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@HardlyNever if @Xigfrid has a DX VF-1A, see if he can take a pic next to his VF-0B. That was painted in AS-20.

Sorry. Didn't update it since the holidays came around it got pushed to the back burner. I'm currently on the intake covers and trying to find a compromise on the fin part. I started back up and working on the chest piece.

On 1/8/2020 at 11:30 AM, sh9000 said:

Hikaru and Roy.

Awesome Hasegawa Box art cover!

Nice!

On 12/1/2019 at 11:58 AM, Sayroll said:

Hello,

Does anyone know if waterslide decals for the SV-51 can be found somewhere. I am trying to add details to the toy but I don't want to use the sticker sheet provided.

The other possibily would be to print waterslide decals using a scan of the sticker sheet, so if somebody here can do it or knows someone who can, I'm all ears, thanks!

AFAIK there aren't any SV-51 waterslides in this scale. There are for the 1/72 kits.

As far as the 2nd option, you'd have to find someone that has access to a printer that can print white ink.

14 hours ago, sqidd said:

@sh9000 what stands are those? I'm not finding them exactly. I need some of those!

 

Looks like it's also the ones from the missile effects set.

On 11/25/2019 at 8:57 AM, navratilova said:

so whats his name then? 

UN_MARINE. Member's names are located above their rank in bigger font on desktop. Seen it happen many times usually with new members and may get confusing when there are members replying with the same rank in the thread. A perfect example would be UN_MARINE, ScrambledValkyrie, coronadlux in the posts above. At this time, all the same rank and right next to each other.

2 hours ago, navratilova said:

pipe holder, any news on the file release of your SDF-1 joke machine? we haven't heard nothing from you in months

That's not his name but member rank. It'd be like me calling you cannon fodder vs navratilova. It's only been a month since his last post and he stated he was busy at work so I'd just wait.

52 minutes ago, Arkham said:

I get really confused still about the whole left/right... All I know is that I have two of something.

If you don't mind checking the pictures, do I need your extra foot?

*snip*

Looks like the foot is same the ones you got so no.

Another great transaction with @Shawn! Great communication and items arrived quick and safe!

I haven't gotten my order in yet (shipped via ferry). Hopefully NY can still get replacement parts if need be.

I think it only comes with fighter and gerwalk adapters (white piece) looking way way back in the day. Gonna have to prototype something.

Would this info be pertinent to this thread? http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/46849-big-west-trademarks-macross-in-the-uk/ 

Don't order @mickyg. The social media accounts are dead links. The email is service1@vinayotap.com. Try to search that address. Multiple reports saying it's a scam.

On 10/28/2019 at 10:10 PM, monkeyface said:

Red panel lines too big. Cancel PO.

On 10/29/2019 at 10:24 PM, seti88 said:

Yes! P-bandai YF-21 oscar version! 

Green is wrong shade PO cancelled.

7 hours ago, davidwhangchoi said:

i hope it looks like this

Black is slightly bluish. PO cancelled.

That's 3 PO's up for grabs to whomever wants them 

Serious though. If we use the DX YF-19 as reference from when it was shown on display to PO date then I'd also guess March/April.

My take is the author is expecting the gimmicks to be reproduced. Will have to wait till further in development to see.

1 hour ago, Kuma Style said:

Thank you very, VERY much and that all makes sense. If one of you gets a second could you point ke to exactly which adapter to buy... I just want one that plain points straight. Nothing crazy.

 Get the YA standing adapter if you want it straight in line with the arm.  Here is a quick reference:

Yeti has a bundle for the Arcadia Macross Stand if you already have that one.

4 hours ago, Kuma Style said:

The yeti stand adapter portion is pretty confusing for me which is unfortunate because it looks awesome. 

Just think of the YA adapters as which way you want to orient the valk in relation to the Yeti arms. Parallel use standing. Perpendicular use banking.  Same thing applies for the DX adapters. The other adapters were created because some of the OEM ones had terrible placements when mounted or blocked the gunpod I believe.

45 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

Is this one of those events where they reveal more later, or is this just all we're getting at this one?

That's all for the macross lineup I guess. They focused on dragonair and Lgaim.

I'm new at this also so just giving my $.02. 

I'd say calipers are a good investment. You're gonna make custom parts and need to take measurements for existing parts if they have to attach. It helps me a lot for doing my projects.

When I was looking into this I'd say most programs have some kinda learning curve. Some can do more than others. I use Fusion360 but tried out 123d design, freecad, and blender. I'm still learning how to use it. Fusion360 is free for hobbyist for a year and you can renew but comes with some limitations,  Autodesk has a 30day free trial if you wanna try it out. There are other free ones out there. Other members here have used Sketchup. Try all the free ones and see which one you think works the best for you.

Hermosa

36 minutes ago, Saburo said:

Cool pic. Do the same shot with red lighting for that sinister look.

Thanks for the feedback folks I really appreciate it! The plan is to make these prints to see the fit and finish of things, try to overcome what the lineart shows vs how real life ain't gonna let you do it,  clean up and refine them,  then send them of to a 3d printing service. I could post process these but I'll stew over it a bit before I decide whether I want to or not.

So if you've stuck around and read through all of that you're probably wondering how it looks like right? This is where I'm at right now. Don't laugh:

Right now I'm working on the intake covers which is the hardest ones yet. Thanks for looking.

So besides the valk, this is basically built from the ground up. I'm not a modeler nor am I a CAD designer so apologies for what you're about to see. 

The first thing I started to work on was the booster sections. I made the front except for the missiles and hinges but I'll get to that later. Here are pics of the fron section, rear boosters, and sides made out of styrene sheet as wanna work on the shape of the sides.

Next I had to figure out how 1. Where do I want them to go and 2. How am I gonna put them on? From the line art it seems the boosters move up in Battroid so I had to have the boosters move.  After using a general area I then measured it out exactly where I wanted it. I also decided that I'm just gonna put holes in the bottom of the boosters and use those as mounts. I then made a bracket for the boosters.

When that was finished I decided to do the guns next. I printed the general shapes out going with the lineart for best guesstimate but I'm still trying to figure out how I'm gonna mount them to the boosters. Either magnets of clips. We'll see. Here is a pic of them a together (held together with rubber bands lol).

Next I decided to tackle the legs. These were a pain to do because of there complex shapes. Lots of tries to get it where I liked it. I didn't do the front yet and the inner part is gonna be tricky as there's not enough space to put something in there. Here are some of the various tries of the leg set:

Next up is the nose. I just did the nose for fighter for now, I'll try to figure out a way for battroid: