Bandai HG 1/100 YF-29

[Chronocidal]

Judging by the photos, being designed in CG helped it immensely compared to the YF-19.  It looks pretty good in all three modes.

[Convectuoso]

I've been doing some progress on this kit

[Bolt]

28 minutes ago, Convectuoso said:

I've been doing some progress on this kit

Looking good!

[The Sum of Zero]

Still working on mine, but here it is sans backpack with the HG YF-19

 

EDIT: for the record, I'm using the Gundam Lining Pencil for this (same as I did the YF-19). I just thought it would turn out better than using the Gundam Markers I normally use.

Edited September 12, 2023 by The Sum of Zero

[Graham]

Damn, that's a tall boy compared to the YF-19.

[no3Ljm]

So under 1/100 banner, these kits are not accurate in scale, right?

From Macross Mecha Manual:

YF-19 Battroid at 15.48m (w/o cannon)
YF-29 Battroid height unknown
VF-25 Battroid at 14.53m (w/o bead guns) / 15.59m (w/ beam guns)

Assuming that YF-29 is close to VF-25 measurements. Based on that 'official' sizes, putting YF-19 up to the YF-29 chest is oh so wrong.

[lechuck]

Maybe 1/100 only applies to fighter mode?

What are the actual measurements for the two Battroids, would be nice to know if any of those properly scale to those official specs?

[Chronocidal]

18 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

So under 1/100 banner, these kits are not accurate in scale, right?

From Macross Mecha Manual:

YF-19 Battroid at 15.48m (w/o cannon)
YF-29 Battroid height unknown
VF-25 Battroid at 14.53m (w/o bead guns) / 15.59m (w/ beam guns)

Assuming that YF-29 is close to VF-25 measurements. Based on that 'official' sizes, putting YF-19 up to the YF-29 chest is oh so wrong.

I think any attempt to actually assign a scale to that YF-19 is a fool's errand at best, but yeah, I would assume they based the measurements on the length of fighter mode, and didn't try to account for the proportional shifts in battroid.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

[Convectuoso]

Looks great, @The Sum of Zero. I haven't had time to resume working on mine

[Convectuoso]

I just found this:

https://delpidecal.com/product/hg-yf-29-durandal-valkyrie-water-decal/1596/

Those decals seem to be a mix between the offical stickers and decals sets

[Big s]

14 minutes ago, Convectuoso said:

I just found this:

https://delpidecal.com/product/hg-yf-29-durandal-valkyrie-water-decal/1596/

Those decals seem to be a mix between the offical stickers and decals sets

Were the official waterslide markings missing some?

[ridgebacks]

On 9/21/2023 at 8:15 PM, Big s said:

Were the official waterslide markings missing some?

This is the official one:

[kajnrig]

Small PSA while I'm refreshing my various order pages: Seems USAGS now has the YF-29 Alto and YF-29 Alto decal set in stock.

https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/macross-plus-hg-1-100-yf-29-durandal-valkyrie-alto-saotome-machine-scale-model-kit

https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/macross-frontier-hg-yf-29-durandal-valkyrie-saotome-alto-special-water-slide-decals-sheet

[sh9000]

YF-29 Max Full Set Pack releasing in a couple of days.

[Raikkonen]

It's quite a messy design... So many things sticking out from everywhere... 

[Big s]

52 minutes ago, Raikkonen said:

It's quite a messy design... So many things sticking out from everywhere... 

it’s definitely an overdone look. It ends up kinda junky. The basic model doesn’t look bad though, but I’m still not a big enough fan, although the Max colors definitely look better than the red

[KOG Water Dragon]

Lol. I finally got something from HLJ. They added 1 set of decals for YF-29 Max ver. to my private warehouse. Still no regular YF-29 or its decal sheet in sight. And predictably the YF-29 Max kit itself went right to backorder. I guess I'll be waiting for the Max kit to show up locally, as I did with YF-19 and the first YF-29.

[Raikkonen]

12 hours ago, Big s said:

it’s definitely an overdone look. It ends up kinda junky. The basic model doesn’t look bad though, but I’m still not a big enough fan, although the Max colors definitely look better than the red

Yeah, the Max scheme improves it. 

