Jefuemon Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 Stopped off at my hobby shop on Wednesday to reserve one. Let y'all know when they call. Quote
tetsujin Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 Now in stock at HLJ and Hobby Search (with scans!)... Quote
PetarB Posted June 16, 2011 Posted June 16, 2011 I went to order one yesterday on HLJ and they had 'ORDER STOP'... so perhaps they got their stock confirmed. Anyway, I won't be building one until the end of the year, so am in no rush. Now to work on a colour scheme... Quote
Dobber Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 Just sent payment to HLJ for my 2 VF-11's!! Chris Quote
Kelsain Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 On 6/16/2011 at 3:04 PM, tetsujin said: Now in stock at HLJ and Hobby Search (with scans!)... Woo! Pretty! I might be stickering my yammie this weekend. Quote
Chronocidal Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 (edited) On 6/17/2011 at 12:12 AM, Dobber said: Just sent payment to HLJ for my 2 VF-11's!! Chris Woot! ditto, my pre-order payment just went through. Should be here early next week. Edited June 17, 2011 by Chronocidal Quote
wm cheng Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 On 6/17/2011 at 4:18 AM, Chronocidal said: Woot! ditto, my pre-order payment just went through. Should be here early next week. ME TOO! Woohoo!! Now just to find the time to work on it... ;-( Quote
Dobber Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 Wow, HLJ was fast this time. Already got my shipping notice!! AWESOME. Chris Quote
joscasle Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 On 6/17/2011 at 3:30 PM, Dobber said: Wow, HLJ was fast this time. Already got my shipping notice!! AWESOME. Chris Same here Quote
tetsujin Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 (edited) Good timing on that (HLJ) Fedex promotion. I'm looking forward to starting this one as soon as it arrives. I hold out the vain hope that I might manage to finish it in time for Otakon. Edited June 17, 2011 by tetsujin Quote
joscasle Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 On 6/17/2011 at 5:50 PM, tetsujin said: Good timing on that Fedex promotion. I'm looking forward to starting this one as soon as it arrives. I hold out the vain hope that I might manage to finish it in time for Otakon. What schema you will build? Quote
Model-Junkie Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 Hobby Search shipped my order out today. For those who are planning to get one, AmiAmi has them available at 1970 Yen. Quote
tetsujin Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 (edited) On 6/17/2011 at 6:08 PM, joscasle said: What schema you will build? I was thinking probably just the Mac Plus scheme for the first one I build. Although I've been wanting to do non-"canon" color schemes and squadron markings and such, I don't have a lot of time if I want it ready for Otakon, and I do like doing "the standards" as well. Mac Plus is what got me into Macross, after all, and on the merits of those few scenes in Ep. 1 I've wanted to build a Thunderbolt for a long time... So going with the standard scheme definitely has its appeal for me, too. If anybody's considering a Battroid mode conversion (and you know we'll see one in a hobby magazine within the next few months...) here's a quick composite I did from the Hasegawa color guide to test out the concept. No parts were resized or reshaped (but see the note below about the wings) I think it would work out rather well... The legs could probably use a bit more length - and it also must be noted that the way I've laid it out, the wings' control surfaces wind up overlapping (so it wouldn't be exactly lineart-accurate unless you folded the control surfaces 180 degrees under the wing, to make room for the rotating segment of the forward fuselage to be seen from behind. And of course there's all sorts of tweaks that could be done to improve it - but I think a straight-up Battroid conversion of this kit, even just using the original fighter-mode proportions of the parts, could turn out rather nicely... (Well, it should also be noted that the image of the forearms, that the back of the forearms - the long side. The short side of the forearm would come up about to about where those scribed triangles are. So the forearms could probably benefit from some overall up-scaling, but still...) Edited June 17, 2011 by tetsujin Quote
