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On 6/5/2021 at 6:58 AM, Axelay said:

You betcha. Snapped clean off. I have felt like this particular Valkyrie has required a bit more force to transform than I usually apply. Some of the joints were VERY tight - especially the chestplate separation into battroid mode. It's pretty unlikely I can repair this landing gear door since it's supposed to be a moving part. There's a big part of me which just feels like I have learned a lesson and will wait to see if Bandai will do a proper DX VF-1J Max.

Interesting, so I'm not the only one with a broken landing gear door, which broke off on the left leg.  It's possible that I might have applied too much pressure, in an attempt to open it?  Other than the broken hinge, it's an impressive KO of Arcadia's VF-1J.  I had considered acquiring the red version, but I really don't need the Fast Pack accessories.

Has anyone had issues with folding up the backpack, when transforming the VF-1J into battroid mode?  I didn't want to break the hinge on mine, so I reluctantly left it on a 90 degree angle.

...or just fix the wings permanently with glue so that they won't move anymore.  Might not be an ideal solution, but at least, they won't sag when adding the missiles, or flying it around the room.

6 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

@no3Ljm Thanks for finding the link for me!

Let me know if the metal mounts aren't available, I was messing with the Sculpteo site the other day, and it wasn't behaving for me.  You -can- use the POM ones, but they take a little bit of filing of the long straight edge to fit around the legs.  Those were a first attempt, and needed adjustment.

I clicked on the link but there's nothing showing in terms of viewing the file of the parts in question on the website.  If you have a working link to the POM material, I would take those instead.  Filing parts to fit, doesn't faze me as I've worked on many Gundam kits. 

1 minute ago, no3Ljm said:

You're welcome sir!

I haven't done any customizing on my YF-19. At the moment they're just resting in the box. 

 

Speaking of customizing, I bought a used Yamato YF-19 and repainted it into a VF-19A.  Almost done, need to fix the broken shoulder joint, and apply a matte clear coat to a few parts...and then I'm done.  I guess I should post some pics on the board.

It does indeed, thanks for posting the link!

Yes, I was referring to the Arcadia version, with those metallic swing bars.  I've taken it out of the box and played with the wings a bit.  Not really comfortable with its design, especially when mounted missiles are involved.

I wonder if someone made a 3D print for the shoulder missile pods on Shapeways?  Speaking of 3D printing, there was a post a few years back of another member who made a component in place of the swing bars, so that the wings could swing back, similar to what the Yamato versions did.

I just bought a used Arcadia YF-19 from Mandrake and so I'm hoping to make the same upgrade to remove those swing bars, if they have the same 'floppy wing' issue.

On 8/9/2020 at 12:54 AM, borgified said:

I gave it another look at Manda after @Kicker773posted his.

Here it is:

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1119978209&ref=list&dispCount=240&keyword=%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%201%2F60&lang=en

Sold for 28k yen (package damaged, heavily damaged)

Edit: Took out incorrect member.

 

I've never seen this upgrade kit before, but...$280 for this?  I wouldn't mind getting my hands on the upper shoulder missile launcher pods.  Those look really cool!

What exactly is the name of this kit?

On 2/12/2021 at 8:18 PM, treatment said:

Arcadia should totally make and sell this variant...

『マクロスプラス』「VF-19A “SVF-440 デュラハンズ”」を限定キット化！完成見本写真で出撃前の最終チェック!!

Hmm...I like this.  Maybe I should not sell off my black YF-19 and repaint it to this color scheme!  Well, I'll need to see what the robot mode looks like too.

Another YF-19 release?  Ah no!  I just bought a used one off Mandrake.  Well, at least, I got a good deal for it.  But with these re-releases and repaints, why haven't they given us the VF-19A?  That's a definite must-have in my collection! 

I've heard of these arm issues with the Yamato YF-19, but I never thought that I would be an unlucky recipient of this structural design flaw.  I had repainted my YF-19 into a VF-19A, and I had one shoulder joint just fall apart when I pulled down the sleeve.  I thought the other arm was immune, but that one had a fine crack.  After I had reattached the good arm, the crack broke off and now I had to glue the broken part.  I wonder if the latter releases have the same issues as well, such as the black 25th Anniversary release? 

I'll have to get one of these, to complement my YF-19! 

Now, as for a figure, I wonder if the Transformers MP-10 Spike figure will work with this?

