Skull Leader

How's about we just let it drop here? We're going in circles. Use the heatshield of your choice. Some think the 1S should have a black heatshield regardless of who's piloting it... others think it should be a representative color... . <---------------------------- see that? That's about TEN MILLION pounds of compressed "I don't give a damn"..... use the version of your choice ad-nauseum.

but it *SAID* VF-1D.... straight from Kawamori at Studio Nue... what more proof do you need??? And unless I am mistaken, the picture was an overhead view. What book are you looking in????

Here is one small piece of evidence that discounts that. Even in DYRL, where the animation and art was so much better than the TV series. In this scene I present you with Max's VF-1S with NO COLOR AT ALL. It also bears mentioning that in one screenshot that Roy had a YELLOW heatshield. My best guess is that the color does not really matter. Most here would like to think that it was a blue heatshield. A few think it was black (and yes, a couple of screenshots substantiate this).... but you could get away with either. Personally I think that Blue would've held better... especially since Hikaru's VF-1S had a red heatshield (as seen in good-solid scenes that were clear) Edit: Ok, the damn picture won't work.... at any rate, there's a scene while he's fighting milia inside the ship where his valkyrie is black and white only.

While I'm in agreement with Apollo and whatnot, I might as well join in on the fun with some of my dream cast.... Elizabeth Hurley as the Baroness (hey, she's already got the accent) Louis Gossett Jr. as (old) "Roadbock"? (Hey, he's a good actor, even if he's old and skinny) Bruce Willis as "Beach Head" (He's the perfect smartass) Ewan McGregor as "Mainframe" (don't know why, he just fits the role) Rutger Hauer as "LowLight" (tell me HE doesn't match up... if you put a beard on him, he could be "Rock n' Roll") Michael Biehn as "Flint" or (he's Hollywood's universal soldier) Jackie Chan as "Quick Kick" (someone already said this, but the matchup would be great) Nicholas Cage as "Dusty" (complete with Con-Air southern accent) Cheech Marin as "Bazooka" (old, but he looks just like him) Ozzy Osbourne as "Zartan" (but only if he uses his "singing" voice) Tom Berringer as "General Hawk" (He's got the voice and the look) Sgt. Slaughter as..... Sgt. Slaughter?????? Christopher Lloyd as "Doctor Mindbender" (He's good at doing strange roles, just shave his head) just a couple ideas (and for the record, I thought the first Mortal Kombat movie was good)

what other upgrades would you need? They were simply experimenting to see what would work, probably.

Hate to burst your bubble, but there's more to back it up than that. In the TIAS book #7, there is a sketch set aside just for that valkyrie and it plainly says "VF-1D" as used in the "Virgin Road" episode.

LOL, I ran into the same situation! Having to shuffle up every once of security in my manhood and buy PINK PAINT...... (to make things a little easier, I bought a new can of primer and a can of clearcoat )

I built the 1/144 VF-11MAXL two-kit recently... I love it! It's space-conservative... there's a lot of detail for their size, and they're snap-together. These are great little weekend builds if you're got nothing better to do.

My painting skills are severely retarded, however, I find I have the easiest time with water-based acrylics. The only time I will use enamels is for spray base coats (usually testors, since they are cheap and readilly available) and water-based acrylics for details.. I then spray or brush on a clearcoat to protect everything. Acrylics are wonderful for the above-listed reasons (By Kanata). I especially enjoy the ease of which I can whip up an easy wash. Enamell paint is a lot more difficult to repair if you make a mistake. It really is user-preference. I have a difficult time working with Tamiya paints simply because they must be thinned heavilly before they are used... others will swear by them though.

Or how about "sing at them while other people shoot at them"? Seemed pretty effective in the series. Although, it seems to me that it was more that they just got in the way that pissed everyone off, not the music.

there really isn't anything "wrong" with injection-mold... it's just that some things are better done in resin.

