valhary Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 hi today i received my hasegawa kit and started with this proyect the easy part looks to be the head the rest is more difficult for the parts are very different although both are supposedly scale are the same so i considering only the cabin and the landing gear because this is more realistic and slim and the tires rubber fit very well in the wheels my dilemma are with the nose and the legs because seems to require a lot of work also i have to say the detail on the pilot are infinitely superior compared with the yamato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmareB4macross Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Great start! Will you be adding the 1/48 PE parts as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 sorry i dont understand your question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 PE = photo etch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 ok at this moment i dont know but i considers now i planning how to fit the landind gear without losing the motion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vi-RS Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 hi today i received my hasegawa kit and started with this proyect the easy part looks to be the head the rest is more difficult for the parts are very different although both are supposedly scale are the same so i considering only the cabin and the landing gear because this is more realistic and slim and the tires rubber fit very well in the wheels my dilemma are with the nose and the legs because seems to require a lot of work also i have to say the detail on the pilot are infinitely superior compared with the yamato Getting a 3,000 yen kit to upgrade a toy doesn't make much sense in my book, but to each of its own. I will do that if the kit has extra parts that you won't need for the injection kit. It's a great work to do though if you intend to go that route. 1/48 VF-1 Valkyrie Photo-Etched Parts: http://www.hlj.com/product/HSG65793 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 thanks for the link Vi-RS and in fact the kit come with 2 heads and until now only thinking in interchange the cabin controls, pilot and the landing gear so probably not waste the entire model kit my dilemma has to be with the nose cone because the model kit is cooler than the yamato and also the legs that have the internal parts and have a clever lock system unfortunately for adapt thats parts is necesary almost a total modification with respect to the nose cone the problem lies in the landing gear retractable and the absence of the lock to the bar for conect the legs and with reference to this the look of the model are much slim so to connecting with the feet and the knee is necessary make them more broad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big F Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 You know it was never going to be easy, but I salute you for trying. If you end up using the Photo etched stuff, Newca a member here has some excellent ones that make the Hasegawa ones look limited, and they cost less than Hasegawa ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 thanks big F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kicker773 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 a lot of work no time for advance this proyect so a little update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big F Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 So the question is what you gonna do with the left overs ? Make some kind of Hasegawa down grade kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 well i try to save the kit swapping the parts but that really care is the toy and like you can see are only a few parts so i think in make a kind of hybrid until now I have not decided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahab Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Looking good. It's those little things that make all the difference. Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 thanks Ahab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetarB Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Perhaps you could just build the model! Much, much, much better than the toy... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 certainly the model kit looks better in fighter mode but in my personal opinion the essence of macross are the capacity to transform the planes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big F Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 certainly the model kit looks better in fighter mode but in my personal opinion the essence of macross are the capacity to transform the planes That's why hasegawa need to do a Battroid version, at least then we can have both modes and then kit bash a Gerwalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 That's why hasegawa need to do a Battroid version, at least then we can have both modes and then kit bash a Gerwalk. Or Hasegawa, could do like Wave does with their 1/100 scale VF-1 kits and include the necessary Gerwalk conversion parts with the batroid and fighter mode kits. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyness Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Are you gonna panel line the hasegawa head? There,s definately more detail there than yamato,s 1/48 head,it,s gonna look great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 you are quite right troyness the accuracy on head is huge lost in articulation but wins on the detail probably i will paint it in a clear grey and after that considers the panel line or not personaly i dont like very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 a little upgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Impressive, glad you haven't stopped working on this. Going for that Roy Focker Low Vis look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 no roy maybe skull but different or maybe black ases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyD Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Whoh, that's a yamato kit. Where did that build up come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 no roy maybe skull but different or maybe black ases Definitely can't go wrong with the Black Aces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 I did the sticker sheet for the vf 1/60 if you wanted i can upload in a pdf file format Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyD Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Please do! That'd be awesome. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 ok another update of pilot and landing gear and while is more fragile definitely looks better than yamatos original also upload the pdf file with the black ases this is for 1/60 and I hope doing for the 1/48 ba.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax415 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 This is coming along great, can't wait to see more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhary Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 well I hope you can get an idea the final look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax415 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Hoping you would do the photo etch parts....would really add to the upgrade you did. But looking forward if you decide to do more, like Black Aces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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