Bandai DX VF-31

[Lolicon]

Decided that just a simple wash and maintaining an otherwise shiny new look best suits Delta squadron, given their air show colors. Also, it's a lot less work. 

31A will probably be a different story...

[Lolicon]

12 minutes ago, Xigfrid said:

If I could recast or print in clear plastic, I would have made numerous copies of the 31s canopies and also a reshape of the YF-25 Prophecy

Wouldn't it have been (slightly) cheaper to just mold the canopy in clear orange/yellow/whatever than to mold a clear canopy then paint over it in some ungodly gold glitter paint? Would've have looked better too. Re: all the canopies Bandai made before the VF-31.

[Chronocidal]

1 hour ago, Lolicon said:

Wouldn't it have been (slightly) cheaper to just mold the canopy in clear orange/yellow/whatever than to mold a clear canopy then paint over it in some ungodly gold glitter paint? Would've have looked better too. Re: all the canopies Bandai made before the VF-31.

Not necessarily.  I get the feeling that the DXs aren't molded with the same technology as the Bandai models, where you get multiple colors on single sprues, and there's really nothing else to mold in those colors.  It's likely a lot cheaper to make one mold for all the clear parts, and just mold the entire thing in plain clear plastic, rather than mix up multiple batches of transparent plastic.

I didn't really realize this for a very long time, but Yamato did this all along as well.  Very few (if any) clear parts were molded in tinted plastic.  They were just molded in clear, and then painted the proper color.

[Saburo]

1 hour ago, Lolicon said:

Decided that just a simple wash and maintaining an otherwise shiny new look best suits Delta squadron, given their air show colors. Also, it's a lot less work. 

31A will probably be a different story...

Looks awesome @Lolicon! I should learn to do that.

[mog_kupo]

2 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Decided that just a simple wash and maintaining an otherwise shiny new look best suits Delta squadron, given their air show colors. Also, it's a lot less work. 

31A will probably be a different story...

So, you used a simple panel-linning, but did you used a top coat to "seal" it after?

 

Looks great BTW

[Lolicon]

1 hour ago, Chronocidal said:

Not necessarily.  I get the feeling that the DXs aren't molded with the same technology as the Bandai models, where you get multiple colors on single sprues, and there's really nothing else to mold in those colors.  It's likely a lot cheaper to make one mold for all the clear parts, and just mold the entire thing in plain clear plastic, rather than mix up multiple batches of transparent plastic.

I didn't really realize this for a very long time, but Yamato did this all along as well.  Very few (if any) clear parts were molded in tinted plastic.  They were just molded in clear, and then painted the proper color.

Well, I'd hope they would have at least maintained the same production quality as the Frontier toys and molded the canopies in color, seeing as how the VF-31 costs substantially more.

Or, you know, just used a clear orange paint instead of the glittery stripper paint. 

1 hour ago, Saburo said:

Looks awesome @Lolicon! I should learn to do that.

Thanks Saburo! It's super easy and anyone can learn to do it in like 5 minutes.

1 hour ago, mog_kupo said:

So, you used a simple panel-linning, but did you used a top coat to "seal" it after?

Looks great BTW

Thanks! Actually, I haven't bothered to seal the 31. The panel lines are deep enough to where your fingers can't actually rub it off, at least not with my normal gentle handling. Guys with sweaty palms might have more issues.  I may seal it off later on though. 

Right now I'd like to go ahead and do the same for Mirage and Messer.

[Xigfrid]

Yeah that metallic paint is not looking good in any lighting conditions. You hardly can tell who is piloting, if you don't "ride the wind"...

I would love to repaint mine but I would prefer to test on a spare canopy than on the original. 

Also your panel lining is looking super, I should makeup mine too, but curious about the treatment you would do to the 262 

Edited September 27, 2017 by Xigfrid

[Valkyrie2008]

"That's the way I like it, ah ha... ah ha" 

Nice and clean!

[Chronocidal]

3 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Well, I'd hope they would have at least maintained the same production quality as the Frontier toys and molded the canopies in color, seeing as how the VF-31 costs substantially more.

I'm not sure the 25s used color-molded canopies either, but I'd need someone else to confirm that.  I thought I remembered someone stripping one because the tinting was overdone, but it was a long time ago, and I might be confusing it with people trying to get a proper tint on the 1/72 kits.

[Moosey]

Excitement!

Excitement builds

Oh Hello

Feels so good!! 

 

Is there anything like that first time feeling with a new Valk? It's been too long!

I'm spent now, so transformation will have to wait! First impressions are unwaveringly positive though!

[505thAirborne]

Congrats Moosey! 

Whether you're a Mac Delta fan or not, the Bandai VF-31 is an amazing piece of engineering and a blast to swoosh around & transform! 

[IXTL]

https://web.facebook.com/loopaza/photos/pcb.1598758753518967/1598756193519223/?type=3&theater

 

[Lolicon]

5 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I'm not sure the 25s used color-molded canopies either, but I'd need someone else to confirm that.  I thought I remembered someone stripping one because the tinting was overdone, but it was a long time ago, and I might be confusing it with people trying to get a proper tint on the 1/72 kits.

