Yamato 1/48 Valkyrie question

[SiniStar]

Does anyone know a way to keep the arms from falling down when the valkyrie is in fighter mode. The reason why I am asking is because the arms dont stay locked when the valkyrie is in fighter mode. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for the assistance.

[RichterX]

Haterist did some kind of modification with magnets I think,

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=7958

[Jawjaw]

Are you talking about with fastpacks or without? If without, pegs should keep them in place for the most part but with fastpacks, there is not much to hold them up.

[Chowser]

i pretty much gave up trying to keep the arms up with the armor on. i also gave up trying to get my gunpod to fit on the armor as well.

[wolfx]

Eh? I have no such problems.

Chowser: You probably have them TV Valks?

[Onimusha-shin]

i have another question. is it easy for the G-11 to stay in place on the arm armors of the FP'ed Valk? i seem to have a bit of trouble getting it to stay in place on my TV Max and Miriya. more on the former though.

[Chowser]

Eh? I have no such problems.

Chowser: You probably have them TV Valks?

You are right, I do remember not having that problem with my DYRL fast packs before I traded them for TV arm armor. Oh well, I keep'em in battloid mode usually anyway

[Hurin]

No FP: First, "stick" the arms together. There is a peg and hole designed to do this. Only then place the arms (still stuck together) between the legs. The legs should be straightened completely and make sure there is no twisting at the knee swivel points. There are pegs and holes that then hold the arms up between the legs.

With FP: I don't have quite as much problem as some. . . but generally, this arrangement doesn't work so well with FAST Packs.

Regarding the gunpod and the TV FAST Packs. There is just the tiniest little bit of plastic that has to be scraped/cut way on the TV FAST Packs so that the gunpod will mount on them. Five seconds with a sharp xacto blade should be all it'll take.

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Edited June 27, 2004 by Hurin

[SMac]

Pictures. When in doubt, show pictures. Then again, I just shipped away my TV 1/48, so can't take pictures of that, so if that's what you're having problems with, then I don't have any specifically relevant material.

I think we all know the leg post involved (in red):

http://mcintosh.home.mindspring.com/valkyrie/leg_post2.JPG

But there seems to be some confusion about where it goes, with and without armor. The hole for without is in red; the hole for with is in green.

http://mcintosh.home.mindspring.com/valkyrie/arm_holes2.JPG

Then again, I often end up doing this when with armor, just resting the post in the indentation:

http://mcintosh.home.mindspring.com/valkyrie/common.jpg

Of course, if you get the arm packs on the wrong arms, you're going to have problems.

On the flip side of the arm packs you find the posts for joining the arms in blue, the post for joining the arm packs in yellow, the normal mounting point for the gun in green, and the mounting point for the gun on the arm packs in red. Notice the gun post is in the middle of the "space" for the gun handle. I had the same problem with the TV arm packs as the rest; the post is not properly centered.

http://mcintosh.home.mindspring.com/valkyrie/arm_gun2.JPG

And for gerwalk mode, the arms stick out just fine if you use the apparently endless ingenuity built into the 1/48 by Yamato (it totally amazes me how they designed this thing). You simply take the arms as a unit and push them more forward (towards the head) then you normally would. Note, you kind of have to hold the back end of the arms up some or the sholder hinges won't have the right angle to move:

http://mcintosh.home.mindspring.com/valkyrie/arms_free.jpg

I didn't put the pics into the thread due to the size (they're all 150-250KB).

Thanks,

Scott

Edited June 27, 2004 by SMac