David Hingtgen Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Has anyone else actually glued the flaps to the wing? They are SO slippery I dropped parts like 4 times this morning and said "that's enough". Pro-tip: do not glue them in one at a time---there's like 0.2mm too little space side-to-side, so if you glue one in "perfectly flush and tight" to the wing and let it dry---the one next to it will be noticeably pushed out of position. Glue them simultaneously, and adjust to get "the best possible gap/look" between the two. (the tiny little inner third piece doesn't matter, just the two larger ones) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 1 hour ago, David Hingtgen said: Has anyone else actually glued the flaps to the wing? They are SO slippery I dropped parts like 4 times this morning and said "that's enough". Pro-tip: do not glue them in one at a time---there's like 0.2mm too little space side-to-side, so if you glue one in "perfectly flush and tight" to the wing and let it dry---the one next to it will be noticeably pushed out of position. Glue them simultaneously, and adjust to get "the best possible gap/look" between the two. (the tiny little inner third piece doesn't matter, just the two larger ones) I might just stick putty in to keep them in place. Makes it not permanent, but keeps them from falling out easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 I can't imagine actually wanting whatever it is that Bandai may eventually plan to use the removable aspect for. If they want to recreate the morphing wing scene---needs a whole new wing, not just flaps and ailerons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oshanmacross Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Strange thing is mine friction fit pretty well, after seeing this post I removed them and reinserted a few times and no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actar Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 4 hours ago, David Hingtgen said: Has anyone else actually glued the flaps to the wing? They are SO slippery I dropped parts like 4 times this morning and said "that's enough". Pro-tip: do not glue them in one at a time---there's like 0.2mm too little space side-to-side, so if you glue one in "perfectly flush and tight" to the wing and let it dry---the one next to it will be noticeably pushed out of position. Glue them simultaneously, and adjust to get "the best possible gap/look" between the two. (the tiny little inner third piece doesn't matter, just the two larger ones) I glued mine in weeks ago. Your advice would have come in real handy... (^.^') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Mine stay in well enough with friction that I don't feel like they need glue, but the inner tabs feel the loosest. I usually lean toward non-permanent solutions for things like this, just in case I ever need to sell one of them. They're tight enough that a layer of scotch tape or even a slip of paper folded over the tabs will probably add plenty of friction to keep them in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardreturn Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 22 hours ago, Angesdad said: Cool looking runway there, did you make it? your photos look amazing as always!😘 thanks so much! no it's a baseplate that was made for me by someone (and I can't find the who atm sorry) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anubis20 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 US release arrived today and no bend 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 4 minutes ago, anubis20 said: US release arrived today and no bend 😊 @anubis20!!! Lucky you, my friend. I got a slight bent one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Bandaied... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 First impression... that damn antenna. Second impression, what a lovely blue. Third impression, feels unnecassarily heavy. Fourth inpression, Fighter mode absolutely sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Haha, sounds about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 17 minutes ago, Mommar said: First impression... that damn antenna. Second impression, what a lovely blue. Third impression, feels unnecassarily heavy. Fourth inpression, Fighter mode absolutely sucks. ^ This. Well... and everything that you mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reïvaj Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Does it, really? Mine has not arrived yet... 😓 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwhangchoi Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 damn not keeping count as i don't really check this thread cause this thing is a mess... how many bent antennas so far reported in here? seems like a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duymon Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 5 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said: damn not keeping count as i don't really check this thread cause this thing is a mess... how many bent antennas so far reported in here? seems like a lot. A lot +1 got mine today from Kappa Hobby. (-_-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 51 minutes ago, Mommar said: First impression... that damn antenna. Second impression, what a lovely blue. Third impression, feels unnecassarily heavy. Fourth inpression, Fighter mode absolutely sucks. Not really wrong at all, but the fighter mode feels all over the place. If I were to make a very nerdy comparison? It's got very TNG Enterprise feeling about it. Some really good angles, but holy cow does it turn ugly if you catch the bad ones. Words do not exist to fully describe the massive chonky butt this thing is dragging around. It kind of feels like a boat. Not like a speedboat.. something more in the Maersk category. The nose definitely feels like it's of a different scale than the rest of the plane though, and I would genuinely be interested in seeing what would happen if it was just swapped out for something bigger. Yamato really nailed the mechanism for the nose to shorten it, and it's stupidly disappointing Bandai couldn't come up with something similar. The part I have trouble mentally processing is that the overall proportions aren't even that different... but everything looks completely out of scale by comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duymon Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) Sadly I had planned for this. Imagine having to do work on a 300 dollar toy if there was a hasegawa 1/48 yf-21 fighter I would rather have gotten that Removed Antenna Did several passes of heat gun followed by quickly clamping with a non-textured plastic clamp It's not 100% but at least it passes the shelf-check and stress mark is gone (but the stress mark to my heart will never fade) Edited August 5 by Duymon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizuka the Cat Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 9 minutes ago, Duymon said: Sadly I had planned for this. Imagine having to do work on a 300 dollar toy if there was a hasegawa 1/48 yf-21 fighter I would rather have gotten that Removed Antenna Did several passes of heat gun followed by quickly clamping with a non-textured plastic clamp It's not 100% but at least it passes the shelf-check and stress mark is gone (but the stress mark to my heart will never fade) Can you show picture of side profile of antenna after you tried straightening it? I am curious to see if there is any streaking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duymon Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 4 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said: Can you show picture of side profile of antenna after you tried straightening it? I am curious to see if there is any streaking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizuka the Cat Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 10 minutes ago, Duymon said: You did a really good job. I am glad that I cannot see any stress marks at the bend location. