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OOohhh... reads Rhino natively? I'm liking this.. all my stuff is done with Rhino before exporting to other programs for texturing.

Wait, isn't that the VF-4 LTSO was working on a while back? Edit: Yep, I thought I recognized those pics.. especially that stand. VF-4 Build-up (REVISITED), my first resin adventure

Well, for that, your best bet would probably be to get a hold of Brian76's mesh (I think that's his name anyway...). He had the most beautiful VF-1 mesh I've ever seen... The others wouldn't be bad though, Rodavan has a nice one in the works, as do many others. I'm hoping to do one myself someday, but I don't know when. I'd be happy to make a 3d model to your specifications though, if I have time... It might make the modeling process easier if the mesh was already broken up into the parts you'd need for forming the model. Course, I'm not too familiar with the process you use, so it may not help at all. Either way, I'd love to help.

Ditto, honestly, this is probably the only way a lot of models will be built. I've got a YF-19 model I'd love to see made real, but it's pretty low poly now, and would probably have to be remade using curved surfaces, or at least a lot more polygons. I do have plans to make a nurbs mesh out of the contours I defined though. When I get it done, you're welcome to use it however you like. I just really really want a 1/48th YF-19 I can put on my shelf. I also have plans to build models of a VF-11, and YF-21 in the future, you'd be welcome to use those as well.

I thought geese were slightly constipated to begin with... why else would they make that sound? That's actually the comment a friend of mine made the first time he saw the Yamato YF-19 though..and there is quite a bit of truth to it. While I have to admit the battroid mode looks pretty good, the legs and arms are so bulky that they eliminate any possibility of a nice clean airframe in aircraft mode. That's mainly why I'm still hoping for a 1/48th version.. at that size, you could make everything much more in proportion, since you wouldn't need to make the hinges so huge. If they find a way to do it for 1/72 I'll still be very happy though, because it means I'll be able to afford it. Anyway, back to your regularly scheduled topic.

Well, everyone knows that.. but the problem is no one knows the question to that answer. Maybe they're taking a hint, and instead of using the REAL Earth to calculate the question to the ultimate answer, they're creating a simulated Earth to do it.

Well, just as long the new YF-19 comes out looking sleek like an airplane should, and not like an overly constipated goose, I'll be happy.

I don't think you'd be the only one by any means... I know I'd love to have the YF-19 and -21 in 1/48... all the others would just be icing on the cake. Just as long as they're affordable though. I wonder if it'd be possible to make vacu-form kits from the original resin ones.. lots of scratchbuilding involved, but it may take the price down to incredibly low levels by comparison, making the kit very affordable, which is always good. Just a dream though, I know that's not at all likely... besides, vacu-forming those shapes would be a royal pain, if not impossible.

I'd agree, that's probably your best bet. But I would become acquainted with the various different map types available, like cylindrical maps, and such, for rounded surfaces. Also, one thing I've found helpful is to use a "normal align" feature to assign UV coordinates to individual flat areas of complex shapes, and then move the pieces around on the UV map until they line up... It can be a pain stretching pieces around, but it'll allow you to map some really complex shapes very well. Btw, danbickell, I'm hoping to eventually get around to doing most of the more famous Macross fighters for MS Flight Sim, and personally I hate doing cockpits...I'd love to be able to use something of that detail in a flyable VF-1. I can't tell you when I'll get to it though, you may be able to finish the whole plane before I start.

Oh how I would love to get my hands on those... Course, I honestly don't care for that YF-19 sculpt much, the nose and upper engines seem really deformed.. not to mention the modeler put the feet in backwards. In my opinion, the Hasegawa kit looks better. Would it be possible to recast those big resin kits though?? Since they don't transform it seems like it'd just be a ton of big pieces to make, with maybe some details like landing gear. Heck, I wouldn't even use em, I'd prefer a sealed shut flight display. I tell you, I'll find some way to get a nice 1/48 YF-19, even if I have to hand carve it.

Heck, if it was that big, you could fit the REAL mechanism for the leg transformation in there...no swingbars or other such nonsense.

Heck.. buy one? I'm MAKING one... The interesting thing is, even in 1/18th scale, it's not the biggest toy I've ever seen. It's about the same size as that old GI Joe F-14 was. Personally, I'd love to have an actual toy that size, since the Lego version I'm building takes about an hour to transform, and weighs something like 10 lbs. Relatively, a toy one would be much lighter, and easier to handle. Would I love to have one? Yes. Do I have the room? No. Would I have the money? Maybe, but I think I'd first spend it on a new car. On the flipside, those WWII planes are beautiful, and despite the size, I'd love a 1/18th Corsair to complement my shelves (thank goodness for folding wings ).

Or for a real life reference, all those little holes or black circles on the space shuttle are also thrusters of a type, although I don't know if they're actual engines, or just compressed gas valves.

