Fly4victory

Welcome aboard JeffQ! I love the little Roy action figure. The entire model is impressive work. Please share more of your creations

That is just too cool!!!! After market head? Edit: Is the LV-1 VF-1S a repaint or a head swap also? Equally nice.

I will give up my money now as opposed to ebay in the future. At least I am in the country to get this "limited" release as opposed to LV-1. To be honest hope that they bomb so I can pick up a second set cheep and strip off the gold paint and put red visors in the heads.

Yeah, the set I got was full of problems. But for the Minmay Guard. 1+2+3 = Fool me twice. I will just buy a hand picked set from a different seller...... Then everyone can laugh if I get burned a second time.

Looks like the flight controls were removed from the third cockpit. Hard to see. Guess the fighter comes back to grab the cockpit AKA VF-1S with VF-1D nose section. Would hate to be the electronic warfare officer in the third seat. Wonder what was used to extend the fast pack on the right side???

The EA-6 tailfin would end up in a funny place in battroid. Wonder if the idea is meant to be Fighter/Gerwalk only. That is a great looking aircraft. Lets see more electronic warfare birds. Like to steal the idea but thats alot of masterful work.

Here you go. Warning Macross World Member and his money, soon to be parted!

I know that the wave VF-0S has not been done. I have seen bits on the armored VF-0S but not a step by step build on MW.

Steal the head off the new VF-1S for your old stealth.

I do not remember the size of the drill bits. You can get a set of drill bits at Lowe’s or Home Depot just use on that is the same diameter bit as center of the screws minus the threads. You can also try Hobby Lobby to get a set of bits. Are you using a Dremel, a power drill, or a hand drill?

How long before someone pops that black VF-1S head on top a VF-1J stealth?

It is a bad sign when I walked into the UPS stores and without saying a word the staff knew that I was returning an Xbox 360. They showed me the stack of outbound systems and could tell just by the size of the box under my arm.

My "launch unit" 360 was vertical for the first four months and then horizontal until it died labor day weekend. Still waiting for the box from microsoft. So what game killed your box. Gundam Destiny Warriors did it for mine.

Another X360 just fell into the burning ring of fire.

Notar is rather funny in that it is not just horizontal force from the fan but also the effect that the fan has on the downward flow from the main rotor blades. This is, of course, at a hover. In a conventional helicopter the tail rotor is "unloaded" due to the aerodynamic forces on the tail and a minor part the airflow around the aircraft when in forward flight. The larger the tail the more unloading…the H tail design is very sound for the Notar. Looking at the 530 and 500 Notar you can see the duct is on one side of the aircraft… which is true to the Hellhound based on the prior post. The Jig really doesn’t need larger ducts since it is a single seat aircraft, has two ducts, and with improved engine designs smaller engines will produce more power. Other than not being able to see without computer interface and the flip down gatling gun The Jig seems to be a sound aircraft. Aerodynamics aside I would hate to see what happens to the Jig’s CG burning fuel, expending ordnance, and that funny gun flipping about. Much rather have the Hellhound, can see with my own eyes, and a nice gatling gun mounted on the center of the fuselage so you don’t have the torque from the turret slewing like the 20MM in the old AH-1 Cobra. For the Comanchero, looks mean but weird design to have a mast mounted sight and optics in the nose?????? Four engines driving one transmission and a four bladed rotor… what do you need all that power for sling load a destroid? The sea sergeant, a cargo aircraft, didn’t have that many engines. Won't even talk about where the gun is mounted. Still loved it as a kid. I only have one Jig, still on the table, but can see lots of Hellhounds with different paint schemes. For the Comanchero may have some fun and make a Russian style opposite a similar styled SV-51. I have yet to see Patlabor. Is there much Helicopter action?

All helicopters require some device for anti-torque thanks to Newtons third law of motion, "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." Correct, the exhaust port is on both the left and right side of the tail boom to provide directional control in yaw and anti-torque. The only way a Hellhound, thank you for the correct name, can fly without anti-torque is if it is an auto-gyro or due to an unknown development in aviation. Doubt that it is an auto-gyro since they cannot hover unless there is a headwind that matches the necessary forward velocity to keep the main rotor spinning. While the Hind is an old airframe, it is still very popular on the international market. Much cheeper and easier to maintain when compaired to other attack helicopters plus it can carry troops and small internal loads. It would be nice to see some of the rotorcraft from Macross get some service in 1/72 so they can be displayed with the Hasegawa models. On that note, has anyone turned a Seahawk into the SH-60 from Macross Zero yet? Edit: Also, Thanks for the new photo. Still a great looking airframe.

You can look at the top side and vertical fins on an F-15 for ideas but I would not cut panel lines after putting on your final colors and decals. You can always draw or paint them on but I think it is a great looking model and a rare find. Better than trying to crowbar an F-15 and a VF-1 together which is what the rest of use will have to do for a copy.

Some Russian aircraft manufactured for export have english markings. I found it odd when I saw it.

There are some resin 1/72 VF-11's out there. The SHE 1/100 VF-11 is rumored to be close to 1/72 in size. The bandai 1/144 battroid jet kit is nice, can find it cheep, and it matches the Doyusha and the Chara-works.

Yes the Patlabor is a kit. Judging for the Jigabachi AV it should be a good one. 1/72 does make for a small helicopter.

Since Kotobukiya is expanding their Real Mechanical Collection to include the Patlabor helicopter http://www.fig-soul.com/01/f2_04_07_08_20.php?bang=38 and they already have the Jigabachi AV from Ghost in the Shell http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYKP-27 how long before we see the Macross Comanchero?

If I had a five year old I would buy him one. Since I would be Roy he is stuck with Anti UN all the way.

Better yet even moves like one.

It was a funny joke on the beach. Kids would buy the stuff and if they asked I warn them," That is just the name of the company don't use it for that or you will rip off chunks of skin."

Yeah, I have been using that stuff on my surfboard for years. They also have a hockey stick formula.