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...after massive air raid of 2 bases: cookie and richboy...

...put it into the war, start ground attack on the bases of JAM...

...all units launch SAM...

basically, the ep4's story is about Rei and Booker(I don't know how to spell) return to earth to test new engines, with 3 JAM fighters followed, before they sunk the Japanese carrier, was shot down by Yukikaze. after a stuning landing on the carrier, Rei and Booker request refueling, they meet Jackson(as journalist) on deck for first time. she told them most people on earth don't even believe the existence of JAM(government denies everything, hmmm ). after that, Yukikaze took off in a more stuning way, then...to be continued...

suck story as ever, great air combat scenes ever!

the attack of JAM made me remember of Macross Zero 3, but even better IMHO!

yeah, there ain't no old molded B or D from Hasegawa. all their A+, B and D are recess panel lined.

http://www.tomcat521.com/newca/model/hasegawa/index.htm

here is my mini catalogue of 1/72 Hasegawa F-14s, despite Chinese characters, hope those boxarts will help.

Yamato 1/48 is one step from perfect perfect transformation: the intake cover...

the decal of F-14D prototype kit is for:

1. red/white prototype BuNo 157986

2. Grumman/Navy test bed BuNo 161867 (overall gray FS 16440)

Cheng, I'm not sure what kind of "fat" you are talking about, but after compare some kits, I found the Fujimi Tomcat is exactly as fat as Hasegawa one, they are almost same.

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firstly, David, the date on the instruction of Royal Collection type D is 1988.8, so of coz, it does not have "late" sprue J include twin chin pod and gunvent, just the same parts like any other normal release of type A. the price is 3800 JPY.

now come to the difference, I think this photo tells everything. don't blame me about the size of image...

there are 2 metal Sidewinder included in the up-left bag, and you can find the wings of it in the PE. there are belts and pipes for cockpit and landing gear bay. with all those metal parts assembled, I'm sure the Turkey won't sit on tail

below is the only new sprue in the box, without letter to define its "name".

p.s.

this is another member of Fujimi Royal Collection, type A. I don't have it, but judging from the photo on the side of box, it seems has not the sprue J also.

well well, let me find it several hours later... still at work now

I don't think the prototype kit has twin chin pod and any "new" vents...

I bought this kit mainly for those metal parts and the BIG sheet of PE, never thought is would be a "Macross F-14", ha ha ha~~ also because I wanna collect 1/72 Tomcats as much as I can

cheng, Fujimi F-14A Jolly Rogers, the No. is 28002 I remember.

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?FUJ28002

and Hasegawa Jolly Rogers reissue

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?HSG00364

Fujimi's 1/48 Tomcat really SUCKS!

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?FUJ33001

2500yen, only for some missiles, pilots and the decal!

btw, to do a late A you need this LAU-138 sidewinder launcher(note Shin's jet doesn't have it)

http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-lau138.htm

can be found in Hasegawa X72 series. in 1/48 scale, some limited version have resin LAU-138.

this is a B(VF-102) not D, althouth the engine is same.

I have one Fujimi Royal Collection F-14D prototype, with F101 nozzles and different type stabilizer. I don't know much about that red-white colored prototype, can't tell what's right or wrong...

Lat: 31° 14' 12"

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Shanghai, China

David, go for some Revell Germany new release 1/72 Flanker, a Hasegawa rebox, all metal parts were replaced by plastic, so the price won't be That high.

Just make sure you don't get the "wrong" old Revell issue.

yeah, Graham, but nothing new till now at the official site.

Vince, the VF-0S's basic weight is 16t, I think the full load weight won't be much heavier than a F-14, and, the Phoenix has 2 most powerful turbo fan engines equipped, the old big Turkey only got F110s... so VF-0 needs not a longer runway to take off IMHO

yeah, they are, but you can see, on the new ASUKA class carrier, 2 VF-0s are lifted on one elevator.

VF is much lighter than "old" jet fighters, and more "foldable", so don't worry about enough room to oprate them.

Akula, you can find some interesting pics in here(http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...opic=6999&st=40), although no TOMCAT and PHOENIX side by side.

p.s. I updated the first post, I misunderstood the production number, didn't expect that "old" VF-1SS will take the "new" number 65717...

it'll eat at least 300MB of your memory, kill me first

Are those fix-posed figures?

according to anime.net, "An estimated 24 single-seater, 4 two-seater, and 2 two-seater armed reconnaissance units manufactured."

so, there ARE 4 two-seater trainers at least?

from the very first poster of M0, Shin was flying a two-seater Zero, number is 303 I remember... I love to have a second seat

the Chinese introduction says:

VF-0B

a "secret" mecha design, doesn't show up in OVA till now, variable 2 seated fighter(not specified as trainer).

feature: 2 seated long nose, the same "head" as VF-0D.

VF-1SS(?)

same tooling as previous production, just reissue with different box art.

so, what the hell about "1/72 VF-1 jets will stop producing and selling"? how many "limited" goods will Hasegawa release?

65770 VF-0B 2800 yen JUNE

new 2 seat cockpit

new head laser(same as incoming VF-0D)

65717 VF-1SS 2800 yen JULY

same old mold as original release

include all A\J\S head

include Super Pack and Strike Pack(not sure it means 2 complete Pack sets or just like previous VF-1S Strike Version to get "spare" parts)

why resin MIG-29? Academy from Korea has 1/48 MIG-29 single/double seat plastic kits, and Revell from Germany has them in 1/32.

the untransformable VF-1S Batroid, VF-1J Armored Batroid and Tomahawk are well made, and well posable. strongly recommend!

the so called transformable Valk is poor I think, mainly made by plastic, easy to break up, loose joint, almost unposable, and ugly looking in batroid mode.

if $25 include shipping fee and for the complete set, go for it.

I still don't get it, how much more expensive will S type be with extra 3 laser cannon than A?? it's a mass production transformable killing machine! any one ever make a count of the VF-1 total loss in MACROSS TV version? they save 3 laser cannon to make more Valks? holy god! take my donation

for "ranking theory", in MACROSS ZERO #2, when Shin's VF-0D is training with Focker's OS, his HUD and other MFDs shows "target" info, so I guess there will be more advance foe identify system on the "later" VF-1 family, right? so why make Sqd leaders so well marked? or just show off?

I agree Anubis, "The lases were probably used quite often, especially for incoming missles", it's just 3 more lasers! give those rookies, their survive chances maybe higher! in such a long time space trip/fighting, the most important resource of MACROSS is "population" IMHO!

I don't know PLUS very much, hope this help

download Voice

sorry, I uploaded it from my HD, maybe the original source is some Japanese site, they have many 3DCG pics.

two-arms-joint hook sounds acceptable, is there any possibility make the back pack to contain a hook just like the VF-0?

oh,no~I found it too...terrible...poor UN NAVY pilots