yellowlightman Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I've wanted to kitbash one of these for a while and have been putting aside kits for it for a while. Ended up using a 1/100 Wave Super VF-1S for the legs/arms/back, a 1/100 Wave VF-1A for the head, an old Bandai 1/100 Strike VF-1S for the fast pack, a 1/72 Orguss Tank for the shoulders, and a 1/48 Orguss Tank for the chest, pelvis, gun, and hip pods. Feet were made with styrene on top of the existing Wave kit feet. Abdomen was the knee pad from a HGUC Marasai or something. Sizes and detail on the old Orguss kits are really weird. The 1/72 kit seemed sharper and had decidedly different detail than the 1/48. The 1/48 chest was a bit too big (or too small? I honestly forget now), so I sliced it down the middle. The round piece where the UN Space kite sits was a generic Wave piece. The lineart for the Orguss-Valkyrie is kind of vague in a lot of places, so I took some liberties. The forearm missiles were swapped for generic Wave tubes because the lineart makes them look more like guns. The lower chest and pelvis in the lineart don't really match either the VF-1 or Orguss, so I just kinda make it up and tried to maintain some of the same detail (like that small detail bit on the left hand side). More generic gunpla parts used in the hip pods to better match the lineart. Used the the old Bandai 1/100 fast pack because it was easier to pair two external sides (ie with boosters) than it would have been to cut out the internal structure on the Wave parts. Briefly considered either scribing more panel lines in the older model kit parts or filling some of the panel lines in the newer Wave parts... but both of those seemed like a lot of work I didn't want to bother with. When it's all painted, isn't as noticeable as I'd thought. Haven't had the time to get better pictures done, but it turned out alright I think. Ended up using mostly Tamiya rattle cans for painting, Mr. Hobby Weathering Color for panel lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 hour ago, yellowlightman said: I've wanted to kitbash one of these for a while and have been putting aside kits for it for a while. Ended up using a 1/100 Wave Super VF-1S for the legs/arms/back, a 1/100 Wave VF-1A for the head, an old Bandai 1/100 Strike VF-1S for the fast pack, a 1/72 Orguss Tank for the shoulders, and a 1/48 Orguss Tank for the chest, pelvis, gun, and hip pods. Feet were made with styrene on top of the existing Wave kit feet. Abdomen was the knee pad from a HGUC Marasai or something. Sizes and detail on the old Orguss kits are really weird. The 1/72 kit seemed sharper and had decidedly different detail than the 1/48. The 1/48 chest was a bit too big (or too small? I honestly forget now), so I sliced it down the middle. The round piece where the UN Space kite sits was a generic Wave piece. The lineart for the Orguss-Valkyrie is kind of vague in a lot of places, so I took some liberties. The forearm missiles were swapped for generic Wave tubes because the lineart makes them look more like guns. The lower chest and pelvis in the lineart don't really match either the VF-1 or Orguss, so I just kinda make it up and tried to maintain some of the same detail (like that small detail bit on the left hand side). More generic gunpla parts used in the hip pods to better match the lineart. Used the the old Bandai 1/100 fast pack because it was easier to pair two external sides (ie with boosters) than it would have been to cut out the internal structure on the Wave parts. Briefly considered either scribing more panel lines in the older model kit parts or filling some of the panel lines in the newer Wave parts... but both of those seemed like a lot of work I didn't want to bother with. When it's all painted, isn't as noticeable as I'd thought. Haven't had the time to get better pictures done, but it turned out alright I think. Ended up using mostly Tamiya rattle cans for painting, Mr. Hobby Weathering Color for panel lines. Looks great, a nice frankenkit too. I remember the first time seeing it on screen and being super confused. Oddly there were some old orgus toys and kits at the local stores back when hobby shops were in every neighborhood. I would always recognize the design and ask friends if that was the one in Macross. Unfortunately it was before the internet, so it was hard to get a clear picture off the vhs recording we made from Robotech. It wasn’t until a few years later that we found out that it was more of a teaser for Orgus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekering Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 That's wonderfully clean paint work, and a real unique piece to be proud of. The squat line-art proportions don't really correspond to the VF-1 Valkyrie body, but you did the best with the available model parts. 7 hours ago, yellowlightman said: Ended up using mostly Tamiya rattle cans for painting I love the primary color you chose for the body. What does Tamiya call that color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Great clean build there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlightman Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 hour ago, tekering said: That's wonderfully clean paint work, and a real unique piece to be proud of. The squat line-art proportions don't really correspond to the VF-1 Valkyrie body, but you did the best with the available model parts. I love the primary color you chose for the body. What does Tamiya call that color? It's Tamiya AS-5 Light Blue (Luftwaffe). Isn't as much of a blue eggshell color as you see in a lot of Orguss art, but I think it looks pretty good. And yeah, a lot of it doesn't quite match up. I debated using an older 1/100 or 1/72 Battroid kit to get closer to that anime/lineart proportions but it'd need a ton of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Very cool Orguss Valkyrie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechTech Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 That is a REALLY cool build and I love your colors! Congrats on having a rare bear in your collection! - MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmareB4macross Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Wow!! That is a really clean build. Congats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 WOW!!! Nice job!!! Very clean and well-assembled! The paint job looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbit Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Really nice kitbash. Someone should make a pro kit out of that. It came out great! Lovely to see the steps of it bashed, primed, and then painted. The final paint scheme looks wonderful, a great blue you chose, and a smooth final finish. Hmmmm.... I need one of those, but didn't know it till now😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlightman Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 Finally took some better photos of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 19 minutes ago, yellowlightman said: Finally took some better photos of this. You did really great work with this. I don’t think a real company is ever going to produce one of those. You should be very proud of your work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmareB4macross Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Put a Strike cannon on it.😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodman Models Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Looks great! Well done on the construction and finish! What colour did you use for the super pack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlightman Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 3:36 PM, Goodman Models said: Looks great! Well done on the construction and finish! What colour did you use for the super pack? I don't remember exactly, but it was either Tamiya TS-32 Haze Gray or AS-26 Light Ghost Grey. I think the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechTech Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Those mods an additional updates look REALLY cool! - MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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