Vifam7 Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 Finished building the Tomytec Gimix VF-1A. Took me about 3-hours to complete (1-hour each night). Like all of the prior Gimix aircraft releaes, this is a very impressive kit. Lots of fantastic detail. Most parts simply snap into place. Glue is needed to put on the wheels, missiles, pylons, and forward fuselage antennae. The forward fuselage antennae is microscopically small. Be very careful. They can easily get lost. My advice is to use superglue (cyanoacrylate) and quickly get them attached. First some pics of the VF-1 on the tarmac Now for the comparison to the F-Toys VF-1A. Granted, it's not a fair contest. One costs 500 yen, the other costs 3,000yen. Quote
electric indigo Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 Interesting pictures, thank you! Of course the Gimix has great details and definition, but the canopy looks pretty wide, and the landing gear is totally off, something I didn't notice in the previous photos I've seen. And in comparison, I think the F-Toys Valk has a better side profile in the front section. Quote
Vifam7 Posted August 16, 2016 Author Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) Interesting pictures, thank you! Of course the Gimix has great details and definition, but the canopy looks pretty wide, and the landing gear is totally off, something I didn't notice in the previous photos I've seen. And in comparison, I think the F-Toys Valk has a better side profile in the front section. The nose gear on the Gimix is a tad on the thick side. It also seems a bit too tall/long. However, the length is needed to give the model the proper horizontal stance. The nose gear on the F-Toys is nice and thin but way too short, giving the aircraft an awkward nose down stance. Later tonight, I'll compare the canopy size with that of a F-15. Edited August 16, 2016 by Vifam7 Quote
derex3592 Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 Looks great!! I want a squadron of these!! but my wallet says NO! Quote
VF-1A Grunt Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 I'm not sure what to think of the Gimix brown. It looks a little dark in the comparison photos, but while the lighter shade of the F-Toys tan looks more "correct," I think the color is off. Interesting comparison, thanks for posting! Quote
Vifam7 Posted August 17, 2016 Author Posted August 17, 2016 Canopy size comparison. A tad wider than the F-15 canopy. But not wider than the A-7 Corsair canopy The Gimix VF-1 canopy is a tad big but within the range of acceptability I think. Quote
seti88 Posted August 17, 2016 Posted August 17, 2016 Tq for the comparison pics vifam! I agree with electric indigo that the ftoy has a nicer side profile on the nose section. The tomy needs a slightly longer nose with more tapering up on the lower side. I myself like a angled parking stance, but the tomy has better defined gears. I dont think it would be difficult for the frontier struts to be shortened via customisation.. the tomy definately tops the details dept and would be more realistic and less toy like looking on display. And when it comes to battroid the gritty look is awesome.. Quote
Chronocidal Posted August 18, 2016 Posted August 18, 2016 Looks like the F-Toys one might be based on the Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1 mold? Just the general proportions seem very similar, but that lower leg droop angle is really familiar. The Tomytec one definitely is wider, but I think it works on the design. Might be due to the proportions needed to make the parts swappable into a battroid configuration too. Quote
peter Posted September 8, 2016 Posted September 8, 2016 Nice comparison, thanks for posting! I have a bunch of the F-toys I picked up in Japan a few years ago and I haven't even opened them yet. I think I'm going to have to do that tonight, they actually don't look all that bad! I wonder if I can panel line the F-Toys without fukking it up too badly....... Quote
ayaxr Posted September 8, 2016 Posted September 8, 2016 Nice comparison, thanks for posting! I have a bunch of the F-toys I picked up in Japan a few years ago and I haven't even opened them yet. I think I'm going to have to do that tonight, they actually don't look all that bad! I wonder if I can panel line the F-Toys without fukking it up too badly....... Yes you can panel line the F-Toys. The lines are just deep enough for it to be possible. I did and I suck at it haha. Turned out great. They have a surprising amount of detail for the "initial price" when they were originally sold and have aged well. Quote
ECB5489 Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) new member here. adding some photos. Edited October 25, 2016 by ECB5489 Quote
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