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"I take to the skies again....."

Posted:
Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:03 am
by Sodawilly

Posted:
Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:27 am
by Broadblasts short shorts
suweeeeeeet!!

Posted:
Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:53 pm
by primezimm
Thats awsome! Is it a kit? Where can I find one?

Posted:
Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:15 pm
by REDLINE
its no kit. Its a Macross 1:48.

Posted:
Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:12 pm
by Tramp
I am positive that the Macross 1:48 is a kit. I have one of it's predecessors years ago, and it was a kit. Infact, it looks virtually identical to the model I have stored away, just updated some. The big give-away is that the legs have to be dtetached, and the nose-cone/cockpit swapped out to transform it from vehicle/gerwalk mode to robotr mode. Look at how the legs attach to the body in robot mode, compared to the vehicle mode pics, it's a dead give-away.
OVerall it's a well-done repaint though. Good work.

Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:23 am
by Greyryder
That's a Yamato 1/48 figure. It's no kit, and it doesn't come apart to TF. I believe that only the heat shield has to be removed, and I've seen a mod to make the heatshield permanently attached, and retract into the chest plate. (though I may be thinking of the Yamato 1/60, with that)
The legs come off the Yammy 1/60 to TF, but that's actually more accurate to the orginal Macross line art.

Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:44 am
by Tramp
Look at how te legs are connected to the body. They're attached to pegs sticking directly out of the nose-cone. Those same points on the nosecone in vehicle mode are lacking both in those posts, and a way for the legs to rotate into position. It is utterly impossible for it to be the same nose-cone/cockpit section, and for it to transform without taking the legs off and reattaching them given those specific features.

Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:55 am
by rhinox555
Can we see a size comparison with some official mp transformers?

Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:48 am
by Greyryder
Tramp wrote:Look at how te legs are connected to the body. They're attached to pegs sticking directly out of the nose-cone. Those same points on the nosecone in vehicle mode are lacking both in those posts, and a way for the legs to rotate into position. It is utterly impossible for it to be the same nose-cone/cockpit section, and for it to transform without taking the legs off and reattaching them given those specific features.
The Yammy 1/48s use a hidden T-bar style swing arm. There's a section on the bottom of the nose cone that opens up, to let the "pelvis" in. You can see the seams for it in the pictures. Those little circles on the sides of the nose cone blisters are seperate pieces that fold out of the way, to let the bars the hips are mounted on poke out of the side of the nose cone.

Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:40 am
by Sodawilly
This is not a kit.....This is a true 1/48 scale MP Valkyrie thats been customized.......legs do not come off for transformation. We'll have to wait until this next week to get pictures of this w/ other MP figures......I will get them done though.....
Happy Thansgiving to all!
-Gregg

Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:18 am
by Pun-3X
That's an excellent custom. Nice edition to your 'Masterpiece' collection. I'm gonna have to see if I can find me one of those.

Ugh, I've got so many Macross/Jetfire toys now--do I honestly need another one?
...
...yeah. Heh.


Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:17 pm
by Skullgrin140
Looks pretty sweet!


Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:43 pm
by TM dak
I like it a lot.

Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:41 pm
by rhinox555
Can you tell me which figure excactly this is?
If the size is about right i'm attempting to put this guy up as an enemy for the MP Screamer im buying from grimlockprime.

Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:27 pm
by TM dak

Posted:
Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:44 pm
by primezimm
Well, I checked the listing at bigbadtoystore, the price will keep me from trying this one anytime soon.

Posted:
Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:49 am
by rhinox555
Woah,damn!

Posted:
Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:03 am
by Ramrider
Nicely done, that man!
Should've used a bigger one, though...


Posted:
Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:05 pm
by Captain Crooks
Greyryder wrote:Tramp wrote:Look at how te legs are connected to the body. They're attached to pegs sticking directly out of the nose-cone. Those same points on the nosecone in vehicle mode are lacking both in those posts, and a way for the legs to rotate into position. It is utterly impossible for it to be the same nose-cone/cockpit section, and for it to transform without taking the legs off and reattaching them given those specific features.
The Yammy 1/48s use a hidden T-bar style swing arm. There's a section on the bottom of the nose cone that opens up, to let the "pelvis" in. You can see the seams for it in the pictures. Those little circles on the sides of the nose cone blisters are seperate pieces that fold out of the way, to let the bars the hips are mounted on poke out of the side of the nose cone.
It's true, my housemate just bought one of these back from Japan - the transformation of these things had me baffled until I was able to examine it, but now I know how, i'm planning to modify my old 1/72 scale Bandai VF-1A kit I bought years ago - I never finished it, because I hated how you had to remove the legs and re-attach them to a different nose-piece altogether like
Tramp describes (it was a significantly different shape, the alternative nose, shorter, fatter, and much uglier, heh). Hopefully, I can make it so the legs stay on the figure to transform. The only real problem is the heat-shield - the 1/72 scale is quite small really, and the space for fitting it in is very limited. Still, where there's a will!
By the way, awesome paint-job
Sodawilly!

Posted:
Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:19 pm
by Tramp
Can anyone take pictures of this system. I would really like to see it.

Posted:
Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:51 pm
by Captain Crooks
My housemate is going to make photocopies of the instructions for me (he's a little....protective of his Valkyrie, heh). As soon as he does, i'll scan them and post them for you.

Posted:
Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:13 pm
by rhinox555
If they're really fragile i admire the courage needed to do this repaint.
So...slagging...expensive.
By the way,is this guy about MP screamers size?

Posted:
Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:30 pm
by J.T.Silversmith
rhinox555 I have a Yamato 1/48 and it is about 11 inches tall to the top of his head, that makes him almost as tall as masterpiece Prime. MP Starscream is 8 or 9 inches tall, so Jetfire would be taller as it should be. Though MP Starscream is 1/60 scale and Jetfire is 1/48.

Posted:
Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:02 pm
by rhinox555
shweet.