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I'd like to see these released as unpainted, DIY kits. Them being prepainted means I can't get rid of any seam lines (where the lower/upper fuselage meet, for instance) or gaps (which mainly result from the paint job making parts harder to fit together). The tighter fit from the paint also made me worry about smaller/more fragile parts breaking. I'm glad that didn't happen, but there were more than a couple of hold-my-breath moments there. Still, I'm really digging this 31A. It's such a fun little thing to build. Shame about them no longer being in stock.
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Oy, speaking of unnecessary flourish... What's being shown in that second image, where parts of the robot are colored in black? Is it showing off articulated/removable armor panels? Decals/tampo markings?
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I just saw it in a random ad and jumped on it. Is Bandai releasing a figure of their own? Of the Arbalest and/or the Laevatein? I wasn't exactly keeping up with the rare updates for this series. Either way, I like Alter's sculpt. One thing I didn't particularly like about the Metal Build Laevatein, and which (along with finances) kept me from getting it, was the unnecessary flourish that Bandai always seems to indulge in. The Kotobukiya kit of the same subject matter cost significantly less and looked just as good in my eyes (if not better in some regards), with the only major drawback being its smaller scale. Anyway, I'm rambling.
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Pre-order for the Alter 1/60 Arbalest at HLJ: http://hlj.com/product/ALT20816 @Hobby Search: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10424051 EDIT: Sorry. Arbalest, not Laevatein. That would be sweet, though.
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In short, no. In long: The battroid heads are interchangeable, though the kit only provides you one polycap to attach to the neck ball joint. The fighter mode head is not articulated (save for the head turret); the head and neck are molded together, with the neck in a "collapsed" form. It fits to the underside of the fighter via a square/rectangular peg. The two kits' heads (+ neck) aren't easily interchangeable, but you can probably manage it without too much trouble so long as you're comfortable with modding/scratchbuilding.
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Why, that's just a hop and a skip from Fresno!
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I really wish my store would recklessly stock more items that no one but me would ever buy and be forced to put them on clearance at which point I would dry-wipe my hands and grin knowingly.
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Just to clarify, only SOME kits are/were on clearance sale. There was a cabinet/shelf of RG Quanta, RG Sinanju, MG Origin Gundam, etc. selling at regular price. I'd imagine the DM Exia would be selling at regular price, too.
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Would spraying the insides of the leg black help reduce light leakage? Or would the tinfoil option simply be easier?
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Pay attention to the lack of a seam in the tail fin as well. Regardless of how well you're matching those two halves, there's always going to be a visible seam. The pics unfortunately have been doctored to remove that. (At least as far as I can tell.)
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CnP from GE: From what I understand it's national and meant to clear out the old inventory for Fall. Check the website for kits, they have a location finder that lists whether a kit is in-stock or not or if it's on sale at that location. Of course, not every store updates its inventory to match the site. The sale has gone on for almost a week though so most clearanced things may be out of stock by now though. EDIT: So I checked out my local store. Only kits on clearance sale were Petitguys for about a buck and change each. Still picked up two for the kids. Maybe you'll have better luck.
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That would imply that there's a "line art accurate" kit in the first place, and the argument can be made for some designs that such a thing doesn't exist. But more to my point, there's no problem with tweaking a design. It's that the tweaking has become so predictable. Slimmer bodies, more homogenous proportions, more surface details. Reducing curves in favor of sharp lines/corners. Then - maybe I'm mincing words here - what you're after isn't a Ver Ka, but a 2.0. A second go at the same design. I don't disagree with this sentiment. I'd like new toolings of all the older MG kits to bring them up to (the good parts of) modern standards. My fear is that a 2.0 Ground Gundam would result in a shrunken chest block and leaner limbs. It would look less like a rugged ground-pounder and more like an athlete.
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Frankly, I'm tired of the Ver. Ka aesthetic and the exalted status it holds amongst Gundam fans. Heck, there's an entire model line dedicated to preserving that particular style of mecha design. And yet here I am with RG GP01 in hand and I think it's the most uninteresting thing in the world. The S/Ex-S are the epitome of Ver. Ka. How are they supposed to make THE Katoki design(s) even more Katoki? A 2.0 I can understand, but a "Ver. Ka" just seems kind of redundant.
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Were there any major changes going from the YF-21 to VF-22? I know that the BDI/BDS cockpit/canopy was swapped out for a more traditional setup, but anything beyond that?
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IF YOU BUILD IT WE WILL COME
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I dunno, I found my 31J way less fiddly than the Bandai 25s I'd built just before it. It held together better, and the legs actually tucked up into fighter mode nicely, forming a nice tight seal with the fuselage where the 25s always always ALWAYS had ugly gaps, regardless of how much I worked the joints to try to get them to fit into place. I agree the under-wing panel is dumb, though. Terrible design decision, that.
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The original pitch for the show was two competing aerobatics/idol teams, with both teams flying the VF-31 and SV-262, respectively. Makes me wonder what the Windermere idol group would have been... maybe a boy band that sang as they flew?
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I love Macross and I love Ace Combat, and yet I never thought to mix the two. Beautiful job! What are the kits that the decals/paint schemes came from? My first guess is two different F-14A releases.
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When/where was this?
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[WIP]Sukhoi VFSu-22 1/48 - polish veritech fighter...well, kind of :)
kajnrig replied to Artoor's topic in The Workshop!
Wow, I've never seen this plane before. I really like the look of it. Best of luck! -
Ditto. For whatever reason, I like that this is very much "the model in its natural environment" instead of some of the fancier photo shoots/paint jobs/dioramas/etc. that try to make it too good of a model. ...if that makes any sense.
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Hey everyone. Haven't kept up with this thread. Is there any word on a VF-31A release? DX, Bandai 1/72 or Mecha Colle kit, Hasegawa kit?
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Having completely disengaged from the series by now (I've not bothered to pay attention to the show since the late teens or so, and have downloaded but not watched any of the last four or five episodes), I'd like to see a movie that just completely reboots the story. Not a retelling, not an adaptation. Go back to the original idea: competing air shows. Keep the scope of the story limited and personal. On the fringe battlegrounds of a war, if you absolutely must. A relatively small and ultimately unimportant skirmish. A war in the pocket, if you will. I doubt they'll go that route, of course. That said, I like all the Macross movie adaptations just fine. Took me a while to warm up to the Frontier movies, but eventually I turned around on those as well. And Macross Plus makes for a better movie than an OVA. I'm sure if they did make one/two/three, I'd end up enjoying those as much as if not more than I did the series.
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Bandai Macross Δ Mecha Collection Small Scale Plastic Model Kits
kajnrig replied to IXTL's topic in Model kits
"I'll post pics," he says, then proceeds to wait a week or two. Anyway, here are some poor phone camera pics of the P-Bandai exclusive itasha (unassembled) kits. The cut lines on the sticker sheets might not show due to resizing, but they're definitely stickers and not waterslide decals. Clear Yellow = VF-31E, Reina Clear Blue = VF-31J, Freyja Clear Green = VF-31S, Mikumo Clear Red = VF-31C, Makina Clear Black = VF-31F, Kaname All come with a colorless clear B runner (upper fuselage, doesn't show well in pictures). Box, runners: Construction pamphlet: Sticker sheet:
