1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144

[xrentonx]

I guess it's supposed to be anime accurate or some such nonsense (someone said it doesn't collapse in the show??) but I think making the thing collapse would make the whole landing gear situation not so ridiculous.

Edit: hahah, beaten again by a minute!

I do blame Bandai a little for it because anime accuracy is asinine sometimes. It's not a deal breaker for the toy though cause it's a pretty toy. It's just that it would have been nice to add that in so that the landing gear clears the gun cleanly.

Edited July 17, 2012 by xrentonx

[Andy NYK]

doesn't this pic give you the "Luke, I am your father" vibe?

[xrentonx]

doesn't this pic give you the "Luke, I am your father" vibe?

No way, man...that's Spy Vs Spy

[Reïvaj]

[MacrossJunkie]

No way, man...that's Spy Vs Spy

LOL. Man, I loved that back in the day.

Well, here are the pics of the other modes.

Bonus pics:

Edited August 2, 2012 by MacrossJunkie

[nightmareB4macross]

Looking good.

Looking REAL good.

[xrentonx]

Lookit all them triangles!

[Benson13]

Junkie, I love your photo takin skills.

[Ahab]

Weathering looks great!

[ultraman zoffy]

Never too much firepower...

[MacrossJunkie]

All three of Alto's rides.

I think the lesson we can learn from Alto is that the more birds you wreck, the more likely people will give you new toys to play with

Edited August 2, 2012 by MacrossJunkie

[Kanedas Bike]

^very nice - love the weathering, especially on the 171 and 25.

If I could secure one more 25F I'd be tempted to weather one too.

-b.

[VF-18S Hornet]

Yeah it's the 171's fault for being a slimmed down version of the 17

[MacrossJunkie]

Nothing new here. Just an old toy.

I was rearranging my display case and realized that I've never seen my VT-1 in battroid mode before. I've always been afraid to transform it because I was afraid the shoulder parts would break since they came cracked out of the box. I said to myself, "F- it. Here goes...", and fully transformed it for the first time despite having this thing for years.

My tastes/perceptions must have changed over the years because I used to think the VT-1's battroid mode looked stupid with that "head", but now I think it actually looks pretty good.

And yes, I only just realized that I forgot to open up the sides of the "head" unit before taking the pics.

Edited August 2, 2012 by MacrossJunkie

[Benson13]

That ones like the pretty faced fat girl of valks.

[Ahab]

[MacrossJunkie]

That ones like the pretty faced fat girl of valks.

I think it's more like the butterface girl of valks. Nice body, but the face isn't much to look at

I dunno, I somehow like the head unit on it now. I think maybe because it looks very robotic.

[Benson13]

Amazing weathing job by the way. I love the colors you used. It looks like they just found that valk on one of those car restoration shows.

[caslon]

Nothing new here. Just an old toy.

I was rearranging my display case and realized that I've never seen my VT-1 in battroid mode before. I've always been afraid to transform it because I was afraid the shoulder parts would break since they came cracked out of the box. I said to myself, "F- it. Here goes...", and fully transformed it for the first time despite having this thing for years.

My tastes/perceptions must have changed over the years because I used to think the VT-1's battroid mode looked stupid with that "head", but now I think it actually looks pretty good.

And yes, I only just realized that I forgot to open up the sides of the "head" unit before taking the pics.

Probably the most beautiful VT-1 ever...Great job!

[xrentonx]

I hope they reissue this one. I want a VT-1 in my collection. The head and fast packs are just so unique

[Valkyrie Magnus]

I would like this with a Misa figure as well

[VF-18S Hornet]

No way, man...that's Spy Vs Spy

Nothing new here. Just an old toy.

I was rearranging my display case and realized that I've never seen my VT-1 in battroid mode before. I've always been afraid to transform it because I was afraid the shoulder parts would break since they came cracked out of the box. I said to myself, "F- it. Here goes...", and fully transformed it for the first time despite having this thing for years.

My tastes/perceptions must have changed over the years because I used to think the VT-1's battroid mode looked stupid with that "head", but now I think it actually looks pretty good.

Wow Spy vs Spy that's cute it didn't occur to me that there is a similarity between the two good call on that one xrentonx.

Macrossjunkie, did you panel line your VT-1? It looks like it was panel ine on the chest part

Edited August 1, 2012 by VF-18S Hornet

[MacrossJunkie]

Wow Spy vs Spy that's cute it didn't occur to me that there is a similarity between the two good call on that one xrentonx.

