The 'Hey look at this really cool model build I saw' post

[SteveTheFish]

Something like a FAG/Mospeda kitbash?

https://jp.pinterest.com/pin/336221928450528161/

[Bolt]

Riding into battle in a thong. Why not.

[Thom]

Hymn of the Battle Thong!

[electric indigo]

Completed work:

 

Edited October 31 by electric indigo

[electric indigo]

Gene splicing alert!

 

[Big s]

12 minutes ago, electric indigo said:

Gene splicing alert!

 

That’s a real monstrous guntank

[Bolt]

1 hour ago, electric indigo said:

Gene splicing alert!

 

Lol ! Well done and very entertaining!

[sh9000]

1/48 Regult by Egil Ballestad.

[Cheese3]

I just finished my vf-25!

[nightmareB4macross]

On 11/12/2025 at 6:38 AM, sh9000 said:

1/48 Regult by Egil Ballestad.

Looks nice, but seems a tad short. I think Sculpts from MLZ22 nailed the scale and perspective of their size.

[tekering]

12 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Looks nice, but seems a tad short.

Yeah, more like 1:60.  🤔

Moreover, what is the point of producing such a large model if you're not going to add any detail?  Without markings or weathering of any kind, there's no visual indication of size.  It might as well be a capsule toy. 🤨

Conversely, here's a 1:72 scale Regult from yesterday's modeling exhibit in Okayama:

Despite its comparatively small size, the surface detailing suggests a massive mech.

The larger the surface area, the more detail you can add...

...and thus convey a much greater sense of scale.

Just imagine what a talented modeler like this could do with a kit twice its size!

[Papa Rat]

17 minutes ago, tekering said:

Yeah, more like 1:60.  🤔

Moreover, what is the point of producing such a large model if you're not going to add any detail?  Without markings or weathering of any kind, there's no visual indication of size.  It might as well be a capsule toy. 🤨

Conversely, here's a 1:72 scale Regult from yesterday's modeling exhibit in Okayama:

Despite its comparatively small size, the surface detailing suggests a massive mech.

The larger the surface area, the more detail you can add...

...and thus convey a much greater sense of scale.

Just imagine what a talented modeler like this could do with a kit twice its size!

Thanks for sharing. That’s a great looking build. 👍

[Big s]

2 hours ago, tekering said:

Moreover, what is the point of producing such a large model if you're not going to add any detail?  Without markings or weathering of any kind, there's no visual indication of size.  It might as well be a capsule toy. 🤨

I’m a bit of two minds on that one. While I do love extra detail, there’s also the fact that these are machines for giants. I guess that panels would be larger and such to where they may appear somewhat like a Votoms size mecha. But the weathering would have to somehow help convey size more than detail or even decals. I think it’s really a tough one to really be able to find a balance there. Too much detail and it would look like it was made for a human sized pilot and too little might just make it look like a toy.

so I basically dig the more anime look that these hasegawa ones have since they do have the larger panels and decals and lack little tiny things that would just be silly to a giant. As far as the height , that one still confuses me since Macross scaling is all over the place.

[tekering]

45 minutes ago, Big s said:

Macross scaling is all over the place.

Not concerning the Regult, it isn't. 

Say what you will about official stats post-SDFM, but the original 1982 series was pretty consistent with Zentraedi height being equal to that of the battroids.  Regults were always depicted in the animation to be about twice the height of a battroid, and it was only after DYRL went into production in 1983 that they decided to downscale the Zentraedi, thus all the scale charts published post-SDFM reflect the new scaling.  Everything produced post-DYRL follows the aesthetic changes made for the film -- and merchandising has always referenced the 1983 stats -- leading to the scale inconsistencies that confound us all... but during the production of the original TV series, the Regults never changed size.  I do wish Bandai, Hasegawa et.al paid more attention to the anime itself.

[Papa Rat]

Is this closer to scale? Just the Hasegawa 1:72 Regult and a 1:100 scale ARII GWalk?

