Rubber tires

[identityno]

I currently own one Valkyrie— a Bandai HCM 1/72 VF-1J. I have always loved it. The proportions are way better than the 1/55 (which I never wanted due to their ungainly design), and it is loaded with cool details like articulated fingers and so forth. I never got on the 1/60 Yamato bandwagon, don't ask me why. But the 1/48s have really got be interested... I have been waiting for a while for a VF-1S (I always desperately wanted a HCM version of this, but they go for way more than I would spend)... The 1/48 VF-1S has awkward proportions, however, and that turned me off from it (I wish Yamato would take notes from Hasegawa's proportions). The VF-1J, however, looks astounding. I'm pretty excited about it, and will happily buy one once they come out with their second release versions with all the kinks ironed out.

Sorry for expected you to read through the above paragraph; it wasn't very much to the point:

Do 1/48s have detailed landing gear bays with carrier hooks and rubber wheels?

Thank you,

Gregory Scott

[Manji]

Yes, rubber tires are included...and I must say...BUY A 1/48...you won't be disappointed...trust me... B)

[Jedi Knight]

Yes, there is also a carrier launch tow hook.

[Sebastian]

If you like the HCM then the 1/48 will blow you away. The proportions in the Yamato are MUCH BETTER than in the HCM, also the detail is absolutelly better than the small 1/72 HCM.

Everything is better in the Yamato big Valk.

[identityno]

Thanks for the replies. I'm hyped. I'll wait for the VF-1J, though— it seems like a logical place to start. I would love to eventually buy all of them, though. I hope that they release some reissues next year with their client's suggestions all added in and QC at an all time high. And then they need to release some "Perfect Grade" 1/35 scale version ones with ultimate detail. I'd put down $300 for that.

Cheers,

Gregory

[Lightning]

and if u want the tail hook for the VF-1 u can always poke the hands out the back and pivot them downward like in that one SD Max pic on the old boards

[EXO]

One thing the HCM don't have... super kick ass FaST Packs!!!

[ewilen]

To reiterate that last point--no, the 1/48's released so far do not have landing hooks that come out of the rear wheel wells like the HCM. Will the 1/48 1J? I don't think anyone's asked so far, but I suspect the answer is no.

[myk]

And at this point the HCM's are more expensive than a new '48, aren't they?

[TheLoneWolf]

Pretty much. HCM's usually go for $150 and higher.

[Mechafan]

I say get the 1/48, you will be happy with it. If you really want rubber tires with rear landing hooks then get the Toynami MPC.

[ewilen]

I don't think the MPC has the arrestor gear hooks, does it?

[Mechafan]

I don't think the MPC has the arrestor gear hooks, does it?

Yep someone posted pictures of it on the old boards. Before that I did not know my self.

[MicronianDevil]

Just buy the 1/48.

[Isamu Atreides 86]

Just buy the 1/48.

theres really no other way around it. do as the man says....

[rocco_77]

I don't understand you saying that the proportions look off on the 1/48 -1S and then say the -1J looks great.... They are from the same sculpt, so if the -1S is off in your opinion... the -1J should look that way too. What proportions are you speaking about? Legs, head, arms, hands?

The 1/48 is a spectacular toy, go and get one.

[ewilen]

I don't think the MPC has the arrestor gear hooks, does it?

Yep someone posted pictures of it on the old boards. Before that I did not know my self.

Ah, yes. It's mentioned in gunsight.

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/gunsig...gs1julaug02.pdf

or if you want to read in html http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:71jry...&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

by the way, if you want to read a positive but impartial review of the MPC, look here.

I don't own one, but I might pay $20-$30 shipped for a Ben Dixon simply because it's the same scale as the Bandai reissues and nobody else has done Kakizaki in a toy. (His TV paint scheme is different from a standard CF, isn't it?)