DARKWIND

gotcha. I'm in canada so stuff coming from he US has shipping as well as duty.

And I never seem to pay duty from HLJ (where I just got a 1/60 vf-1a for like $75 total)

Which VF did you buy pondo?

Was that the CF or the Max TV version?

Understood, guys again thanks for the insight.

Thanks guys for your help.

Also, I spent two years on the USS Independence and two more years at NAF Atsugi helping park birds on deck.

Big and small birds, (airshows too) so kinda get where you're coming from on the less is more point.

Now about using the pencil technique how do you guys seal it or do you?

Future and a q-tip or paint brush and another type of clear coat?

And please don't let it end here anyone else care to sound of please do.

Any help/suggestions are welcome.

Well, I'm the Ginrai who ran the website Masterforce.org and I was using the name in the '90s so it wasn't that common when I started using it. But yeah, I'm the same Ginrai who posts crap on CollectionDX pretty regularly these days.

Don't sell yourself short, I've always liked your work pretty clear and strait forward.

A good toy collecting read, IMHO since day one.

Also do you have an archive of your masterforce website goods, I thinhk that will really help out BMAX.

And it won't hurt to check it out for nastalgia reasons too!

Thanks for the input guys.

I was looking to try anything out first on my vers.1 VF-1 Valks first then mover up to the 1/48's later if I liked the results.

Any othe techiques guys.

Please keep the ideas and suggestions coming.

valk only for me, want tv roy

Same here, now I have to do some shelf clearing and budget shifting. . . (and begging lots and lots of begging)

Panel lines and/or weathering. . .

Ok I have been looking around at a lot of you guys pics (over the years) I am as always amazed.

But, I have never taken the plunge myself due to the thought of totaly ruining a perfectly beautiful valk.

I was wondering if any of the top notch modelers/customizers here would take a crack at doing a tutoral of sorts?

Just for those of us that are thinking of giving it a shot.

Give a few tips of which pins/pencils to use, which clearcoat to use (if needed or not) and what tried and true methods worked, if possible which birds were tougher than other's.

Also how to undo any mistakes that could be made with said methods too.

Pics with details or steps would be a great help too.

So there you have it, can you the great masters teach us (or me rather) your craft?

I voted "Yes". I have Roy's DYRL VF-1S in both the V.1 & V.2 1/60's and the 1/48 scale.

Even though there is not a ton of difference between the DYRL & TV version, would be nice to have it & I agree with eugimon in it having a new Box art design & all things that make it a part of the SDF TV series!!

I voted yes also, and just like airborne I've got all of the Roy variants/editions.

But if they did release one in the vein of eugimon's idea, i'd buy yet another but that one would stay boxed.

At least till I got the rest fo the TV versions.

Thanks, thats in work right now waiting for overdrive to reply. How did you know its was my Miria

Just like ruskii said, Valks are ladies, (pretty expensive, pretty) ladies.

And after living in Japan for 14years you learn the best ways to display toys in "brace for shock" positions.

I don't believe any of these QC issuses, I came back after that earthquake in southern california the 6.9 one. Four yamatos on the floor from 4 to 5 feet high and the only thing broke was a 1/48 that had the backpack broke from the hinge. My vf-11c was one that fell also.

Sorry to hear about that 1/48 bro hope you can get her repaired.

VF-27 review for collectiondx

touch your toes

You might start a new thread with that pose, "The VF toe touching picture gallery" :lol:

"Now shake them dice and roll 'em!!!" :lol:

Well there's Overdrive HK collectibles, image anime, and try the"for sale" section here too.

Try hobbylink japan, angloz, bigbadtoys, or ebay just to name a few.

or the time. and if you're not a modeler, going out and buying all the supplies you need to do it right will quickly add up

I get that but at the price these toys are going at it is a faster/less painful way to get one and they do come with decals/stickers right?

Also you could pm one of the customizers here and ask to have it done also.

Just a thought

GREAT price, and they'd be a blast to build, to boot!

i think i'll pull the trigger on one as soon as i can...

Ditto, in a few months maybe sooner.

Here's a thought, are those vf-1S kits the right shade of white or not?

I mean if they are then you could make one for cheaper the cost of buying it completed.

Just my humble 2cents.

So far so good on mine legs stay on firm and stable

Yeah sure and at the end and afew more shots of it doing a dynamic pose, like it'sgetting ready to fire.

I think the 19 would look bad ass in a gray low viz color like the 1/48's did.

And my friend you just did even more justice.

That is love for one's craft if ever I saw it!

That bird is hands down amazing.

A true masterpiece.

But I would hate to be the crewman who had to pull the all-nighter to get it back in the air!

Hell they should give the pilot a VF-1S and a promotion cause it looks as if they gave as good as he/she got.

the prices are good in fukuoka there is another shop that sometimes is even better but i on't remember it's name.

yes fukuoka is my japanese base of operations. the inlaws live there

Yeah, ya gotta love the inlaws, for if not for them ya would'nt have yer own slice of heaven that the wife be.

Sure it may not be true 1/60, but think of the space you save with it being a bit smaller in your dispaly case/dioramas.

To me the size and price are easy pickn's to slowly build an army with, hell all I want are two more.

But if they could articulate the knee just a little (while keeping the swivel), it could make for better poses.

Then I think it would be worth a few more bucks in sales if done well and reasonably sturdy.

In the meantime if anybody comes up with a mod/custom to the knees I'm all ears.

Yamdai for the win!

It seems to me that these guys know a good team when they see one and hopefully will bet on this new horse for the future.

But I will wait and see if there will be a V2.5 or a V3 VF-25 cause I dolike the valk but its hard to feel good about buying it just yet.

I don't expect perfection, just improvment if Bandai is willing to go forward and do so.

sorry don't know the answer to that one, darkwind. i always go to bic camera

Well ill be dipped, I never looked there when I lived in Yokosuka but the wife used to shop there from time to time.

How are the prices compared to the e-tailers online?

and to evil bones OTAKU means something like strange anime obsesed person.

Yup that's about the size of it, sort a nickname/slang type of phrase for us anime/manga/video game/ etc. etc. . .

enthuisast types/geeks.

No offense guys :lol: :lol:

Also bones see if you can get a MAC flight over to Atsgui and hit up Tokyo, it will make one hell of a shopping spree.

By the way does Toys r us Japan still carry Yamato valks in stores? B))