Hello all,
I am helping Janx with a new design of his, the VF2SS Valkyrie from Macross II.
IMO it is THE best Valk. ever in all the Macross series, though the Macross World treats M2 as a "What If"
Anywho I was going to start this thread last night but being a model in development I wanted to clear it with Janx and he gave the go ahead this morning.
The model is fairly high poly and partsy but I think such a complicated design couldn't be done without being that way. It's not as scary as one would 1st think by looking at the parts sheets. It is not for a beginer though. Experience with advanced aircraft models is a plus here to.
The model is all modular so it can be assembled in any 1 of the 3 modes. This makes the assembly even easier as you build each section and then bring them all together. That being said I decided to tackle the hardest area to build 1st, the nose and forward fuselage section.
In the pics is the build up process of the nose and chest plate/forward fuesalage. Note the model as is currently has no tabs. I cut a lot of strips of regular paper for use as tabs inside the parts so you have nice, tight butt joints (just like many aircraft models use). I think it is a good idea for other builders of this model to do the same as tabs can distort the parts which could be very bad on this model. The high poly and complex nature of the design requires you to be a precise as possible.
Enjoy the pics and also note this build has no textures (but that won't stop me from breaking out the ol paint brushes and spray cans ).
G1
I am helping Janx with a new design of his, the VF2SS Valkyrie from Macross II.
IMO it is THE best Valk. ever in all the Macross series, though the Macross World treats M2 as a "What If"
Anywho I was going to start this thread last night but being a model in development I wanted to clear it with Janx and he gave the go ahead this morning.
The model is fairly high poly and partsy but I think such a complicated design couldn't be done without being that way. It's not as scary as one would 1st think by looking at the parts sheets. It is not for a beginer though. Experience with advanced aircraft models is a plus here to.
The model is all modular so it can be assembled in any 1 of the 3 modes. This makes the assembly even easier as you build each section and then bring them all together. That being said I decided to tackle the hardest area to build 1st, the nose and forward fuselage section.
In the pics is the build up process of the nose and chest plate/forward fuesalage. Note the model as is currently has no tabs. I cut a lot of strips of regular paper for use as tabs inside the parts so you have nice, tight butt joints (just like many aircraft models use). I think it is a good idea for other builders of this model to do the same as tabs can distort the parts which could be very bad on this model. The high poly and complex nature of the design requires you to be a precise as possible.
Enjoy the pics and also note this build has no textures (but that won't stop me from breaking out the ol paint brushes and spray cans
).G1
