Lolicon
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Yeah you have to apply a layer of clear acrylic over the printed decals and let it set before they're ready to use. I'm not at home atm but I'll post it later. LOL!
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Glossy finish is fine for commercial/civilian aircraft like Basara's. I prefer the flatter finish for military aircraft. In toy form, matte all the way. That glossy finish really makes valks look cheap. (Unless photographed just right like the above pic.)
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Printed them myself. HMR is non-scale so I used the Arcadia VF-0D as a reference on how big the decals should be relative to the aircraft. Even then I still had to upscale them slightly to make them look right. It reminded me of Yamato's 1/3000 SDF-1. Instead of doing a straight scale down of their 1/2000 kit, Yamato had to make some tweaks to the SDF-1 to make it look "right" at the smaller scale. Much less pixelization scaling down vs scaling up.
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Decals are tiny at this scale...
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Slightly cleaner copy for ya. (Dusted off the scanner first)
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Old glossy still looks pretty good!
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Alto's unit preceded the CF release so Bandai should have known better. They cheaped out or contracted it out to a different factory or something.
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Yeah, though I'll need to clean them up and scale them down to whatever HMR scale is supposed to be. I just use an inkjet printer to make decals, though it's more limited compared to a real decal printer. The insides of the kites are indeed clear. Since it's a model kit, I'm guessing they probably wanted people to have the option of painting it to whatever they like and using the clear insides to match the color of the aircraft.
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Wait, people actually read the instructions that come with their valks?
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Kinda lame if that really is everything. Glad I picked up a bunch of extra CF sets with the warheads back in the day.
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Here's something that might help.
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Bandai also withheld the reaction warheads and MDEs on the hero armor set but included them with the CF armor set. We'll see if they actually include them with the Alto 171 reissue.
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It clearly snapped off. That section was always something that could break somewhat easily if you weren't careful. Bandai used a metal bar on that section for the DX VF-1.
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I still don't know wtf the difference is between the "Metal Build" and "Metal Composite" line.
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Those crappy swappable wings were a cynical ploy by Bandai to force collectors to buy two different armor sets for the CF and hero versions of the 171 as the armors themselves are identical. I'm guessing this will be a "full pack set" with the armor included, so that crap isn't necessary. I would love it if Bandai redesigned the wings to be non-swappable, but c'mon, this is Bandai we're talking about.
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Yes, please give us a PF VF-0A! And reissue the PF 0D while you're at it! And also a "premium premium finish" version of the 0S with all the weathering effects like the PF 0D!
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These days it's one, maybe two. Before it was not unusual for me to get 3 or more. I mean I have at least 3 of Delta squadron, and I didn't even like the show.
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"Hi Metal" is just a brand name, just like Subway's "foot long" subs. Only a fool would expect a sandwich called a "foot long" to be 12 inches.
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I hope they got rid of the stupid swappable wings, but that's a fool's hope with Bandai.
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Yeah I buy a lot less than I did way back when. It's not an income issue as I make a lot more now than I did 10 years ago. I think you just reach a point where you're like "why the heck do I have 3-4-5-6 copies of such and such valk?!" Over the years I've found that I get the most fun out of fixing these toys up the best I can; basically what I wish they were "out of the box" considering how expensive some of these toys are. I think the PF editions of the 0D, YF-19, and VF-4A are the only valks I've bought that I've been 100% satisfied with without adding any additional work of my own.
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0D already broke. Lame!
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We finally got a Bandai valk with proper white landing gear! Got my copy last night but only had time to fiddle with it a little. After being disappointed by the 0S, I lowered my expectations accordingly, and I must say the 0D is a nice step up from the 0S. Just out of the box, in battroid mode, I'll go as far as to say this is the best looking valk to date in the HMR line. Haven't transformed it yet, so I can't speak to its transformation and fit quality or fighter mode. I've always been lukewarm to the quality of HMR valks, but if this is the kind of quality Bandai can put out in this line, then I'm much more excited for future valk releases. The Arcadia PF version is still the best 0D, but this is a good (and much more affordable) alternative. I think I'm going to have to scrounge up some decals to pretty her up some...
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Yep. I'm showing my gratefulness to Bandai's efforts in the only way that actually matters to Bandai: by forking over a bunch of my money for one.
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Bandai saw so how much people enjoyed sanding down the tabs on their 31AXs that they went ahead and incorporated this "feature" into the HMR 0D.
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I might do a panel wash, but that'll be it. Don't have a lot of time for hobbies as of late, and I'd rather use that time on 1/60 scale toys. Also, for some reason Bandai valks just feel like way more hassle to make look good, particularly HMR. They're gone for the Obon holiday. Was waiting for one more item this month before shipping my PW anyway.
