Hi-Metal R

[vlenhoff]

On 4/27/2019 at 12:59 AM, no3Ljm said:

The cannon is from Fext-Hobby OWL-One armor.

Photo courtesy of @Saburo.

 

and this.

Thanks @no3Ljm

[ScrambledValkyrie]

18 minutes ago, vlenhoff said:

This.

Technically, that VF-1S isn’t from the HMR line; it’s from the earlier Hi-Metal line. And no, it doesn’t come with a gun strap. I think that’s some custom work that @sh9000 did.

[vlenhoff]

1 minute ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

Technically, that VF-1S isn’t from the HMR line; it’s from the earlier Hi-Metal line. And no, it doesn’t come with a gun strap. I think that’s some custom work that @sh9000 did.

Oh I got the Hi-Metal 1J, but it is boxed... somewhere, and i could not recall if it had a strap or not. I fully transformed it once, and it went to Gerwalk for years. I need to find it now, that I have more HMR on display. The Regults and Glaug must be... in another box... somewhere.

[sh9000]

17 hours ago, vlenhoff said:

This.

 

16 hours ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

Technically, that VF-1S isn’t from the HMR line; it’s from the earlier Hi-Metal line. And no, it doesn’t come with a gun strap. I think that’s some custom work that @sh9000 did.

Yeah it’s a HM VF-1S with a TV Roy pilot, TV hands, and a custom gun strap.

[seti88]

Side Note: I just got my cc bill and it had my 1D as well as sentinels yellow bike amounts.
Must say am pleasantly happy to see how much the HMR 1D costs as opposed to higher priced merch.....

Ok .. back to regular programming.

[DewPoint]

Well, I got my VF-1D today.  I did an inspection and everything looked great.  Then I tried to transform it and discovered that I got Bandai'd!  The plate under the head will tilt forward for the seat gimmick, but it will not tilt past the 90 degree Battroid position to tuck under the cockpit.  It seriously feels like it will snap off at the hinge if I try to bend it past that position.  I may need to figure out some way to push out the roll-pin to figure out what's wrong with it.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Edited May 1, 2019 by DewPoint

[Jwwu]

1 hour ago, DewPoint said:

Well, I got my VF-1D today.  I did an inspection and everything looked great.  Then I tried to transform it and discovered that I got Bandai'd!  The plate under the head will tilt forward for the seat gimmick, but it will not tilt past the 90 degree Battroid position to tuck under the cockpit.  It seriously feels like it will snap off at the hinge if I try to bend it past that position.  I may need to figure out some way to push out the roll-pin to figure out what's wrong with it.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Mine felt similar. I took off the head and forced it, which worked. 

[DewPoint]

10 minutes ago, Jwwu said:

Mine felt similar. I took off the head and forced it, which worked. 

I may end up doing that in the end, but right now I'm extremely reluctant to do that.

[beatsing]

1 hour ago, DewPoint said:

Well, I got my VF-1D today.  I did an inspection and everything looked great.  Then I tried to transform it and discovered that I got Bandai'd!  The plate under the head will tilt forward for the seat gimmick, but it will not tilt past the 90 degree Battroid position to tuck under the cockpit.  It seriously feels like it will snap off at the hinge if I try to bend it past that position.  I may need to figure out some way to push out the roll-pin to figure out what's wrong with it.

Any advice would be appreciated.

it was really stiff.  The other releases weren't this stiff, but it'll move.  

[Backlight1]

My Friends, 

i finally finished painting my vf 4. Added some colors to details and panel lining and finally some glossy varnish. 

Edited May 1, 2019 by Backlight1

[sumyumgoy]

^ I love it.  Great job and thanks for sharing!  I need to get me some of that black masking putty.

[vlenhoff]

On 4/29/2019 at 10:25 PM, sh9000 said:

 

Yeah it’s a HM VF-1S with a TV Roy pilot, TV hands, and a custom gun strap.

Thanks SH9000

[Bolt]

2 hours ago, Backlight1 said:

i finally finished painting my vf 4. Added some colors to details and panel lining and finally some glossy varnish. 

Looks great!

[sh9000]

6 hours ago, vlenhoff said:

Thanks SH9000

No problem.  

[beatsing]

Nice Backlight1.  

[beatsing]

17 hours ago, DewPoint said:

I may end up doing that in the end, but right now I'm extremely reluctant to do that.

You could try a hair dryer or hot water to loosen it up.

[DewPoint]

1 hour ago, beatsing said:

You could try a hair dryer or hot water to loosen it up.

I'll give it another go in a day or two.  My luck seems to have been going down hill since this morning.  Just in case. 

[treatment]

21 hours ago, DewPoint said:

Well, I got my VF-1D today.  I did an inspection and everything looked great.  Then I tried to transform it and discovered that I got Bandai'd!  The plate under the head will tilt forward for the seat gimmick, but it will not tilt past the 90 degree Battroid position to tuck under the cockpit.  It seriously feels like it will snap off at the hinge if I try to bend it past that position.  I may need to figure out some way to push out the roll-pin to figure out what's wrong with it.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

20 hours ago, Jwwu said:

Mine felt similar. I took off the head and forced it, which worked. 

 

19 hours ago, beatsing said:

it was really stiff.  The other releases weren't this stiff, but it'll move.  

 

2 hours ago, beatsing said:

You could try a hair dryer or hot water to loosen it up.

 

1 hour ago, DewPoint said:

I'll give it another go in a day or two.  My luck seems to have been going down hill since this morning.  Just in case. 

 

Yeah.  Mine's quite tight in the same area, too.  Think that's why it can't  extend out in my previous posted pic.

