Less than Super Ostrich Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Here is my 1/100 scale Wave kit for the VF-11D Jamming Bird. It was a fairly easy kit. It uses screws on the Sound Energy System Fast Pack Boosters, but other than that it is pretty straight forward. The decals are almost non-existent except for the kite logos. I wanted to spice it up a little with some more decals, but I couldn't find many that would look 1/100 scale. I used Tamiya Acrylics. The base is the 5 inch kite logo base from modelbaseguy. If you don't have one... go order them. They are cheap and nice quality. I think they really add to the model as well. I drilled a hole in the base and inserted a clear acrylic rod that I had bent with a heat gun (around an old coffee can). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berttt Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Nice work LSTO, very smooth. Berttt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less than Super Ostrich Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 thanks bertt by the way... you can get those Macross kite bases from Starshipmodeler.com's store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Ocamica Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Looks really nice LTSO!!! Great pose and the proportions of that kit look spot on:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berttt Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 thanks berttby the way... you can get those Macross kite bases from Starshipmodeler.com's store 351610[/snapback] I may have to pick up a couple next time I order something off John and Linda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 hi it looks very nice, I love the clean look to it. i was wondering are the joints loose on yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less than Super Ostrich Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 hi it looks very nice, I love the clean look to it. i was wondering are the joints loose on yours? 351686[/snapback] One of the hip joints was loose, but I just put a light coat of CA glue on the ball (ball joint), let it dry, and then it was tighter. Other than that, the polycap joints worked well. But as many of you know, I don't "play" with my Valks... so poseability doesn't mean much to me. I let the Toy guys play with themselves... um, I mean, play with their valks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 (edited) hi it looks very nice, I love the clean look to it. i was wondering are the joints loose on yours? 351686[/snapback] I let the Toy guys play with themselves... um, I mean, play with their valks. 351696[/snapback] i have the normal vf-11, it was tight as first. but it seems to have completely worn out, i do not play with it at all it was just on the shelf and it seems like the joints got weaker over time and just failed, it will no longer stand up. some of the polycaps are hard to get to and i cannot find a way to make them tight again with out taking it seriously apart . chris Edited December 12, 2005 by zeo-mare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less than Super Ostrich Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 I hear what you mean. That is one of the reason I made the stand for this model. I'd do the CA glue quick fix if you can still pop the legs off the hip joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honneamise Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 The model looks awesome LTSO, great building skills, good-looking pose and the stand is well suited and adds colour without detracticting from the model. As for the decals, HLJ now carry several lines of decals, I think Wave is among them but the best seem to be from CROSSDELTA. They are mostly designed for 1/100 Gundams but from what I´ve seen there are lots of generic looking stencils, triangles, arrows etc. apart from the recognizable Gundam logos. They even come in black, white, red and different shades of grey so you can even use them with a low visibility paint scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayson72 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Nice job man, looks really cool, I love that paint scheme and the base looks really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel's Fury Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Looks really nice LTSO!!!Great pose and the proportions of that kit look spot on:) 351638[/snapback] Second that!!! Great work as usual LTSO!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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