505thAirborne Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 Progressing slowly! In anycase, here's where I'm up to. Just about all decals I will use are on. I assembled a few pieces temporarily for this. You can see in the first picture, I thinned the Tamiya hand-painted acrylic too much and it cracked in the drying on the grey intake areas. Still, it will be an easy fix and I will let it dry for a day before I give it the final clear coat prior to a light wash, where the recessed panels, etc will pop out a bit. I haven'tcolour corrected any of these... the blue/grey colour seems to vary dramatically, depending on the light and angle to the camera. Grimmace, I would love to see yours, you should post pics. Thanks for looking! Absolutely amazing PetarB!! My favorite (and under appreciated by most) Valkyrie of all time!! This will be amazing when your finished. Will you be leaving this as an "In flight" mode or with the landing gear down? Quote
Grayson72 Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Wow that looks really great! The subtle light dusting on certain areas is such a cool effect, I'm so doing this to mine if I ever get round to building it. Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 It's so BEAUTIFUL that I'll cry That dusting effect is awesome!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
ruskiiVFaussie Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 That's a SWEET 2SS Petar! Would love to have a conversion kit, Hope bandai does a good job with their 1/100. Quote
big F Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Lovely. It's a shame this was never made in larger numbers. Quote
505thAirborne Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Lovely. It's a shame this was never made in larger numbers. The bigger shame is that it probably never will be, since its from Macross II, not many have love for that chapter of Macross, Not the very best animation scenes at times. But the mecha designs were amazing and the VF-2SS & VF-2JA are proof of that!!! Quote
FAM56 Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 Hi there! I dont know if it can be a base model, but is available to buy. http://www.e2046.com/product_info.php?products_id=2078 could be a base model for the VF-2SS? Please let me know! Quote
anime52k8 Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 Hi there! I dont know if it can be a base model, but is available to buy. http://www.e2046.com/product_info.php?products_id=2078 could be a base model for the VF-2SS? Please let me know! I'd say thats of recast and therefor of suspect quality and questionable morality... the little zentradi battle pods are interesting though. Quote
PetarB Posted January 25, 2009 Author Posted January 25, 2009 All done! I decided to keep the gloss finish. Usually I'd do a matt coat, but it just looked 'right'. Of course this means it doesn't photograph as nice, but since I build all models for display and personal enjoyment, it's not a big deal for me. And the blue looks quite a bit darker in these pics than it does in real life, although the finish changes the colour all the time. Still, I hope you enjoy these pics of my VF2SS 'Max Special'. Thanks for looking! Quote
badboy00z Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Looks awesome! Do you have a full front profile shot? Quote
PetarB Posted January 25, 2009 Author Posted January 25, 2009 I'll try and take a couple more pics tomorrow. Looking over these again, I just realised there were a couple of shots I'd like that I missed. Quote
ikhii Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Wow... really nice. Now I need to do something with my VF22S. I wish i had the tools to do it. Will save up and really take sometime off. Hands up man. great work. Quote
Bri Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Gorgeous paintjob and the canopy looks amazing. Quote
505thAirborne Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 All done! I decided to keep the gloss finish. Usually I'd do a matt coat, but it just looked 'right'. Of course this means it doesn't photograph as nice, but since I build all models for display and personal enjoyment, it's not a big deal for me. And the blue looks quite a bit darker in these pics than it does in real life, although the finish changes the colour all the time. Still, I hope you enjoy these pics of my VF2SS 'Max Special'. Thanks for looking! Wow!! Wow!! Wow!!! Now that my heart rate is normal again, PetarB you are beyond talented!!! That is just amazing, my favorite Valkyrie never looked better, if you have more pics, feel free to share them!! Quote
miriya Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 That is really beautiful. Clean and even. Great work! Quote
ce25254 Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Geez I can't believe I missed this. It is beautiful. Quote
eugimon Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 wow, I'm not even much of a fan of the design but suddenly I want one. Incredible work Quote
Valkyrie addict Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 wow, that's a damn good job! I'm speechless, you've outdone yourself again and I agree with you, the glossy finish looks amazing! Quote
big F Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Outstanding. The colour really suits the design. As I already said shame it was not made more. Love the stand also. Quote
RogueTrooper Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 Blimey! Thats outstanding. Great colour choice, never had much interest in the the design but now im really starting to like it. Quote
MechTech Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 That looks awesome! The decals and paint job look like they could be canon. I am bummed that the mecha from MII weren't more popular (even though the story wasn't so popular). - MT Quote
505thAirborne Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 That looks awesome! The decals and paint job look like they could be canon. I am bummed that the mecha from MII weren't more popular (even though the story wasn't so popular). - MT I agree!!! Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 (edited) Right click, save as... Right click, save as... Right click, save as... Right click, save as... Right click, save as... Excellent paintjob, it rules über alles!!! Edited January 26, 2009 by Ignacio Ocamica Quote
Berttt Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Nice work dude. And although I prefer the SAP on this valk I really do apreciate where you have taken your max special Quote
TSP Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) WOOOOW! You did a great job, Petar. She's a real beauty! Sad that there's no 1/72 scale Icarus that could be placed next to it. Thanks for sharing your work. Edited January 28, 2009 by TSP Quote
PetarB Posted January 28, 2009 Author Posted January 28, 2009 Sad that there's no 1/72 scale Icarus that could be placed next to it. Believe me, I'm quite unhappy about that! Anyway, thanks everyone for the kind words. I've actually added a couple of things, so on the weekend I'll take a couple of other pics as requested. Quote
Less than Super Ostrich Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 saw this on the RPF... great job PetarB Quote
grapetang Posted January 29, 2009 Posted January 29, 2009 Damn, that's GORGEOUS!!! Awesome job!!! Quote
mojacko Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 i missed this one out.......its a sure winner.....great build!!! Quote
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