VF-171

[Skypoet]

The kit we have all been waiting for!

VF171 by Experten... fasten your seatbelts!

Edited September 21, 2010 by Skypoet

[Skypoet]

A few pics :-)

[electric indigo]

I'd prefer a non-transforming, affordable (fighter) kit, thank you.

And the nose/canopy looks totally off.

[Maiden Japan]

I can't tell difference of top 5 votes

Those guys are amazing and got some skills. They created variable VF-171, VF-4, Advanced Valkyrie, and many more in 1/100 scale kits. It is too bad that they are only available at Wonder Fest event and occasionary at Japanese Yahoo Auction.

I actually see their model for reference of my custom VF-17 to VF-171 project.

Edited September 20, 2010 by Maiden Japan

[maximilian_jenius]

awesome!!!

:o :o

[bullet101]

A non transformable 1/72 kit please, but that is some nice work there.

[Graham]

Outstanding.

I love the VF-171 and I love Experten's kits.

Just a pity they are produced in such small quantities and so hard to get hold of for most of us outside of Japan, unless you are willing to spend silly money bidding on Yahoo Japan auctions.

I agree the canopy and the nose look a little off.

And yes, the poll choices don't make much sense.

Graham

[David Hingtgen]

I'm tempted to delete the poll for pointlessness...

[maximilian_jenius]

any chance of some "buying group"?

I want one (or two... or three... or four... :lol: )

[PetarB]

While I appreciate the massive amount of work gone into this... it looks more like a toy than a model, with the big screws, and huge canopy frames. Still, for a transforming resin kit, great work. For me though, I would rather see greater attention to smaller details and a non-transforming kit, there are just too many compromises made for a transforming model. Despite all this, I still think it looks good.

[EXO]

Yeah, the Experten "kits" are clearly for toy enthusiasts. Articulation over fine detail, casted in color and no gluing required.

That said, the engineering and sculpts are great. It's a good, but expensive way to get a hold of some of the obscure valks as toys that may never see light, like the VF-4.

[anime52k8]

I'm tempted to delete the poll for pointlessness...

can we just have a "this is pointless" voting option?

[Skypoet]

can we just have a "this is pointless" voting option?

Done! Any other suggestion?

[cool8or]

It's "too toy" for me, and 1/100 isn't my scale, so I pass. It would be great if somebody make a fighter model kit, this aircraft is beautiful.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

I like the VF-17 better

[Mommar]

Not that it's a fantastic Gerwalk mode to begin with but I don't remember those giant gaps in it's back when in G mode. Fighter mode looks okay if a little... gappy. Battroid is sufficiently slimmed down just like in the show.

[Skypoet]

I like the VF-17 better

The VF-17 is good too, indeed!

[Noyhauser]

I think experten is going for a model that fits with the old Studio-Halfeye 1/100 line. The scale is the same, so is the model's engineering (mostly model but with screws n'stuff to make it it variable.) Cool stuff, but not my cup of tea.

[Skypoet]

Yeah, the Experten "kits" are clearly for toy enthusiasts. Articulation over fine detail, casted in color and no gluing required.

That said, the engineering and sculpts are great. It's a good, but expensive way to get a hold of some of the obscure valks as toys that may never see light, like the VF-4.

You can get the VF-4 for as low as 35$ by the way ;-)...

[Skypoet]

A few other pics, with a finished, painted, decal'd model...

[Skypoet]

A couple more... still the painted, finished model.

[Graham]

Wow, it looks amazing painted and decaled and with the weapons mounted on the wings.

The nose and canopy look much better also now. I think having the canopy frame in black really helps.

I want.

Graham

[Skypoet]

Wow, it looks amazing painted and decaled and with the weapons mounted on the wings.

The nose and canopy look much better also now. I think having the canopy frame in black really helps.

I want.

Graham

If it sells for 35$ somewhere like the VF4, I too, want. 35$ is inexpensive for a such a garage kit IMHO (they certainly don't enjoy the same scale economies as Bandai since they produce in small numbers and with lower tech). I'll keep my fingers crossed...

[eriku]

WANT. How get?

[neptunesurvey]

I would like to see a 1/72 fighter non variable.

[cool8or]

I would like to see a 1/72 fighter non variable.

Word.

[Skypoet]

WANT. How get?

http://www.e2046.com...oducts_id=12117

From this website maybe :-)

[Noyhauser]

http://www.e2046.com...oducts_id=12117

From this website maybe :-)

Uh, so you're suggesting that someone recast a model that just was produced?

[ahiachris]

I would like to see a 1/72 fighter non variable.

It's one of my on going project

[Duymon]

I'd Love to have this but it is way out of my reach cost and distribution wise. I hope a few years down the road Hase can get the license and make us some real 1/72 fixed scale 171s and 25s.

[Skypoet]

Uh, so you're suggesting that someone recast a model that just was produced?

... How come this site sells a recast of Experten's VF-4 which also "was just produced"? How do you know it's a recast? I know this was mentioned earlier in this thread, but I'm just curious... Just how do you know. You have a better option?

The best thing to do would be to get in touch with Experten, right?

Well some people may say that this kit looks too toyish, personally I don't mind. It looks much more anime accurate than the 1/72 (1/100) YF-19 Yammie toy of 10 years ago... And at 1/100 you can't ask for something that transforms "perfectly" (without parts swapping), looks anime-accurate, and doesn't look a little toyish because you can see some screws here and there.

Kudos to Experten, kudos to the scratchbuilders!

[Grayson72]

I don't really care for transforming models and I'd never buy anything in 1/100 scale. Not sure what they're thinking with the 1/100 when most everything else in Macross models is in 1/72.

[valhary]

i vote for the vf 4 and this babe in 1/60 scale

[Noyhauser]

... How come this site sells a recast of Experten's VF-4 which also "was just produced"? How do you know it's a recast? I know this was mentioned earlier in this thread, but I'm just curious... Just how do you know. You have a better option?

Because thats what E2046 does: recasting.

[Grapeape]

Because thats what E2046 does: recasting.

Yep, and they do a darn good job, most of the time