Macrossjunkie, did you panel line your VT-1? It looks like it was panel ine on the chest part

Yes, I did. I panel lined, weathered and applied a flat coat to it. I think I put up pics of it one or two years ago but never had it in battroid mode until now.

Here's some old pics of it in fighter mode if you're curious.

EDIT: Changed the links on all my pics on the past few pages so they go straight to the full size image instead of merely a full screen view in picasa which sucked, imo.

Edited August 2, 2012 by MacrossJunkie

[Benson13]

What pilots come with that valk?

[eugimon]

hikaru and minmei in the flight suit from DYRL

[Ignacio Ocamica]

Hikaru and orange sapecesuit helmeted Minmei.

eugimon beat me to it

Edited August 1, 2012 by Ignacio Ocamica

[xrentonx]

Oh my is that pretty. I definitely prefer the Fast Packed loadout

[caslon]

I don't have the guts to panel line it myself...so afraid that I might mess it up

[ErikElvis]

I don't have the guts to panel line it myself...so afraid that I might mess it up

I know what you mean. I look at that and think it looks amazing but can't bring myself to try it. I might just find a loose VF-1 on ebay or wait for a HLJ sale to get one to practice on.

[connor99]

YAMATO really needs to do a re-ish of the 2nd versions of both the VT-1 and the VE-1 ! Those 2 birds are a definite must have.

[Benson13]

I don't have the guts to panel line it myself...so afraid that I might mess it up

Promodelers Wash wipes right off with water.

[DarrinG]

I agree the panel lining on this orange guy looks awesome, but a little torn on the blur around the panel lines.

Part of me likes it, like maybe rust is leaching out from the crevice onto the rest of the frame, but part of me likes cleaner panel lines...

[Chronocidal]

I'm hoping for a reissue of the DYRL two seaters too, I never did get to pick up a VE-1. I've always kind of wished I had the guts to weather my valks, but never wanted to cross the line from "playable" to "careful, you might scratch it!" It's bad enough the Bandai valks are already like that.

About the VT-1's head though.. I do agree it's very interesting, but I never quite understood the design, since it always seems out of place in fighter. On the other hand, I love how it looks if you stick the 1D's head on the VT-1.

If I had the spares to customize, I think it'd be fun to swap the booster packs from the VE-1 onto the VT-1, replace the sensor array domes with standard missile launchers or strike cannons, and paint everything into a combat training scheme. It always seemed odd to me that the VT-1 had no weapons... it should've at least had a head laser or something for utility purposes.

[MacrossJunkie]

I agree the panel lining on this orange guy looks awesome, but a little torn on the blur around the panel lines.

Part of me likes it, like maybe rust is leaching out from the crevice onto the rest of the frame, but part of me likes cleaner panel lines...

The "blur" around the panel lines is part of the weathering. It was one of my earliest attempts at post shading using pigmented powders.

The idea of the post shading is to give recessed areas more depth by shading the areas much like how someone illustrating a 2D drawing would shade in areas, or simulate areas where soot, dirt, grime, etc gather along the areas of crevices and gaps causing those areas to look a darker shade than the base.

I did a quick google search for an example where the areas around the panel lines are darker:

Being one of my early attempts, the post shading on the chest area of my VT-1 is too heavy and solid, which I should have gone back and fixed but I was having trouble getting the panel lines to stay as the grooves for the panel lines were so shallow as to be nearly non-existant that touching it caused them to rub off. I had spent hours doing and redoing the chest already so I probably said screw it and went with what I had. I did a decent job on the wings but I should have gone even more subtle than that.

Using an airbrush, I went with a more subtle approach with my Max VF-1A.

Also done with an airbrush was my Roy VF-1S with slightly heavier weathering:

An example of a subtle approach using pigmented powders is my VF-11C:

A less subtle, heavier weathering and post shading was done for Max's VF-22S for Operation Stargazer where he folds in, proceeds to launch a million missiles and blows up an army of Varauta valks in his way, flies into a tunnel, dodges beams in said narrow tunnel, blows stuff up and flies through the explosion clouds... like a boss.

[derex3592]

WOW! you my friend ARE a BOSS! You have one steady hand/trigger finger doing that kind of thing with an airbrush! I applaud you!