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

[no3Ljm]

4 hours ago, Froy said:

Is there any official word about what is the "shade" of white for the VF-1?

Back in the Yamato ere the only super white valk was the DYRL Hikaru VF-1A all next release were off white color.

For the V.2. Yamato went both ways. Off white for DYRL and bright white for TV series releases.

Bandai DX toys don't seem to have any difference in the shade of white, as far as I can see in pictures since I only own TV VF-1S and J. Butt see Bandai going bright white for the new TV VF-S. And the new revivial GBP seems like is is going to be off white and not the bright as the VF-1S

I'm no expert on these matters. But my safe assumption is the VF-1's will always be white.

The white on the DYRL movie were changed due to change of format. Meaning more budget to make it more 'cinematic' in approach for the movie versus the ruh production on the series. Also, white probably doesn't show as white on space like how we see it on Earth. It makes sense as well why Yamato did it that way probably to separate variants of it. TV and Movie. Remember, Arcadia released their initial DYRL VF-1's using white (a little bit of pinkish tint for technicality), rather than continue Yamato's off-white DYRL tint. For Bandai's DX, maybe they did it for consistency under Kawamori's supervision. 

Or maybe the whole time, since I'm not an expert as I mentioned earlier, all white VF-1's should've always been white -- Space or Earth models.  

Edited March 3, 2023 by no3Ljm

[Lolicon]

Fixed up the HMR VF-1S a bit. Gotta fix up the super parts next.

Some quick phone pics.

 

Compared to Arcadia

[MKT]

Looking really nice @Lolicon! 
It looks even better than a base Arcadia VF-1S..

[sh9000]

Quasi DYRL and SDFM.

[Lolicon]

13 hours ago, MKT said:

Looking really nice @Lolicon! 
It looks even better than a base Arcadia VF-1S..

Better than Arcadia, eh? Thanks!

I'm sure @Chronocidal will appreciate that the landing gear parts are molded in white then painted the wrong color. 

[Chronocidal]

19 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Better than Arcadia, eh? Thanks!

I'm sure @Chronocidal will appreciate that the landing gear parts are molded in white then painted the wrong color. 

See, that just cracks me up.

But that does give me an idea.  Would it be easier to strip the silver than repaint it white?

[sh9000]

Quasi DYRL version 2.

[Lolicon]

On 3/4/2023 at 7:45 PM, Chronocidal said:

See, that just cracks me up.

But that does give me an idea.  Would it be easier to strip the silver than repaint it white?

 You could but you would have to remove the wheels, and I'm not sure they come off easily. I didn't bother since the silver is at least closer to white than the bare diecast on the DX line, so I just let it be. Don't feel like putting that much effort into an HMR. 

[Angesdad]

On 3/4/2023 at 5:53 AM, Lolicon said:

Fixed up the HMR VF-1S a bit. Gotta fix up the super parts next.

Some quick phone pics.

 

Compared to Arcadia

Looking real nice @Lolicon!!! Say which decal set did you use for this if you don’t mind me asking?😉

[Bolt]

On 3/4/2023 at 2:53 AM, Lolicon said:

Fixed up the HMR VF-1S a bit. Gotta fix up the super parts next.

Some quick phone pics.

 

Compared to Arcadia

Looks so good! But what's up with the silver landing gear.

 

46 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

Quasi DYRL version 2.

This! 

[Chronocidal]

I really do wish Bandai could figure out who smashed the "BOLD" button so hard it broke.  All the text is like that on every HMR release.

[sh9000]

DYRL and SDFM.

[MKT]

3 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I really do wish Bandai could figure out who smashed the "BOLD" button so hard it broke.  All the text is like that on every HMR release.

Do you mean the UN Spacy letterings? Didn't notice it before but now can't unsee it.

[Chronocidal]

Yeah, unfortunately that's always bugged me to death with how amateurish it looks.  Always gives me the impression of them just being slapped on sloppily, or drawn with crayon.  The numbers don't have that issue, but the markings have never felt very precise on the HMRs.  Putting it side-by-side with the Yamato really makes it stand out.  Even things like the little nose stripe tip look bloated, as if someone heavily over-sprayed the stencil.

At least it's been consistent though.  

[sh9000]

DYRL and SDFM.

[Bolt]

1 minute ago, sh9000 said:

DYRL and SDFM.

Love it !

 

[Lolicon]

On 3/5/2023 at 8:16 PM, Angesdad said:

Looking real nice @Lolicon!!! Say which decal set did you use for this if you don’t mind me asking?😉

I used some of these third party decals... Er I tried posting the url from ebay but it was stupid long. Just go to eBay and search "Macross decal" and it'll come up with a bunch of decal sets. 

