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Any of you guys see gundam 0083 and do you think if the mechs from bandai show the exact replication of the series.

I can say that the ultimate detail is a truely masterpiece in its form. THeres a reason why a truely detailed kit will not get modded. For instance the factory alliance qubeley 1/90 scale. Thats perfect. factory alliance phantom 1/72 scale . Thats perfect. Led Mirage V3 3007 1/72 scaled with clear parts. Thats perfect. These kits go for lower price when fully built due that there is no need to mod them. The perfect detail is not perfect because it can't transform to the other two forms. Thats the challenge. The detail is perfect but the function is not. If the detail is perfect and the function is perfect , than I would just mostly say , I'm bored .... As for me, you will be seeing more of my works. I let you decide if I am a builder or a worker or both as a designer. Theres alot of things I still need to work on, mostly the skill to build faster and smarter. So what projects you take on. Resin Plastic both I disagree with this. There will always be room for modifications and customizations on any model kit. If a high detailed kit came out, most fans would be very happy. Especially modellers who do not have alot of experience making something more detailed. In the post you made above about the 1/48 Strike resin. That is an ultimate detail kit..yet you are going to make it variable. It is a prime example right there. Such as? Building them only or have you worked for a company as a designer? Also you didn't answer my last question. I guess you don't have to I was just curious. If there is another MW member here in Japan it would be pretty cool... Rob 357254[/snapback]

I agree with all of the points you have except for the perfect grade. The reason why the detail is not there is that, if the detail is there. THere would be no challenge in building a better detail perfect 1/48 vf-11. IF thats the case , no fans will need to do a mod. No one will like to buy it due that its perfect in detail. If its less detail , there will be a market . If its perfect, good luck on modeling. Because modeling is what you do to the model and not what the model does to you because it comes in a box. I have alot of experience in the japanese modeling industry.

I am going to do a conversion on the 1/48 ultimate detail. Yes , original and not recast. Well see if i can make a 500.00 kit thats surpasses yamatos and probably it go for 6k+ on yahoo japan when i sell the moded thing.

You do have a good point that hasagawa was considering making a transformable kit. But if this was built, do you think the fans would use their creativity and actually try to convert a non transformable kit to a transformable kit. Know thats a challenge. Or just do it to the ultimate detail. Know thats a even greater challenge.

When you mix resin with plastic. Thats scratch building or adding resin conversion kits to your models. This is not the case. I mean the kit has to be engineered by bandai or hasagawa. You probably talking about the expensive IHP conversion kit at the event. Actually there is. Not for commerical re-sale but the Hasegawa's can be converted to be transforming. I actually have the plans for it alothough I have never tried... And at one point Hasegawa did consider making a transforming Valkyrie based on these designs. (Waits patiently for Hase to reconsider doing this...) Rob 357212[/snapback]

So color based plastic is for kids that build it and display it. Have you heard of studio reckless. Their resin for the gundam 1/144 is made of a resin that is colored. THe price of this kit is about 500.00 ,,, Theres a reason why its colored and you should know why if you airbrush your models.

Foil stickers , people that are professional gundam builders don't use foil stickers. We print our own transfers. The articulation is a plus. Professional gundam builders use putty to make sure all seam lines are not visible or scratch building areas that don't look good. First of all Master and pefect grade kits are not meant for the professional side. Hguc is for the professional modeler. There isn't a transformable hasagawa kit to date. Why you doubting bandai. A yamato 1/48 is a toy, you comparing a toy to a model. check the picture below. What you think of it . Its a toy or a model.

I don't want to sound derogatory, and I build gundam kits as much as I do other stuff... but surely the 'Gunpla quality reputation' is in the same way that you'd expect a Fischer Price toy truck to break less frequently or easily than a scale model kit of the same truck? Gunpla are built as half-models, half-action-figures, they're snap-together and have polycap joints all over the place and the price you pay for that is blocky, bulky shapes that sure, are durable compared to something like a Hasegawa valkyrie, but don't capture the same detail or feeling of scale. If Bandai did start making gundam-kit-esque valkyries, I guess I'd expect them to be a lot easier to assemble than the Hasegawa alternatives, but really I'd also expect them to look chunky and bare. No more fine panel lines and tiny hatch details, instead I'd expect a few surface details - the odd hatch or vent, every tenth panel line - exaggerated and bulked out, and the rest missing completely. [EDIT: And the bit that I was meaning to add but completely forgot the first time around... The problem with this positioning is that it is halfway between a toy and a model kit; it's more posable than you expect from a model kit, and less detailed to fit in that posability... but it's not as durable and solid as a toy that's constructed as a toy. Yamato make toys, and from what I've seen (admittedly very little) they're a lot more robust than your average gundam kit. Gundam kits are posable, but nothing more than that; attempt anything more and the joints slip out of their polycap holdings and you're half-posing, half-holding-the-arms-on, and accessory bits fall off in your hands. Do Yamato toys have that problem?] 356586[/snapback] 356878[/snapback] 356880[/snapback]

