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1/144 Macross YF-19 |
Posted by Whitebase : 20th March
2008, 08.30 pm
This is the work in progress log for the 1/144 scale VF19 (Fire Valkyrie) from Bandai. I got this kit long ago and was working on it for a while before I got abandoned. The recent releases of MSG parts from kotobukiya reminded me of this kit and the work I was doing on it before it got abandoned. I didn’t get very far with this kit the last time. Only rescribed some panel lines |
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The air intake areas were cut away and hollowed out. |
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Before kotobukiya released their recent MSG parts, I had no choice but to scratchbuild air intake turbines. I did this long ago using epoxy putty. |
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Here’s how I intended to fit the turbines in the intakes |
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Here’s how it looks like inside the jet. |
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Now here’s the new MSG released by kotobukiya recently. Here’s how the new part fits inside the body |
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Will work on this slowly as a side project… |
| 1/144 Macross YF-19 |
| Posted by Whitebase : 23rd March 2008, 10.00 pm |
Slight change in plans... looks like it won’t be a simple build
after all. I will be converting this into the Macross Plus Version
instead. Shown below are the line arts for the Macross 7 version
versus the Macross Plus version. Asides from the obvious differences
in colour scheme, there are some cosmetic changes which I will
have to address. |
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I started working on the area above the main air intake. I marked off the areas which needs to be cut off. |
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The cut off area exposes a huge hole which will have to be filled up with epoxy putty later. After cutting off the front area, I tapered the front slightly to reshape it slightly. |
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The overall shape of the body was a bit more rounded than the macross plus version. I rectified this by first separating the part slightly using my micro saws. |
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The main body was then pressed down slightly to change the slope angle |
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I then plastered in underside of the body with some epoxy putty, to force the body to conform to this new shape. |
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