joscasle Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 On 6/17/2011 at 7:58 PM, tetsujin said: I was thinking probably just the Mac Plus scheme for the first one I build. Although I've been wanting to do non-"canon" color schemes and squadron markings and such, I don't have a lot of time if I want it ready for Otakon, and I do like doing "the standards" as well. Mac Plus is what got me into Macross, after all, and on the merits of those few scenes in Ep. 1 I've wanted to build a Thunderbolt for a long time... So going with the standard scheme definitely has its appeal for me, too. If anybody's considering a Battroid mode conversion (and you know we'll see one in a hobby magazine within the next few months...) here's a quick composite I did from the Hasegawa color guide to test out the concept. No parts were resized or reshaped (but see the note below about the wings) I think it would work out rather well... The legs could probably use a bit more length - and it also must be noted that the way I've laid it out, the wings' control surfaces wind up overlapping (so it wouldn't be exactly lineart-accurate unless you folded the control surfaces 180 degrees under the wing, to make room for the rotating segment of the forward fuselage to be seen from behind. And of course there's all sorts of tweaks that could be done to improve it - but I think a straight-up Battroid conversion of this kit, even just using the original fighter-mode proportions of the parts, could turn out rather nicely... (Well, it should also be noted that the image of the forearms, that the back of the forearms - the long side. The short side of the forearm would come up about to about where those scribed triangles are. So the forearms could probably benefit from some overall up-scaling, but still...) I will build mine in the Macross + Schema too, don't like most of the Mac7 schemas. Those squadron decals that came with the kit are very nice, I think I will use them with the VF-4 Lightning I just brought, I will build thet VF-4 in a low viz schema and I will use those decals. I think the VF-11B decals sheet is one of the best Hasegawa has ever put in a Macross kit IMHO. Quote
Dobber Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 My first kit will be the Fulcrum digi camo. Then later I'll build a standard scheme, minus the orange though. Chris Quote
electric indigo Posted June 18, 2011 Posted June 18, 2011 (edited) For your convenience: Edited June 18, 2011 by electric indigo Quote
Kelsain Posted June 18, 2011 Posted June 18, 2011 On 6/18/2011 at 10:29 AM, electric indigo said: For your convenience: Sexeh! Quote
Dobber Posted June 18, 2011 Posted June 18, 2011 Nice!!!! Looks kind of like a Ferris camo scheme. The bar has now been set pretty high! Chris Quote
David Hingtgen Posted June 18, 2011 Posted June 18, 2011 Yup, very Ferris-esque. (after all these years, it's still the reference for "cool geometric schemes") Quote
Chronocidal Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 I have to do at least one in classic VF-84 (still love that custom 1/60 from long ago) but I'm undecided about the second. Eh, I'll come up with something.... heh.. I wonder how a set of Warthog markings would look. Quote
Jefuemon Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 My hobby shop just called me, it's in stock. Stopping by tomorrow after work. Quote
tetsujin Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Mine's already waiting for me at home... I plan to start my build immediately. Quote
Chronocidal Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 Judging by the tracking number, my pair should be delivered some time today. I kind of wish I'd ordered a couple of the 1/100 VF-25/YF-29 kits with them now, though I don't know if the pre-orders would have overlapped enough to get them at the same time. Quote
tetsujin Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 On 6/21/2011 at 6:30 PM, Chronocidal said: Judging by the tracking number, my pair should be delivered some time today. I kind of wish I'd ordered a couple of the 1/100 VF-25/YF-29 kits with them now, though I don't know if the pre-orders would have overlapped enough to get them at the same time. Cool! I just got mine yeaterday, but haven't had much time to do anything with it yet. I was thinking about getting a 1:100 VF-25 as well... I'm not happy with the sticker situation with that kit but the price is nice at least. I'm thinking about getting multiples of that kit to do a transformation sequence build... But I'm trying hard to buy no more than one kit for each model I finish - strictly speaking I haven't built enough even to get the Thunderbolt, so I couldn't really get another kit beyond that anyway... If you're ordering from HLJ, there are tricks you can do to manipulate what gets shipped. Reveal hidden contents The basic rules are like this: When you place an order, normally the order doesn't ship until all the items in that order (i.e. the same order number) are in-stock. However, if the order stands for a certain amount of time (2 months?) they'll ship the in-stock items in your order. Any time they ship anything, they'll try to ship all in-stock stuff you've ordered at the same time. So, let's say you pre-ordered the Thunderbolt, and you want to get a VF-25 shipped in the same order (but you don't want the order to be delayed if the VF-25 isn't available): Order 1: Buy the VF-11 and