Graham

Bandai 1/72 HCM VF-1S Hikaru back in 1988. Graham

Mags come out between 23rd to 25th of each month. Graham

Nope, honestly never heard of him. Why should I? He's neither a hot girl, a cheeseburger, a cold beer, a handgun, a cool sci-fi movie/TV series, or a Macross toy/anime/model, so he's outside my sphere of interest. One of the members of my former IPSC club and fellow G21 shooter was a guy called Danny Man. Only Danny I know! Graham

In the case of the YF-19/VF-19, it doesn't really matter if the FSW design is inherently unstealthy though as they have an active stealth system. Graham

Eh, Danny who? Graham

I can't say whether or not Yamato has an SV-51 in development. What I will say though is that in fighter mode, the SV-51 at 22.77m long is significantly bigger than the VF-0 at 18.69m long. A 1/60 scale SV-51 would be significantly bigger than a 1/60 scale VF-0. My completed Hasegawa 1/72 SV-51 dwarfs my completed Hasegawa VF-0S. Given the size of the SV-51 shown in that display cabinet, it is likely to be a Hasegawa. Graham

But it doesn't make sense having a Skull on the heatshield, when there are Rabbits on the tail fins. Graham

My sig does not refer to the Wave SDF-1, that was a surprise to me as well and came right under the radar. Hint, my sig may or may not refer to a Yamato product through! Graham...............screwing with your heads since 1999!

I want some naked zero g lovin'. Graham

Hmm.......this is news too me. If it's a pre-assembled & pre-painted toy, I'll definitely buy 1 or 2. If it's a kit that you have to build and paint, I'll pass. Graham

I reckon haterist has been feeding his pilots too much chilli and they've been farting in the cockpit too much. Graham

I heard you can only wear that costume for 3 miinutes before you have to change back tho. Graham

The SHE has huge ugly square intakes, no landing gear & the wings set too far forward. Also, the feet are not accurate in fighter mode. Graham

Are they kept under direct sunlight? Melting bottoms? Graham

They may have been in M3 as well, but it's years since I last played the game, so maybe I'm remembering wrongly. Graham

Yamato staff are all sadists, that wear studded black leather and carry whips!

If nobody else does it first, I'll do a scan of page 7 for you on Saturday. Graham

Make a movie called snakes in the cinema and have rubber snakes drop from the ceiling halfway through the movie! Be great to see the audience reaction. Graham

Luke, If you don't mind, I'm gonna see if Yamato will give a copy of your video to Kawamori-san. I'm sure he'll get a kick out of seeing the SV-51 fly for real. Graham

Can you be more specific as to exactly which book? Graham

They have. The VF-0A's feet do, well on the two I have anyway. Graham

Yes. Graham

Backback should be super tight on the vF-0A as Yamato really improved the hinge. In battroid mode, it should sit flush against the backplate with no floppiness. There is a trick to it though, which is difficult to describe, especially as I don’t have the toy in front of me at the moment. Basically, you have to angle out the part at the bottom of the backplate, then push up the hinge arm, until it locks ito place. I’ll try to take some pics later. I’m really impressed by the improved backpack and knee and arm swivel joints on both my VF-0A. Graham

David, Remember, the rear landing gear is not supposed to be in the belly plates. That was incorrect on the Yamato 1/72 scale toy. The correct loction for the rear landing gear is in the wing roots. The only effect having the gunpods in the belly plates would have is perhaps needing slghtly longer landing gear for the extra clearance, which if a working telescopic function for the gear can be achieved would solve a lot of problems. Probably the easiest method for FAST Pack-less gunpods, would be to have simple plug-in, removable false half gunpods on the belly plates, to give the appearance of them being semi-recessed. Graham

The Kawamori Design Works books has pics showing how the 2 gunpods attached to the YF-21 in fighter mode without FAST Packs. They are semi-recessed into the belly plates. In episode #2 of the Mac Plus OVA, there is an aerial gunnery scene, where the YF-19 & YF-21 are in fighter mode, shooting their gunpods and beam weapons. If you freeze frame this scene, you can see the gunpods mounted on the YF-21's belly plates IIRC. Graham