Arcadia 1/60 VF-4A ‘Flashback 2012’ Premium Finish & Regular Release

[Lolicon]

Did the paneling on my VF-4A. The lines are super fine and shallow which makes doing a simple wash next to impossible. 

But damned if I don't absolutely love that fighter! And finally put that Arcadia stand to good use. 

Now she just needs some decal work. 

[no3Ljm]

^ Love it!

 

[Rogueload]

18 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Did the paneling on my VF-4A. The lines are super fine and shallow which makes doing a simple wash next to impossible. 

But damned if I don't absolutely love that fighter! And finally put that Arcadia stand to good use. 

Now she just needs some decal work. 

Looks great! If I had one I’d have to panel line it too or get a PF. 

[treatment]

1 hour ago, Lolicon said:

Did the paneling on my VF-4A. The lines are super fine and shallow which makes doing a simple wash next to impossible. 

But damned if I don't absolutely love that fighter! And finally put that Arcadia stand to good use. 

Now she just needs some decal work. 

 

Absolutley fantastic work and shots!

 

[Anasazi37]

4 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Did the paneling on my VF-4A. The lines are super fine and shallow which makes doing a simple wash next to impossible. 

But damned if I don't absolutely love that fighter! And finally put that Arcadia stand to good use. 

Now she just needs some decal work. 

Looking really good! I'm leaning towards making decals for this. Just need to set aside some time to make it happen. Have to balance this project against a few others that are consuming my weekends right now.

[Lolicon]

5 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

^ Love it!

 

4 hours ago, Rogueload said:

Looks great! If I had one I’d have to panel line it too or get a PF. 

 

3 hours ago, treatment said:

 

Absolutley fantastic work and shots!

Thanks gentlemen! 

 

32 minutes ago, Anasazi37 said:

Looking really good! I'm leaning towards making decals for this. Just need to set aside some time to make it happen. Have to balance this project against a few others that are consuming my weekends right now.

Hey, you do it if and when you feel like it/have time. You're doing a huge favor for the community and we appreciate it! We can ask no more than that. 

In any case, I'm waiting till after I get the PF in hand before considering decaling this one as I want to see what markings go where. I'm not sure if I have the VF-4 master file book lying around anywhere... because I can't remember if I ever bought a copy. 

[dur]

On 2/9/2021 at 5:02 PM, Rhubarbarian said:

I checked my VF-4A's gunpod versus my Arcadia VF-1S and the 1S definitely had a noticeably fatter handle. I figured that it was easier for them to shave off the handle to make it work with the existing slot in the VF-4 than it was to adjust the slot in the VF-4, but if the Yamato mold was the slimmer handle, then maybe that wasn't the case? I don't have any Yamato VF-1s to compare, unfortunately.

Sorry if this was answered earlier, I couldn't quite find it on search.  But does the VF-4A gunpod mount to the VF-4G?

[treatment]

1 hour ago, dur said:

Sorry if this was answered earlier, I couldn't quite find it on search.  But does the VF-4A gunpod mount to the VF-4G?

ayup...

 

[Dobber]

All this talk about the gun pod handle and such and the one that came with my VF-4A doesn’t fit on the Valk at all. The handle is too wide to fit into the slot.  Did I miss something?

Chris
 

 

[Anasazi37]

3 hours ago, Dobber said:

All this talk about the gun pod handle and such and the one that came with my VF-4A doesn’t fit on the Valk at all. The handle is too wide to fit into the slot.  Did I miss something?

Chris

It was a very snug fit for my VF-4A. At first the handle seemed too wide, but I applied some gentle pressure and wiggled it a little and it eventually worked. The gunpod is essentially held in place via friction. Unless I did something wrong.

[Lolicon]

Unfortunately you can't use the stand adapter while the gunpod is attached. 

[slide]

2 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Unfortunately you can't use the stand adapter while the gunpod is attached. 

 sounds about right!

[Saburo]

19 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Did the paneling on my VF-4A. The lines are super fine and shallow which makes doing a simple wash next to impossible. 

But damned if I don't absolutely love that fighter! And finally put that Arcadia stand to good use. 

Now she just needs some decal work. 

@Lolicon Amazing work on the panel lining and your shots are excellent! 

How long did it take you to complete the panel lines?

[Rhubarbarian]

6 hours ago, Anasazi37 said:

It was a very snug fit for my VF-4A. At first the handle seemed too wide, but I applied some gentle pressure and wiggled it a little and it eventually worked. The gunpod is essentially held in place via friction. Unless I did something wrong.

Mine kept getting stuck halfway in and I was convinced I was doing something wrong and was going to mar the plastic on the fighter. Once it got in there, it was super solid though. 

[Lolicon]

23 hours ago, Saburo said:

@Lolicon Amazing work on the panel lining and your shots are excellent! 

How long did it take you to complete the panel lines?

Thanks! It took a couple of hours as I ended up doing much of it by hand because the lines are fine and shallow so as to be almost non-existent. I'll compare it to Arcadia's factory version when the PF arrives.

