Xigfrid

Hum that brings a question, are you going to recast in blue or white? I can see that both colors could be great. 

I already like your "santa" weathering ;))

I am pretty jealous of the colors you choose, they are spotted on. I tried an electric candy blue on mine and comparing to yours, I think it is too dark now.

23 hours ago, Lolicon said:

 

Bandai's only released such schemes as model kits. And dealing with Bandai's poor quality decals is too much of an ordeal. I'd rather they just release it as a web exclusive DX and just print the images on.

Never say never with Bandai, there was this Sheryl DX VF-171 one day

I am really looking forward for these KO VF-1s and I would even prefer it un-assembled just to make custom ...

Stamped anyone ?

Great ! I picked up the 1:60 version and will go from there for the speaker pod

Didn't expect to have the missile addon

Really nice head, and yes it takes a lot to make a complete conversion kit !

6 hours ago, derex3592 said:

Ok..... after about a 6 month hiatus of getting engaged,  moving her in, getting her settled in a new job, planning the wedding, having the wedding, Thanksgiving, and now Christmas and New Years right around the corner, y'all may have noticed that I haven't been able to do much of anything around here! (...)

Pretty busy hey! Congrats again for the wedding!

18 hours ago, MechTech said:

That looks great Xigfrid! It will be nice to see it assembled whole. - MT

That would be awesome to have all 5 destroids side by side, but that's out of my budget tight now

I have completed the Cheyenne II alternative rotary gun, the one "without the hand", since this model doesn't use the lower gun, this is a cheaper option to the standard fully armed Cheyenne II. Also I wasn't 100% happy with the head design, I made a new one more anime accurate, please comment.

I have finished 3D modeling the "Cheyenne 1" and the "Work Destroid" (red one) now.

I am still working on the Cheyenne II missile launcher and the version2 of the Macross Delta Workroid

On 13/12/2017 at 9:11 PM, Scyla said:

Nice work! 

It is a shame that it doesn't look that good straight out of the box.

That's the first VF-2SS premium finish I see, it looks damn good.

Thank you, and yes @Knight26 the legs can accommodate a small piece of rubber that I cut from an old earbuds to tighten smoothly the hip articulations.

I am looking to do something similar for the shoulder articulations, I will test a rubber spray first to see how well it grips on the Shapeways plastic.

I am very happy tonight because I could assemble the Cheyenne II. All the parts were good and because it is very similar to the Workroid, the assembly was pretty straight forward. Having it in hands makes all the difference, you can feel that the Cheyenne II is massive compared to a variable fighter / battroid.

Stop talking and enjoy the built!

Thanks for the gorgeous photos @no3Ljm  For those who also want the VF-19 Boosters clips, they are available here.

That's looking nicer everyday

14 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Those look kinda interesting. How much did that set cost in total with shipping? Maybe my Angel Birds could use a set. 

The supers are about 600-700gr probably, that can give you an idea of the shipping rate. 

My shipment had a few other things: diecast trucks and so, it weight 4Kg and  TapbaoFocus' cost was 450 CNY via EMS. 

I would be totally okay with the deculture issue, but it needs the assorted super pack. The SV-262 doesn't look streamlined without its pack

I received mine today, and I must say that it was a great surprise, but not 100% perfect. I made a side by side comparison with my Arcadia Premium Finish Roy super parts.

1) the goods: The Valkyrie Factory copy is very well made, it is packed in a double carton box just like Bandai's super packs. It looks like injected plastic and definitely not resin as I feared. The color is near identical, you couldn't tell the difference only under high light. Most parts are color-injected. The KO uses black screws which look nicer. The clear red part of the KO Strike part has its sprue cut hidden, where the Arcadia's cut is visible. No "Made in China" label on the KO !!!

2) the bads: There are slight differences, the seams are more visible with the KO parts. If the panel lines look identical, a few panel details are less sharp than the original Arcadia's. The painting is almost on par with Arcadia, except for the missile yellow bits and a default in the metallic paint on my copy at the rear of one turbine reactor.

3) The failure: At this point of the SbS comparison the KO Super parts would be totally worth if you still have a few VF-1 naked as I do, but unfortunately the Strike pack didn't mount very well. The culprit is the back pack bar which is made in a less rigid plastic than the Arcadia's bar. You can feel that the KO attachment bar is sloppier when you take the pack in the hand and when mounting the back pack assembly, the strike part is sagging on the outside because the rear fin push on the pack, the result is unsatisfying. With some massage, you could obtain a straight alignment, but to be honest it needs some sanding to completely fix the issue.

Arcadia has the same issue, the strike pack is plying the rear fin, but because the attachment bar is much more rigid, the Strike part is kept straight to the detriment of the rear fin.

Conclusion: I would recommend this pack for those who NEED a strike super pack, it doesn't come cheap reminds you. For those who don't  mind a bit of sanding/ work to strengthen the attachment bar, this pack is totally a great value. For custom works, I would wait a bit until the price lowers a bit and buy it when it would be under the 20-30 USD.

On 09/12/2017 at 9:43 PM, arbit said:

The future is wireless. Now we just need these in 1-3 mm size!

I have seen these, but seriously the price is holding me.

Fighter: VF-0B ! (very close finalist with the VF-0D with retracted wings ready to dive)

Gerwalk: SV-51 Ivanov

Battroid: VF-31F with missiles equipped on the hands.

I didn't really like the 31 line outside of its fighter mode, but I recently put the VF-31 on display in battroid mode and it really has grown on me thanks to the clever hips mechanism, sturdy posability and the triangular missiles that I have equipped on the forearms. My last grip is the straight index finger, but thanks to @Saburoshots I found a way to pose them also.

In fact that would be a direct recast of shapeways wsf parts. That means the parts will need to be sanded and drilled, but being in resin, this would be 3x times easier

If the first recast sells well, a renewal (v2?) can be imagined of course. I am planing to model a few parts optimized for resin for instance and why not recasting the complete wings by then.

That Vf-1X++ is really amazing, your white painting is faultless, the larger wings. Did you use Kurisama's head or Frameout's?

Together with @valhary, we are preparing a resin copy of this project that will be a great alternative to shapeways parts. So hopefully we will see more of these VF-1X++ in the future

I was curious and decided to have one of these strike pack since a few VF-1 are missing their supers. They are not particularly cheap considering these are KO stuff. I will try to make a quick review 

Hey great painting there! Who's one is it, is it a personal copy?

The French Elvis Presley rock star aka Johnny Halliday died two days ago, that reminds me that we need that white&gold sv-262 !