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Thanks to this thread, I finally ordered Vol 1 and Vol 2 through HLJ - and they arrived! Luckily I got a complete set from the box of ten of each series...

Vol 1

VF-1A Cannon Fodder (x2)

VF-1A Showbirds (x2)

VF-1A Max Green (secret)

VF-1J Hikaru

VF-1J Mirya

VF-1S Strike Hikaru

VF-1S Strike (Fokker) (x2)

Vol 2

VT-1

VF-1A (x2)

VF-1J Max (x2)

VF-1S Mimay (x2)

VF-1A Super (Hikaru)

VF-1A Kakizaki (secret)

VF-1S Super (Fokker)

I just wanted to add that I can't believe how amazing these little gems are! I may be crazy, but I think I'm going to take a few of them apart and re-build them as little models, filling and sanding the seams and decaling them up properly (like that guy in HK did a few pages ago). I scanned in the 1/72 scale Hasegawa decals and reduced them 50% to get 1/144 and printed them from a colour laser to clear decal film - we'll see how many "no steps" I get to before I loose my eyesight!

I may offer up some of my doubles up after I've tried modifying and taking apart some of these beauties. In the meantime I can offer up my sheet of reduced decal graphics for anyone else who wants to try what I'm doing (just PM me - its a 7Mb e-mail - unless someone wants to host it)

Thanks Master Cheng, please keep us advised of your results ^_^

Posted (edited)

Hows about a 1/144 Chara-Works Macross Zero line? [yay yay!]

* VF-0S Roy,

* VF-0A CF,

* VF-0A Shin,

* VF-0S Roy with Ghost,

* VF-0A Shin with Ghost,

* VF-0D as chase.

and also in that 1st line you can add in there the F-14 used by Shin and even the CF F-14s.

so -

* F-14 Shin

* CF F-14

Good total there! total of 8 with two to spare for the box total of 10.

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And the next line they can have -

* SV-51 Ivanov,

* SV-51 Nora,

* SV-51 CF,

* SV-51 Ivanov with Boosters,

* SV-51 Nora with Boosters,

* Sara and Shin riding birdman totem will be the chase! :lol: (what, Whaat? we don't get a SV-51D!)

ok we can just have a CF SV-51 with daisy cutter and/or with boosters.

and of course same as series 1 -

* CF Mig 29

so we are one less? Hows about -

* VF-0B.

There, 2 series of Macross Zero. Cool!

Comments???

Edited by ruskiiVFaussie
Posted
Hows about a 1/144 Chara-Works Macross Zero line? [yay yay!]

Can we say....YES PLEASE!!!

:ph34r:

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted (edited)

*faints* I want a step-by-step of how to do this! My skills are basic, i got to ripping up my VF-1S sparey legs, cut em in half and tried to carve the line so it aleast looks decent. But haven't attempted to finish it off. This is just... :o

The need to rip off those boosters and fps and have it normal gerwalk.. It's soooO beautiful!

Working joints too... gawd. *dies*

Thanks Shawn. :)

Edited by ruskiiVFaussie
Posted

That Super O is pretty Bad A$$! The one thing I would change to make it better it to make the rear landing gear not quite as tell so that it does'nt look like a drag racer.

:ph34r:

  • 1 month later...
Posted

I'm kinda late to the party here but I just got a box of each release yesterday and wanted to chime in. I'm pretty happy I got a full set of each in the first try. I'll probably put my extras up in the for sale section...

Vol 1

VF-1A Cannon Fodder

VF-1A Showbirds

VF-1A Max Green (secret)

VF-1J Hikaru (x2)

VF-1J Mirya (x2)

VF-1S Strike Hikaru (x2)

VF-1S Strike (Focker)

Vol 2

VT-1

VF-1A Hik (x2)

VF-1J Max (x2)

VF-1S Minmay Guard (x2)

VF-1A Super (Hikaru)

VF-1A Kakizaki (secret)

VF-1S Super (Focker)

Posted

That's some sweet skills. Puttying the seams of that little toy might have been a real pain. I can tell he used a different set of legs for the Gerwalk mode. What I wonder is if he is actually showing a different Ostrich all together or is the same toy with swappable legs?

