AFAIK, the transformable VF-1 model kits are the recent Bandai 1/72 ones but they are quite fiddly and not really fun to play with based on reviews. The Hasegawa/Wave stuff looks nicer and is fixed mode (can't transform) but slightly more poseable(?).
The upcoming Tomytec Gimix line may be up your alley, they're pre-painted already.
http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=43003