MacrossJunkie Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 On 3/8/2017 at 5:00 PM, Lolicon said: This one's for you, sir. Before: After: Looks great! Makes me consider painting mine with a gloss white also. Quote
505thAirborne Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 That landing gear being painted white makes all the difference, wish this was a standard practice with Bandai. Quote
no3Ljm Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) Looks nice! Just gloss white enamel paint, right? Thanks! Edited March 10, 2017 by no3Ljm Quote
Lolicon Posted March 10, 2017 Posted March 10, 2017 1 hour ago, MacrossJunkie said: Looks great! Makes me consider painting mine with a gloss white also. Do it! I didn't think much of it till I compared it to unpainted pics; it makes a big difference! I'll probably end up painting all my Bandai valks' gears. 1 hour ago, 505thAirborne said: That landing gear being painted white makes all the difference, wish this was a standard practice with Bandai. Me too. With all the improvements on the 31, I wish they had spent a few extra yen painting the landing gear. I appreciate Yarcadia's attention to aircraft details even more now. 1 hour ago, no3Ljm said: Looks nice! Just gloss white enamel paint, right? Thanks! I used some Tamiya white surface primer first so the paint would stick easier to the metal. Quote
wm cheng Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 Wow, bigger difference than I thought it would show up as - that's fantastic. Did you take apart the toy to get at the metal gears in its entirety or did you just paint them in place? Quote
Lolicon Posted March 11, 2017 Posted March 11, 2017 Just masked and painted them in place to avoid messing anything else up (which I did anyway). Next time I'll try and see if I can remove the gears. Quote
wmkjr Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) I'm gonna call the VF-0C done. The VF-0B needs decals and stickers. I forgot to attach the antenna but I like how it looks without it anyways. Bonus WIP. Happy Birthday Isamu! Let's go old girl! Edited March 27, 2017 by wmkjr Quote
spanner Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Amazing work! Im jealous you now have a B & C in your collection! Quote
derex3592 Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Well those are just absolfreakinglutely GORGEOUS! Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 8 hours ago, wmkjr said: I'm gonna call the VF-0C done. The VF-0B needs decals and stickers. I forgot to attach the antenna but I like how it looks without it anyways. Those are fantastic! Are there any issues with the length of the fuselage when transforming the B to battroid? Quote
wmkjr Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Thanks everyone. I'm just glad the C was done. 11 minutes ago, MacrossJunkie said: Those are fantastic! Are there any issues with the length of the fuselage when transforming the B to battroid? There's no issue with the fuselage. If you just swap the nose there will be issues as the A chest won't fit the D canopy. However, I swapped out all the parts necessary to make it work. You need to swap out the nose section. Then you remove that whole chest section by removing a pin on each side of the hinge followed by splitting apart the chest piece via screws and gentle persuasion then putting the lower section of it with the indent on the C and vice versa for the B. Reinstall on each then you're done with the hard part. Just pop and swap the heads and those flip up head covers next to the front landing gear. If anyone's gonna try it let me know and I'll see what I can do to help. Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Neat! Good to know. Too bad these things are too expensive for me to attempt to get more or I would get another D and A to try for myself. Quote
valhary Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 what a beautiful couple of birds the vf 0b looks very tomcat I love it and for the 0c I wish see it with the kurisama´s head that is based in the original 0a design that never appears in the anime but personally like me a lot more arcadia take note;) Quote
no3Ljm Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 (edited) 23 hours ago, wmkjr said: I'm gonna call the VF-0C done. The VF-0B needs decals and stickers. I forgot to attach the antenna but I like how it looks without it anyways. Lovely. Anyone who has Twitter already posted this to Mr.K? Edited March 28, 2017 by no3Ljm Quote
slide Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 On 3/27/2017 at 11:46 AM, wmkjr said: That's one good-lookin' Marine! Quote
Pedro2k6 Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 2 hours ago, wmkjr said: VF-0B on patrol: Amazing.... I really need that in my life Quote
wm cheng Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 Beautiful customs!!! Congrats. Truely unique, you just need a little light panel lining on those puppies to bring out the details to match all your amazing paint work. Quote
Boobytrap Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 Absolutely beautiful customs. What paint/top coat are you using to minimize it from getting scratched/chipped during transformation? Quote
wmkjr Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 It's all Tamiya spray's plus their flat coat. The spray paints are super durable as I didn't top coat until just recently and have manhandled and dropped pieces countless times prior. They're much more resilient than the acrylic version although pricey. The only drawback is you gotta/should use a respirator as the fumes are strong. Quote
Boobytrap Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 Great news. I use their sprays all the time with my Gundam models (too lazy to deal with an airbrush) and love the quality of them. Just never thought to use it on a transforming model/toy for fear of it not holding up. Always passed on getting one of the Yamato assembly kits for this very reason. I'll seriously consider giving it a try if the right opportunity comes along. Thanks for the inspiration! Quote
spanner Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 10 hours ago, wmkjr said: VF-0B on patrol: stunning! simply stunning! Quote
derex3592 Posted April 8, 2017 Posted April 8, 2017 ok...where on earth did you get those!!!??? Cause i really need them! Quote
505thAirborne Posted April 8, 2017 Posted April 8, 2017 1 hour ago, jvmacross said: Nice, are those from EXO? Quote
sh9000 Posted April 8, 2017 Posted April 8, 2017 Those are the ones from EXO. Not bad for $20 for the set of 2 of the figures. Quote
jvmacross Posted April 8, 2017 Posted April 8, 2017 2 hours ago, 505thAirborne said: Nice, are those from EXO? Released by Plastic Cretins. Planned by EXO. Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted April 8, 2017 Posted April 8, 2017 Some quick pics I took from the VF-0A sporting the RA Quote
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