I have been a lurker in this forum since I joined it. Always admiring the amazing work done on Macross kits and toys by fellow forumers. I was fortunately able to snipe off a bootleg 1/100 VF-1S toy off Ebay recently at a low price. But the previous owner had superglued every joints of the toy, rendering it untransformable.
I managed to removed most of the superglue and take apart the toy for restoration as in the picture:
Some parts damaged during the taking apart, namely the main wings, tailfins and shoulder hinges. That guy superglued every single part!
After searching through the forums and internet, I was thinking of kitbashing this toy with the bandai 1/100 VF-1S transforming kit from HLJ:
image courtesy of HLJ.
Hopefully this will be a fun project and I can have a cheap "Hi-metal" VF-1S to play with:).
Meanwhile I am looking for other alternatives too, suggestion are most welcomed:). If anyone here have a spare 1/100 valk or spare parts to let go, do shoot me a PM too;)
Patiently waiting for the kit to arrive from Japan.