nightmareB4macross

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.

1 hour ago, Shawn said:

ok hold on....hold on

GRAY HANDS version?

So another set of variants on top of the variants of the KOs?

wow...I would have assumed someone painted that(custom) and skipped over it, good work actually investigating it!

Yes sir, molded grey like the head lasers, feet, intakes, leg joints, and gun.

The Joons Max, Milia, Green, and Ángelbirds all have painted dark green hands.

1/55 PCToys VF-1J - Grey hands version.

Looks like a standard box, but it isn’t. The window is actually fused to the box from the outside. The more you look the more you find.

As a continuance to the history of the 1/55 and its 1/100 brethren. We have a very interesting release in 1/100. Made by Peifu from Taipei.

From what I have seen there are three releases of this. The VF-1J in the box, a VF-1S in almost the same color scheme (rebuilt), and a white VF-1S Hikaru with proper colors.

This is the hobby that keeps on giving.

What on god’s holy earth is this? 😂

This definitely needs it’s own thread.

Very clean.

All o you attention to details really shows.

Great job!

Interesting custom.

2 hours ago, danth said:

There's no way these are perfect transformation right? I'm assuming no because of the giant head.

They are. They convey every form perfectly, thus perfect transformation.

Line art accurate transformation, no. Parts forming required.

Must have for me. That YF-19 will be sweet.

A while back an eBay seller had this new box on auction with BIN.

The listing stated OVERSIZED and I got a bit excited. So I reached out to the seller to confirm. Lo and behold it was just the regular 1/55 GS-11. Nothing special.

Bummer. I was really hoping it was oversized.

6 hours ago, Anasazi37 said:

Finally had a little time to wrap up the design work on the armament set, do a final test print, and upload everything to Cults 3D:

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/weapon-armament-set-for-the-1-55-vf-1-armored-valkyrie

@nightmareB4macross, let me know if you still want a set. I plan on printing and prepping a few of them for my own projects and thought you might want one for your museum (or a custom).

 

I definitely would like a set.

PM details and price please, along with PayPal addy.

Thank you.

20 hours ago, tekering said:

It's literally just that one shot, and likely unintentional.  They're otherwise all brownies in that episode, save the Vermillion trio.

Why would a simple animation error be given an official name?  This isn't Robotech. 😉

Well you know, it’s like the VT-1C and the VEFR-1. You just want it to be known for the sake of the completeist like me.🤗

1 hour ago, rocketblast said:

the seller didn't offer that.  he refunded 60 bucks instead.

Was this thru eBay?

On 12/28/2023 at 9:15 PM, grogall said:

Episode 16

For some reason this came back to me.

But anyways…does anyone really know what the official names for this squadron is? The last I saw translated was persimmon squadron on various bootleg copies and what show up in YouTube.