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

Yep, but eagerly awaiting the next one though. Atleast they have milked the molds and we could be in for some valks that we actually need like the VE-1 and VF-1D, but i'd love to have VF-0 or SV-51 stuff.

Posted (edited)
Sorry to bump this thread, but does anyone know if there's gonna be a volume 3?

-Kyp

The Shizuoka Hobby Show had no mention of a third collection. Reports from the hobby show suggests that the next kits from F-toys Confect (the company that released these 1/144 VF-1s) seems to that of Star Wars vehicles. I doubt we'll see F-toys release VFs from other Macross series. Especially since Yamato has jumped into the candy toys/gashapon market with it's 1/200 VF Collections.

Edited by Vifam7
Posted
The Shizuoka Hobby Show had no mention of a third collection. Reports from the hobby show suggests that the next kits from F-toys Confect (the company that released these 1/144 VF-1s) seems to that of Star Wars vehicles. I doubt we'll see F-toys release VFs from other Macross series. Especially since Yamato has jumped into the candy toys/gashapon market with it's 1/200 VF Collections.

F***.... :(

That sucks ass, I guess I better start buying all the ones that I can. I've got a Hikaru 1A non fast pack on the way that's either gonna get made into a 1S or I might take the chest piece and head off my Roy 1S Strike and make a non FP Roy1S.

-Kyp

Posted
Not to mention how collectable and important those 1/144 Doyushas are for the 21 and 19. :D

Are these available in Australia?

A quick check of US ebay none and ebay.ca one YF-21, one Hikaru VF-1A, and one Roy VF-1S.

Posted
Are these available in Australia?

A quick check of US ebay none and ebay.ca one YF-21, one Hikaru VF-1A, and one Roy VF-1S.

I bought my VF-1S Roy and YF-19 (ova colour) in a deal off ebay (from an US seller).

But for both my YF-21's i got from hlj.com. I love the weight of them.

I might consider selling my YF-19 if Charaworks gets in and does one...

Posted
I might consider selling my YF-19 if Charaworks gets in and does one...

??????????????? I know you could easily get $30 USD for the YF-19 and it would pay for an entire set of Charaworks but those diecast aircraft are so beautiful it is blasphemy to recommend replacing them with plastic.

I have the VF-19A. Back then I had bought two and would have done a repaint thankfully was able to get the YF-19 when I was in Haiti from a guy in China.

Posted
??????????????? I know you could easily get $30 USD for the YF-19 and it would pay for an entire set of Charaworks but those diecast aircraft are so beautiful it is blasphemy to recommend replacing them with plastic.

I have the VF-19A. Back then I had bought two and would have done a repaint thankfully was able to get the YF-19 when I was in Haiti from a guy in China.

yeah, it's just that if i wanted the cash... :p I LOVE the chara works stuff.

Posted

I proudly present to you my Hikaru 1S conversion! :D

PICT2766.JPG

PICT2764.JPG

PICT2767.JPG

PICT2768.JPG

Ain't she beautiful? B)) Too bad I had to ruin a Roy 1S Strike to do that, but it was worth it to me! Maybe next time I'll take some yellow paint and make a Roy 1S non-Fast Pack...

All together...

PICT2769.JPG

-Kyp

Posted (edited)

She is beautriful! I did the same here, but with half FP in mind, can easily change the legs over of course (used 1A hikky body, and 1S Roy for the legs/FPs.)

I had to have one for the 1S with moveable wings, i still haven't tried the mod to swing the wings that were stuck down (Supers etc..)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/lahhh/P3210027.jpg

Edited by ruskiiVFaussie
Posted

Thanks man. :)

I wanted to do Roy's, but I didn't have any flat yellow paint, so I settled for the 1S Hikaru. After I read that there won't be a 3rd volume, I figured I'd have to make the ones I wanted.

-Kyp

Posted (edited)

I still need to redo the leg fins, i messed the red up a little with my poor painting skillz. lol, but that's easy, just lazy.

Yours looks alot cleaner of course.

Edited by ruskiiVFaussie
Posted
As a matter of fact, I think I do! Let me check and I'll PM you.

If Jenius doesn't have one, I think I've still got an extra three of them around.

Kyp, your custom looks great! I trust you got the Max 1J? B))

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