What number was Max's VF-1S in DYRL?

[sidearmsalpha]

Hi all,

I'm looking to convert a 1/48 VF-1S Roy and VF-1A Max into a VF-1S Max, but I'm not sure what Max's number was when he got a VF-1S.

[LePoseur]

001, since he was Skull leader at that point.

[mister_e]

Reference:

[Zinjo]

The VF-1S should be "001" with the blue trim and the VF-1A should be "013" with blue trim.

[warpaint22]

What was hikaru at that point was max his superior?

[RDClip]

What was hikaru at that point was max his superior?

As i understand it, when Hikaru returns to the Macross, Max is the commander of Skull squadron and Hikaru is still just a team leader. So i guess Max got a promotion or two during the time Hikaru was gone.

What i want to know is if Hikaru became commander of Skull when Max got stranded with Millia?

Edited September 24, 2007 by RDClip

[warpaint22]

As i understand it, when Hikaru returns to the Macross, Max is the commander of Skull squadron and Hikaru is still just a team leader. So i guess Max got a promotion or two during the time Hikaru was gone.

What i want to know is if Hikaru became commander of Skull when Max got stranded with Millia?

Thanks that makes sence I totaly forgot that it must have been a little while before Hikaru and Misa where rescued so Max would have been next in line for command in skull squadron. Then the same when Max went missing with Millia.

Edited September 24, 2007 by warpaint22

[Zinjo]

What was hikaru at that point was max his superior?

Well they were gone for months aboard Vritiai's ship (fold space time is slower than regular time it appears) and then they were stranded on Earth for another month before the Macross arrived.

So Hikaru and Misa were presumed KIA until they returned. So it appears Max may have been third in Command of the squadron and thus given command in Hikaru's absence.

When Max was lost during his fight with Millia, Hikaru then assumed command of the Skulls, in DYRL. The TV series played out differently of course.

[UN Spacy]

[Valkyrie addict]

hahahaha, that's from macross 7...

That image is post DYRL signing peace treaty with the zentradi, I assume since both hikaru and max are active they keep thei VF1S, the thing is...who is 001???

[Lonewolf]

hahahaha, that's from macross 7...

That image is post DYRL signing peace treaty with the zentradi, I assume since both hikaru and max are active they keep thei VF1S, the thing is...who is 001???

It's been a while since I watched Mac7, in which episode does this scene appear ?

[Mr March]

Episode 11, I believe.

[Lonewolf]

Mr March my friend you always seem to have an answer to everything .

[sidearmsalpha]

Thanks for the responses guys. I always assumed that there was more than one VF-1S which every team leader had in DYRL and that they all had the 001 number, but as you guys pointed out, there's usually only one VF-1S in the fleet at any given time. I guess in that Macross 7 pic, they must have let Max keep his VF-1S and possibly be a team leader of his own Skull squadron, or he got to keep his VF-1S under Hikaru but changed his number back to 013. I forget since I haven't watched DYRL in a awhile and I lent it to a friend, but was Hikaru flying a VF-1S when they first show Max flying a VF-1S?

[Hiriyu]

Thanks for the responses guys. I always assumed that there was more than one VF-1S which every team leader had in DYRL and that they all had the 001 number, but as you guys pointed out, there's usually only one VF-1S in the fleet at any given time.

Actually, I don't think that anyone explicitly stated that... But you are correct in that there would likely be only one 1S in any give flight group/squadron.

I forget since I haven't watched DYRL in a awhile and I lent it to a friend, but was Hikaru flying a VF-1S when they first show Max flying a VF-1S?

My guess is that Hikaru was still flying a VF-1A in that scene.

[Ishimaru]

Mr March my friend you always seem to have an answer to everything .

Indeed he does.

[VF5SS]

In the DYRL missions of the Macross PS2 game, Apollo Leader flies a VF-1S with gray highlights. So from the three squadrons mentioned in DYRL (Skull, Angel, and Apollo) there must be at least three VF-1S planes.

[Zinjo]

In the DYRL missions of the Macross PS2 game, Apollo Leader flies a VF-1S with gray highlights. So from the three squadrons mentioned in DYRL (Skull, Angel, and Apollo) there must be at least three VF-1S planes.

It depends on what convention SDFM followed. The "001" plane number is typically used by the Wing Commander.

If that is indeed the case then the VF-1S could have been exclusive to Wing Commanders. However, it appears that it was reserved for Squadron commanders and flight commanders would be assigned the VF-1J's.

Now the Macross probably carried between 4 - 6 Air wings of 30 planes (considering her size) and then a extra one that would have been assigned to the Prometheus.

Now a carrier air wing typically carries 2 squadrons of 12 - 15 fighters. So if you do the math there would have been several VF-1S's aboard the Macross.

[VF5SS]

If this model is accurate, then Apollo Leader was plane 100.

[Valkyrie addict]

woa!! nice find with that link

very nice and clean modeling!!

I love this scheme:

[Lonewolf]

Great Reactive armor. The red kind of stands out a little too much IMHO.