1/72 VF-!S: The Gold Treatment

[Ahab]

This looks interesting......

http://www.yamato-toys.com/blog/img/370-3.jpg

[Benson13]

Blang blang! I wonder if the next step is to put 24 inch rims on it?

[Graham]

Cool, photo etched inner frame.

Graham

[Jefuemon]

Cool, photo etched inner frame.

Actually, that's the whole model, not just the frame.

Looks kinda cool, but probably a real PITA to build.

[Wasabi-san]

It'd be nice to get one, just for the cool factor. Bet they're going to cost though.

[derex3592]

That looks like a biiiiiitch to build! But I want one!

No 1:60 though??? COME ON!!

Edited June 27, 2012 by derex3592

[EXO]

where's the don't like button?

Stop wasting our money! Give us the Phalanx or the Britai Softbi!

[DarrinG]

Where is that dang Phalanx?? I want extras included with it, especially after all this wait...

[wm cheng]

Wow, kind of interesting to do a complete cut-away - but it must be a bitch to build... I wonder how much?

[PetarB]

I like how there's a big don't photograph sign on the bottom of this photograph.

Not sure I like this one. This kind of treatment looks astounding on WW1 aircraft, where the build works really well. Here, not so much - for me at any rate.

[Reïvaj]

I like how there's a big don't photograph sign on the bottom of this photograph.

But it comes from Yamato’s blog! I’m pretty sure Yamato staff is allowed to take pictures of Yamato stuff

Back in topic, I like the idea but I'm not interested if it's not 1/60.

[Valk009]

_{Awesome kit, if Yamato will ever get around in producing it!}

_{It will be a real pain to build it, virtually no mistakes allowed when bending those brass parts, any re-bending will either snap it in two or create uneven surface. Another downside, it will look shiny only for a short time, a little oxidation and it will turn dull and agian almost impossible to clean!}

_{Even after all these issues, I still want one}

[Ignacio Ocamica]

I want one!!! It'd be great if it was 1/60 but I guess 1/72 will do.

[Wasabi-san]

Going dull...would clearcoat stop the oxidation if applied lightly?

[wm cheng]

I'd spray it some kind of aircraft metal frame colour - it would be pretty hard to glue and file and keep the brass clean and have the same sheen throughout construction. Maybe we could wire up the internals and create a cutaway or combine it with a 1/72 Hasegawa model for the skin in some areas - that would be a huge project!

[MechTech]

Now I have a place to install those overtechnology turbines I've got laying around This would be PRIME to do a detailed buildup - or lose your sanity over - MT

[Reïvaj]

Wonder Festival 2012 [summer]

Source: Yamato Toys

[MechTech]

It does look pretty cool, but I still think its missing something like the internal guts. - MT

[Ahab]

I agee. I would be a good kit to cannablize, though. Dioramas depicting valk in various levels of construction or repair.... that sort of thing.

[Berttt]

How would one get their grubby mits on one?

[Vi-RS]

I'd say yes if this came from Hasegawa, but it's all wrong in scale considering it's from Yamato.

[Lobizon]

I am sorry I couldn't go to Makuhari.

Source: http://gigazine.net/...tching-wf2012s/

thanks antibiotictab for the heads up.

Edited July 29, 2012 by Lobizon