Chronocidal
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Well, better in the sense that you don't risk screwing up the wings, yes, but I'm already planning some surgery to permanently attach those wings anyway, so I might try it anyway. Making stuff that the yamato missiles can attach to will take some work, but definitely an option.
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Well the design looks close enough you might be able to do the reverse, and put the Bandai weapons on a Yamato hardpoint. Clips look the same size at least. It'd probably be easy enough to drill out the holes a little so the 171 wings accept Yamato weapons though.
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See, that's what I thought was the case. Maybe certain colors are easier to mold transparent? And anyway, yes, from a mold perspective it does make sense. I guess maybe I'm more surprised that if all their visors really have been painted all along, we haven't ever really seen anything like this more often.
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Huh, that is a bit surprising, but guess it makes sense then. It just seems weird why anyone would do that when transparent colors of plastic aren't anything new. Didn't make sense in bandai's VF-25 kits either.
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.... why would you ever paint something like that clear green, when you already have transparent green plastic parts elsewhere on the valk? Unless I'm mistaken, and the nose sensors have always been painted, in which case the question becomes, "wtf yamato, did you run out of green transparent plastic?"
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Well, sadly I think I was a tiny bit too late telling hlj to ship... won't be getting mine for probably another week or so. Oh well, least I got confirmation that my super 17D and 19P shipped, so I'll have something to warm up the drool factory while I wait.
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"Tail legs?" I'm guessing you mean something about the order of popping the tabs, but I gave up trying to open the shoulders manually on my VF-19s. I just keep a plastic spoon handy, and it works like a charm. You could probably file down those latching tabs to let them release easier, but I dunno how much I'd want to do that.
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Someone needs to do a comparison between the bandai missiles and yamato ones. Are they interchangeable? I want to know if the hardpoints can be changed out, so I can load the 171 up with reaction missilles.
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Question about Bandai 1/72 Macross Frontier kits
Chronocidal replied to Cameron1138's topic in Model kits
Yep, they're transparent, ugly, and worse yet, printed like magazines with colored dots all over. The decals aren't any better. Utterly inexcusable considering the decal experience Bandai has from all their gundam kits. It's why I painted all my markings on from scratch. It was less frustrating. -
Ok, the question that's been on my mind since the first pics of the VF-171 appeared... Do Yamato's weapons fit on the Bandai hardpoints?
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Good to hear about the shoulder fins, not so good about the loose hinges and backwards joint though. My personal worry has alwas been that those shoulders would turn into miserable failures due to the lack of any kind of ratchet or access to any screws to tighten them. My YF-19's shoulders are nearly the same exact design, but are absolutely useless. Fortunately, the materials used in the VF-19s seem to be MUCH better. The YF seemed to use vintage VF-0 explodium.
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I think this one is actually quite a bit different from the others in terms of transformation. If I'm judging what I saw from the lego version correctly, the arms look like they lay on the outsides of the legs, like the SV-51. It's to make room for the big box they have between the engines. Either way, I'm not missing out on this. I'm a sucker for delta wings.
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You have no idea how thrilled I am to see that the stand mounts at the BACK of the plane. This will look awesome on a gundam stand with one of EXO's adapters.
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Well you know... just because it looks like an AMRAAM doesn't mean it is one. Once a standard body is adopted, the internals can become any number of different weapons. Older HARM and newer generation AARGM missiles use the same body with different internal components. Maybe they still just really like using the AMRAAM body in the 2050s. . Not that the fins would do any good in space, but they might be backup weapons for use in atmosphere if the need arises. I just wish Bandai would get its head on straight and look at some real aircraft before they go trying to make their own stuff. Admittedly, even Yamato got this wrong on the VF-0 missiles, but if you're going to make an imitation AMRAAM at least mount it on the pylon correctly.
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Bleh.... paid for my AmiAmi order last night, super 17D, and 19P... this is by far the most I've ever spent on macross stuff in a month, let alone a week.
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Still utter bull$#!% that they don't include the missiles as standard on these. They were -never- seen without a boatload of missiles on them. And besides, did they even equip the blue ones with the armor pack?
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Repeating this here, because it's applicable. *sings* "On the fifth day of Christmas, HLJ sent to me... Two VF-4S!! One Super Nightmare, one whale spermbank, one armor pack... And a robot with a boombox IN SPAAACE!!"
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I'm kinda okay if AmiAmi doesn't come through with the VF-17D and VF-19P for a few weeks.. give me time to recover from the VF-4s I bought
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Haven't shipped mine yet since I'm going to wait til I'm back home first. Then I'll get my pair along with my second Fire Valk with the sound booster and VF-19F all at once. Going to be painful shipping. Totals came out to $618 for two though, so $309 a piece before shipping. Yay for the Yen going back to 83 per dollar
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Don't laugh, those missiles are wallet seekers. I'm eagerly waiting to pile up all these boxes in my living room though. This is the biggest pile of Macross I've ever gotten... *sings* On the second day of Christmas, HLJ sent to me........ Twoooo VF-4ssss!! One armor pack, one super nightmare, one whale spermbank, And a robot with a boombox in spaaace!!! (Plus one more VF-19F )
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Woo, just got charged at HLJ, and sent to my warehouse Now, it gets to sit there for a while and hang out with my sale VF-19F, fire valk, and sound booster, until I get back to my apartment in january This is going to be one huge freakin mess of yamato boxes littering my apartment... I just need to hear if AmiAmi is shipping my VF-19P and super VF-17D...
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If the included stand mounts are similar to how Yamato displayed them earlier (close to the balance point) then you should be fine using one of the bandai action base stands, with one of EXO's adapters. They work really well if the weight is distributed right.
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Wonder if I need to send them a reminder.. I paid for my armor pack months ago, and haven't heard a thing from them yet.
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I honestly don't know what you can do, short of making contact with someone in Japan to get the part for you. I tried going through Nippon Yasan to get a replacement for my VF-25G crotch plate (they forgot it ) and so far, no luck there. I don't think Bandai cares one way or another about anyone outside their target market. You might be best trying to find or make a replacement piece yourself.
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Oh, I did consider getting a new set of arms for my VF-0, but it was actually easier to make a replacement peg than replace the entire arm in that case. Didn't feel like waiting for it to ship either. I might order a set later on though, once I get a better handle on how the shapeways material works. As far as painting.. I almost think it'd be worth trying some of that thin sealing material people use to cover radio control aircraft, and lay that over the big surfaces. I think you just stretch it over, and heat it with a blowdryer to shrink it down.