ChaoticYeti

It just needs to get stickied so it doesn't get buried.

I was posing my arcadia YF-19 and noticed that the ankles had loosened. I had dropped some future into the ankle joint around the time that I got it, and that seemed to work. Well seeing as to how they had once again become un-pose-ably loose, I decided to do it right. This is not for the faint of heart. If you have an reservations about harming your figure, please do not attempt. Removing the ankles in this way will slightly stress the plastic on the inside of the foot. Make sure your feet are fully extended to allow you the best access to the ankle. Remove the foot covers. There are 2 covers that are pegged in and held by a screw. Remove the screws on the inside of the foot. The rear of the feet will require you popping the foot piece off of the metal pin in order the access the screw. Rotate and bend the ankle joint to work the pins loose. I had to apply a lot of force to do this. Go steady and slow, applying more force as you go. Just do a little at a time. This was the gap I was left with after removing the foot. I ended up with small stress marks on the inside of the foot where the metal pin holds them in place. I consider this to be a minor issue, because the foot covers will go back on covering this area. I used a q-tip to apply future polish to the ball joints, and I also lightly coated the inside of the ball socket on the foot. I waited 20 minutes, and than applied a second thin coat. A little over 8 hours later I reassembled the feet and now have a 19 that won't topple over. I hope this helps you if you decide to fix yours.

That was one of the things I liked about frontier. Everyone had personal schemes on their calls instead of just a colored stripe.

It was only on screen for about 5 seconds, and was only seen in fighter mode.

Hopefully they'll go matte for whatever delta brings. Maybe everyone will have 30's and 19 advance's. Repaints galore!

I really hope bandai sticks with the matte finish.

It was on there pretty good. I turned 45degrees and just leveraged it off on one of its corners using my thumb.

Once you get all of the tabs lined up, they stay on really well. It is tricky to get the hardpoint tab to line up. I find it makes it easier if you wiggle the wing a little while you are putting the boosters on. Here are some comparison pics, mostly in gerwalk. I left the neck covers off. I would have kept going, but my arcadia ankles went all floppy. I had applied future with a dropper awhile ago, but I just got done disassembling the ankles and applied some properly. I'll post a pictorial in the arcadia 19 thread later.

That is a nice gold color.

A few more pics. Haven't seen too many showing the back of battroid, or the removable face plate.

I have been playing with mine this morning, and switched it up from the punch pose. I was able to remove the cabbage. The soft rubberish plastic did come off of the grey wrist piece. I than removed the wrist piece separately.

What scale is that 1/6?

I mean, going with a full on chrome release when there are so many other insta-buy things they could do seems rather silly.

Maybe he is being coy and hinting at a hi-metal type release? VF-1 with diecast?

I'd say any of the G parts look great on the YF.

More survivors! I intended the tornadoes for an eventual VF-25g release, but they work just as well on the YF.

Another valk passes inspection from the move.

For me it is the right one. It just doesn't seem to want to tab in, and when it does it is a pretty soft connection. The left one audibly clicks on and off. The right one just kinda goes on, and hopefully stays.

Trying to figure out who to pair up. I think the dynamite valks go well together.

On that topic, the gunpod is the weakest part of this release, in my opinion. It doesn't feel right.

"Piiiiiinnnnnnnnn pooooooiiiiiinnnnnnnttttttt barrrrrrrieeeerrrrrr puuuuuunnnnnnncccchhhhhh!"

They won't fit.

Another use for the peg holes on the pegged stand:

Work can wait a little longer! Transformation was a lot easier than I thought it would be. There are more fiddly bits, but if you have transformed a 19 before I am pretty sure you could comfortably work your way through this. And I have been waiting to do this ever since I saw the first pics using the booster stands. You can get the wings to hold the weight at certain angles, but the extra support does help.