It also seems to me that making modifications to resin model parts is a little easier, if a piece doesn't fit just right, you can sand it down for a more complete fit, instead of just tiny edges meeting. On my YS SDF-01 Storm Attacker kit, I somehow got one too many of the wrong edge for the feet (all four corners had a different piece), so I simply sanded down a new ledge for it to rest against, and now you'd never know the difference. Resin kits do tend to require a considerable bit more modeling experience, but don't let that scare you away from them... how will you ever learn how to do them if you don't try? My SDF-01 Storm attacker was my first resin model, and it was a giant to tackle! I'm not finished with it yet, but so far I've not run into any complications that an injection-mold modeller couldn't tackle. I know they're often expensive (finding a kit worth building for less than $50 is a difficult thing to do), but WELL WORTH IT. While the SDF-01 was my first kit, I HAVE finished a couple of other kits between now and then (I did a wonderfest 1/72 action pose VF-1S kit and a YS Super Ostritch kit for a friend of mine) and I got a greater sense of accomplishment out of those than any injection-mold model I've ever built! Give it a shot, you won't be sorry. Just remember to take your time.

So, maybe Kawamorii calling it the F-14A Kai is his way of simplifying it... chances are that the "kai" variant simply implies that is uses overtechnology. So I have to wonder then, exactly what changes are made in the kai variant? Surely engines get upgraded, but what else I wonder....

I could be wrong, but aren't there just about as many A+ and B F-14s still in service combined as there are D models? Given the timeframe that the war would've taken place (just a few short years from now, hypothetically) Many of those airplanes would be on their way out. The only ones left in service would probably be the D/Super D models. It seems to me that what Kawamorii was trying to portray was a Super Tomcat in it's final inception (had the program not been chopped... indeed he probably had some concept art in the works before the F-14 program was finally axed and the Super Tomcat was still a "go".) I would think the program must still be going full-steam at this point in the Macross timeline (or preparing to end and be replaced by the VF series) There IS a note in the compendium on the F-14s used in Macross Zero though... So more advanced technology was used in the last stages of the F-14. The compendium lists the model used as the F-14A+Kai(custom).... it's a mythical version that does not exsist. In fact, they still call it the "Grumman" F-14 instead of "Northrop-Grumman". So it's definate that Kawamorii dragged the F-14 into a separate timeline to develop along lines it never will in real life. Dave's right, a kitbash would be a requirement, as no model of this model (no pun intended) exsists.

*sneaks down to his local hobby store to see if he can find one of these badboys* kitbashing that with a cheaper 1/72 scale F-14D shouldn't be a problem... although you can almost bank on the D kit being of lesser quality and detail than the Hase kit.

Vlenhoff..why did you post that here??? there's only a million other 1/48 fastpack topics you could've posted in. Please remain on topic here, thanks.

Being that my collection is ALMOST exclusively 1/60s (better to have spacewise), I'd rather have a 1/60 GBP.... the 1/48s take up a lot of space... ADD TO THAT when you consider the fast packs... an the GBP would be even bulkier... nah, the 1/60 would definately be the preferred way to go.

Unless I am very much mistaken, the squadron that uses F-14s in Macross Zero is using F-14D Super Tomcats. The hase model is highly innaccurate... unless you got it just for the decals, I'd reccomend a different F-14 model.

man, that's a damn nifty webpage.... that answers a lot of my questions about vacuum. So, what's the lesson we all should learn? If someone rips your space helmet off, don't hold your breath! Safer to take your chances and let unconsciousness overtake you.

LOL Roy.... you mean Anime FIEND... or at least it should be These guys took the best anime series in the world and bent it over... then they took it for all that it was worth WITHOUT offering lube. I love Macross, even with the mistakes, but man.... they really whizzed that one.....

"Anybody else wanna negotiate!?" Dayamn.... that dude has MAD sculpting skills....and I bet he's got mad phat bank to back it up now too....I need him to do a sculpt of my girlfriend so I can always have her sitting on my desktop, even when she's not here!

well, you saw how it functioned for Roy.... the eye-tracking lasers on the top of the visor tracked the movement of roy's eyes relative to the targets outside and then haloed them on his visor... it seems to me that it serves as a full-time HUD.... ALSO, as a matter of comfort, it would be a lot less stressful on the pilot to have his entire face protected in one environment, as opposed to the mouth/nose being covered one way, and the eyes covered in a different way... it just makes things easier (not to mention the new oxygen hoses are apparently reduced in size and made internal)

Kim playing T-crush...... an interesting concept, and nice art!

Ewilen, don't expect to find too much there... they don't show a whole lot (went back and watched my DVD). I even seem to recall reading somewhere that the scout-pod, despite having the most technologically advanced radar systems and whatnot, was STILL extremely substandard compared to UN technology (that may be translated from the Memory Perfect book....) The Quel-Quallies (theater scouts) were large, ungainly affairs that had poor protection and even poorer sensory suites.

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