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 1 hour ago, Chronocidal said: Not really wrong at all, but the fighter mode feels all over the place. If I were to make a very nerdy comparison? It's got very TNG Enterprise feeling about it. Some really good angles, but holy cow does it turn ugly if you catch the bad ones. Words do not exist to fully describe the massive chonky butt this thing is dragging around. It kind of feels like a boat. Not like a speedboat.. something more in the Maersk category. The nose definitely feels like it's of a different scale than the rest of the plane though, and I would genuinely be interested in seeing what would happen if it was just swapped out for something bigger. Yamato really nailed the mechanism for the nose to shorten it, and it's stupidly disappointing Bandai couldn't come up with something similar. The part I have trouble mentally processing is that the overall proportions aren't even that different... but everything looks completely out of scale by comparison. Like the HMR VF-2SS release, she looks great if you're looking down at her from above. However, from the side and bottom views, they're both quite thick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duymon Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 @$$#$@?$!#?$?@ I iust realized my yf-21 is missing a chunk out of the fighter canopy It's clearly missing the other side that should also have a tab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidwhangchoi Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 19 minutes ago, Duymon said: @$$#$@?$!#?$?@ I iust realized my yf-21 is missing a chunk out of the fighter canopy It's clearly missing the other side that should also have a tab bruh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 It's starting to feel like some manner of cosmic forces are at play to make this the worst release possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duymon Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 (edited) The battroid canopy uses the same brittle plastic but I decided to sacrifice it and started removing the paint. comes off super ez with IPA imagine paying 300 bucks to avoid masking a canopy only to do it anyways cuz Bandai 🤡🤡🤡 Edited August 6 by Duymon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twich Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Any word on when in August BBTS is supposed to get their stock in? Twich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 4 hours ago, Duymon said: Its great the stress mark has totally disappeared, and I'm inclined to try it too. But do I detect a slight bit of the tip sagging from the heat? 3 hours ago, Duymon said: The battroid canopy uses the same brittle plastic but I decided to sacrifice it and started removing the paint. comes off super ez with IPA imagine paying 300 bucks to avoid masking a canopy only to do it anyways cuz Bandai 🤡🤡🤡 Cockpit canopy damage, including crack lines on the bubble dome, were also reported by couple others on FB, but always thought they were isolated issue like the twin shoulders. Now we have 2 cases here including @MacrossJunkie's. I guess having extra cockpit canopy is better than having no extra head lasers.. 5 hours ago, Chronocidal said: Not really wrong at all, but the fighter mode feels all over the place. If I were to make a very nerdy comparison? It's got very TNG Enterprise feeling about it. Some really good angles, but holy cow does it turn ugly if you catch the bad ones. Words do not exist to fully describe the massive chonky butt this thing is dragging around. It kind of feels like a boat. Not like a speedboat.. something more in the Maersk category. 100% agree here. Just in Fighter so far, I thought it would look & feel much better in hand than pics suggest, but everything just seems uneven on both fronts. I thought I might like Fighter enough in this alternate interpretation to display it in that mode, but Yamato's a clear winner here so it'll have to go into Battroid for display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 It's August now---any consensus on best transformation video etc? Have any of the new ones "discovered" anything that the earlier ones missed? (still eagerly awaiting AnyMoon/Scorched Earth's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Well, of the 2 I got through US sellers, at least 1 had a straight antenna. Need to actually open them to check for all the other possible issues next... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 2 minutes ago, David Hingtgen said: It's August now---any consensus on best transformation video etc? Have any of the new ones "discovered" anything that the earlier ones missed? (still eagerly awaiting AnyMoon/Scorched Earth's) always rely on Wotafa's video... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 This is not YF-21 centric concern but I'm just wondering how come other companies starts and/or relies on using magnets in their transforming toys to hold parts together but Bandai doesn't? Does magnet on toys worn out quickly hence Bandai is not using it on most of their toys? I'm pretty sure magnets can help on some of the YF-21 areas such as shoulder and backpack. I wonder why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 3 hours ago, David Hingtgen said: It's August now---any consensus on best transformation video etc? Have any of the new ones "discovered" anything that the earlier ones missed? (still eagerly awaiting AnyMoon/Scorched Earth's) Mine should go up this weekend, just waiting on my voice to recover from a head cold to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 20 minutes ago, jenius said: Mine should go up this weekend, just waiting on my voice to recover from a head cold to finish. Nice! Looking forward to it, @jenius! By the way, nice SDCC2024 specific coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26662 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 1 hour ago, no3Ljm said: Nice! Looking forward to it, @jenius! By the way, nice SDCC2024 specific coverage. Thanks for sharing the link. @jenius probably shared it already but I missed it somehow. And excellent coverage, indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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