Grand Admiral Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 (edited) Hi Everyone, Like many of you, my first encounter with a VF-1 was through Transformers. I recently bought the 1/48 Stealth with Strike packs, and my buddy Chris was so impressed he decided to take the plunge and we would create for him a "Masterpiece" Jetfire. He bought the Hikaru VF-1S and the Strike/FAST Pack set from HLJ. Today he came over to my house and we spent the afternoon working on it. Actually, since I had more experience with models and paint, I spent most of the time working on it. I found that Testors Model Master "Guard Red" is a pretty fair match to the Yamato red paint. So, without further ado, here are the photos! The Autobot logo doesn't show in jet mode because we placed it on the heat shield. You'll also note that the Macross kite is still on the wing... because it's a Matsushiro Jetfire. Ok, actually Chris didn't want me to completely disassemble his VF-1 to be able to properly tape and paint the wings and fuselage, so we skipped it. He didn't mind having black stripes instead of red. We got decals from Reprolabels.com. The Autobot logos for the FAST packs were a bit small, but they look ok centered on that area. If it were mine, I probably would've figured out where to get bigger logos, but Chris was happy with them. The Reprolabels logo worked really well on the heat shield, I think. I also got a couple of pictures of the paint process. Here's my getto paint booth... the cockpit pieces look "lumpy" because they have lots of masking tape on them to protect the canopy and create lines for the nose stripe. I used Citadel (Warhammer) white primer. Here's some carnage from disassembly. I think this is about as much as Chris could stomach, with the price of this toy. Anyway, it was a fun project. I would have liked to spend a bit more time on making it a more accurate Jetfire, but Chris went home happy with a cool toy for his display shelf. All in all, a fun way to spend a Saturday. Chris is going to order a Gundam marker and panel-line his Jetfire so I may post updated photos in a couple weeks. Enjoy! Edited March 11, 2007 by Grand Admiral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensei Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Friggin sweet dude. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppy Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 beautiful! best jetfire mod eva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Admiral Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 beautiful! best jetfire mod eva. Thanks for the compliment, but I feel like I should give some props to Aurascope's Jetfire. He made me believe I could do it too. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=14879 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baronv Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Super nice, please custom make a cartoon accurate Skyfire. That would be da bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 wow thats pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigkid24 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Nice but aren't the chest stripes supposed to be reversed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritas Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Looks good to me! Wish i had the skills and patience for that matter to customize something like this. Noice Job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Admiral Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 (edited) Nice but aren't the chest stripes supposed to be reversed? Yes. In the description I explained why we didn't repaint the stripes on the wings... I'll add "and fuselage" to avoid further confusion. Edited March 11, 2007 by Grand Admiral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big F Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Nice work. My brother wanted me to do something similar, but now he has his heart set on a Decepticon Jetfire to go with his aged Autobot one. Baronv I Have been looking at making one after my custom 1/55 is done with. it`s gonna be a hard and long job though as most of it will be total scratch build stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEXPRIME Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 great job !!!! Do you take customers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Admiral Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 great job !!!! Do you take customers? I'd be happy to discuss it if you are interested in commissioning a project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necron_99 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Great Job! I wish I had the patience to do something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonewolf Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Nice paint job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cube Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 awesome! this is on the short list of customs I want to make when i get some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizman Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Very nicely done, wish I had the skills it took to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechafan Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 The looks great. Nice work. I need to finish my Jetfire project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojacko Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 great job on the customs.....just add a little bit of panel lines....and it will be awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Valkyrie Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 What a beauty, very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Admiral Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 great job on the customs.....just add a little bit of panel lines....and it will be awesome!!! Yup. He's going to order a gundam marker... probably in gray. I'll post updated pics once he finishes the panel lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busted VF1A Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Wow Makes me wish I had the spare cash to order an extra 1/48 vf-1s to do this. I loved the chunky jetfire from when I was young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanata67 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 sweet. Where is the blunted nose?!?! after all those years of fans making resin pointy noses to convert jetfire to vf's wil we now see a reverse trend for the 1/48? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Leader Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Nice job, Grand Admiral! Jetfire was my first introduction to the VF-1 and to the Macross universe back in 1985. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Admiral Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 Nice job, Grand Admiral! Jetfire was my first introduction to the VF-1 and to the Macross universe back in 1985. Thanks. I've been trying to convince Chris that we need to have another paint session to make the stripes red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_e Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 (edited) Thanks. I've been trying to convince Chris that we need to have another paint session to make the stripes red. And a red visor. It just doesn't look like Jetfire without a red visor j/k Really awesome work. EDIT: Spelling. Doh!! Edited March 23, 2007 by mister_e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 only i can say beautiful but i agree with mister e is incomplete with out the red visor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 That's great! Not 100% acurate, but who really cares when it looks that good? Eh? I wish I had the skill and patience... not to mention $$$... to do something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Admiral Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 I thought I had seen someone had made transparent red replacement visors and posted them on MW before... does anyone know where to get one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent-GHQ Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 That's a sick looking Jetfire. Was the paint a matte or semi-gloss finish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Admiral Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Ah, I really don't remember. It was Testors Model Master Guard Red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull-1 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Very nice but I think it goes in the CUSTOMS section of the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Please More pictures Grand Admiral! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sh002 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 (edited) Awesome custom. Sorry I couldn't resist. Just had to see how this would look. Edited April 1, 2007 by sh002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Freakin "A" Dude! Super Good Job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Admiral Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Awesome custom. Sorry I couldn't resist. Just had to see how this would look. Yeah, dude. I'm still trying to get my friend to bring it back for a second paint session so we can make it more authentic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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