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Are you working on any other parts? Was looking for a first gen heat shield. Got a recast one a long time ago and would like another.

Instructions and what pieces are needed please:)

Sorry, wrong section. Should have gone in for sale section.

So what do these go for these days? I searched for pricing but couldn't find much. I have the following I would like to sell: - Super VF-1J Hik (stickers applied, have box) - Super VF-1J Max (stickers not applied, have box) - GBP-1S (stickers not applied, have box) All are in excellent condition.

Did anyone ever make these? My Jetfire is getting kinda yellow and will need to be re-painted soon.

Where did you get the decals?

Is this project still going? My recast JM is naked.

Woohoo!

I don't have Hikaru VF-1J so I'm banking on the fact that they'll be released together.

Very nice. When they go on sale I'll pick some up.

Don't know if anyone really cares but I'm working on a 1/55 Hikaru strike, a recast joke machine (but I'll need decals) and trying to save some money to get Jung to paint my 1/48 fast packs to match my low vis.

My mistake, I took a second look at the thread and it should be a reality sometime this year. Yay!

I saw a thread about a possible 1/48 GBP-1S. I hope that is a reality very soon.

No problem. I was just wondering what happened.

I saw the thread a while ago and the proofs. But what happened to this project?

I want a set as well.

Hook me up with one of those sheets. It looks great.

Put me down for a set. Looks great!

I'm still interested.

Has anyone taken a 1/60 (VF-1A Max or Hikaru specifically) and modified it so that it could accept fast packs? Any DIY links out there?

Woohoo! I'm from Canada too! Well sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't with shipping. I bought stuff in the past that gets to me in 2 days, other times over 2 weeks. As for customs I got nailed once. They wanted to charge me $50 for a Jetfire I bought. I protested it and got lucky that I didn't have to pay...but I also waited 1 month to get that dam thing. Luckily nothing ever got lost.

That looks sooooooo good! Great job!

Just the armour...I have the 1J already.

I work in an automotive facility that uses injection molding and blow molding. The basic reason you can't recast parts with higher quality plastics is because you need high temperature and pressure to inject the plastic. As was said previously you need special equipment to do this. As for why the bootlegs are so cheap, it all comes down to quality. The quality of the toy and the quality of the molds they are using. Better quality is obviously more expensive. If you want a super accurate part then you would get a CNC cut steel mold. But for all we know the bootleg companies could be using poor quality aluminum molds which are a hell of a lot cheaper but do not produce as good a part. There are also other issues such as production volumes, overhead, design and development, etc. that all affect piece price.

That is amazing!