Build log - Aoshima V.F.G. VB-6 König Monster

[Urashiman]

Here I will put my build log of the Aoshima V.F.G. VB-6 König Monster.

The box print is of awesome quality. It has been a while since I build an Aoshima kit (bttf Delorean), so, hard to compare to the general quality of Aoshima for me.

I will dry build this first, that means: no glue, no paint. My focus will be more on the VB-6 than the VF girl. I mean, everyone likes [insert euphemism for large female attributes here] anime girls with fox ears and a tail, but for me, this is just a little gimmick here. I will go step by step through the manual, and guess what? Said fox girl is the first piece to build.

The box provides several face plates for lazy dry builders (me this time) and for anyone willing to paint everything.

Everything is pretty modular, so in case I want to paint the VF girl, I can chop her up into pieces like a Hasegawa VF-1 and paint everything individually.

After around 2.5 hours, I was finally done putting together the little figurine. A lot of tiny pieces and joints. They have a general good tense fit and it makes the figurine fully possible. The plastic looks good and I didn’t see smearing or waving. Everything that needs to stick together sticks together without glue. I am satisfied with it so far.

One noteworthy feature: adjustable „balistics“.

Work on the VB-6 will commence tomorrow. Here two pictures of the figurine.

This is what is left of sprues for me to go through.

As per the manual, I can throw away the rest of the girl‘s sprues as the redundant pieces are not needed. I will keep them as replacement parts.

[Thom]

Nice, how much did you pay for this?

[Bolt]

The box art is awesome. Love the adjustable "ballistics " 

[sketchley]

Thanks for doing this build up!

After seeing the marketing pictures of this, I'm really curious if the Destroid (AKA Gerwalk) and Battroid modes can be built (or transformed) without the VF girl-scale bicycle handlebars exposed.

[Urashiman]

@Thom It was discounted. Around 76€ I think.

@Bolt Yeah!

@sketchley Oh, I wonder too. Not just that, but it has a large bright orange saddle as well! I saw different pictures inside the manual with the saddle and without. Will check later.

[Urashiman]

Build log of today:

@sketchley so, apparently the handlebars are actually part of the contraception that is holding the nose in place. The saddle is also used to position the barrels properly in bomber mode. So unfortunately you won’t be able to remove them.

There are so many pieces. I stick together the stuff one by one. It feels like building a Gundam. Some of the pieces are super tight fit. I probably would never be able to take apart the parts anymore.

Nose + „motorcycle“ piece:

 

Gunbarrels:

Joined everything I got so far after a good 2 hours of clipping, cutting and sanding.

Still a ton of sprues left. I was only able to discard three sprues that were empty after today’s build session. I am still having fun, everything is coming together nicely. Good to superb quality so far.

[AtarashiGohan]

Just stumbled across this thread after I finished up straight building my König Monster today! It was a really fun build and surprisingly quick for how many parts there are. But for me unfortunately, the fitment of some of the larger parts was an issue, I can see an eventual glue/paint rebuild of this in the near future for me. Curious to know if you ran into any of those issues as well. Hope you enjoy!

[sketchley]

4 hours ago, Urashiman said:

Build log of today:

@sketchley so, apparently the handlebars are actually part of the contraception that is holding the nose in place. The saddle is also used to position the barrels properly in bomber mode. So unfortunately you won’t be able to remove them.

 

Darn it!

It also looks like it would be a lot of 'surgery' to kit-bash replacement parts—even more so if one wants to retain the transformation gimmick of the kit.

[Bolt]

5 hours ago, Urashiman said:

so, apparently the handlebars are actually part of the contraception that is holding the nose in place.

Those pesky contraceptions !

I didn't notice the saddle being a permanent fixture in some of the promo picks. Maybe these aren't at the proper angle to see the saddle..

[Goodman Models]

Interesting! I’d personally lean towards modifying it into a singular scale Detroit if I ever were to find one. It’s cool to see the build progress so far!

