EXO Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Looks better than show pics... The tapering on the body looks better with angles not as a straight line. Quote
505thAirborne Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 I think it looks fantastic! Hopefully the final product will have a more detailed bridge, but as it is a model nothing a little customizing won't cure. Quote
mechaninac Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 It looks fine to me, with plenty of fine surface detail and good proportions; but then, I'm not as fussy a model builder as some. Also, the fact that this will be a widely available Styrene kit, the production of a Hasegawa or 3rd party photo-etch frets to super-detail the hell out of it is almost a given, too; so those who find themselves underwhelmed will likely get their wish for more detail. Now Hasegawa, get on producing a TV version SDF-1 as well... and a Battle 7 and Frontier, and some of the other ships from all the shows -- take a page from Bandai's line of 2199 1/1000 kits. Quote
Knight26 Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 So is it cruiser mode only? Looks great either way. Quote
Dobber Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 Never been a SDF-1 fan, but, I may get one at some point. Chris Quote
505thAirborne Posted December 24, 2014 Posted December 24, 2014 So is it cruiser mode only? Looks great either way. I'll bet someone out there will use this model as an upgrade to their Yellow Submarine kit OR customize this Cruiser mode kit into the Attack mode. Quote
Skull Leader Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 (edited) Don't think it's in the same scale as the YS kit. (Is it?) given the nature of the layout of the ship, I agree that it would likely be very easy to modify into Storm attacker mode. (Edit: I guess it IS the same scale! ) Edited December 25, 2014 by Skull Leader Quote
CF18 Posted December 25, 2014 Author Posted December 25, 2014 Official Hasegawa blog with clear pictures: http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/hblog/?p=1884 Quote
505thAirborne Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 I was already sold, but those new crisp clear pictures look great. Detail looks very good! Quote
flyboy Posted December 27, 2014 Posted December 27, 2014 Wow, that's pretty impressive! But I'd be much more excited if Hasegawa made a TV version of the SDF-1. And what's with making all the DYRL stuff canon? It only took Hasegawa 10+ years to release a TV-version pilot with their new 1/72 Gerwalk kits, while almost all the rest of their stuff is based on DYRL designs and color schemes. Quote
AcroRay Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Very nice. Surprisingly simple. It'll fit in naturally with my vintage Imai & Arii SDFM plamos. Really looking forward to it! Quote
chyll2 Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 available for PO http://www.hlj.com/product/hsgmc05 Quote
Kelsain Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Looks nice. Wrong scale for me. Besides, I will always prefer the TV version. Can't wait to see the box art, though! Quote
Skull Leader Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 1999.co.jp has the box art... which I'm actually less than impressed with. Ah well, it won't stop me from getting the kit. It's retailing for much cheaper than I expected! Quote
chyll2 Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) 1999.co.jp has the box art... which I'm actually less than impressed with. Ah well, it won't stop me from getting the kit. It's retailing for much cheaper than I expected! edit: hobbysearch also has better product pictures like like the tiny monster and vf-1 Edited January 14, 2015 by chyll2 Quote
wm cheng Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 That's cool, where do the small Valkyries go on the model? That monster would be huge if it was to scale, look at it compared to the bridge?!! Quote
cool8or Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Well, lenght of the Monster is 41 meters, or 4100 cms, so 4100/4000= 1 cm. We only need to wait until have the kit in our hands. Anyway, how the hell we'll paint those valks??? Quote
jvmacross Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Per the description from HobbySearch... "- Is the in-from-, as a bonus element, comes with a monster of the same scale × 2 and the VF-1 Valkyrie (Normal × 8 / Super × 8 fighter form)." I'm not into kits, but I could use those miniatures for my 1/3000 Yamato SDF-1! .....around 2 bucks per mini before shipping isn't too bad.... Like the Monster riding shotgun....When is Tenjin's Third Sortie coming out? Quote
wm cheng Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 Well, lenght of the Monster is 41 meters, or 4100 cms, so 4100/4000= 1 cm. We only need to wait until have the kit in our hands. Anyway, how the hell we'll paint those valks??? Wow, 41m is 134ft - that's huge, it didn't seem that big in the anime. However, if that's the case, then the bridge is way too small - isn't there supposed to be at least 5 levels/floors within that clear part of the bridge superstructure? Quote
Skull Leader Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 One is clearly out of scale with the other either way. Quote
mickyg Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 I'm loving the 'Movie Edition' designation and what that at least suggests in terms of the chance of a 'TV Version' at some point. The question is, do I get this to add to the outrageous stack of models that may never get built, or wait for a TV version that may never come. Hmmm... Quote
cool8or Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) But remember Cheng, that 41 meters includes the canons, so the body would be around 25-30 meters. And by the way, the valks should be 3.5 mm!!! Edited January 14, 2015 by cool8or Quote
ivorysniper Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 I'm up for one of these... and would definitely love to see that box art on a third sortie book. Quote
MechTech Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Adding the Monsters and Valks is a totally cool touch. It's usually one or the other. OK, TV version with opening Daedalus, micro mechs and Valks for the Prometheus! That would be the icing on the cake. - MT Quote
treatment Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 amiami is now listing it for 4100y: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-3877 Quote
cool8or Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Well, if the Bridge have the size of the Monster... I want a garage kit of a 1/72 Bridge!!! What do you think Mslz22?? Quote
vsim Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 Well, if the Bridge have the size of the Monster... I want a garage kit of a 1/72 Bridge!!! What do you think Mslz22?? I had never thought of that. A 1/72 scale bridge would be awesome, I would build that! Quote
Spitfire_BR Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 I'm loving the 'Movie Edition' designation and what that at least suggests in terms of the chance of a 'TV Version' at some point. The question is, do I get this to add to the outrageous stack of models that may never get built, or wait for a TV version that may never come. Hmmm... I'm loving the 'Movie Edition' designation and what that at least suggests in terms of the chance of a 'TV Version' at some point. The question is, do I get this to add to the outrageous stack of models that may never get built, or wait for a TV version that may never come. Hmmm... Yeah !!! Movie and TV version !!! Right now !!!! Quote
kyekye Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Believe it or not, the monster seems it's right scale. I measured it when I made mine to 1/3000 hwr-00-kmII cockpit is huge ans it's tiny top portion of monster. Quote
cool8or Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 well, Hasegawa can't be wrong with that kind of details. Anyway Kyekye, your custom is great!! Quote
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