[Saburo]

7 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Thanks! It took a couple of hours as I ended up doing much of it by hand because the lines are fine and shallow so as to be almost non-existent. I'll compare it to Arcadia's factory version when the PF arrives.

Nice! I look forward to seeing a side by side comparison of your customized VF-4 and the Arcadia VF-4 PF. 

[David Hingtgen]

On 2/13/2021 at 11:33 AM, Lolicon said:

Thanks! It took a couple of hours as I ended up doing much of it by hand because the lines are fine and shallow so as to be almost non-existent. I'll compare it to Arcadia's factory version when the PF arrives.

So did you do a wash in the end?  (you said it was too shallow for a "simple wash"----and I know just how shallow Arcadia panel lines can be)  Inking/pens?  Or mechanical pencil?   

[Saburo]

On 2/12/2021 at 6:55 AM, Lolicon said:

Unfortunately you can't use the stand adapter while the gunpod is attached. 

Hopefully @ChaoticYeti can make a Yeti Stand Adapter, when he gets back up and running again.  

 

On 2/12/2021 at 1:02 PM, Rhubarbarian said:

Mine kept getting stuck halfway in and I was convinced I was doing something wrong and was going to mar the plastic on the fighter. Once it got in there, it was super solid though. 

I had the same issue, I was afraid to damage something.  After applying more pressure the gunpod seated properly with no damage. 

[Lolicon]

4 hours ago, David Hingtgen said:

So did you do a wash in the end?  (you said it was too shallow for a "simple wash"----and I know just how shallow Arcadia panel lines can be)  Inking/pens?  Or mechanical pencil?   

Ended up using a mechanical pencil for most of it. 

[Saburo]

VF-4A ready for launch?  Is Hikaru taking a nap? 

[jvmacross]

[Mommar]

On 2/11/2021 at 9:39 PM, Lolicon said:

 

 

Thanks gentlemen! 

 

Hey, you do it if and when you feel like it/have time. You're doing a huge favor for the community and we appreciate it! We can ask no more than that. 

In any case, I'm waiting till after I get the PF in hand before considering decaling this one as I want to see what markings go where. I'm not sure if I have the VF-4 master file book lying around anywhere... because I can't remember if I ever bought a copy. 

I could take a photo of one of my old VF-4’s decaled up based on a Hasegawa kit if you like.

[jvmacross]

[Lolicon]

8 hours ago, Saburo said:

VF-4A ready for launch?  Is Hikaru taking a nap? 

Great shot! And yeah the VF-4 has quite the recumbent cockpit. 

6 hours ago, Mommar said:

I could take a photo of one of my old VF-4’s decaled up based on a Hasegawa kit if you like.

Sure I wouldn't mind seeing that. 

[Kanedas Bike]

Has Arcadia tweeted or released any additional info re: the Premium release? Not that I'm in a rush, I really just want to give my wallet a break. 

-b.

[EastwindS2k]

On 2/11/2021 at 6:20 PM, Lolicon said:

Did the paneling on my VF-4A. The lines are super fine and shallow which makes doing a simple wash next to impossible. 

But damned if I don't absolutely love that fighter! And finally put that Arcadia stand to good use. 

Now she just needs some decal work. 

Looking good! 

[sh9000]

23 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Cool pic.

[Lolicon]

3 hours ago, EastwindS2k said:

Looking good! 

Thank you, sir! 

[jvmacross]

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

Cool pic.

Thanks!  

In doing these mashups using animation stills and the actual toys....I'm getting a good sense of all the "anime magic" that exists in all of the original source material....in the pic above, the VF-4 is portrayed as much "longer and sleeker"....so to try and capture the scene with the actual toys takes a lot of "tweaking" and some additional "photo" magic....

[sh9000]

8 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

Thanks!  

In doing these mashups using animation stills and the actual toys....I'm getting a good sense of all the "anime magic" that exists in all of the original source material....in the pic above, the VF-4 is portrayed as much "longer and sleeker"....so to try and capture the scene with the actual toys takes a lot of "tweaking" and some additional "photo" magic....

Cool.  For your pic on the previous page, you could probably put smaller VF-4A toy at the top right corner.

[jvmacross]

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

Cool.  For your pic on the previous page, you could probably put smaller VF-4A toy at the top right corner.

Good idea.....

[arbit]

Nice photoshop work for us old guys!

Still waiting for mine, and glad I was able to sell my game version first.

[David Hingtgen]

On 2/14/2021 at 7:27 PM, Lolicon said:

Ended up using a mechanical pencil for most of it. 

 

Thanks, that was my guess.  Did you seal it at all, or is there a risk of smudges etc?

[sh9000]

14 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Good idea.....

That came out cool.

[jvmacross]

3 hours ago, arbit said:

Nice photoshop work for us old guys!

Still waiting for mine, and glad I was able to sell my game version first.

Thanks!  I thought about it for a while but finally opted for the PF version myself.....

7 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

That came out cool.

Thanks for the idea!  I wanted to add Hikaru into the pic eventually, so just went ahead and did it when I added the additional VF-4's!  

Here was the shot before I superimposed Hikaru onto it....