[Urashiman]

@AtarashiGohan Well - if you mean it is hard to press them on properly, then this is the same I am experiencing. I have to press those larger parts into the holes with much force, but once they stick, they are fine. It's just a hassle to get them in properly. Had that with the nose halves, the gunbarrels and shell of the gunbarrels.

@sketchley well, you can just clip off the handlebars. They are just for the looks and do nothing. The little round piece in the middle is needed. You maybe can recast the piece in resin and then clip off the bars on the resin piece.

@Bolt Damn those contraceptions! Yeah no, the saddle can easily be taken off. But you would have to put it back once you switch back to bomber mode. See those two pins in the promotional shots in the middle of that bar? Those are the pins holding the saddle. I will take pictures later.

@Goodman Models I think they are still available on HLJ (2 left in stock for ~81$) or 1999 (also only a few left for ~81$).

[Urashiman]

@Bolt here, check the saddle. It can be pulled off rather easily.

 

Build Log of today (2024/12/10)

I managed to put together the rest of the main fuselage and a right leg. Nothing too nerv wrecking. I got tired and forgot to add some parts and had to take apart the fuselage again. But hey, fun is fun

Temba his arms wide!

And closed…

I like that they added some hinges, so you can clip the stuff together and there are no giant gaps.

Here, a few repetitive parts for the legs:

Pieces for the right leg:

inbetween

 

and done… (with the right leg).

This is the progress so far.

I was able to discard two sprues today. Let’s see what tomorrow brings!

[Bolt]

Looks terrific! You're really coming along 

[derex3592]

@Urashiman - Temba, his arms open --- LOL -- I see what you did there! 

[Urashiman]

@derex3592 haha, yeah. It is funny. In the German version he says „wide“. Might be some dubbing thing. Anyway.

 

build log (2024/12/11):

Time to finish up. The literal „last leg“.

Still needs a cockpit.

And done.

The V.F.G. claims her ship. By scale, she must be bigger than a Zentradi.

Gerwalk mode:

I was to lazy to change to Battroid, as the whole transformation on this one is kinda hard. The joints are a really tight fit, and I didn’t want to break a thing.

The VB-6 is heavy. I think it must be around 700g.

I am not sure I want to ground and paint this. As i played around with the transformation, I figured that the paint will be scratched. So no coloring. I might want to panel line it. For now, I declare this one to be finished.

It is interesting how many pieces are leftover on the runners.

[Chronocidal]

These kits always have a pile of leftover parts, because the figure sprues come with a bunch of extras meant for other variations.  They share a lot of base pieces, and then customize the details like clothing and armor bits, plus they always include a few spares of the more fragile parts like the ankle joint pins.

As for the VB-6 though, definitely a fun build.  I think there might be an alternate canopy/head assembly for destroid mode, so that might still be on the sprues as well, but a lot of the parts wind up duplicated.

In terms of transformation, the valk itself is entirely transformable without the figure, and might be the closest to perfect transformation of any of the VFG kits, since it doesn't actually incorporate the figure in any mode as an essential part; the figure just rides it.  Removing the orange saddle parts will let you transform it completely while keeping the main guns together as a solid unit.

Agreed about the painting situation though.  I have too much fun transforming it, and it would wear off really easily.

[Urashiman]

@Chronocidal Yeah, I figured. There are still the pieces for the head unit on the runners. There are also a bunch of duplicate parts, as they just "copy/pasta" a few runners. A lot of pieces are just the same and were reused.

In general, I think this kit is more aimed towards the "toy" audience, and not a scale model builder like me. While I had a ton of fun building this, I probably won't have fun painting this. If I ever want to paint this, I probably would glue the VB-6 into permanent shuttle mode and then do the paint job. I saw a bunch of Bandai builds with primed parts and then painted and so on. They rarely transform their kits, for the same reasons. The paint would just wear off too quickly. So - maybe only panel lining with a gunpla marker for me on the VB-6. As of now, I will store it in a box and move on to the next kit.