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1 hour ago, Chronocidal said:

Have to say, those little clear stands you have are the perfect display posture for the VF-19s.  I'll have to see about grabbing a few once I get some Detolfs to fill. ^_^ 

I got 8 of those stands for $27 from an eBay "Buy It Now" listing. (technically, the price was for 6, but the seller threw in 2 more for free.)

I am also using these stands to hold up the YF-21 and VF-11B.

Overall. I am pretty happy with that purchase.

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Just be aware that over long periods (like months?), those stands may leave marks on the contact points between the stand and the valk.
Even some flight pose with rubber nibs were reported to have left marks, altho some say those were from a certain batch.

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I think the only way to not leave any marks on contact points is if you leave valks on the landing gear*.  Contact with any surface for long enough will leave some kind of mark, either on the valk, or the place it's sitting.

* Technically even the gear will be marked if you leave them in one place long enough, but wear and tear on rubber wheels is easy to hide by retracting the gear.

I've never been overly concerned with laying my valks on hard and flat surfaces for extended periods, as long as things like fins and probes aren't getting stressed..  It's the padded soft ones that give me pause, because of the potential for the material to break down, and leave a smear of molten rubbery mess on your valk, your furniture, or both.

Honestly, I've given a decent amount of thought to finding obscure places to drill mounting points in some of my valks, so I can just set them onto a metal post, and not worry about them getting visibly damaged.

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2 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I think the only way to not leave any marks on contact points is if you leave valks on the landing gear*.  Contact with any surface for long enough will leave some kind of mark, either on the valk, or the place it's sitting.

* Technically even the gear will be marked if you leave them in one place long enough, but wear and tear on rubber wheels is easy to hide by retracting the gear.

I've never been overly concerned with laying my valks on hard and flat surfaces for extended periods, as long as things like fins and probes aren't getting stressed..  It's the padded soft ones that give me pause, because of the potential for the material to break down, and leave a smear of molten rubbery mess on your valk, your furniture, or both.

Honestly, I've given a decent amount of thought to finding obscure places to drill mounting points in some of my valks, so I can just set them onto a metal post, and not worry about them getting visibly damaged.

If you don't want any wear and tear and smudges, display it kinda like Shizuka did in Fighter mode but this time with the feet opened. No marks. No wear and tear on the wheels. Though you can't do that setup with YF/VF-21/22. ;) 

On 9/28/2018 at 12:35 PM, Shizuka the Cat said:

Just staring at the valkyries I keep at my office at school....

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On ‎11‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 3:24 PM, no3Ljm said:

If you don't want any wear and tear and smudges, display it kinda like Shizuka did in Fighter mode but this time with the feet opened. No marks. No wear and tear on the wheels. Though you can't do that setup with YF/VF-21/22. ;) 

Heheh.. honestly, I've always done that.  Easiest and best space-saving way to pose a wide variety of valks.  Some like the Sv-51, VF-27 and VF-17/171 take a little bit of twisting of the feet to get them aligned in a way that'll work, and they're not always entirely stable that way, but it's a huge space saver.  I've even seen someone pull off a YF-21 pose that way by spreading the engine thrust vector petals, but I wouldn't ever want to leave it that way for more than a minute or two. 

The other bugaboo is the YF-29.  The tails and shield are just too long, and the ankles don't extend far enough to really balance it well.  I think the YF-30 might have this issue too, actually, since the tails stick out so far in back.

Now that I think about it though, I wonder if you could extend the YF-21's feet out the back far enough, and twist them around enough for it to stand on them... :p 

The down side of displaying the Arcadia or Bandai YF-19s that way though is that gravity works against the high speed mode wing hinges.  Let them sit too long, and they might start to sag, especially with weapons attached.  The wings are also slightly too long to display that way folded back, since they stick out too far.

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4 hours ago, spanner said:

Day off work today so I thought I'd do some display cabinet de-dusting.. 

Also presented a good photo opportunity!

The DX Delta's! Such a beautiful trio! 

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No Draken? :rolleyes:

 

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11 hours ago, spanner said:

What's a Draken? :rolleyes::p:lol:

Ha! Wait till Bandai decides to sell the Elvis Draken. Then you will say... 'Oh. That cool looking Draken to add in my DX Delta Wings Collection.' :rolleyes::p:lol:

 

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On 12/4/2018 at 5:14 PM, spanner said:

Day off work today so I thought I'd do some display cabinet de-dusting.. 

Also presented a good photo opportunity!

The DX Delta's! Such a beautiful trio! 

 

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I didn't know the VF-27 and YF-30 were featured in Delta. :o

They look great flying in formation!

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25 minutes ago, Arkham said:

What are those bases called again? Some of the adapters are way to big and fugly...

Flightpose stands. They're all the same round tipped ends just different lengths though.

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15 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

I thought you don't play with your Valks? Hehehe. :rolleyes:

hehe! yes that's correct, I don't.. But it still didn't stop me hating on its excessive complexity and generally horrid transformation process. 

6 hours ago, Lolicon said:

I didn't know the VF-27 and YF-30 were featured in Delta. :o

They look great flying in formation!

LOL! I take it you're joking but I'll play along! Delta wing layout is what I meant.. just say'n.. :p

6 hours ago, Arkham said:

What are those bases called again? Some of the adapters are way to big and fugly...

see below..

6 hours ago, wmkjr said:

Flightpose stands. They're all the same round tipped ends just different lengths though.

what he said..

4 hours ago, aaajin said:

Testing new phone camera :D

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very nice!!! 

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18 hours ago, wolfrider5 said:

Still a work in progress, but getting slowly to what I want.

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1 hour ago, Slave IV said:

Cool setup!

 

14 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

You need some Macross Plus Valks on that second shelf down :D

Hopefully that huge backdrop of Mimay for both one detolf doesn't get you reemed out! :p

Well.. There is the Yammie Anniversary YF-19 on the other detolf with the fold booster @Sanity is Optional. Maybe @wolfrider5 is just waiting for the funds to  get the DX YF-19 or waiting for the possible DX YF-21..

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3 minutes ago, borgified said:

 

 

Hopefully that huge backdrop of Mimay for both one detolf doesn't get you reemed out! :p

Well.. There is the Yammie Anniversary YF-19 on the other detolf with the fold booster @Sanity is Optional. Maybe @wolfrider5 is just waiting for the funds to  get the DX YF-19 or waiting for the possible DX YF-21..

I still need to put in my VF-4.  And yes I am waiting on a YF-21, VF-22, or a VF-11 to pop up at a price I am willing to pay.

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