Well....I debated as to whether or not to post this...and hopefully I don't get slammed, hated, banned, or in any other way tied to offending, upsetting, or hurting Macross World members.
Thing is...I love Macross Plus. I think I love it more then DYRL. It's not the story...its the flight sequences, its the mecha. So...years ago when I saw Carl's 1/48 YF19 and YF21 I was mighty jealous....mighty. I have only seen them for sale (to my memory) twice. Noel had a pair a year or so ago for arounf $500 (I think) and there is a pair on Yahoo Japan right now for the same.
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I can't do it...I would love to...but I can't spend $1000 on two models. I thought about buying the recasts...but even they are $150 to $250...depending on where you go...and they don't come with decals, and have resin landing gear ...and this kit is just to big and heavy for resin gear.
So..to the announcement...thanks to the generosity of Grayson72 and VF1SAlpha I obtained both kits (on loan) Then, I enlisted the help of MSLZ22 on the casting of the kits and Anasazi on decal making. The end results are coming soon (hopefully in a little less then two weeks! ) The kits will have stronger landing gear that can hold the weight. Additionally, the sparse decals provided with the originals will be upgraded and updated by Devin )Anasazi ) when he returns (he is away) to meet current Hasegawa standards (or come close) and include new options for the 19 and 21 like the ones included in Decal Option set 2. While I can't be sure the plan is to make enough kits to provide kits to the "doners" as well as MSLZ22 and I. I plan (expect) to have a few extras as well that we would like to sell at a cheap price point if anyone is interested.
Anyways...coming soon.....