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The 1/60 VF-25 version 2. This is by far the most playable and displayable toy.

Amen. I don't think I'll ever get tired of admiring and playing with it. It's by far my favorite valk, and will only be equaled by my Ozma when I get it.

Oh, did I mention that the wings are straight?

-Kyp

Me too. Hopefully Bandai is convinced enough to consider VF-171 now

Personally I prefer VF-171 over VF-17. Besides, the size of the VF-17 is kind of hard to justify for the asking price. Hopefully, Bandai could make VF-171 at a lower price point like what it did for the VF-25 DX2. Though it is just very wishful hope.

Just got mine today. I have to say Bandai up the ante with this one. Overall shape is very close to the line art, especially viewing from the side; where most Yamato products look much thicker. Good second seat gimmick and the knife can actually be towed in the shield. My only gripe is the shape of the canopy. Viewing from the side the upper area look like a flat line rather than a continuous curve. While Bandai has done an excellent job in design, I can't say for the manufacturing. The plastic look cheap (it's semis gloss rather than gloss) compared to the recent Yamato products. The paint application is less than satisfactory. Put Yamato 1/60 VF-1 side by side and you know what I'm talking.

But for the price, you get a great design toy, stand with various adapter for different mode, different hands and an Alto in flight suite (with its own stand as well). I say this one is pretty reasonably priced where Yamato is pushing the boundary of many wallets. Despite some shortcomings, this is still one heck of a great toy. Yes, toy, you can play it without too much worry of breaking it. I'd say it worth every dollar you spent on it.

With this, I hope Yamato would consider more on their price tag.

And lastly, It just occurred to me that the VF-25 look very close to Su-30MK fighter in real world

Anyone see this onTsim Sha Tsui (Hong Kong) area?

Depend on its price. Lately, the price has increased a lot compared to the early release (say 1/48 VF-1 era). Some may say the technology is better in making the toys that warrant the price hike. But they also sell greater number these days. So, it really depends on the price.

Just got mine today. Overall shape looks good, but Hasegawa seems to start skimping on details. If you compare this one with VF-1 and VF-0, you'll know what I mean; especially the pilot figure and the seat.

Should have done this in the first place (then I don't have to wait this long)

With Bandai playing catch up, the wallet is going to get hurt anyway Can't deny they are getting better and Bandai has longer reputation in playability, though Yamato pays more attention to accuracy.

Any prototype pic? Yamato is way too secretive about their coming release. It's been a month or more after the first news. Bandai has shown the production V2 VF-25 and on sale in Oct. Yammie makes us wait too long.

Yup, just place mine at HLJ

HLJ

It looks more like the one in VF-25 Master Files than the CG. I'm not complaining. This is the best I could hope for the V.1 is totally crapped. Hopefully they have better built quality and playability.

Looks like my patience paid off! Great news indeed!

I got mine some times back. It is a good book but I think it is a little bit under done if compared to VF-19 Master files. The pics and paint schemes are not as exciting as well.

I come in late for this one. Is it the same mold as VF-25 with a few updates or is it an entire new mold? I noticed that the landing gears look much better than the trolley wheels in VF-25. Overall appearance looks more crisp and detailed than the VF-25 too. I'll probably get one and convert it back to VF-25

It's been a long while since the first and only 'prototype' picture of the 1/48 VF-25 from Bandai. Anyone heard or saw anything? I've been waiting it for a long time. Hope they didn't already canned it.

This is one heck of an ugly design.

VF-25 over an alien landscape.

I think by now the F-15 should evolve into something like this. My latest photoshop creation. The original pic can be found in Airliner website.

If anyone take a loser look at the line art (side profiles) on page 78, you probably noticed that the shoulder fairing for the A, B is different from the C, D as well. Does anyone know if it is explained in the text?

Fantastic profile, Talos. On the empenage section it shows that the vertical tail for VF-19A+ is 18% larger that the VF-19A. The subsequent model (VF-19C, D) seems to revert back to the A model. Hope it has some explanation with it.

If this is not the right section, please move. Thanks!

I just got the VF-19 Master File and realized that the CGIs of VF-19F in the book are very different than Kawamori's orignial design.

The VF-19F in the book is having the VF-19A intake, nose and canopy. I guessed they are cutting cost in CGI department, but it's kind of cool and make more sense in real world.

By the could some one show me the translation of thisbook? I remember reading it somewhere.

Many thanks!

Looking forward to it.

It'll be interesting to see how the two-tone scheme looks in battroid.

Just edited the post with Gerwalk and Battroid. Both are a little bit mis-transformed while photographing though

Looks really nice.

Just a small critique, I think when painting camo, you should paint in light coats rather than thick applications. Then smooth everything over with a clear satin or clear matte finish.

Thanks for the advice mate! I'm still learning how to do that. The masking tapes always left thick lines around them. I heard people would sand them before applying clear coat. Do you know what type/number of sand paper to do it?

Gerwalk and Battroid are on the way.

Not my best piece of work. Yamato used tons of glue in this. Some parts simply can't be disassembled dispite screws have been removed.

I've seen many custom paints here based on Russsia or US fighters. I tried something different, it's based on Israel and Sout Africa fighters.