World's smallest VF-2ss Battroid?!

[Bobby]

My favorite valkyrie is the VF-2ss Valkyrie II. I do love Macross and there are plenty of incredible valkyries to like and enjoy in which I do, but while I patiently wait and hope that Arcadia/Yamato/Bandai or whomever may one day mass produce a fully transformable VF-2ss for fans to enjoy, I had a yearning for another version of this valkyrie that I thought was worth sharing. (note: the pics are photoshoped to bring out the colors, enhance shadows/highlights, cleanup, etc.)

I was curious to take one of the 1/250 scale Macross Fighter Collection series models and see if it could be converted from fighter to battroid. With an x-acto knife, a dremel (for portions that are hard plastic), model glue, a weathering marker, and some patience, I set out to make a VF-2ss in battroid mode.

Here are the pieces after separating the parts:

My goal was to capture the pose of the VF-2ss that graced the cover of the June 1992 issue of B-Club magazine (vol. 79) in which you see my attempt:

Here it is next to the fighter mode out of the box:

Here it is from behind so you can see the cool back pack:

Here it is next to a bottle of white-out so you can see why I think it might be the smallest VF-2ss in battroid mode :

Here it is next to my custom VF-2ss 1/100 Bandai kit (featured at vf-2ss.com) so you can see scale:

So I hope someday someone can persuade a company to finally develop a fully transformable VF-2ss for fans to enjoy! Idea: remake the story, make it awesome, make a market…make the toy! I hope you all enjoyed this VF-2ss albeit in teeny-tiny form! Thanks.

Edited November 18, 2013 by Bobby

[EXO]

Awesome!

[valhary]

great job I love it

[MechTech]

(In Dr. Evil voice) "HELLOOOoooooo Mini Me" Looks great! I can appreciate the small scale of work on that custom. Looks like you have a one of a kind too. - MT

[Valkyrie addict]

great job!!! looks awesome and one of a kind now.

[grapetang]

Cute! Nice work. Any chance you could use brass tubing or paperclips for the head turrets?

[Guest Virtual8]

I had that model and mine was the ixact same. Where is the Bandai Toy?

[aceoftherebellion]

Hah whoops, wrong thread, bumped the wrong thing!

Edited February 25, 2016 by aceoftherebellion

[Mintox]

Brilliant conversion.

[aaajin]

nice!