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Nice shop indeed @Sanity is Optional, thanks for helping here :) Unfortunately I couldn't find the specific size of magnet (2mm x 2.5mm 5mm) required, perhaps this is possible to call them and ask to pre-order these ?

@DarkArchon3000 and the others, after 3-4 assemblies, I made a short list of parts and I put them into a single 3D model. These spare parts that you may want if you plan to grab a spare canopy for instance. It contains 4 small parts that can be usefull to have in double / spare.

They are colored in red.

If you find another parts to be sensitive, let me know. For instance,  I know the last portion of the wing is a bitch to assemble, and you may be cautious when you try to rotate it, if you do it wrong you may put an excess of stress on the pins. I will try to explain this clearly in the "transformation video"

1 hour ago, DarkArchon3000 said:

I'm interested in one of those canopies.

I also need to get the magnets but can't find ones in the proper dimensions.

Hi, I remember trying to find these magnets on Ebay but couldn't find one. At the end I had better luck sourcing them locally. Here is the website where I did order mine. https://superaimants.fr/blocs-neodyme-fr/5-x-2-5-x-2-mm-ni-cu-go-fr/ I don't know if they would want to ship to USA, but you can try.

I think you can have a better luck trying to find these magnets with magnets specialists directly. Or you can glue 2x cubes of 2mmx2mmx2mm and use it as one block. 2mm magnet cubes are really easy to find on Ebay. You can also try to find 4x2x2 mm rectangular magnets, that would be easier than the weird 2.5mm width

I would take the nose portion if possible to separate it ! I need a pair of front landing gears traps for ages !

i could grab the gun also and try to repair it 

That’s a brilliant idea, i am looking forward to your finished project

Those VF-19 and YF-19 are generous packs for a DX toy, a lot of accessories and a lot of posing hours for their values

I hope they got more through their website, or at least they could communicate on it

Haha! That's exactly what I was thinking :) Jasonc let me know if the canopy is still workable to be assembled on the opening mechanism (I know the hole will need to be drilled again), if yes I would love to have a few recasted canopies (about 6x) for me

Looking great Jasonc!

All three mechas are CG animated so I would say it would be easy to make a toy directly from the show. 

One thing though, I noticed the car battroid  mode sometime is pictured much smaller than a VF-1 and in another scene (with the black mécha battroid) it looks taller than  a VF-31. 

What can be more satisfying than swooshing and transforming a VF-9? Transforming and posing two VF-9 at once!

1 hour ago, Sildani said:

Send it to Jenius!

That would be an expensive  trip just for a transforming video except if @jenius feels like buying a pre-assembled one

I don't know much about the ventral fin assembly, but here is a description of assembly

4 hours ago, valhary said:

we also need a transformation manual

I am trying to put things up together and make a transformation video.

I think Bandai really failed with this armor design, they could at least put hard points directly into the armor part instead of making a clip

The white is rougher on the surface compared to the HP plastic, thing is my white VF-9 has been sanded 3 times already and it needs only painting now. 

Thanks @valhary!

I couldn’t resist or I love assembling Macross robots... but now I have a grey VF-9 on the bench too  

I have to admit the HP precision is a little  better than the standard plastic, but a little more flexible. Both plastics are great, but the HP Version closes better out of the box. 

WIP

Ok! New funds came in and I have begun the assembly of the Cheyenne I, Macross Zero version. There are a few details that were not really highlighted in the show but that tell the difference between the Cheyenne I and the other versions.

Hi guys, I have begun the Gunpod, that will take a bit of time to complete because I want to use standard plastic as the inside/sliding mechanisms core and High detail plastic for the surface details.

This is a process I have used for my VF-31 speaker pod. I think that the Gunpod is small enough to make the increase of price almost unnoticeable compared to a full standard plastic design.

Also: easier and faster addon! I made the VF-9 fins version 3. It is a more "line-art accurate" fins design for my VF-9 with the following mods: inner flaps removed, less surface detailing and the general shape modified to better fit the line art shape.
This new shape will close better the battroid chest, so this is more like a battroid "lover" addon.

Personally I prefer the previous version (version 2 illustrated on the left side, version 3 on right side) that comes with the standard VF-9 release, but feel free to add it on your next order if you feel so.

I finally got my Kairos shipped from NY They didn't want to ship with SAL, so I had to pay an additional fee to upgrade the shipping. Still fair compared to the current 31A price on secondary market

That's looking promising Jasonc, I am also curious to see how it will look like once casted. Here is how my Shapeways canopy looks like, and I am receiving soon a 3D printed copy in clear resin that will be much easier to work with.

@Raptor One I wasn’t a fan of the VF-9’s Gerwalk but now that I have transformed it a few times, I surprisedly dig the gerwalk look. -except for the official awkward heel position, I prefer to the the heel in the standard feet position-

Concerning this model, my main issue was to make a great design for battroid and fighter modes. I would say this is something like an artistic job. Then I made the simpler way to transform everything back and forth between the two modes, this is an kind of engineer job.

Surely during his process, I didn’t had second thoughts of using the full possibilities of SLS printing, but still you can make most of the parts in a single mold, and a few remaining parts will need to be exploded in two halves and be glued together during assembly.

After the first prototype, I had to make a deep Quality Check job because of wrong proportions and bad lock mechanisms. And then the second prototype which i think is a really great result. 

I am sure there is a lot of room for mechanical improvements but in terms of global design and articulations I am rather satisfied by it !

I recently made these 1/60 pilot figures for my Vf-9 model and they also fit the Arcadia VF-0. They are also available in 1/48 scale as male and female pilots. 

If you want several pilots, I can make a personalized pack with the exact amount of figures you need, and that will reduce the global cost drastically. 

They will probably fit Hasegawa pilot seats but if you want to be sure, you can take a few measurements of your pilot and I will check that on my models.

Here is the 1:60 DYRL female model printed in clear resin. 

Hey guys, you will make me blush... btw I AMM glad you all like my models

5 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Got these today.  

Figure Oh No.246
 

 

 

That makes me wonder if a crazy 3P manufacturer would do over-oversized VF-1 one day, a la Atlas Optimus Prime.

Credits to @tekering for this blowing mind picture!