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Kit bash 1/100 VF-1S


flayn80

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I have been a lurker in this forum since I joined it. Always admiring the amazing work done on Macross kits and toys by fellow forumers. I was fortunately able to snipe off a bootleg 1/100 VF-1S toy off Ebay recently at a low price. But the previous owner had superglued every joints of the toy, rendering it untransformable.

I managed to removed most of the superglue and take apart the toy for restoration as in the picture:

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Some parts damaged during the taking apart, namely the main wings, tailfins and shoulder hinges. That guy superglued every single part!

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After searching through the forums and internet, I was thinking of kitbashing this toy with the bandai 1/100 VF-1S transforming kit from HLJ:

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image courtesy of HLJ.

Hopefully this will be a fun project and I can have a cheap "Hi-metal" VF-1S to play with:).

Meanwhile I am looking for other alternatives too, suggestion are most welcomed:). If anyone here have a spare 1/100 valk or spare parts to let go, do shoot me a PM too;)

Patiently waiting for the kit to arrive from Japan.

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Sweet! Welcome to the wonderful world of Macross modelling/converting/kitbashing. :)

From what I gather there are some pretty decent choices available in 1/100 if that is your intended scale of choice. Lots of members have collections spanning scales and series, but I am a modeller who sticks to scale fidelity (1/72) due to the copious amounts of subject matter available!

Good to see you stepping off into the void with your purchase, I'll check in to see more later.

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