Some of the decals are Yamato sticker sheets I scanned and scaled down and printed myself. 

On 3/5/2023 at 8:39 PM, Chronocidal said:

I really do wish Bandai could figure out who smashed the "BOLD" button so hard it broke.  All the text is like that on every HMR release.

Yeah in general the HMR line really looks cheap, at least when it comes to the transforming stuff. Bandai making us pay Metal Robot Spirits prices for regular Robot Spirits quality. 

[Lolicon]

On 3/5/2023 at 8:20 PM, Bolt said:

Looks so good! But what's up with the silver landing gear.

(Wouldn't let me add a quote to my prior post from my phone) 

[Lolicon]

Ask your doctor which valkyrie product line* is right for you.

*Side effects may include anxiety, insomnia, bouts of rage, and sudden wallet weight loss.

(Hmmm is Bandai slowly reverting back to the straight chest stripes?)

[sh9000]

On 3/6/2023 at 9:20 PM, Bolt said:

Love it !

 

Thanks @Bolt.  I'll have 6 sets of HMR TV Super Parts.  Not all of my CFs will get them but I'll check out how it looks on a squad of 6 with the CF VF-1J included.

[Lolicon]

On 3/6/2023 at 12:22 AM, Chronocidal said:

Yeah, unfortunately that's always bugged me to death with how amateurish it looks.  Always gives me the impression of them just being slapped on sloppily, or drawn with crayon.  The numbers don't have that issue, but the markings have never felt very precise on the HMRs.  Putting it side-by-side with the Yamato really makes it stand out.  Even things like the little nose stripe tip look bloated, as if someone heavily over-sprayed the stencil.

At least it's been consistent though.  

I was thinking about this. You know how when you blow up an image it becomes blurry/pixelated because the data and resolution is still at whatever smaller image size it was originally? Well, somehow Bandai managed to reverse the process and lose image fidelity by scaling down. 😁

[Bolt]

49 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

Thanks @Bolt.  I'll have 6 sets of HMR TV Super Parts.  Not all of my CFs will get them but I'll check out how it looks on a squad of 6 with the CF VF-1J included.

Looking forward to it 

[Angesdad]

On 3/8/2023 at 12:49 AM, Lolicon said:

Ask your doctor which valkyrie product line* is right for you.

*Side effects may include anxiety, insomnia, bouts of rage, and sudden wallet weight loss.

(Hmmm is Bandai slowly reverting back to the straight chest stripes?)

Doctor doctor anything please doctor doctor have mercy on me take this pain away~

[sh9000]

Jolly Rogers.

Edited March 13, 2023 by sh9000

[wm cheng]

On 3/12/2023 at 1:00 AM, sh9000 said:

Jolly Rogers.

Nice!  You're missing an F-4 Corsair, F-8 Crusader and F-18 Super Hornet that are all part of the Jolly Rogers squad 😛

[sh9000]

12 hours ago, wm cheng said:

Nice!  You're missing an F-4 Corsair, F-8 Crusader and F-18 Super Hornet that are all part of the Jolly Rogers squad 😛

Thanks.  I'm collecting the ones with the skull and crossbones for now.  Hoping that Hachette releases their F-18 someday.

[no3Ljm]

On 3/4/2023 at 2:53 AM, Lolicon said:

Fixed up the HMR VF-1S a bit. Gotta fix up the super parts next.

Some quick phone pics.

 

Compared to Arcadia

Great detailing work as always, @Lolicon.  

 

Btw, I love them grey/silverish landing gears. It really stands out. Adding 'pop' to it. You should redo all your 1/60's and DX landing gears. 

[sh9000]

This Fighter profile setup taken 3 years ago will now be updated with a fully equipped HMR VF-4G Roy, HMR VF-0S, HMR VF-1S TV Roy, and white HMR VF-1S DYRL Roy.

[Lolicon]

3 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Great detailing work as always, @Lolicon.  

 

Btw, I love them grey/silverish landing gears. It really stands out. Adding 'pop' to it. You should redo all your 1/60's and DX landing gears. 

Thanks! And no way am I going to re-repaint the landing gear! 

[no3Ljm]

5 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Thanks! And no way am I going to re-repaint the landing gear! 

C'mon.  

[sh9000]

Jolly Rogers.

[Lolicon]

On 3/22/2023 at 5:59 PM, no3Ljm said:

C'mon.  

Absolutely not. 

[sh9000]

[Lolicon]

VF-25G reissue coming soon! 

[Bolt]

On 3/23/2023 at 4:50 PM, sh9000 said:

Jolly Rogers.

This is cool 👍🏼