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On 6/6/2021 at 2:26 AM, twich said:

Going back about 40 pages, I noticed that several people have been having the gap at the knee joint,  while grabbing to the sight, it does not really detract too much from the jet.  My major issue, being the fact that the left wing will not sit tightly against the leg, I have shaved down the tabs going into the leg to see if it was a fit problem that way, but it hasn't really changed anything.  I will not shave anything more off of the tab, and realistically, these are minor annoyances, but not ones that I experienced on my VF-31F Messer/Hayate version.  I really love both of my VF-31's and do not regret buying them at all.  It is just making me wanting to know more about the plans for future valk releases coming from the next Delta movie and the future.  We got the VF-25G Tornado and the whole slew of YF-29 toys from the second Macross Frontier movie....how many DX toys will we get from this one.

 

Twich

I have a bunch of 31's but have not had anything really major like this: the fighter gap behind the cockpit is the most I've ever had, but it usually went away after 2-3 transformations.  I have chuck but haven't opened him: I'll let you know if I find this issue as well when I do.

Wow, I'm in love with that 31s color scheme.  I actually prefer the new super pack configuration too, but to each his own.  I thought I wasn't going to buy anymore VF-31's, but if this or another 31A come out I retract my previous commitment

I got a VF-4G, and now that I know it fits, if you don't want it, I do .  I'm also looking for intake covers as I bought a used one that's missing them: if you're obsessed with perfect trans and don't use them, I will take them off your hands.

On 2/9/2021 at 5:02 PM, Rhubarbarian said:

I checked my VF-4A's gunpod versus my Arcadia VF-1S and the 1S definitely had a noticeably fatter handle. I figured that it was easier for them to shave off the handle to make it work with the existing slot in the VF-4 than it was to adjust the slot in the VF-4, but if the Yamato mold was the slimmer handle, then maybe that wasn't the case? I don't have any Yamato VF-1s to compare, unfortunately.

Sorry if this was answered earlier, I couldn't quite find it on search.  But does the VF-4A gunpod mount to the VF-4G?

Hello there!  Looking to buy reaction missiles and fast pack arm mounting brackets!

Nuts I say!  I was really hoping to see the YF-21 at tamashii nation if only to be encouraged that its coming soon.  I'll hold out optimism that its getting a retool for the thicc fighter mode

I will second the person who said its worth your time to drill and pin.  I have repaired teeny tiny wrist joints on 1/25 Joy Toy figures using .020" brass rod where the figure was played with extensively and they have held up.  Straight glue repairs, however, have failed for me even on static 10mm ish connections.

If the joint is small, use a smaller drill and smaller pin.  I prefer thin brass so that if there's misalignment in the holes the pin has a bit of give.  You can also oversize the holes just a tiny bit and fill with a lower viscosity epoxy or superglue.

Oh!  This is fun!

1. Arcadia VF-0A
2. Arcadia VF-0S
3. Arcadia VF-0D PF
4. Arcadia VF-4G
5. DX VF-25S w. Armor Pack
6. DX VF-25A w. Super Pack
7. Acadia 1/60 SSP Focker VF-1S
8. DX VF-31A (wish it had armor and/or FP's....)
9. DX VF-31S with ludicrous armor pack (I'm a sucker for it!)
10. DX VF-171EX with armor pack

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7 minutes ago, Ignacio Ocamica said:

But those are some 1/20 new kits, not the B2Five's. 

The B2Five's are these (and look infinitely better):

DERP: pressed quote button on wrong post and wasn't paying attention, LOL

On 2/9/2020 at 9:28 PM, Convectuoso said:

From Instagram

 

 

I'm a collector of B2Five's Acid Rain and Votoms stuff.  It might not be line accurate, but B2Five toys are some of my favorite toys to play with: they're well built, very poseable, fun to transform (for the transforming ones), and they're just made really smart (integrated holding spots for extra weapons, etc.) . I'm really looking forward to these!  They're not as photogenic, but if you ever played with starcom or MASK toys or exosquad as a kid, it totally brings back all those feels

On 2/3/2020 at 10:09 PM, burnout6 said:

Lurker here. Surfacing only to let folks know Chuck's 31-E is available on Amazon JP for JPY 18,864, or $178.77 shipping inclusive. 

https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07N8DDPP2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AYFC3JV1B9X2Y&psc=1

Thank you for the heads up!  I ordered one!  Now I just need Chuck's armor and cannon fodder's armor so I can put them and Arad together in one ridiculous display of CG gun dumpage

On 12/21/2019 at 7:13 PM, Rogueload said:

Such a smooth transaction with @dur!! A great member on MWF!

