I like heavily armored kits and the Messiah fits the bill. There are so many missiles and hatches that made the not-awesome VF-25 battroid bearable. The kit looks good mainly from the front, but the huge backpack is extended way back, which looks clumsy. This kit is a bit old I guess, since the color… Continue reading VF-25S Armored Messiah Ozma’s – 1:72 Bandai
Category: Sci Fi / Mecha
Sci fi subjects, mostly mecha and planes.
RVF-25 Messiah Valkyrie Luca with booster pack – 1/72 Bandai
I wasn’t initially thrilled with the Messiah design, but it grew on me after a while even without seeing the anime (I still haven’t finished Macross Frontier…). The RVF variant is the reconnaissance type with the additional radome and remote controlled “ghosts” unmanned aircrafts. After 10 years Hasegawa finally made their version, but it was… Continue reading RVF-25 Messiah Valkyrie Luca with booster pack – 1/72 Bandai
1:48 Strike Valkyrie VF-1S with Weapons
I had waited for this Hasegawa 1:48 Strike Valkyrie ever since they rolled out their 1:72 kits. Reading the history of Hasegawa, their specialty is in 1:72 and less on the larger kits, which explained their very late foray into the line. Given the accuracy and the detail of the final product though, it was… Continue reading 1:48 Strike Valkyrie VF-1S with Weapons
Neo Zeong – Bandai 1/144 model kit
I completed this kit about a year ago after a marathon session of two months (WIP thread), but was thinking of getting more shots of him before posting. Ah well that never happened, so I figured I should just post what I have 🙂 The Neo Zeong is one of the biggest kits from Bandai, standing… Continue reading Neo Zeong – Bandai 1/144 model kit
S.S.I.KUBALKANS the BANG -破烈の人形- 1/100 Volks IMS kit
This rendition of the Bang Doll is the first in Volk’s IMS line that is based on injection molding. The sculpts so far are excellent, and the casting is good. They really tried to make the details as crisp as possible, for example in the Bang the edges are all super sharp and if you… Continue reading S.S.I.KUBALKANS the BANG -破烈の人形- 1/100 Volks IMS kit
LED Mirage with Boomerang Unit – 1/100 Wave kit
The old Wave injection kit was reviled by many, but it’s about the only kit you can get the flight backpack combo for a very reasonable price of 6800yen. The Boomerang unit offered here is a crisply cast vinyl kit. There’s some fit issue as with the rest of the kit does, but the finished… Continue reading LED Mirage with Boomerang Unit – 1/100 Wave kit
Macross 1:48 Strike Valkyrie full load
This took a while to finish while I waited for the photo etch ladder to come in. I had a lot of doubt whether I wanted it, but it really gives the mini diorama some detail that was lacking. Studio shoot coming up…
1:48 Strike Valkyrie (Hasegawa)
On my bench right now is the 1:48 Strike Valkyrie from Hasegawa. I’m also doing the weapons pack and the photo etch set; finishing this kit up will help clean up my garage since the combined box volume was pretty big! I’m almost done with the plane itself, and the photo etch pieces applied. This… Continue reading 1:48 Strike Valkyrie (Hasegawa)
Jesta – 1:100 MG Gundam Unicorn Bandai
After so many years of evolution there’s finally a cool GM derivative that I truly like. The Jesta is like the Black Ops GM. I liked it well enough to even get the Premium Bandai’s Jesta Canon.
Buster Gundam – 1:100 Bandai MG Gundam Seed
Bandai released all the Seed kits in MG form, and they’re awesome. Buster would count as my favorite with its buster canon firing pose.