Robotech / Macross VF-1A battroid and fighter

BLADE and BRUSH

Active Member

• Jan 1, 2017

• #1

Happy New Year, everyone. I'm offering two videos for the price of one today.

Both models are 1:100 scale and come from a company called Wave. Having built Hasegawa's 1:72 and 1:48 fighters, I found that Wave's kits were more enjoyable to assemble and paint. Be sure to Check out my channel in case you missed my previous videos over the Christmas break.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIZDIaslRwS0pAajQWdQH3Q

If you've got any questions I'll do my best to answer them.

 

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TMBountyHunter

Well-Known Member

• Jan 21, 2017

• #2

The Wave kit really are nice aren't they?
I also painted mine up in Max's colors, but much more weathered. Yours is so crisp and clean, fantastic job!

 

BLADE and BRUSH

Active Member

• Jan 21, 2017

• #3

That's cool, TMBountyHunter. I'd love to see some pictures of your weathered version. Feel free to post them here if you like.

 

Scarecrow Joe

Sr Member

• Jan 21, 2017

• #4

Have you thought that maybe you would get more attention to your builds if you included still images with or without the video? Just a thought, nice work.

 

BLADE and BRUSH

Active Member

• Jan 21, 2017

• #5

That has crossed my mind, Scarecrow Joe. I put a bit of effort into the videos so I'd prefer people to watch them rather than just look at images. The view count on my build threads isn't too bad, even if the comments are a little sparse, not that I mind. I put it down to my choice of subject matter and the fact that I'm a bit lazy with commenting myself.

I'm close to completing another Bandai Star Wars kit, so maybe I'll post some pictures alongside the video and see what happens.

 

TMBountyHunter

Well-Known Member

• Jan 22, 2017

• #6

BLADE and BRUSH said:

That's cool, TMBountyHunter. I'd love to see some pictures of your weathered version. Feel free to post them here if you like.

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Sure!
The other differences are that I opted to keep the camera on Max's battroid as is the kit, while you changed it to match the TV series and that the decal on the gunpod is oriented to be upright in fighter mode.

I still have two Wave VF-1A Fighter kits, one of which is definitely getting a Max paintjob again so that I can use it and the battroid for Gerwalk mode.

Fun little kits!

 

BLADE and BRUSH

Active Member

• Jan 22, 2017

• #7

Wow, they're both excellent, TMBountyHunter. Thanks for showing them. Weathered is definitely the way to go, I think. It's too bad that the J and S seem to be discontinued. The VF-1A is the only one still available on HLJ, not including the Super and Strike versions. I believe a 1:72 VF-4 is coming, but I'd love to see Wave do a 1:100 VF-11B in battroid mode.

 

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Wes R

Legendary Member

• Jan 22, 2017

• #8

I never heard of Wave but those are some nice kits. Surprised to see anyone but Bandai having made kits these days.

 

TMBountyHunter

Well-Known Member

• Jan 22, 2017

• #9

I wouldn't trust HLJ's "Discontinued" status, that's simply something they use when they don't know when they'll get more. The Wave kits do come around pretty regularly, at least once a year. The VF-4 is something they've been promising, but there's currently a lot of Macross model projects announced but no release dates yet.

 

Pedro

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Jan 23, 2017

• #10

Very cool! I love those Wave Battroids, they capture the look of the anime version better than any other kit has (despite Hasegawa's being amazing). I have one which I'm pondering painting as Jetfire. Anyway, nice builds, cool to see some mecha on the RPF!

 

BLADE and BRUSH

Active Member

• Jan 23, 2017

• #11

TMBountyHunter said:

I wouldn't trust HLJ's "Discontinued" status, that's simply something they use when they don't know when they'll get more. The Wave kits do come around pretty regularly, at least once a year.

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Cool. I'll keep an eye out for them.

Pedro said:

Very cool! I love those Wave Battroids, they capture the look of the anime version better than any other kit has (despite Hasegawa's being amazing). I have one which I'm pondering painting as Jetfire. Anyway, nice builds, cool to see some mecha on the RPF!

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Thanks Pedro. I agree about Wave's kits being closer to the anime series look. As a fellow transformers fan, I considered painting the fighter as Jetfire, too. Good luck, whichever color scheme you decide on.

 

Pedro

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Jan 23, 2017

• #12

I've done a zillion battroids over the years including a DYRL Hikaru VF-1S from Hasegawa somewhat recently, so that's definitely the plan. Never thought to post it here, but I will when I get to it!

 

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blakeh1

Sr Member

• Jan 24, 2017

• #13

Nice work by both of you!