Pontus Posted April 12, 2019 Posted April 12, 2019 32 minutes ago, RedLion said: Thanks for the info. Where is the store? There's a for sale section here on the forum ya know. Here's a link. Looks like it's still for sale: Quote
Phangry Posted April 13, 2019 Posted April 13, 2019 On 4/6/2019 at 3:41 PM, no3Ljm said: Mandarake has it from Y26000 to Y28000. Nippon-Yasan has it for Y31500. But those without shipping yet. So more or less you will play safe within the budget from $250 to $300. Bit the bullet and ordered one off of Mandarake. After getting gouged on the DX VF-1A, I figured I may as well go for broke. Quote
kkx Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 6 hours ago, Phangry said: Bit the bullet and ordered one off of Mandarake. After getting gouged on the DX VF-1A, I figured I may as well go for broke. I did the same. Mandarake offers very good service. Quote
yami4ct Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 Just had a catastrophic failure on the one I bought for Christmas. The diecast folding joint that connects the torso to the waist at the back of the collapsing spine piece just completely split in half during transformation. I luckily can leave it in fighter mode, but yeah not happy. Gonna chalk it up to a fault in the metal as I've never seen this issue reported but be careful. Guess I get to look for a new one to buy now. Yay. Quote
Shizuka the Cat Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, yami4ct said: Just had a catastrophic failure on the one I bought for Christmas. The diecast folding joint that connects the torso to the waist at the back of the collapsing spine piece just completely split in half during transformation. I luckily can leave it in fighter mode, but yeah not happy. Gonna chalk it up to a fault in the metal as I've never seen this issue reported but be careful. Guess I get to look for a new one to buy now. Yay. Can you post pictures? I would like to see the extent of the damage. Also, how much pressure did you put on the spine during transformation? Quote
yami4ct Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 8 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said: Can you post pictures? I would like to see the extent of the damage. Also, how much pressure did you put on the spine during transformation? Here's the failure as seen coming out of fighter mode. The failure itself happened coming from battroid to fighter. I put basically no pressure on that piece as I've transformed it several times and all the joints had loosened up nicely. I had already collapsed the spine and I was lining up stuff at the top of the torso when it just kind of fell apart. Quote
HardlyNever Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 That looks pretty rough. There is definitely a lot of pressure there during transformation, but that looks like a manufacturer defect to me. Sucks this particular model suffers from so many QC issues, as it is a great piece if you are lucky enough to get one with minimal problems. That might be fixable, at least to hold together better in fighter mode. That thing's transformation days look like they are over, though. Quote
yami4ct Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 It actually holds together very well in fighter mode thankfully, so there's that. Quote
NeoMatter Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 Ouch. That turned into one expensive paper weight bird. Quote
yami4ct Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 Given I bought it used I don't expect any help from bandai, but I sent them an inquiry regardless. It seems like very obviously a manufacturing defect to me so you never know. Maybe they'll take pity. Haha. Quote
VF-Zer0S Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 I had to look at that picture several times before it clicked. I’ve had mine in fighter forever and now I’m definitely afraid to transform. Quote
yami4ct Posted April 14, 2019 Posted April 14, 2019 I wouldn't let this scare you that much. I honestly believe it was a fault in the metal and not a design fault as I've never seen this failure reported. Still thought it was best to let the community know just in case. Quote
Sildani Posted April 15, 2019 Posted April 15, 2019 Might have been an air bubble that formed during the casting process. I feel bad for you, crap luck, sir. Quote
rdrunner Posted April 15, 2019 Posted April 15, 2019 17 hours ago, yami4ct said: I wouldn't let this scare you that much. I honestly believe it was a fault in the metal and not a design fault as I've never seen this failure reported. Still thought it was best to let the community know just in case. Thanks for sharing, hard luck mate. Sorry to see that happen. Quote
Duymon Posted April 15, 2019 Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) I cringed looking at that break. It's a high-stress area but you'd imagine die-cast would be able to handle it unless there were imperfections during the casting process. Maybe we need to have machined or forged parts now for our DX valks O_o Edited April 15, 2019 by Duymon Quote
Phangry Posted April 16, 2019 Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) On 4/13/2019 at 2:38 PM, Phangry said: Bit the bullet and ordered one off of Mandarake. After getting gouged on the DX VF-1A, I figured I may as well go for broke. Mandarake actually canceled my order, as the YF-19 had already been sold. I'm actually slightly relieved, as that was kind of a lot of money to spend all at once, considering I payed the Nippon-Yasan markup for the DX VF-1A. Going to wait a little before re-ordering, I think... Edited April 16, 2019 by Phangry Quote
RedLion Posted April 23, 2019 Posted April 23, 2019 On 4/15/2019 at 9:24 PM, Phangry said: Mandarake actually canceled my order, as the YF-19 had already been sold. I'm actually slightly relieved, as that was kind of a lot of money to spend all at once, considering I payed the Nippon-Yasan markup for the DX VF-1A. Going to wait a little before re-ordering, I think... Mandrake cancelled mine as well. We will have to wait for the YF-19 YF-21 2 pack from Bandai!! Don't worry it will probably be less than $1000 US dollars! Quote
Xigfrid Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) I just saw that and decided I could try the spare missile pylons. Although the antenna is looking great too. https://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?id=581216915966 Edited May 21, 2019 by Xigfrid Quote
no3Ljm Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 4 hours ago, Xigfrid said: I just saw that and decided I could try the spare missile pylons. Although the antenna is looking great too. https://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?id=581216915966 That is great for members who have broken antenna. Here's the updated link just in case the mobile link one above doesn't work. https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a21wu.241046-us.4691948847.7.41cab6cbkQVe6O&scm=1007.15423.84311.100200300000005&id=581216915966&pvid=16cda37b-2497-4954-a539-98add2d55c4e Thanks for sharing @Xigfrid. Quote
