no3Ljm Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 Thanks for pointing out. BTW, there are 2 SDF-1s at the Hasegawa booth at All Japan Model and Hobby Show yesterday. One of them were modified by a famous Japanese plamodeller, DorobouHige and decorative illumination was equiped in it. I will edit the videos I shot. It shows its small lights are blinking.There are some pics uploaded on the Net, but those do not show the gimmick. Please look forward to it. You're welcome antibiotictab. And thanks also on the youtube link. Cool gimmick on the SDF-1. Wish I could do something like that. Does that image of the SDF-1 that says 10/20 mean the hasegawa kit is coming out on Oct. 20? I'm trying to decide when to hit 'send' on my HLJ Private Warehouse. 10/20 is a couple weeks after i need to ship. Yes sir! It's coming out on the 20th of October. But I assumed the 20th is the online retail and the 23rd is the store release date. Though I'm not 100% sure since I can't read too much kanji now. But it's safe to assumed that it's going to be available by then. Quote
lavinrac Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 (edited) You're welcome antibiotictab. And thanks also on the youtube link. Cool gimmick on the SDF-1. Wish I could do something like that. Yes sir! It's coming out on the 20th of October. But I assumed the 20th is the online retail and the 23rd is the store release date. Though I'm not 100% sure since I can't read too much kanji now. But it's safe to assumed that it's going to be available by then. Thanks! Guess that will be in my NEXT shipment. Who knows. maybe they'll fix it so I don't have to. Edited October 2, 2015 by lavinrac Quote
Nyankodevice Posted October 4, 2015 Posted October 4, 2015 The conversion kit might cost more than the Hasegawa kit itself because it's all the major parts of the ship. Body, legs and the main gun... I'm really shocked Hasegawa did this. I think Arcadia or Yamato brought up this option also after they did their movie version. 65830_7.jpg 65830_9.jpg 65830_8.jpg 65830_6.jpg 65830_5.jpg 65830_4.jpg 65830_3.jpg 65830_2.jpg 65830_1re.jpg looking at these pics, i realize something... the ship is slightly to short overall, cannon is missing the iconic curve, cannon is not quite massive enough... wth.. is it with that intake/duct combining bow with main body....legs need more length and too thick at front... Prometheus almost there... Daedalus closest part to what SDFM equivalent should be... also bridge although bigger than DYRL version... still not quite there... by all means my own TV SDF-1 build is not perfect and has details never before seen on any DYRL or SDFM SDF-1 kits... thats just what i like... if i had the time or knowhow i would consider making a mould of my SDF-1 and sell the kits here... Quote
mickyg Posted October 4, 2015 Posted October 4, 2015 Do it! I was hoping you'd chime in with your opinion on this kit. I know of nobody else who has spent as much time on the intricate details of this thing, quite like you have. Quote
Thom Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 So, available in October, but they really mean November with it being so late in the month. I wish they wouldn't tease me so... Quote
DarkArchon3000 Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 I'd be so down for a 1/2400 resin kit. I was already saving up for Captain's 1/3000. Is it possible to mold & cast it being that it is made of paper and styrene? Quote
MechTech Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 As I was going through your build Nyankodevice I kept thinking, "that would make a GREAT resin kit!" You SHOULD do it! Not just because of people's issues with Hasegawa's kit, but the size and detail are in a completely better class. This way your work goes double - for yourself AND fellow fans. - MT Quote
Cesar Enrique Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 I'm in for buying a resin kit of Nyankodevice SDF-1. You can send it to someone to make the molds and casts, there are people who do this. Quote
Mommar Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 looking at these pics, i realize something... the ship is slightly to short overall, cannon is missing the iconic curve, cannon is not quite massive enough... wth.. is it with that intake/duct combining bow with main body....legs need more length and too thick at front... Prometheus almost there... Daedalus closest part to what SDFM equivalent should be... also bridge although bigger than DYRL version... still not quite there... by all means my own TV SDF-1 build is not perfect and has details never before seen on any DYRL or SDFM SDF-1 kits... thats just what i like... if i had the time or knowhow i would consider making a mould of my SDF-1 and sell the kits here... Holy Christ Chex, I would KILL for a copy of your SDF-1. It would be $2000+ but totally worth it. It's the most amazing rendition of the SDFM SDF-1 I've seen. Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) Not sure if this has been posted. Photos from HLJ's coverage from All Japan Model & Hobby Show 2015. 1/4000 SDF-1 [TV & DYRL Hybrid] 1/72 VF-25F/S Super Messiah Edited October 7, 2015 by no3ljm Quote
mickyg Posted October 9, 2015 Posted October 9, 2015 I absolutely love that you can paint the micro missiles one colour, and the container fits over them, allowing white missiles and gray base to work really well. This will be much easier to paint! Quote
MechTech Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 I gotta dig the missile parts too! Nice engineering. - MT Quote
VF-18S Hornet Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 This is nice, but has anyone noticed that the legs are a combination of the TV Series and DYRL? Quote