@Rogueload Pleasure doing business! Glad you got your bird!

Hi there, I can't seem to find a good hi-res pic of this.  Ideally, if you could put it next to a normal VF-25 gun mount, I'd appreciate it: i came into possession of a spare VF-25G rifle and want to convert one of my VF-25A's via 3D print but I'd like to know roughly where to start in terms of design.

I'm guessing this one is a long shot... anyone have a vf-31 with armor or fastpack's permanently attached and don't need the intake covers?

IMHO the VF-4 displays great next to the VF-0A and VF-31A as they all have realistic, military looking paint jobs.

Question for those of you who have had the armor on your VF-31S for a while... have you noticed any special fatigue?  Particularly wondering about anyone brave enough to keep it in battroid mode

I know the camera angle is contributing a lot to this, but I get the feeling that the fighter mode is a creepy creeper old man in a trench coat getting ready to flash me.  It's just... the paneling looks like its trying to hide something instead of being very integrated, if that makes sense.  Again, hoping its just the angle and/or transformation error/proto tolerances.

I love it when my toys become obsolete because that means I got some better toys available!  I'm also glad Bandai is still showing 1/60 love... I really don't want to have to deal with the newer gen bigger valks in 1/48.  As long as its big enough for perfect transformation, perfect landing gear I'd like my valks as small as possible, TBH.

Fighter mode is looking a lot better!  I think we were seeing some small amount of spherical aberration on the first page photos making the rear end look even more inflated, though  it does seem to have rear boosters sir mix-a-lot would love.  Count me impressed that they were able to get that shape fighter simultaneously with the beefier battroid legs!  I'm still hoping that through some miracle of engineering they can somehow tuck everything in just a teensy-tiny amount more (really hoping its attributable to transformation error and/or prototyping tolerances, as mentioned before).

I'm looking forward to this- I'm hoping that this means Wright Immelman's VF-22 is also coming complete with Windmerean fat boy!

This is another reminder that the YF-21/VF-22 has a metric crapton of anime magic built into the design.  The fighter wings always look stubby, but the bigger they are, the more awkward the back kibble in battroid.  The sleeker the nose area, the more lanky the battroid.  IMHO Bandai favored fighter mode for the YF-19 design: I'm hoping that more shots of the '21 will reveal a perfect fighter mode at least (I'd rather have one solid fighter/odd battroid than 3 mediocre modes))

Bumping for an update!

I moved and this project got buried beneath a pile of boxes.  I opened it up and realized I had stopped on cleaning up the weathering- good thing its waterbased, as all it took was a damp q-tip to do some clean up.  I still need to paint a couple things but I'm nearing the finish line... only took a few years 

I'm going to try to transform it 10-ish more times to see if any problem areas pop up.

I'm seriously losing steam though... thinking about just selling this thing to let someone else finish it.  I bought this HMR specifically so I could learn how to paint/decal/weather before attempting my Arcadia/Bandai valks, but I kinda wish I'd just started with 1/60.

The armor looks pretty ridiculous in battroid mode, but that fighter mode looks awesome!  I think I know what mode I'm displaying in (whenever it is I get to opening...) . Does the dual beam turret lock in any way?  And can it fire forward in fighter mode?

Oh man, that looks FINE to borrow some of my 90's lingo.  Given that these guys are about the same price on the aftermarket, it looks mighty tempting... but yeah, I don't know if this is worth 2 DX chogokins...

@sqidd Great buyer! I see you're filling in your M+ collection nicely