Chronocidal Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 Boy I wish someone at Bandai would take a look at an actual aircraft before making those stubby pylons... I need to get my printer upgraded and go to town adapting some standard pylon designs. Quote
Pontus Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 6 hours ago, Xigfrid said: I just saw that and decided I could try the spare missile pylons. Although the antenna is looking great too. https://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?id=581216915966 Awesome! Now, is there some way I can buy one of these without learning Japanese? I take it that you're making these Xigfrid? If so, could I purchase one from you directly? Quote
no3Ljm Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, Pontus said: Awesome! Now, is there some way I can buy one of these without learning Japanese? I take it that you're making these Xigfrid? If so, could I purchase one from you directly? I don't think this is made and sold by Xigfrid. I believe this is from some chinese company/seller who's selling this antenna and missile pylons. Quote
rdrunner Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 7 hours ago, Xigfrid said: I just saw that and decided I could try the spare missile pylons. Although the antenna is looking great too. https://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?id=581216915966 Thanks Xigfrid! The price of the replacement antenna at $17 USD seems a bit steep to me though, especially when we have to pay for overseas shipping as well. Quote
Pontus Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 43 minutes ago, rdrunner said: Thanks Xigfrid! The price of the replacement antenna at $17 USD seems a bit steep to me though, especially when we have to pay for overseas shipping as well. It says about 100yen. Isn't that only about $1USD? Quote
HardlyNever Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 24 minutes ago, Pontus said: It says about 100yen. Isn't that only about $1USD? It looks like that is in Chinese Yuan, not Japanese Yen. Taobao is a predominately Chinese website (sort of like ebay). Caveat emptor, as always. Quote
rdrunner Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 1 hour ago, HardlyNever said: It looks like that is in Chinese Yuan, not Japanese Yen. Taobao is a predominately Chinese website (sort of like ebay). Caveat emptor, as always. Yup. It’s in Chinese Yuan. Quote
F360 Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 3 hours ago, rdrunner said: Thanks Xigfrid! The price of the replacement antenna at $17 USD seems a bit steep to me though, especially when we have to pay for overseas shipping as well. maybe it's for a set of 10? Quote
rdrunner Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, F360 said: maybe it's for a set of 10? It says 犄角 單价 which means single unit price for the horn is CNY 118, but I’m curious to find out. I’ll send them a message to ask maybe. The set of 10 is for the missile connectors and the price is 99 CNY for a set of ten. Edited May 22, 2019 by rdrunner Quote
Xigfrid Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 Yes, as stated these antennas are not mine. These look like recasted one with a water decal to copy exactly the original one. I think the price is great regarding the quality (at least what we see). However if this antenna is not good, you can still grab one of my 3D printed ones Quote
onnasake Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 Anyone making replacements for the part I broke?? Likely not...I'm probably the only one that broke it... Gee thanks for flipping my image for no reason, imgur. Quote
Jaustin89 Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 11 hours ago, onnasake said: Anyone making replacements for the part I broke?? Likely not...I'm probably the only one that broke it... Gee thanks for flipping my image for no reason, imgur. I'm starting to work on models for the YF-19 missile pylons and some expanded options for mounting (Three reaction miisles per hardpoint anyone?) now but I threw that bracket in my bag of parts to model. Not my top priority but I'll see what I can do. Quote
onnasake Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 9 hours ago, Jaustin89 said: I'm starting to work on models for the YF-19 missile pylons and some expanded options for mounting (Three reaction miisles per hardpoint anyone?) now but I threw that bracket in my bag of parts to model. Not my top priority but I'll see what I can do. You sir, just became my best friend. Quote
Jaustin89 Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Not perfect but it should be close enough to work (The geometry of the support struts is a bit off, they have a rounder cross section rather than the elongated diamond of the stock part. Should just be a visual difference) and there are some supports I had to add that will have to be removed. https://www.shapeways.com/product/V73KC7VQR/dx-chogokin-yf-19-fold-booster-cradle-replacement Shapeways is saying there's a thin wall but from what I'm seeing it's just an error in their automatic analysis and shouldn't effect print ability. If you run into any issues with it let me know and I'll see if I can fix it. I'll put the pylons and adapters up after I order some test prints to ensure they work. Quote
onnasake Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, Jaustin89 said: Not perfect but it should be close enough to work (The geometry of the support struts is a bit off, they have a rounder cross section rather than the elongated diamond of the stock part. Should just be a visual difference) and there are some supports I had to add that will have to be removed. https://www.shapeways.com/product/V73KC7VQR/dx-chogokin-yf-19-fold-booster-cradle-replacement Shapeways is saying there's a thin wall but from what I'm seeing it's just an error in their automatic analysis and shouldn't effect print ability. If you run into any issues with it let me know and I'll see if I can fix it. I'll put the pylons and adapters up after I order some test prints to ensure they work. wait.....did you just whip that up just for me, just now??? This is my first shapeway order....very very reasonable price! Until I got to the shipping to Japan....$29.99!! Ouch!! Totally worth it though....I can't wait for my fold booster to finally be fixed and be able to connect properly. Mr. Austin.....THANK YOU!! Edited May 25, 2019 by onnasake Quote
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