steelorange Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Wonderful work @maximilian_jenius! What did you use for panel lining? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Micro Sol won't affect stickers at all. Maybe try Sprue Bros. full address? http://www.spruebrothers.com/ (as opposed to spruebros.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximilian_jenius Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Wonderful work @maximilian_jenius! What did you use for panel lining? for thin panel lines like the back face of the wing or to make the effect of dirty http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/tnt1...shes/tnt026.htm for the other pane line, the same technique and gundam maker. for the canopy blue light effect I use a technique of food artificial color with floor plastic wax. that make look the canopy like the 1/60 v.2 but with blue color instead the rebow effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Valkyrie Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 So overall how did the kit do in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Focker Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 anyone know which stores in singapore i should check out for this kit? i want another one for insurance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ce25254 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Nice looking kit, I admit, but I'd really rather have one with the super packs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kak Worm Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 (edited) anyone know which stores in singapore i should check out for this kit? i want another one for insurance Try Sunshine Plaza? Can't remember the shop name but its relatively popular. And mecha models are their specialty. Its just opposite the comic collectibles shop, has a tons of mecha models on display and a work desk just right outside the shop. Edited October 7, 2008 by Kak Worm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CF18 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 http://bandai-hobby.net/gentei/index.html At the 48th "All Japan plamodel radiocon show (oct 16/17)", visitor will be able to buy a regular version of 1/72 VF-25F that includes a specal "not for sale" decal sheet. They now have the image of the special decal: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Focker Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Try Sunshine Plaza? Can't remember the shop name but its relatively popular. And mecha models are their specialty. Its just opposite the comic collectibles shop, has a tons of mecha models on display and a work desk just right outside the shop. thanks, and welcome to the boards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcroRay Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 (edited) HLJ November restock on Alto Custom: http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN955525 Sale on some of the classic reissues, too. (Nos-Ger for $5) Edited October 7, 2008 by AcroRay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanedaestes Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I just secured one from ebay and i am hella excited. To warm up i am going to buy an old 1/100 Gundam wing model and try to perfect my modeling skills before i try on something i really care about. I am curious as to whether or not that base they use in all the promotion photos comes with the kit or not or is that just seperate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 They now have the image of the special decal: ZOMG I hope someone will provide a scan of the infamous Monster noseart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet101 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 They now have the image of the special decal: Ranka Guard!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSP Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 ZOMG I hope someone will provide a scan of the infamous Monster noseart! It could be already applied on one of your Valks. Yui1107 provided a nice high resolution PNG in this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I just secured one from ebay and i am hella excited. To warm up i am going to buy an old 1/100 Gundam wing model and try to perfect my modeling skills before i try on something i really care about. I am curious as to whether or not that base they use in all the promotion photos comes with the kit or not or is that just seperate? Seperate. Its a standard Gundam Action Base, compatible with practically almost all Bandai kits. Bout 9-10 USD for plain black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly4victory Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 They now have the image of the special decal: WTF????, The exclusive bit is getting old. First Yamato, then Revoltech, now Bandai. Thanks for the photo of the decal at least we have the basis to make our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Here's a few quick snaps of mine in battroid mode. These pics were taken before I'd finished applying all the stickers (about 90% done). Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDF-ONE Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 (edited) Dalong has finally reviewed the kit as well. http://www.dalong.net/review/etc/mf01/mf01_p.htm Edited October 8, 2008 by SDF-ONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Graham--did you use name-brand Gundam markers for your panel lines? If so, which color? Yours are more subtle than most that I've seen---I think you did a "post-lining wipe", maybe the others I've seen so far didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Yep, I used name brand black Gundam markers and then did a vigerous post-wipe using my fingers with the occasional dab of saliva (of course washed later with soap and water to remove any smell). Very time consuming, but I think the result is quite good. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 The dalong review shows some very annoying pegs inside the front part of the canopy. I wonder if you can sand them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Valkyrie Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I like this one, Bandai family . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 This is mine....bad camera thus bad pictures. Not touching it till i get a can of top coat. Next to my 1/60 Roy Focker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 is dis 1/72 vf-25 hard to assemble? cuz i hav no model assembling experience but it looks really nice really tempting i'm juz afraid i cant build it cuz it looks really really complicated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaiba Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 They now have the image of the special decal: Ranka Guard!!!! Damn I'd like to get a sheet. The original art for that VF25 was in trainer orange though wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Everybody's builds are starting looking great!! Kudos to you all. I wished I lived in those parts of the world. In preparation for my kit... does anyone have any good reference or links to good reference for this VF-25? I'd like to gather them all up in one place. Other than the HJ Nov issue and a few small screen captures, are there any good colour references to the cockpit or the internal mechanisms that are revealed during transformation? Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regult Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 is dis 1/72 vf-25 hard to assemble? cuz i hav no model assembling experience but it looks really nice really tempting i'm juz afraid i cant build it cuz it looks really really complicated Not really complicated to assemble. If you have some experience with Gunpla (Bandai does a great job with "no glue, snap assembly, colored plastic", you would be fine (get a pair of cheap gundam plamo for experimenting like David did). Unfortunately, it was impossible for the VF-25 to come with black, red and white parts for the "skin" (because it DOES have a real working "squeleton" for transformation and posability), so you will either have to use the stickers, the decals or paint the decorations yourself...I used decals and will talk about that later, but the thing is: be careful with curves: the decals or stickers have to conform to contours and some raised detals (air intake area, shoulders, the circle bar vernier in the wing root (or shoulder depending on mode)...I consistently screwed up on all those areas, but will use paint to conceal the cracks and missing bits of the decals. Maybe it's the decal "Mr. Mark Setter" I used, or the lack of proper procedure! Overall, I truly enjoyed building the kit, and it was somehow rewarding to see that everything worked and could transform fine (fighter mode...flimsy as hell, we need a proper traditional model for fighter mode, preferably snap assembly and no paint required!), but decorating was demanding, at least to me, I could not get all the decals to fully comform to the intricate surfaces. Snapped a pix for illustration on how awful I did around the intake...beware lucky you, who hasn't yet got there, or who successfully did it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regult Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 (edited) Another photo in Gerwalk mode, Bandai family moment with ZakuII Char Aznable custom 1/100, completely unpainted except eyes and some "weathering" on the gun (should paint that axe, aka. "heat hawk" (?)). Alto's Vf-25 is 95% decaled, 99% panel line "washed" with gundam pen (GM01-black and GM02-grey, didn't find their specific color names on them). Maybe some lines (and decals!!!) were gone after handling during transformation and application of decals though. Because Char's custom Zaku II is red and fit was 100% PERFECT, I didn't think it was begging for panel lines, but as I said, Alto's VF-25 is completely white (and Bandai gives us this purplish-white plastic), adding the profusion of real "panel lines" for transformation, leaving the model commpletely clean would be horrible. Upon close-up you'll again notice, like Graham pointed out, that I suck at cleaning the traces of the sprues... Regarding sanding paper grit, I think it's best to use a scalpel (saves time) to remove any leftovers from the sprue and then use the finest sandpaper you can get (2000 is my max right now, and I didn't like the outcome). Edited October 8, 2008 by regult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regult Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 (edited) Made some screen shots after reading that post. There is indeed no launch bar. That's an easy improvement to make to the kit. The color varies per fighter (or per shot?). Last night I was going through the same scenes and took some screenshots too, but you already posted them! The thing that bothers me is the placement of the nose gear, which in the anime it usually is a bit further back, say more below the windshield than before it. It gives the VF-25 a more balanced look than in the Bandai kit. In the November issue of Hobby Japan, the Alto Custom CUSTOM shows the mod: the guy moved the nose gear a bit back and looks great IMO. After building the kit and watching the scenes, I seriously doubt that super packs can just snap onto it (the kit)...at least in fighter mode, it will just collapse, in gerwalk... can you really transform it without part-swapping? in battroid, the weight of back area will just make the model unable to stand on its own, Gundam action base will be mandatory! I will wait and see, guess the toy engineers are working on that extra time and consuming seven-eleven frozen meals, drinking energy drinks 10 times stronger than red bull...hee hee. Edited October 8, 2008 by regult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizophrenicMC Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Last night I was going through the same scenes and took some screenshots too, but you already posted them! The thing that bothers me is the placement of the nose gear, which in the anime it usually is a bit further back, say more below the windshield than before it. It gives the VF-25 a more balanced look than in the Bandai kit. In the November issue of Hobby Japan, the Alto Custom CUSTOM shows the mod: the guy moved the nose gear a bit back and looks great IMO. After building the kit and watching the scenes, I seriously doubt that super packs can just snap onto it (the kit)...at least in fighter mode, it will just collapse, in gerwalk... can you really transform it without part-swapping? in battroid, the weight of back area will just make the model unable to stand on its own, Gundam action base will be mandatory! I will wait and see, guess the toy engineers are working on that extra time and consuming seven-eleven frozen meals, drinking energy drinks 10 times stronger than red bull...hee hee. It's very likely that if FAST or Full Armor packs are ever made, they will be conformal to the plane's shape, and since the VF-25's FAST Pack fits around the fuselage and is held in place by its bottom section in the anime, this could be taken advantage of, should a FAST pack be made for the model. However, you're right, only time (most of it at night) and Devoted Japanese Devs can tell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I just snipped off the launch bar, now to spray the gear (about the only parts I intend to paint, as they're completely wrong as molded---why didn't they mold them on one of the white sprues? Or better yet, on their own sprue, like the exhaust nozzles are---the gear will ALWAYS be white, no matter whose valk it is so no need to accomodate different schemes/variants) I don't intend to do anything else for a few days until I finish my Gundam. (today is probably the last day I can spray outdoors, so I'm trying to do all the spraying I'll need for a while) Also found a can of Titanium, and will spray the inner nozzles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Snapped a pix for illustration on how awful I did around the intake...beware lucky you, who hasn't yet got there, or who successfully did it!! I did fine there until i transformed it. It tore. >_>. I just tore it all off and replaced it with the sticker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDF-ONE Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) After building the kit and watching the scenes, I seriously doubt that super packs can just snap onto it (the kit)...at least in fighter mode, it will just collapse, in gerwalk... That's funny, I was wondering exactly the same thing. The packs are placed at the very end of the wing 'roots' (any name suggestions?). For the kit they will probably have to move them a little bit inwards or merge them with the 'roots'... That's more part swapping! And then there is the additional weight. I am not even contemplating of scratch building these parts because of this. I guess I'll just have to wait (a few months?) for the Bandai version. Edited October 9, 2008 by SDF-ONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 . The packs are placed at the very end of the wing 'roots' (any name suggestions?). For the kit they will probably have to move them a little bit inwards or merge them with the 'roots'... Wing glove. Where a swing-wing plane's moving part of the wing actually meets the fixed part of the wing/fuselage, is the glove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 Here's a more pics of mine, this time in Gerwalk mode. You can actually get a reasonable 'A' stance with this kit. I used the stickers on mine instead of the decals. I'm regretting not painting the underside of the nose sensors blue when I was building it. Too late now. Still have to paint Alto. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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