Valkyrie

It's a good deal smaller than the VF-4. The SHE VF-4 is a little smaller than 1/72. The IHP VF-11 is 1/100

Last month I got the Cyber Formula TV series boxed set for $6.99 at Fry's If you've got a Fry's near you, see if they've got any. Their stock number is 3852367. Oh, and it's not listed on their web site. I checked

Man, it's been entirely too long since I've posted in this thread! I really want to get this thing finished up, so I went back to work on it last night. Did a quick inventory of what I still need to finish: Driver's compartment: 70% complete Driver figure: 40% complete Rear wheels: 10% complete And that's about all that's keeping me from having this thing finished... So, I got to work on the rear wheels. When I'd last left off, I had a resin rod, machined to a 'close enough' diamater, with a good knurl pattern on it. So I busted out my CAD drawing of the wheel and its rim, and went to work machining it all out. Fortunately, I was able to devise a much simpler approach than my previous attempt (over a year ago), and it came together fairly easily. I ended up with two parts, the tire itself, and the center hub, which slides into the tire quite snugly (they'll be cast as one piece). The small dome in the center is a 3mm lens out of set of Wave's H-Eyes. More soon, I hope!

That's easy. TROGDOR!!!!

Yea, that's what I was thinking. A vacuform copy would definitely look better than the stock canopy (though you'd have to build the frame inside it to make it look its best.) And like you said, you won't notice that it's ever so slightly larger if it's built open. You just won't be able to have it hinged, or build it closed. And actually, I've had an idea for negating the size difference floating around in my head for a while now. The basis is that if you take a piece, make a mold of it, then cast it in resin, the resin copy will be slightly smaller than the original, due to material shrinkage. So if I could use that method to take a styrene (or resin) canopy, get it to shrink 0.02", then a copy vacuformed with 0.01" plastic from that resin copy should be exactly the same outside dimensions as the original. In theory, anyway. The big factor is controling the shrinkage...

Hmm, that's an interesting idea. I'll have to remember to vacuform a few next time I'm doing canopies. I'm not sure how well they'll come out though. About all I can do is form them over the stock canopy, and I'm thinking the tiny panel lines will barely show up at all in the copies...

I don't suppose it comes with the FAST Packs? I've got the full armor version, but no fast packs.

Very nice! Though a bit inaccurate In the games, it's impossible to equip more than one weapon per arm. You've got two on each

The only place I've seen it published is in the instruction sheet for Retppu's 1/72 VF-11B battroid resin kit. I'll try and get it scanned tomorrow.

This is the only SD Fire Valk I've ever seen. And it's also the only time I've ever seen one... And its owner wasn't too keen on selling it (or Gubaba either)

SDF-1, definitely. Preferably the movie type

Well, what are you sculpting it with? I use Aves Apoxie Sculpt for all that kind of stuff. It's a good, cheap sculpting medium, with plenty of work time. It starts out pretty soft and sticky, and it stays that way for about an hour. You can do all your major shaping during this time. After it partially sets up, that's when you want to do your smoothing and fine detail work, using some sculpting tools, and Aves' Safety Solvent. And if it's still not smooth enough when it's fully dry, just use some sandpaper for your final smoothing and shaping. And if it's still not right, just throw on some more putty and try again. By the way, some larger pics might be helpful

This release just keeps looking better and better! I SO can't wait to buy Gunbuster for 4th time

Nice!! I'd heard about that project from John a few months back, but I've been keeping my mouth shut Can't wait to see it finished!

http://www.interstateplastics.com/ They've got great prices on .02, .04, and .06 in small or large sheets. But for some reason, .03 is kinda pricey.... And if you order less than $50 worth, they tack on a $15 small order fee

Just a bit of a pointer thread, to let you all know they're finally ready. Please see the tread in the For Sale forum for all the info.

I've been working on a VF-11B, made (almost) entirely of surplus or reject casts. The goal is to have it done in time for a show in 3 weeks. Wish me luck

Actually, I forgot, they still need to made a VF-0D battroid A set of Macross Zero missiles would be quite welcome too...

The Hasegawa VF-11 was never anything more than rumor and speculation. Though I am curious what they're going to do next, now that they've finished sucking Macross Zero dry...

Oh, wow, I (vaguely) remember that one...

Some of you might be interested to know that there is a new Yukikaze art book out! Well, sort of. At the last Komiket in japan (the big doujinshi convention in japan), two of the mecha designers for Yukikaze self-published an art book called "Blue and Purpre" (their typo, no mine). I thought this was particularly interesting. It's not uncommon for big-name manga artists to sell self-published doujin of their own characters (sometimes hentai, sometimes not). But this is the first example of a series creator self-publishing a mecha art book that I know of. I can only assume they they wanted Bandai to put out a Yukikaze art book, but Bandai passed on the idea. So they took the initiative and did it themselves! This reminds me a lot of the four Macross doujin art books published by MAT in the '80s. But this is even better, since it's actually official! The book is 120 pages, and is a decent mix of color and b/w design art. There's LOTS of art in it that's never been published anywhere else. All the fighters, the Banshee, the armored vehicle from er 5... it's all there. Plus, of course, a lot of accompanying text, which I'd give my left nut to be able to read. And at the end is a script and storyboard for what looks like a dogfight that didn't make it into the series. And a few pages of Tasukete Mave-Chan designs finishes off the book. I had to get my copy from Yahoo Japan Auctions, and it wasn't cheap. I won the auction at Y8000, plus all the shipping and service fees. But it was very much worth it

That's no UAV. The Fand 1 and 2 were both piloted fighters.

I'd be in for one. And actually, I already have a decent stash of Wave's B-Joints. I still have no idea why they discontinued those things...

Crap, I thought I had everyone's refunds taken care of except for one (honestly, I lost the original list of pre-orders I had taken ) But I've verified all three of your orders, and I'll get them taken care of as soon as I can. Unfortunately, I'm not exactly sitting on a big stack of cash at the moment...

I have the Macross 7 Band Score book. It has sheet music for Planet Dance, Remember 16, Totsugeki Love Heart, Seventh Moon, Holy Lonley Light, and My Friends. It looks like it has full sheet music for all those songs, including vocals, drums, guitars, and keyoards. I could probably scan some of them if you need em. Or if you wanna buy the book, I'll give you a good deal on it. I don't really need it anyway