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That's pretty amazing all the stuff going here, most of them are out of my reach and that's great! Happy new year to all too.

The weathering and the mod is beautiful. However I don't like the way how the pod was designed. If I were to make this pod, it should be seamless once retracted, the right hand guns would retract more and would touch each over, even I would make the inner part so it "closes" the design as a tail. The left hand guns looks good, but they could eventually be mounted on an additional axis so they can be deployed downward in fighter mod, like a gun turret, ala sv-262 gunpod. I think @Sanity is Optional Is on this model, let see how far he goes!

Since I also made and painted the new Workroid legs (more curved) and I began to smooth the Cheyenne II, i had both out of the detolf so I decided to shoot side by side just to show off the slight but real differences between both designs. After much thoughts, I decided to redesign the complete shoulder articulations to reduce the number of articulation axis in order to drastically strengthen them. The posability should remain the same, I will probably test it with next order.

What an update! I am happy for you, and I must say that it looks much better in real than in CAD

Working on it: so far so good: the model is almost printable. I am planning to make the external body in WSF and all the internal panels with speakers and intricate detailing in FUD. Still a few details to check though

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.

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 !

Pretty busy hey! Congrats again for the wedding!

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

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

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.

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.