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    1:48 Hasegawa YF-19

    in Model kits

    Posted · Edited by Parker Midwinter

    on the subject of colour, Citadel mini's [Games workshop] makes an acrylic paint called "bleached bone"

    typically it's used for bones, parchment and what not not minis, but comparing it to the anime, it's almost the perfect colour for the '19 right out of the pot imho

    PS: That's one sexy VF-19 there Gundamhead

    1:48 Hasegawa VF-1

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    Its nice but as of looking at those unfinished pics in the mag. Its missing some Serious Detail in a 1/48 scale kit. IT needs LOTS of work. More work then the Tommy.

    yea, it looks that way, but the 1/48th YF-19 didn't look too hot in the early pics either... i just hope someone comes out with a super-detailing set for this one

    1:48 Hasegawa YF-19

    in Model kits

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    1/48th is the hottest scale modeling wide right now. You can get just about anything in 1/48th to include all sorts of armor now! I think Hasegawa is getting in on it. - MT

    Yea... everything in 1/48th except modern military choppers and infantry... which is simply annoying...

    anyway, i'm hoping Hasegawa gives us something other than an upscaled version of the 1/72 YF-19... I'd still buy one, but i'd be a bit disappointed.

    1/72 Bandai VF-25F Messiah build-up step-by-step (sort of)

    in The Workshop!

    Posted · Edited by Parker Midwinter

    When i pick up my wish list item from this new line of releases [if they ever get released], i plan on gluing them together, and if it's too much for me to overlook; filling, sanding, and removing/modifying/hiding as much of the "transformation" ability that has, by necessity, no fault to Bandai, made the model less accurate, and causing allot of gaps. if i want a transforming toy, I'll pony up for one of the 1/60 toys... as I'm certain those would stand-up much better to constant fiddling, and 'zooming around the room' [come on... we ALL do it, don't we?]... then again... I'll have to wait until i have one in my hands before i can commit to a final judgement...

    it's a great start to this model so far WM. looking forward to seeing the rest.

    my $.02 on the gaps: if you want to transform it ever, don't fill/glue it unnecessarily. if not, then go all-out on her!

    EDIT: you know... the more i think about it... and the more i look at Jarrod's build... the more i agree with David Hingtgen that building it fixed as a fighter would be a waste... i'm just worried how these will look on the shelf next to my Hasegawa Valks, or if they'll stick together if i take them to a show...

    Official Bandai 1/72 Scale Macross Frontier Model Kit Thread Ver.2

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    I don't have one in my hands... but depending on patience, and the actual colour scheme and markings, wouldn't it be easier just to mask/paint the simple stuff, then seal it with future, decal it, weather it, future it again, then flat-coat it... would this not both make a longer-lasting/transformation resistant paint job all-round? I use acrylics as i paint alot of minis, and it's quite durable, especially with a sealant on it. I must say, i would've preferred the Bandai MacrossF stuff to not be transformable, for the trade-off of greater accuracy, but they look VERY good despite that... so I'll take it as a bonus. I've also never encountered a set of stickers that worked better than paint or decals... so they're out the window. but I paint Warhammer minis for my local group for spare cash... so i'm accustomed to painting tiny details and such.

    personally, I don't intend to buy them for their transformation feature... but it seems to me that a highly durable sealant like Future would be your best bet, and if you needed to, you could always just re-touch it if it gets scraped off or worn away.

    would bandai produce non-tranformable kits of Macross F valks?

    in Model kits

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    My take on this is that a model or toy in a larger scale would be so expensive that i wonder if any company take the chance to make a whole line of mecha in that size. Yamato has tried but we can see they seemed to struggle since, we saw them milking over and over again the same valk with a different color schemes. Why in the end would they opt for a smaller valks??.

    I wonder if probably the reason for this is cost effectiveness on materials... or May be they realized that Japanese have very limited living space and in the long run they would find out buyers would not fit them on their apartments making production very limited??.

    I can only imagine how expensive and big would a 1/48 armored VF-25 would be...?

    I live in an apartment in Canada and I have virtually no room to model... my kitchen table has been sacrificed to the modelling gods... and now that winter's approaching, i can't spray paint or airbrush outside... I need to invest in a spray booth... I have very limited space to display my models, but my Hasegawa Valks are proudly on display. 1/72 is just fine for me. I'm really looking forward to the future releases from the line... I want one of everything... but I want the armoured, ultra-bad ass versions... eventually i may pick up some clean versions... but if the Super-packs and Armour-packs are removable, or can be modified to be removable, all the better!

    Bandai 1/72 Scale Macross Frontier Plastic Models

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    NOTE FROM THE ADMIN - THE BELOW LIST IS NOT REAL, JUST THE POSTER"S FANTASY MADE UP WISH LIST

    Graham

    May - VF-27 (Brera)

    July - VF-171 (standard)

    Aug - VF-25S Super + Full Armor - (Ozma)

    Oct - VF-171 EX (alto)

    Dec - VF-25G super (michel) and RVF-25 (Luca)

    well... the super-packs will likely be ably to be modified to be removeable, like the VF-0S ones... so i think i'll be waiting for the Brera VF-27 before i start picking these up... which is good, cause my wallet needs a rest

    Macross Frontier Music Video

    in Fan Works

    Posted

    I made a music video with clips from the first 2 episodes of the Macross Frontier japanese animated series... Hope u like it!!!

    "Dude, i Don't want to sound gay or nothin', but i think depesche mode is a sweet band!"

    50 points for whoever names where that quotes form first.

    that was a cool little video there Kronnang, i enjoyed it! :D

    VF-11B model kit

    in Model kits

    Posted

    Makes one wonder if somehow it's tied up in the Bandai licensing of the VF-11C?

    There is also the fact that it was never featured as a "hero" fighter, therefore Hasegawa may feel it wouldn't give them a decent return on their tooling investment.

    Anyone ever seen a Hasegawa VF-5000 or a Macross Zero Octo? No, because they weren't "hero"/ "villan" mecha.

    That is why the garage kit industry is so prominent in Japan. They fill the gaps that the major manufacturers leave open in terms of model kits...

    I don't think you could describe the VF-11 as anything BUT a hero... you saw the crash that it survived, thus saving Isamu... totally a Hero Fighter, and we totally need a kit of it from Hasegawa.

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