Here is a project I've been wanting to do since I got my first 1/48 scale valk. But bieng the kinda tightwad I am I could never really give into repainting a $200 toy. But when Yamato brought out the new 1/60 v2 line and made the no paint version VF-1S I finally decided to start one. I used testors gloss red enamel for the nose and chest painting. Testors flat black enamel for the black spot near the canopy. And red acrylic for the armor parts. Chest and nose are hand painted. The armor I used an air brush on. I'm waiting to a bottle of Tamaya clear red acrylic to finish the eye visor. And am debating on whether to use a blue clear acrylic on the canopy to give it a more anime look.
its actually a fully transformable figure. Here is the link to the toy. Valk 1/60 VF-1S No Painting Version Armor 1/60 Super Parts for VF-1 TV Color Ver. I have an extra valk and armor I might end up selling.
Looks cool, I love Valkyries. One aside: the original G1 Jetfire is 1/55 scale correct? So this is smaller than G1.
Here are pics of the fast packs that are almost done. I just need to finish the tips of the boosters.
maybe you should attach all pics in your first post, in case the image hosting site has bandwidth limits
I like the painted boosters. Much nicer than Jetfires plain red variety. Perhaps one day I'll do some detail painting on my figure. How articulate is this one?
the 1/60 v2 yamato valks are as articulated as a revoltech figure almost, I'd have to find a review on the valk to put on here. But I know that they can hit about any pose you need.
Very cool! I just saw this mold on BBTS today and was wondering if someone was going to do a repaint of it! : )
Congats. Wouldn't a 1/48 be a litle more "Masterpiece" size? Just put a VF-1S head on a Hikaru body. That's all Jetfire is anyways.
Size wise yes, but cost wise no I couldn't rationalize that much for a custom toy. The no paint 1s was a better idea in my opinion.
