:

And did anyone notice the VF-1AJ head?

It actually was shown in SDFM.

A most magnificent masterpiece if I ever saw one.

Excellent work everyone involved.

On 4/7/2024 at 11:55 AM, jenius said:

Have they teased those in Tiny Mission? I would love to see them but I don't remember them being teased.

This was all I could find at the moment.

Less than 3200Y plus shipping.

Go to amiami.com.

This figure is pretty awesome!

38 minutes ago, glane21 said:

I believe there’s an Arabic language version that has this specific coloring as well.  Probably be very hard to find these days.

Also it seems the bootleg fever runs high even in Japan given some of those sold prices.  And almost all sold higher than the minty real Takatoku Hikaru he sold as well.

One day. One of us will be fortunate enough to find that elusive rainbow colored box with figure.

It’s only a matter of time.

Very cool finds.

Here’s another insightful tidbit.

The Space Gandam PCToys VF-1Js with this logo are the only complete set from Grey, Blue, Red, Green, and AngelBird.

All others have 1 or a few variants.

14 hours ago, MacrossValkyrie said:

image credit @CinemaSyota twitter

 

Looks a bit boring. Since it is a 50th anniversary’s edition wouldn’t gold be an appropriate finish?

1 hour ago, Shawn said:

We shall allow a bit of overflow from those kooky Model Kit guys here into this Macross only thread.

Ignore the 1970s brown shag storage room floor carpeting, here is the Imai variable 1/72 squadron I picked up on YJ a couple months ago.
Cannon Fodder had some fin damage on transport.

I always loved this pic from the super modeling manual...now i can create it too

Wow. What an amazing pick up. Seeing all the kits together and built is pretty darn cool. The colors on each look fantastic.

Will you be gracing us with pictures of the other modes.

Please. 

Up on FB.

Hopefully when these are released, the number on the nose will be eliminated and the forward triangle is less sharp. This just looks ugly.

3 hours ago, davidwhangchoi said:

is this an early 2026 release? i don't think it's expected this year, correct?

Not sure. No dates posted in the picture.

Let’s hope it’s a summer PO with release in late 2024.

On 4/5/2024 at 11:18 AM, sh9000 said:

From Figure King # 314.

I wonder if they will release the VF-11MaxL this year. And hopefully a VF-17T.

Fingers crossed.

We are getting so close. I just hope this won’t be a limited release with an exorbitant price.

Overall, the figure looks fantastic.

Nice looking Roy custom. 

12 hours ago, Shawn said:

So for some variations, they molded all the hands in red, then painted them to match their color of the valk?

Why would they choose red and not a neutral white or gray...so many questions

Honestly, the only thing I can think of is production running out of whatever prominent color they were using at the time.  Ran out and just filled in missing molds with other colors that were readily available. That or, they just used left over hands.

I’m just not sure.

1/55 Joons VF-1J with painted hands. Note the base color of the plastic is red.

1/55 GS-11 European release.

This version is slightly different from the American release.

here is the American version.

1 hour ago, Shawn said:

And nice box find on the 1/100 'Strike' LOL
And 3 variants of that one, just crazy

The variant/ko search is the hunt that always seems to continue giving

I have another to post, but I’ll put it up later today.