Perhaps without so many attachments on the wings will look better. But never a battroid fan with that insect type head. 

[Darth Mingus]

10 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

Lol. I finally got something from HLJ. They added 1 set of decals for YF-29 Max ver. to my private warehouse. Still no regular YF-29 or its decal sheet in sight. And predictably the YF-29 Max kit itself went right to backorder. I guess I'll be waiting for the Max kit to show up locally, as I did with YF-19 and the first YF-29.

Yup, HLJ'd again...  Don't know why I bother pre-ordering from them.

[kajnrig]

13 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

Lol. I finally got something from HLJ. They added 1 set of decals for YF-29 Max ver. to my private warehouse. Still no regular YF-29 or its decal sheet in sight. And predictably the YF-29 Max kit itself went right to backorder. I guess I'll be waiting for the Max kit to show up locally, as I did with YF-19 and the first YF-29.

Yep, Bandai are really cutting back on domestic-for-export allocation, it seems. At this point you should just order any Bandai stuff locally. Or I dunno, I see a bunch of these pop up on Yahoo Japan after their release. If you can get a good deal, you might still save some money going through a proxy, even after accounting for Japanese domestic shipping, international shipping, and proxy fees, given the exchange rate. You would think Bandai could make international prices more competitive while still making a decent profit, but the jacked-up local prices dictated by them still don't save you anything compared to just trying your hand on importing a kit or two yourself. It's frankly a bit ridiculous.

[Big s]

1 hour ago, kajnrig said:

You would think Bandai could make international prices more competitive while still making a decent profit, but the jacked-up local prices dictated by them still don't save you anything compared to just trying your hand on importing a kit or two yourself. It's frankly a bit ridiculous.

Yeah, I’d be totally on board with just getting them locally all the time if the prices weren’t so much higher. It’s not as bad for the kits, but their other products with similar weight seem to go up more depending on the base price rather than weight or size of the packaging 

[Bolt]

As someone who usually prefers to display my Valks in fighter mode Or Gerwalk, this Max version has my interest, for sure.

[treatment]

 

[Raikkonen]

4 hours ago, treatment said:

 

Such a pity it can't be built without the superpacks and those pods on the wings... 

 

[Graham]

2 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

Such a pity it can't be built without the superpacks and those pods on the wings... 

 

Really?

This pic shows it built without the super parts.

[Raikkonen]

4 hours ago, Graham said:

Really?

This pic shows it built without the super parts.

Thanks!!!! Totally missed that pic. 

OK, I'm back on the temptation wagon!!! 

Edited October 11, 2023 by Raikkonen

[KOG Water Dragon]

I mean... makes sense right? Isn't it just the same plastic as the first release YF-29 and optional add-on parts, but recolored and sold together in one box? If the first release could be built without add-ons, then it follows that the Max version can as well.

[Big s]

1 hour ago, Raikkonen said:

Thanks!!!! Totally missed that pic. 

OK, I'm back on the temptation wagon!!! 

Totally removable and in a much better color and has a cooler pilot as well, even if it’s kind hard to tell 

[Raikkonen]

On 10/11/2023 at 6:07 PM, Big s said:

Totally removable and in a much better color and has a cooler pilot as well, even if it’s kind hard to tell 

Plane and Gerwalk are my favorite modes, so yes, without the packs is more for tastes for this VF. 

[Convectuoso]

I finally found time to make some progress on my Alto YF-29

Battroid mode is almost done, at least until HLJ ships the waterslide decals

For the Fighter parts, I reused the pilot and clear purple part from the old Fighter mode kit. It fits perfectly on this kit, just needed to cut a small tab cause the snapping method is different.

 

 

[sh9000]

Expansion Set box art.

[lechuck]

Schizophonic review of Max's YF-29. Bandai seems to have done a couple of tweaks to the parts for better colour separation.
http://schizophonic9.com/re8/hg_yf29max.html

[MKT]

[no3Ljm]

HJ's YF-29 Alto's Upgrade Kit article.

https://hjweb.jp/article/1250815/