haneto Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Hi I'm new here and used to be an aircraft scale modeler. (Any ARCers here? ) Here is my customized Yamato 1/60 VF-1J. I resribed tons of new panel lines and rivets according to Hasegawa injection kit level, and also sand off the combining line and ugly screw holes which makes it so toy-like. (Yes it's a toy but I prefer to think it as a perfectly transformable VF model.) I also added some low-viz US NAVY stencil decals and the famous Skull leader logo decal on it. I did order one Yamato 1/60 VF-1 assemble model kit which was announced to be released in October, but after I customize this one I just canceled my preorder of the kit. I found the paints could never stick hard on the kit surface because the plastic is all made by ABS, not the normal injection kit ones. So I gave up to paint it thouroughly but just some place that I can still play with it after painting without chopping off the paints. Hope you like it! Cheers, Yufei Fighter Mode Edited October 19, 2011 by haneto Quote
haneto Posted October 19, 2011 Author Posted October 19, 2011 Gerwalk Mode Battroid Mode Size comparison. And some more detail shots later on. To be continued... Thanks for watching! Yufei Quote
Reïvaj Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 What a beautiful job you’ve done there, Yufei! Congratulations and thanks for share (though your thread should go to the “Building/Customizing Macross Models and Toys” section: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showforum=23) Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Wow, this is the first time I can actually say I like the V2 1/60. Fantastic workmanship. Quote
Big Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Superb work especially the custom panel lining! What tools did you use to do that and what decals did you use? Thanks for sharing mate! Quote
haneto Posted October 19, 2011 Author Posted October 19, 2011 Thank you for your quick feedbacks, guys! So deeply encouraged. What a beautiful job you’ve done there, Yufei! Congratulations and thanks for share (though your thread should go to the “Building/Customizing Macross Models and Toys” section: http://www.macrosswo...hp?showforum=23) Sorry, my fault! A new bee here and do not know the rules so much. I'll learn more later. Wow, this is the first time I can actually say I like the V2 1/60. Fantastic workmanship. Thanks a lot buddie! Which version do you like at first then? Cheers, Yufei Quote
Sebastian Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 really nice job!! and welcome to MW forums, it is great to have some more good modelers to learn from. Quote
haneto Posted October 19, 2011 Author Posted October 19, 2011 Superb work especially the custom panel lining! What tools did you use to do that and what decals did you use? Thanks for sharing mate! Thanks dude! I used Hasegawa rivet scriber(here: http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGTL11) to make rivet holes and a 0.3mm hand dirller to make rivets more obvious. And the rescirber I used is made by Mr. Hobby, GT-65 Line Chisel(here: http://www.hlj.com/product/GNZGT65), but the blade is 0.15mm ones. HTH! Cheers, Yufei Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Outstanding job!!! The black skull on the white heatshield looks very good. Quote
Raptor One Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 This looks AMAZING. I think I might panel line my VF-1J now as well. Quote
Big Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Thanks dude! I used Hasegawa rivet scriber(here: http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGTL11) to make rivet holes and a 0.3mm hand dirller to make rivets more obvious. And the rescirber I used is made by Mr. Hobby, GT-65 Line Chisel(here: http://www.hlj.com/product/GNZGT65), but the blade is 0.15mm ones. HTH! Cheers, Yufei Thanks! What decals did you use? Quote
EXO Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Beautiful. Nice even spacing on the rivets. Must have been quite a task... great job! Quote
bouncing boy77 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 very nice work! it looks awesome! Quote
Loop Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 Awesome job on the valk. Lots of little details that make it pop. Quote
Shaorin Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) great job!! must have been hard as hell to scribe all that in on there!! don't like the black on the tailfins, nor the skull+crossbones on the tailfins & blast shield, but that aside, looks absolutely magnificent on the whole!! would have been nice if YAMATO could have gotten that kind of detail into the basic 1/60v.II mould, but then i suppose YAMATO would have had to double it's MSRP or some crazy noise like that... Edited October 20, 2011 by Shaorin Quote
Reïvaj Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 Yufei, what did you replace the wing's hard points with? Quote
m0n5t3r Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) awesome!... no screw holes (esp. for the legs) FTW! Edited October 20, 2011 by m0n5t3r Quote
haneto Posted October 20, 2011 Author Posted October 20, 2011 Thank you guys! You're great! Your nice comments could be my next project's great power. By the way, it's the Yamato 1/60 Regult. Now on its way from Japan to Shanghai. Thanks! What decals did you use? The stencils are from a 1/72 Academy F/A-18C Canadian/Spain scheme spare decal. The skull things are from a Chinese modeler home made decal. The skull mark is bit too big for the tail fins so I cut the cross bone to match it(I guess the original size was designed for 1/48 scale). great job!! must have been hard as hell to scribe all that in on there!!don't like the black on the tailfins, nor the skull+crossbones on the tailfins & blast shield, but that aside, looks absolutely magnificent on the whole!! would have been nice if YAMATO could have gotten that kind of detail into the basic 1/60v.II mould, but then i suppose YAMATO would have had to double it's MSRP or some crazy noise like that... Thanks! I personally love the skull mark and it has become a symbol of Valkyrie to me, but I prefer the head of J type so I just combined them together. Yes I wish Yamato could add more details on the surface! But well, you see, to most toy buyers, the original 1/60 details are fine enough I guess except some core rivet lovers like me. Yufei, what did you replace the wing's hard points with? No, I just used some putty to fill the holes and sand the wing hard joints flat. Then rescribe some round panel on the point places where you can find them also on a real figher. So I just gave up the wing missiles. You have to choice sometime and that's mine. ) Cheers, Yufei Quote
Reïvaj Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 [...] No, I just used some putty to fill the holes and sand the wing hard joints flat. Then rescribe some round panel on the point places where you can find them also on a real figher. So I just gave up the wing missiles. You have to choice sometime and that's mine. ) Cheers, Yufei That's fair enough to me Again, great job! Quote
Mommar Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 What did you use to plug the screw holes? The surface looks immaculate. Quote
haneto Posted October 20, 2011 Author Posted October 20, 2011 Thanks mates! What did you use to plug the screw holes? The surface looks immaculate. I used Tamiya AB putty to fill the holes and then sanding. Actually I sprayed cool white over the sanded surface. HTH! Cheers, Yufei Quote
grapetang Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Wow! Beautiful work! It really looks like a scale model now rather than a toy. Congrats!!! Quote
haneto Posted October 23, 2011 Author Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) Thanks for your comments, folks! Here I post some detail shots for your reference. </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div> Edited October 23, 2011 by haneto Quote
Jasonc Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 Damn, that's awesome! Very nice work on your custom VF-1J. Looks like it took a good deal of time. Love the little added touches, like verniers on the backpack, and the extra decals. Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 An absolute beauty!!! Very professionally done. Quote
eugimon Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 those are great detail adds, incredible work! Quote
David Hingtgen Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 How did you do the light on the nose gear door? Quote
haneto Posted October 23, 2011 Author Posted October 23, 2011 Thanks guys! How did you do the light on the nose gear door? I used a clear lense produed by M.V. Products. They are great for replacing aircraft or train model lights. Very realistic. HTH! Yufei Quote
Graham Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 Great work, although personally, I've never been a fan of big rivits all over hi-tech fighter jets. Graham Quote
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