Looking to buy a Macross Yamato 1/60 scale transformable YF-19 that has been damaged, broken, or sun damaged.  Must have all of the fighter plane parts, including the shield.  If it's missing the pilot, or the gun, that's okay with me.  Want to acquire a YF-19 so I can repaint it into a VF-19A.

If I can acquire two, then I can repaint the second one into the VF-19E Aisha Custom.   

12 hours ago, Sandman said:

I've been waiting for the Raven's scheme since yamato's 1/60. I still keep around the 1/72 because they won't release this recolor.

I used to have the VF-19A, but sold it off when Yamato released the revised 1/60 scale YF-19, in the hope that a VF-19A would be rereleased in that color scheme.  Unfortunately, that never materialized and we got the Bird of Prey and the Double Nuts.  Both of them are nice, but I don't see why they couldn't have gone back and released a VF-19A?  My next option is to buy a used (broken) Yamato YF-19 and repaint it into a VF-19A.  Other than the color scheme, were there any other cosmetic changes made to the design?

I wonder if Bandai or Arcadia will be releasing a 1/60 scale VF-11B and/or C sometime in the future?

That custom Unit 3 - ARIEL, is a work of art.

20 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Oooohh. A PF YF-21? That's cool but then they have to fix the cracking inner thigh problem and release the weathered YF-19 they announced years ago first. 

 

Indeed, I've been waiting for Arcadia to release a YF-21, or even a VF-22S

There's enough repaints of the VF-1, so why not give the YF-19 some more love and release a repaint in the VF-19A and VF-19E color scheme?

9 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

The first paragraph is super blurry, can we get a cleaner shot of that?  I'm transcribing most of it, but there are a few kanji I can't make out because of the focus.

EDIT: Swinging blindly seems to pay off... one of the unreadable pairs of kanji was in a sentence about the YF-19-1, so I started randomly looking up terms I'd associated with it and got "crashing" (墜落), which does appear to be what's written in the unreadable space  

Here you go, a much clearer photo of the first paragraph...

Thanks again for all of your hard work! 

Ah yes, you're right about that, now that I recall what Dr. Yan had mentioned to Isamu about the former YF-19 pilots.  The Yf-19 should have had a scythe painted on the top of the fighter. 

I'll see what I can do about taking a clearer photo of the first paragraph.  As about the 'crashing', the previous pilot of the YF-19 had crashed it during a test flight before Isamu became the new pilot for it.   

3 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

 

I'm not aware of any existing translation of the box text for the Yamato YF-19-3, but I would be willing to take a whack at it this weekend if you can provide me with either scans of the text you want translated or some good, up-close, glare-free pictures of the text.  (Not being a collector, I don't have one myself.)

To the best of my knowledge, the Yamato YF-19-3 is rather different from Master File's YF-19-3, which was the ARIEL airframe control AI testbed built to the same spec as Isamu's YF-19-2 and piloted by Ludmila Blackwood.

 

I don't have the box anymore, as the previous seller must have kept it near something pungent.  However, the booklet has a section in regards to the background of the YF-19 Prototype #3 and #4.  I took a photo of the section for the #3, so this should be of some use.  I'm sure this is the same text that was on the back of the box.

Okay then, thanks for taking the time to translate it, and i'm sure there are many Macross fans who will greatly appreciate your time and effort in doing this. 

Stuff that transforms is cool.

Anyway...I have a question in regards to the background info of the YF-19 Bird of Prey, Prototype #3 which was released by Yamato.  Does anyone have the translation from the back of the box of this Yamato release?  I need to know who piloted the fighter and from what base was it stationed at?  And if there's additional info, I'd like some of that as well. 

Thanks in advance!

On 2011-04-19 at 4:30 PM, Xx-SKULL-ONE-xX said:

Does anyone have an English translation for the YF-19 Bird of Prey from the box/ manual?

All I seem to be able to find is the Double nuts translation

thanks!

Has anyone found a translation for the summary of the YF-19 Prototype #3?  I, myself, am very curious as I'm planning to apply markings on it, and would like to know the name of the carrier and pilot for this fighter?

Thanks for your help! 

I'm interested in your VF-1 sticker set.  Any chance you could upload a pic on this thread?

Thanks!

PM sent...

Just stumbled onto this thread, but does anyone know of a reprolabel maker, other than Reprolabels, that specializes in Macross decal sheets?  I have a couple of Masterpiece jets, Skywarp and Ramjet, but they look too plain without some detailed decals to make them look as sharp as my YF-19.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone!

Just letting you know that it was sold yesterday.