antibiotictab Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 FYI He started to reveal how to make the modified DYRL SDF-1. (Japanese) http://dorobou.blog.so-net.ne.jp/archive/c2305690677-1 Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 FYI He started to reveal how to make the modified DYRL SDF-1. (Japanese) http://dorobou.blog.so-net.ne.jp/archive/c2305690677-1 All I can say is WOW! Quote
MechTech Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 That's AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing that. He did a nice job showing how he did the fiber optics. - MT Quote
Mommar Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 This is nice, but has anyone noticed that the legs are a combination of the TV Series and DYRL? It's a modified version of their DYRL kit. It reuses a lot of parts and it's not just the legs that are DYRL style. Quote
Firesped Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 looks like the release on the Macross got pushed back to November now. Quote
EXO Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 I'm OK with that... We're halfway thru Oct... Quote
lavinrac Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Ok Hasegawa.. since you gave yourselves an extra month.. why not go ahead and do the mods I was going to have to do myself. Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 looks like the release on the Macross got pushed back to November now. Cool. Now I can save a little on shipping cost combine with the VF-0S and VF-2SS. Quote
kajnrig Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Ok Hasegawa.. since you gave yourselves an extra month.. why not go ahead and do the mods I was going to have to do myself. What mods would those be? (Don't know much about the VF-25, so the only thing I'm going on is that it looks better than the Bandai Messiah...) Quote
mickyg Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 I think he means the SDF-1. Yeah, the VF-25 looks great! Quote
Firesped Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 They used the same mold for the DYRL version on the front of the ship. So it doesn't have the curve on the bottom. on a side note, has anyone built the DYRL version in storm attacker mode? When I was putting that together it seemed like you could modify the kit into that mode. Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 They used the same mold for the DYRL version on the front of the ship. So it doesn't have the curve on the bottom. on a side note, has anyone built the DYRL version in storm attacker mode? When I was putting that together it seemed like you could modify the kit into that mode. Care to share some pics or insights about this. I'm interested to see what kind of modding we can do on the main turrets. Thanks! Quote
Firesped Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 let me see if I can find the instructions, it's kinda hard to explain without the kit on the spruce Quote
Firesped Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Here is a scan of page 3 from the 1:4000 scale SDF-1 Macross Movie Edition from Hasagawa Hobby Kits. I deleted some of the information from the page to only show what pretains to this. Steps 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 are the assembly of the "main gun." The top pieces are single part and would have to be cut in half, but the lower parts in this kit were not. splitting the main gun is the primary thing to be done for making the Storm Attacker mode. After that is figuring out how the parts go together. the poly-cap spruce included with the kit included far more parts then need for the kit. also the stand also included a part that was not needed. On the new kit, it looks like they changed out the front part from step 2 and 3 to match the TV version, the parts from steps 4, 5, and 6 do not match. It is more then just the cut out from the bottom that is wrong. cut out part is step 4, part from 5 and 6 is also wrong. the good news, the back of the book include hi-resolution painting/decal guide showing all of the parts in scale with each other. (slightly off scale to the model itself, which is actually 1/4500 scale) Looking at your pictures of the model, the bar the legs are on is straight where the bar for the movie edition had an angle in it. they must have changed the rear center thruster to do that. Not entirely sure but It might not 100% be the same leg as the DYRL version. I noticed they painted the yellow stripe at the base, I expect panel lines there to show where to paint, which are not present on the DYRL version. Edited October 20, 2015 by Firesped Quote
joscasle Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 SDF-1 "TV" version shipping notification from hlj. Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 Thanks for that Firesped. I also check the manual and yes, we have to cut the main gun in half. Would nice to do it, but I'm not that good in modding. Hehehe. By the way, HLJ just emailed me payment request for the SDF-1 TV version. Looks like it's going to be release late October. Thought it's going to be November. Quote
Firesped Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 (edited) I got it too. yay now I just need to figure out how to 3D model part F from PC-05 to build the ARMD mk 1. Edited October 21, 2015 by Firesped Quote
Chas Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Just processed payment. Should be on the way soon Quote
flyboy Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) If anyone is interested, instructions and sprue pics here: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10343492/10/0 Edited October 23, 2015 by flyboy Quote
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