Also bandai kits are not a toys. Yamato is based on a toy design. Gundam kits are for people that want detail. Polycaps do not slip out due to pose. You need to mod them so they don't slip. A drop of glue will harden the poseon a joint. If you want detail panel lines, go get a ultimate detail original and dont' get a recast . The original is already a bad cast already. I don't want to sound derogatory, and I build gundam kits as much as I do other stuff... but surely the 'Gunpla quality reputation' is in the same way that you'd expect a Fischer Price toy truck to break less frequently or easily than a scale model kit of the same truck? Gunpla are built as half-models, half-action-figures, they're snap-together and have polycap joints all over the place and the price you pay for that is blocky, bulky shapes that sure, are durable compared to something like a Hasegawa valkyrie, but don't capture the same detail or feeling of scale. If Bandai did start making gundam-kit-esque valkyries, I guess I'd expect them to be a lot easier to assemble than the Hasegawa alternatives, but really I'd also expect them to look chunky and bare. No more fine panel lines and tiny hatch details, instead I'd expect a few surface details - the odd hatch or vent, every tenth panel line - exaggerated and bulked out, and the rest missing completely. [EDIT: And the bit that I was meaning to add but completely forgot the first time around... The problem with this positioning is that it is halfway between a toy and a model kit; it's more posable than you expect from a model kit, and less detailed to fit in that posability... but it's not as durable and solid as a toy that's constructed as a toy. Yamato make toys, and from what I've seen (admittedly very little) they're a lot more robust than your average gundam kit. Gundam kits are posable, but nothing more than that; attempt anything more and the joints slip out of their polycap holdings and you're half-posing, half-holding-the-arms-on, and accessory bits fall off in your hands. Do Yamato toys have that problem?] 356586[/snapback] 356878[/snapback]

If you look into a hasagawa kit , do you see a frame inside. Probably not due that the posability is zero. I wish hasagawa did the outside panels and let bandai do the frame. I don't want to sound derogatory, and I build gundam kits as much as I do other stuff... but surely the 'Gunpla quality reputation' is in the same way that you'd expect a Fischer Price toy truck to break less frequently or easily than a scale model kit of the same truck? Gunpla are built as half-models, half-action-figures, they're snap-together and have polycap joints all over the place and the price you pay for that is blocky, bulky shapes that sure, are durable compared to something like a Hasegawa valkyrie, but don't capture the same detail or feeling of scale. If Bandai did start making gundam-kit-esque valkyries, I guess I'd expect them to be a lot easier to assemble than the Hasegawa alternatives, but really I'd also expect them to look chunky and bare. No more fine panel lines and tiny hatch details, instead I'd expect a few surface details - the odd hatch or vent, every tenth panel line - exaggerated and bulked out, and the rest missing completely. [EDIT: And the bit that I was meaning to add but completely forgot the first time around... The problem with this positioning is that it is halfway between a toy and a model kit; it's more posable than you expect from a model kit, and less detailed to fit in that posability... but it's not as durable and solid as a toy that's constructed as a toy. Yamato make toys, and from what I've seen (admittedly very little) they're a lot more robust than your average gundam kit. Gundam kits are posable, but nothing more than that; attempt anything more and the joints slip out of their polycap holdings and you're half-posing, half-holding-the-arms-on, and accessory bits fall off in your hands. Do Yamato toys have that problem?] 356586[/snapback] 356878[/snapback]

Bandai kits are not bulky and has more detail than any hasagawa kit out there. Master Grades have frames in them , thats why they are posable due polycaps. Have you seen the new gundam mk2 version 2. See attached picture. Thats a professional built bandai kit. THe new gundam kits don't use polycaps to pose anymore. Japanese modelers who thrive for detail build 1/144 because these kits have better panel lines and not bulky due to frames and posability. Give me some of your insights. I don't want to sound derogatory, and I build gundam kits as much as I do other stuff... but surely the 'Gunpla quality reputation' is in the same way that you'd expect a Fischer Price toy truck to break less frequently or easily than a scale model kit of the same truck? Gunpla are built as half-models, half-action-figures, they're snap-together and have polycap joints all over the place and the price you pay for that is blocky, bulky shapes that sure, are durable compared to something like a Hasegawa valkyrie, but don't capture the same detail or feeling of scale. If Bandai did start making gundam-kit-esque valkyries, I guess I'd expect them to be a lot easier to assemble than the Hasegawa alternatives, but really I'd also expect them to look chunky and bare. No more fine panel lines and tiny hatch details, instead I'd expect a few surface details - the odd hatch or vent, every tenth panel line - exaggerated and bulked out, and the rest missing completely. [EDIT: And the bit that I was meaning to add but completely forgot the first time around... The problem with this positioning is that it is halfway between a toy and a model kit; it's more posable than you expect from a model kit, and less detailed to fit in that posability... but it's not as durable and solid as a toy that's constructed as a toy. Yamato make toys, and from what I've seen (admittedly very little) they're a lot more robust than your average gundam kit. Gundam kits are posable, but nothing more than that; attempt anything more and the joints slip out of their polycap holdings and you're half-posing, half-holding-the-arms-on, and accessory bits fall off in your hands. Do Yamato toys have that problem?] 356586[/snapback]

Thanks for the info. I will like to pay 400 for the vf-11 if anyone here wants to sell it to me

Hi what is the scale for the studio halfeye kit for the vf-11. Also does anyone want to sell me this kit. I will pay 330+ dollars for it. thanks

Well , who can i talk to recast this item and how many people are going to buy it when it is recasted.