shinagami Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 (edited) hi all, this is my first WIP, i'm no good in story telling nor writing...so please bear with me. i've been drooling ever since i read master cheng's wip on his version of vf-1 atmo booster....been looking around and suddenly SSM got it in stock bought it together with the launch pylon. so here it goes. any comments, suggestions and questions are most welcome. i'll skip the sanding parts + the vf-1 assembly (most of it I did refer to master cheng's thread) dry fitting of the vf-1s + moscato's atmospheric booster dry fitting of the launch pylon some gak from old broken bandai 1/60 helldiver model kit to be use as the engine parts inside the atmo booster dry fit of the engine parts Edited August 18, 2009 by shinagami Quote
valhary Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 wow i want one of this for my yamatos 1/60 Quote
cool8or Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 I'm building the same kit. If the resin surface is shining, sand it very well, if not the paint will not fix in the resin. I'll be watching your progress. Quote
PetarB Posted August 20, 2009 Posted August 20, 2009 I love, love, love the booster. Looking forwards to seening what you can do! Quote
big F Posted August 20, 2009 Posted August 20, 2009 Love this kit. Always wanted one to build for myself. Quote
shinagami Posted October 24, 2009 Author Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) THE CONCEPT 1)i like roy focker + 2)unfortunately he died b4 the atmospheric-booster were even built + 3)i love the atmospheric booster + 4)he's an ace pilot + 5)ace pilots frequently assigned for test flight/experimenting prototypes like isamu dyson + guld bowman = i'm thinking of building this vf-1S as an experimental program for the atmospheric booster with roy focker as the test pilot. enough with the theory, here r some pics from the build-up progress.... in between the two boosters engine is the thermo-nuclear reactor with some cooling tower and propellant. those are kit bashing from an old eva shield (dont know which eva, my friend sold off all of his junk/leftovers/brocken model in bulk to me for a very reasonable price...) i thought since this is the experimental project, might as well put all the accessories as i see fit.... air intake/vents to cool of the boosters. some detailing probably service hatches. those small holes marked with red r for the booster's lights (well not that i'm gonna put in LEDs or real lights....just some leftovers clear sprues). parts being primed using mr. pimer white 1500 grit the booster's base(or whatever u call it) being painted with alclad II ALC112 the vf-1S after being painted with Tamiya xf-1 flat white and for the grey parts with Tamiya xf-1 mix with a few drops of xf-20 medium grey. decals been applied after a few layers of tamiya clear coats. cockpit interior... the gun pod... most of the parts being painted and decaled booster's base color Tamiya xf-53 neutral grey launch pylon + booster painted and shaded plus some basic decals detailing parts for the launch pylon. paints to be use for the boosters i painted the boosters with mr.metal color #214 dark iron...notice the rough/bumpy surface. mr.metal color is said to shine after polished with polishing compound the results + a layer of alclad II ALC112 Edited October 24, 2009 by shinagami Quote
Berttt Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 OOah nice. Love the detailing in the "tunnel" between the two engines. Quote
miriya Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 Beautiful work of art! Thanks for posting! Quote
Excillon Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 Damn, and I have the atmo booster and pylon sitting in my closet unbuilt. Someday...when I feel I can do it as much justice as you did. Awesome Job! Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted October 25, 2009 Posted October 25, 2009 Beautiful work!!!! The shading and weathering looks great. Quote
insyir4h Posted October 25, 2009 Posted October 25, 2009 Greetings from a fellow Malaysian! Nice work there. Love the shine on the engine nacelles. Quick question: Where do you get your supply of Alclad II in Malaysia? Quote
PetarB Posted October 25, 2009 Posted October 25, 2009 Looking great! I love the very light grey and white on the VF-1. Nice subtle differentiation there. Quote
shinagami Posted October 26, 2009 Author Posted October 26, 2009 Greetings from a fellow Malaysian! Nice work there. Love the shine on the engine nacelles. Quick question: Where do you get your supply of Alclad II in Malaysia? insyir4h, i bought the alcladII at Hobby HQ. they did supply alclad n u can order any alcladII variant colors. thanks to all for ur kind words ....need to finish the cockpit canopy + a bit touch-ups here n there. Quote
cool8or Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 Looks great! I love the details that you added on the top of booster. I'm finishing mine too, so I'm expecting that I'll posting it on next week. I'll waiting to see your finished work. ¡Congratulations! Quote
mospeadamacrosstech Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 If only you were Yamato and could mass produce this work of art. You'd be sitting on a gold mine. That is amazing work. Nuff said. Quote
505thAirborne Posted November 18, 2009 Posted November 18, 2009 Looks amazing!!! One of these days I want to get this Kit as well!!! Quote
shinagami Posted November 21, 2009 Author Posted November 21, 2009 (edited) booster's inner exhausts... someclose-up details... Edited November 21, 2009 by shinagami Quote
505thAirborne Posted November 21, 2009 Posted November 21, 2009 The Skull 001 insignia on the top of the Booster, nice touch!!! Quote
shinagami Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 (edited) here is the finished vf-1s atmo booster enjoy!!!! Edited February 23, 2010 by shinagami Quote
big F Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Wow.... Beyond awesome. Thanks for posting such hi res pictures Quote
deri Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 absolutely brilliant, awesome Job Shinagami!!! So much details! I really like to have this great kit, to make my own! Thank you for your pictures. Quote
shinagami Posted January 12, 2010 Author Posted January 12, 2010 (edited) thanks all for the kind words and for looking to this thread.....deri, when you make ur own, please dont forget to post the pics....really love the kit, one of my favourite Edited January 14, 2010 by shinagami Quote
cool8or Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Congratulations man, I know how hard is to build that kit. Your custom details are amazing. Great work! Quote
wm cheng Posted January 12, 2010 Posted January 12, 2010 Wow! How could I of missed this!! Amazing work!!! Fantastic weathering and paint scheme ;-) What a wonderful addition to our forums. I'll be waiting to see what you do next with anticipation. Congratulations on a beautiful build and thanks for sharing with us. Quote
shinagami Posted January 14, 2010 Author Posted January 14, 2010 thanks all for viewing.....n kind words. really appreciate it Quote
mojacko Posted January 14, 2010 Posted January 14, 2010 fantastic work amigo!!! nice weathering effect... Quote
leading edge Posted January 15, 2010 Posted January 15, 2010 fantastic work amigo!!! nice weathering effect...One word awsome to add another would be pointless because this is off-the wall-good man. How did you get the wheathering to look so good? Graphite rubbing thinned paint, airbrush? Because that is professional looking man. Quote
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