Some of them are molded it color. I know the 25G is because mine was badly scuffed and I was able to use polishing compound to smooth it out completely so it's nice and clear again. All the 25s appear to be molded in color.

[no3Ljm]

On 9/26/2017 at 10:03 AM, WaferMouse said:

@no3Ljm I know it's a few pages back but thanks for posting the pics of the 31C in black SPs. That's actually exactly the look I was hoping for, looking forward to HLJ delivering my SPs now 

You're welcome sir! Can't wait to try the real deal on it coming October.  

16 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Decided that just a simple wash and maintaining an otherwise shiny new look best suits Delta squadron, given their air show colors. Also, it's a lot less work. 

31A will probably be a different story...

So clean and crisp.   Flory's? 

4 hours ago, IXTL said:

https://web.facebook.com/loopaza/photos/pcb.1598758753518967/1598756193519223/?type=3&theater

I can't wait for this one.

 

[Lolicon]

21 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

So clean and crisp.   Flory's? 

Flory + mechanical pencil. Mixed black + concrete to get a level of grey that matches the pencil grey.

[no3Ljm]

20 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Flory + mechanical pencil. Mixed black + concrete to get a level of grey that matches the pencil grey.

Cool! Thanks Lolicon!  

 

[Valkyrie Driver]

Can the VF-31C still be had? AmiAmi says that orders are closed, and Mandarake is sold out. Help I have to have one!!!!

[Lolicon]

https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/20591-macross-delta-dx-chogokin-vf-31c-siegfried-mirage-farina-jenius-custom.html

[Valkyrie Driver]

26 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/20591-macross-delta-dx-chogokin-vf-31c-siegfried-mirage-farina-jenius-custom.html

Having issues creating an account. 

[no3Ljm]

1 hour ago, Valkyrie Driver said:

Having issues creating an account. 

That's odd. Still having problems creating one?

You never ordered from Nippon-Yasan before?

 

[Valkyrie Driver]

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

You never ordered from Nippon-Yasan before?

Oddly no I have not. I'm going to have to wait a month before I can order mine, because I had some bills to clear up, and the VA won't give me back the money they owe me. 

[Valkyrie Driver]

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

That's odd. Still having problems creating one?

Yep. I don't understand why...

[Sanity is Optional]

Try changing your browser?

[Valkyrie Driver]

16 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Try changing your browser?

Tried with Chrome and with Internet explorer. No Dice, same error message.

 

*Edit* Contacted Customer support, and ended up submitting a ticket to resolve the issue. 

Edited September 28, 2017 by Valkyrie Driver
update

[Scyla]

Was the release date for Messers VF-31 Super Perts always in Oktober? I had an end of September daze in my mind.

[Lolicon]

Back at Amiami for anyone who still wants one.

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=FIGURE-029195

[Valkyrie Driver]

I just ordered mine, I hope they ship soon. AmiAmi was cheaper too.

Edited September 29, 2017 by Valkyrie Driver

[JetJockey]

Is this usual for these to go out of stock and come back in stock this much?

[WaferMouse]

3 hours ago, Scyla said:

Was the release date for Messers VF-31 Super Perts always in Oktober? I had an end of September daze in my mind.

My email from CDJ from when I PO'd says October (which is funny, since a few posts ago I was sure I PO'd with HLJ, lol)

[chyll2]

16 minutes ago, JetJockey said:

Is this usual for these to go out of stock and come back in stock this much?

No. Usual trend is that it get sold out and rarely get come back in stock. and if it comes back in stock, it usually get sold fast or with a healthy mark up

[anubis20]

3 hours ago, Scyla said:

Was the release date for Messers VF-31 Super Perts always in Oktober? I had an end of September daze in my mind.

Just got an email today from p-bandai that the super parts are releasing on 10/17... I have to wait until the 25th because I have it bundled with the Figuarts Mk V 

[spacemanoeuvres]

39 minutes ago, chyll2 said:

No. Usual trend is that it get sold out and rarely get come back in stock. and if it comes back in stock, it usually get sold fast or with a healthy mark up

Yeah the 31C is turning out to be quite the shelf warmer. I bought a couple extra and it looks like I’ll have to bury them in the sand for a thousand years befor they are worth the trouble to sell lol 

[Valkyrie Driver]

AmiAmi lists out of stock again 

[Duymon]

My VF-31C has been sitting in Los Angeles Customs for 2 weeks now. That's even worse than the NY customs center lol

[Lolicon]

Maybe even Bandai DX toys have reached a high enough price point where a lot of people can't afford or are unwilling to get the entire squadron, so they just settled for getting the hero, such as he is. These are substantially more expensive than the Frontier toys, after all.

Or maybe Delta was really just so awful that there are far fewer people interested in toys from such a terrible show.

Exchange when I delivered my friend's 31C.

Friend: Are you looking forward to the Delta movie?

Me: No. Delta was pretty awful.

Friend: Even worse than Macross II?

Me: At least Macross II had the virtue of being short.