 

Edited yesterday at 04:16 PM by Papa Rat

[Thom]

The Regult still looks too small in comparison. 

[Bolt]

Regults need weathering and grime. 

[Papa Rat]

2 hours ago, Bolt said:

Regults need weathering and grime. 

 I agree. Too much of a straight off the factory line look, hahahaha. Maybe I’ll get back to it and mess it up a little. 
 

@Thom Yeah I agree. Trying to envision the battroid form fitting inside as a pilot. 

Edited yesterday at 06:45 PM by Papa Rat

[Big s]

4 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Is this closer to scale? Just the Hasegawa 1:72 Regult and a 1:100 scale ARII GWalk?

 

I think I posted these pics in the wave section to justify odd scales in the show and how 1/72 kits could fit in with 1/100 ones, even when just putting a wave gerwalk on the same shelf as a hasegawa gerwalk 

Edited 22 hours ago by Big s

[Ignacio Ocamica]

1/60 HDP Yamato Regult kit with the 1/60 VF-1D and VF-1S. Closer to the SDFM series scale.

[Bolt]

4 hours ago, Big s said:

I think I posted these pics in the wave section to justify odd scales in the show and how 1/72 kits could fit in with 1/100 ones, even when just putting a wave gerwalk on the same shelf as a hasegawa gerwalk 

Meanwhile that VF-1S is 1/72 and the VF-1D is 1/55 

[sh9000]

I'll stick to the official stats of the Regult height at 15.12 m and Battroid height at 12.68 m.

[Papa Rat]

2 hours ago, Bolt said:

Meanwhile that VF-1S is 1/72 and the VF-1D is 1/55 

Hahahaha. I love how silly that looks. 

[Big s]

2 hours ago, Bolt said:

Meanwhile that VF-1S is 1/72 and the VF-1D is 1/55 

I was thinking 1/100 and 1/72, but that also works.

[tekering]

6 hours ago, sh9000 said:

I'll stick to the official stats of the Regult height at 15.12 m and Battroid height at 12.68 m.

That works perfect for the Regults in DYRL... 👍

...all 38 seconds of 'em. 🤣

[Big s]

59 minutes ago, tekering said:

That works perfect for the Regults in DYRL... 👍

...all 38 seconds of 'em. 🤣

They do show up in one more scene, but not standing. They show a bunch of em crouched down in Roy’s death scene. Oddly the bodies of the Regults look much larger there. I’ll see if I can find some pics later

[tekering]

1 hour ago, Big s said:

They do show up in one more scene, but not standing. They show a bunch of em crouched down in Roy’s death scene.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. 😓

Those were off-scale AND off-model. 🙄

[sh9000]

9 hours ago, sh9000 said:

I'll stick to the official stats of the Regult height at 15.12 m and Battroid height at 12.68 m.

I'll stick to the official stats for SDFM of the Regult height at 15.12 m and VF-1 Battroid height at 12.68 m.

[Big s]

36 minutes ago, tekering said:

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. 😓

Those were off-scale AND off-model. 🙄

Definitely off, but it did look like you could stuff a battroid in there. Although when Kamjin hops out of his armor he looks pretty close to the Dyrl official height for a Zentran pilot. But I still laugh because it looks like a dude the size of Peter Dinklage totally going ballistic on that 1S. Kind of an angry nesting Doll or something. 
But in that scene it’s probably the more awkward thing that Kamjin would have a ton of room in one of those Regults. It’s maybe the only time those things appear to be comfortable to sit in although he looks taller when the camera shows him from behind 

Edited 6 hours ago by Big s

[Bolt]

10 hours ago, Big s said:

I was thinking 1/100 and 1/72, but that also works.

I couldn't help but think chunky monkey looking at the VF-1D 

 

1 hour ago, tekering said:

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. 😓

Those were off-scale AND off-model. 🙄

ya , they sure do look out of proportion..