Hehe.. Actually, I was kinda thankful for that scene. The closeup of the transformation from battroid back to gerwalk was kind of helpful for me to figure out how the thing transformed. I only have the movie version, but I would like to see all the extra action sequences in the OAV.

Whao... k.. that pretty much ruins the chances of my YF-19 working.. it's got 18000 polys If I make a low detail model of it, I'll see how close I can get to those numbers though.

How low-poly are we talking here? I have a few models, but they're for MS Flight sim, probably much too high for Homeworld. But that doesn't mean they can't be reduced...

Good god.. I'd go broke in a minute in there. That's just incredible. Actually, it looks freakishly like a dream I had once.. I dunno what spawned it, but I think I dreamed I won a shopping spree in the Japanese toy equivalent of a Costco, or Pace, or whatever discount bulk wholesale place you have near you...It was just like that, gundams stacked everywhere, all those huge perfect grade kits stocked up in piles and piles... only difference was the Yamato Valk section, complete with everything Yamato makes for Macross, from the 1/60th line to the Low-vis 1/48th..Being a dream, I imagine there were even 1/48th Mac+ valks, and 1/32 ones as well, but it's all a blur now. But that looks like the closest thing to it. Btw, is it just me, or does the new Transformers Armada Starscream look strangely like a VF-11? (aside from the big gun/engine/intake/missile launcher things on top )

It is true that most F-14 models are hideously complex, either in construction or detailing.. or in Hasegawa's case, both But that doesn't mean that easy to build F-14 kits don't exist. If you want a very easy F-14 kit, get the old Fujimi release from a while ago.. I don't remember exactly when it was released, but it has a blue and white box, with a checkertailed F-14 on the box (can't remember the squadron unfortunately.. the box is back at home ) That thing has the most incredible parts fit I've ever seen on any model, PERIOD. The cockpit isn't detailed at all, with simple decal instruments, bucket looking seats, and swamp-thing type pilots, but it'll make a great flight display model. I haven't assembled mine all the way yet, but the landing gear doors fit perfectly to cover the wheel wells, and the overall fit of the parts is nearly perfect. The overall detail isn't the best by far, but it's a perfect easy kit to make into a quick display piece. Plus, it's much more accurate than the Motorworks one, and probably cheaper.

Sounds pretty good Now all we need are some high quality images of the planes.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH..... Thank you.. I've been looking for that logo, or at least a decent size image of it. Originally, that triangle thing with the logo at the top was the backdrop for one of the images I had wanted to use... but I didn't want to even think about redoing the tiny example I had. Btw, I can get a scan of the Hasegawa VF-1J box if it's needed.

I would definitely do that.. having the extra space leaves room for whatever logos, text, etc you may want to stick inthere.. but personally, I would go with the blue version that someone did. It looks a little more natural. That Isamu/YF-19 pic is very good as well.. I found that site the other day, and downloaded all those backgrounds Here's a fully colored version of the lineart I posted earlier, but I'm not sure about the colors. I know Guld's skin is more grey than pinkish, but how does this shade look?

I don't think there ever was an official release with dubbing of the movie version. The reason I heard was because of all the added material in the movie edition. There were several scenes in the movie that weren't in the OAV at all, added in to enhance the storyline. The problem came when they couldn't get the OAV dubbing voice actors back to dub the new scenes in the movie. Dunno why, but they couldn't. So they decided to leave the whole movie subbed, rather than have brief interludes of subtitling in the added scenes.

Yipes.. never actually heard that much about those planes, and why which was chosen. The main reason always I heard was that the YF-23 would've been much more expensive to make, due to the complex shape of the airframe. But the YF-23's still my favorite stealth aircraft to date. Honestly, if it weren't so big, I'd say it'd be the perfect replacement for the F-14. With those kinds of speeds, the thing has interceptor written all over it. Dunno if it'd be as maneuverable though, and they'd probably never fit the phoenix in that bay. But it'd still be better than trying to replace it with some new adaptation of the hornet. Oh, and on a side note, I'd probably call the YF-23 and YF-21 long lost cousins, at least in overall shape. Obviously there are large differences, but the overall shapes are VERY similar when compared. Except, the YF-21 and VF-22 need to lose the god-awful canopies... a simple bubble F-16'ish canopy would've been soooo much more attractive than the bubbly dome thing they used. I know they did it for visibility, but that dome top is ridiculous.

Ok, I couldn't find any high res versions of that trio pic, so I started over from scratch. Here's a shrunken down lineart version, the full size one is about 2000*2400 in 300 dpi.

O_O Umm... yeah... wow. I think that says it all. Would be perfect if the gunpod wasn't half-merged with the ground. Oh, btw, forget half an hour to render.. try two and a half DAYS. I tried to do an animation once.