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ewwwps... 25,000 yen that's... around 300 US dollars... I'll pass after all!

Are you referring to the risk of lead or mercury poisoning? ;-)

VF-Naitomeapurasu Variable 171!!! I'm trying to figure out a way to make the payment...

I agree Graham. Experten totally rock. I admire their skills. I have no idea of what software they use but my level of knowledge of CAD is clearly unsufficient to allow me to do what they have done (I have a B.Eng in mechanical BTW). And even though I like well-detailed 1/72 kits, like most people here, I'll buy one of their kits and build it if I have the opportunity to. Great engineering work Experten, keep it up!

Thanks for the reply. I truly didn't know. Regards.

... How come this site sells a recast of Experten's VF-4 which also "was just produced"? How do you know it's a recast? I know this was mentioned earlier in this thread, but I'm just curious... Just how do you know. You have a better option? The best thing to do would be to get in touch with Experten, right? Well some people may say that this kit looks too toyish, personally I don't mind. It looks much more anime accurate than the 1/72 (1/100) YF-19 Yammie toy of 10 years ago... And at 1/100 you can't ask for something that transforms "perfectly" (without parts swapping), looks anime-accurate, and doesn't look a little toyish because you can see some screws here and there. Kudos to Experten, kudos to the scratchbuilders!

http://www.e2046.com...oducts_id=12117 From this website maybe :-)

If it sells for 35$ somewhere like the VF4, I too, want. 35$ is inexpensive for a such a garage kit IMHO (they certainly don't enjoy the same scale economies as Bandai since they produce in small numbers and with lower tech). I'll keep my fingers crossed...

A couple more... still the painted, finished model.

A few other pics, with a finished, painted, decal'd model...

You can get the VF-4 for as low as 35$ by the way ;-)...

The VF-17 is good too, indeed!

Done! Any other suggestion?

A few pics :-)

The kit we have all been waiting for! VF171 by Experten... fasten your seatbelts!

Or a device allowing to look behind? Or maybe something similar (in terms of function) to the AH64 Apache's radar/optronic ball (above the rotor - the helo flies below treetop level but keeps the ability to see above the treetops in order to fire missiles without being exposed) ?

I love this pic :-)

Awesome! I'm falling in love :-)

http://ga.sbcr.jp/mgangu/014234/02.html Nice other series of pics there... (may already have been posted! - sorry if so is the case)

Wow :-) After seeing this VF-17D, I really wonder what stops Bandai from doing a 1/72 VF171... really nice kit from Experten!

1/72 Bandai VF 171!

Thanks Graham! I won't hold my breath! :-) Too bad though! What if we decided to form a lobby and demonstrate in front of Bandai's headquarters? I'm a French citizen (and soon will be a Canadian citizen as well) and demonstrating is the French National Sport

Thanks for the links! :-) They make me feel like applying the decals, definitely!... :-)

Yes, that's partly the reason why I left the legs straight! The model stands better in gerwalk mode with its legs straight! :-) But the gerwalk mode is also more flexible when the legs are positioned the way they are in the pictures: you can give them more spread, hence, the gerwalk mode has more stability this way. And, visually speaking, I lie it better that way :-) Oh, and one "thumbs up": the VF25 was unable to stand on one leg, the VF27 is able to do so. Because the VF-27 has two "rear toes". Hey, I'm inventing new words too :-) So, any news of the VF171? I really like the VF27, issues are really minor and can certainly be fixed with minimal tools and supplies... So I can't wait for the VF-171!

Oooops.... I hope I didn't kill the thread Any news of the VF171 1/72 model?