I'm also reluctant to force it for fear of breakage. 

Also, the right foot on mine is exhibiting the same issue as my VT-1 and Hikaru-1A where it somehow can't bend further back for proper GERWALK mode.

 

Oy vey...

 

 

[DewPoint]

21 minutes ago, treatment said:

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah.  Mine's quite tight in the same area, too.  Think that's why it can't  extend out in my previous posted pic.

I'm also reluctant to force it for fear of breakage. 

Also, the right foot on mine is exhibiting the same issue as my VT-1 and Hikaru-1A where it somehow can't bend further back for proper GERWALK mode.

 

Oy vey...

 

 

Interestingly, I also have a VT-1 and a VF-1A Hikaru with the same leg issue. I feels like it will snap off if you force it. But I can work around that issue.

[Penguin sushi]

If yall break one and decide to sell it cheap, think of me i want to fo a conversion..

[gerwookie]

Messed with the vf-1d from hlj. My first so it was fun. I also can't get the feet to widen out enough for proper gerwalk mode look  At first I thought there were two clicks for the feet to pull out because after the first click, the back heel doesn't go back far enough I feel for stability. Now I'm seeing some previous comments that this is an anomaly?

[nightmareB4macross]

1 hour ago, gerwookie said:

Messed with the vf-1d from hlj. My first so it was fun. I also can't get the feet to widen out enough for proper gerwalk mode look  At first I thought there were two clicks for the feet to pull out because after the first click, the back heel doesn't go back far enough I feel for stability. Now I'm seeing some previous comments that this is an anomaly?

I share your frustration. The heels on line are the same. Not sure what’s going.

Also, mine arrived missing a larger wing. I contacted AE and hope to receive a replacement soon.

[beatsing]

ger wookie, is it the right foot?  On most of the previous valks, the feet can rotate back to do an aggro stance.  On both the VF1D and the Ostrich, I found that the right foot only rotates a little bit, but the left foot rotates as far as the other valks so it can bend very far, it's not about how many clicks, it's how much it rotates.

 

I think I posted photos about the ostrich right foot not fully rotating a while back in this thread.  No fix yet.

Edited May 2, 2019 by beatsing
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[gerwookie]

Rotating, as in just splaying/spreading out the feet after the initial click from jet thruster look, right? If you mean side pivot it doesn't do that well either haha. I'll look up a review of the ostrich and search the thread. 

[Pontus]

11 hours ago, treatment said:

Also, the right foot on mine is exhibiting the same issue as my VT-1 and Hikaru-1A where it somehow can't bend further back for proper GERWALK mode.

Oy vey...

I had the same prob, but I noticed that it would go back with steady, careful pressure.  Once it did it became much easier.  You just have to force it.

Edited May 2, 2019 by Pontus
Grammar.

[gerwookie]

1 hour ago, Pontus said:

I had the same prob, but I noticed that it would go back with steady, careful pressure.  Once it did it became much easier.  You just have to force it.

Any picture so I know how far back its supposed to go? I see this metal tab (that's exposed when front toe is pointed down) that turns with the back toe rotation. Transforming has never been so precarious!

[gerwookie]

9 hours ago, beatsing said:

ger wookie, is it the right foot?  On most of the previous valks, the feet can rotate back to do an aggro stance.  On both the VF1D and the Ostrich, I found that the right foot only rotates a little bit, but the left foot rotates as far as the other valks so it can bend very far, it's not about how many clicks, it's how much it rotates.

 

I think I posted photos about the ostrich right foot not fully rotating a while back in this thread.  No fix yet.

Sorry I see now what you mean by rotates. And it's on both feet I believe. Hope these pictures can help better than I describe.

 

[sh9000]

I haven’t encountered any problems with any of my HMR but I hope the people that are experiencing any get theirs resolved.

[vlenhoff]

My Vf-1D has this problem as well. Right foot won't rotate back. So Gerwalk poses and severely limited. I've been as gentle as i can, and it wont do it. 

[Big s]

The hmr right foot strikes again.

[505thAirborne]

11 hours ago, vlenhoff said:

My Vf-1D has this problem as well. Right foot won't rotate back. So Gerwalk poses and severely limited. I've been as gentle as i can, and it wont do it. 

I had this same issue on both of my HMR VT-1's. 

[DewPoint]

I wonder if this can be traced down to a single bad foot mold.  I imagine that they pour many feet at once.  So maybe you get 20 in a pour and yield 19 good feet and 1 bad one.

[Big s]

I’ve had the issue on all my hmr vf 1’s some are more stiff than others, but you can usually work them loose. It’s always that right foot. Either that or the left foot is actually the messed up one and rotates too much and we all thought that’s how it’s supposed to be.

[Foblander]

Is it suppose to have as much rotation travel backwards as far as it does forward? I also felt like the back rotation for both the feet seemed a bit limiting on my 1D.

[DewPoint]

12 minutes ago, Foblander said:

Is it suppose to have as much rotation travel backwards as far as it does forward? I also felt like the back rotation for both the feet seemed a bit limiting on my 1D.

It is as far as my other VF-1s go.  I've never seen it not swing all the way forward for that slamming on the brakes look.  But it doesn't always swing all the way back for the iconic Gerwalk look.  Both feet should have the same range of motion.

I've had one or two that were stiff, but you can feel it move.  For those, I was able to massage it slowly to the full back position.  For the VT-1 and the Hikaru VF-1A, they will not budge past the upright Battroid standing position.  I get reminded of what happened to Jenius's HMR VF-1S shoulder joint and I get worried.

Edited May 3, 2019 by DewPoint
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