nothing else. Order 2: Buy the VF-25 and a second item that won't be available until after the VF-11 is in stock. (Preorders are probably best for the second item). When the VF-11 is in stock, HLJ will ship Order 1 - so they'll check your other orders for in-stock items, and if the VF-25 is in stock they'll ship that, too. Then, when the order ships, you can cancel the other item... Alternately, if you're getting two VF-11's, you could do it like this: Order 1: Buy one VF-11 (preorder). Order 2: Buy a VF-25 and the other VF-11. Both orders will be held up waiting for the VF-11, but nothing will be held up if the VF-25 isn't in stock. If the VF-25 wound up not being in stock when the Thunderbolts ship, you could cancel the VF-25 order so it wouldn't ship on its own. Quote
PetarB Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 Roman, that is awesome. I knew it would be hard for you to resist the call of the VF-11! Quote
Major Focker Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 On 6/21/2011 at 7:32 PM, tetsujin said: If you're ordering from HLJ, there are tricks you can do to manipulate what gets shipped. Reveal hidden contents The basic rules are like this: When you place an order, normally the order doesn't ship until all the items in that order (i.e. the same order number) are in-stock. However, if the order stands for a certain amount of time (2 months?) they'll ship the in-stock items in your order. Any time they ship anything, they'll try to ship all in-stock stuff you've ordered at the same time. So, let's say you pre-ordered the Thunderbolt, and you want to get a VF-25 shipped in the same order (but you don't want the order to be delayed if the VF-25 isn't available): Order 1: Buy the VF-11 and nothing else. Order 2: Buy the VF-25 and a second item that won't be available until after the VF-11 is in stock. (Preorders are probably best for the second item). When the VF-11 is in stock, HLJ will ship Order 1 - so they'll check your other orders for in-stock items, and if the VF-25 is in stock they'll ship that, too. Then, when the order ships, you can cancel the other item... Alternately, if you're getting two VF-11's, you could do it like this: Order 1: Buy one VF-11 (preorder). Order 2: Buy a VF-25 and the other VF-11. Both orders will be held up waiting for the VF-11, but nothing will be held up if the VF-25 isn't in stock. If the VF-25 wound up not being in stock when the Thunderbolts ship, you could cancel the VF-25 order so it wouldn't ship on its own. just to add, before you place order2, you need to wait until you get the order confirmation email from hlj. if you place order2 before that, it'll still get lumped with the first and considered one order Quote
Cesar Enrique Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 I know this question is "off topic", but I don´t want to open a thread just for this... I wanted to buy 2 VF-1S 1/48 from hasegawa, but, in HLJ and hobby search it is discontinued, my question is, will this item be available again? I can´t believe that just a limited run was out. Thank you. Quote
tetsujin Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 On 6/22/2011 at 12:38 AM, Major Focker said: just to add, before you place order2, you need to wait until you get the order confirmation email from hlj. if you place order2 before that, it'll still get lumped with the first and considered one order Right, yeah, I forgot that one. That's important. Thanks for the catch. Quote
tetsujin Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 So what do you guys think about the Hasegawa color guide for this kit? (Hobbysearch listing...) I think the color on the control surfaces is a bit too light, but I'm not looking forward to having to adjust the color of the white kite logos to match... Quote
Vince Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 On 6/22/2011 at 1:40 AM, Cesar Enrique said: I know this question is "off topic", but I don´t want to open a thread just for this... I wanted to buy 2 VF-1S 1/48 from hasegawa, but, in HLJ and hobby search it is discontinued, my question is, will this item be available again? I can´t believe that just a limited run was out. Thank you. They are just switching between products, they should restart the product line in a little while. Quote
hellohikaru Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 http://yaplog.jp/ammo/archive/321 Found one in the F-22 style low vis camo. Quote
David Hingtgen Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 ??? It's just 1 plain shade of dull grey. F-22's are notable for their iridescent-metallic-silvery paint, and distinct two-tone pattern. It's definitely low-vis, but not F-22-esque at all. Quote
Reïvaj Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 (edited) I like it. To me, it's a good example that sometimes the simpler the better. Edited July 9, 2011 by Reïvaj Quote
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