My next robotech build anyone care to guess what it is?

[Sidewinder81777]

well? anyone?

[legion]

Hmm, foldlines, so it isn't Shunichi's. Is it from that spanish site, perhaps? The big full option model?

[Sidewinder81777]

well it is on the spanish site (unauthorized i believe) but i got it straight from the designers site, but your right its SD Sacha's VF-4SS

[legion]

Oh, i AM good! 1/72 scale, as per the usual?

[Sidewinder81777]

yep yep, I scaled it down from 1:48 Im building it gear up but with full cockpit.

[Sidewinder81777]

Rick got a new ride :D

[Janx]

VF4 looking mighty fine to me :) I recognise the old pilot too :D

I tried this one at 1/48th and balls'ed it up big style. looks like your skills are well upto the task though Josh keep it coming :)

[Sidewinder81777]

Ok worked up a canopy, since i dont have a vacu-forming setup yet I make my canopies using some old photocopier transparency I have and cutting it to the paper canopy pattern, with care this can provide a pretty good result.

[Sidewinder81777]

yet more :D

[ThunderChild]

Great job so far! Can't wait to see more!

[Wulf111]

awesome work so far probably hit this one up in the near future right now i am working on Sascha's VF-25F and my step son is doing his Hardy Daytona.

[Sidewinder81777]

Excellent Wulf if you wouldnt mind giving me a length measurement on the 25 when you finish so i can scale to my models when i build it I would really appreciate it, cant wait to see the finished product. As for the VF-4 I have the fuselage mostly done just need to do the 2 little fairings on the lower sides.

[ThunderChild]

I built Sascha's VF-25 a while ago. She's 30cm long with a wingspan of 22.5cm. :)

[Sidewinder81777]

thanks a bunch TC

[onions22]

Great work on the cockpit and the little Rick, it's hard to believe it's made of paper. Do you use markers?

[Sidewinder81777]

if you mean for edge coloring then either markers or color pencils

[Sidewinder81777]

unfortunately i think that nice little cockpit might get covered up with a paper canopy until i get a vacu-forming rig set up some time in the future. the first canopy which was a perfect fit was badly c/a fogged the next day and another attempt didnt even fit. the bad thing about making canopies the way i do right now is they want to flatten out so i pretty much have to use c/a to stick them down fast and strong enough but it fogs them, once I am vacu-forming canopies since they hold their shape i can just set it in place and glue it down with anything, not to mention no ugly slits up the side of the canopy

[Getter 1]

Hey SW,

Did you see how I make canopies in my VF-1D Trainer tut?

Covering up the cockpit and pilot would be a sin!!!

11th commandment states, Thou shalt not cover up cockpits with paper canopies.

G1

[Sidewinder81777]

Ahhhhh I see G1 I see, gotta go get some epoxy pronto, everything else I can scrounge. anyway i finished an engine pod

[marksolo]

nice job on the cockpit, and that is done without any toxic process,
very inspiring

[Sidewinder81777]

lookiee lookiee :D

[Sidewinder81777]

Ok G1 I am now your biggest fan! Thanks for the tutorial in the VF-1D thread it worked like a champ :D

[Janx]

Beautiful!

[Sidewinder81777]

ok done and glued on
just noticed there is a hair in there stuck to ricks helmet but screw it lol

[cMags]

Looks good Josh. Very nicely executed. Not that I'm familiar at all with the subject, but it looks like fun. :p

[Getter 1]

Abaslootly Beautimus!!! Glad the tut helped ;) Would've been a shame to loose that cockpit.

G1

[Sidewinder81777]

Thanks man :D
Ive almost got the whole left side done then ill post some more pics and start on the other side

[Sidewinder81777]

Ok heres some more pics. ya know I do think this model is pretty decent but the angularity kinda irks me,the VF-4 is one of my favorite veritechs and i would love to see it taken on by somebody with a more curvalicious design style

[Sidewinder81777]

Ok its done, not at all happy with the shape of the blisters on the engine pods but otherwise i like it, i do believe i will be doing a bunch of macross stuff for a while lol

[Getter 1]

That's a mighty fine build there my friend :D

Now get on the VF-14 ;) Just stay away from that Butt Ugly VF-9 Cutlass :P

G1

[ThunderChild]

Nicely executed! Well done!

[Janx]

Josh thats looks awesome.

With ref to the fold line prob, do what I do ( obviously yours would be better) and dont use the marked fold lines (except where its necessary), you get the curves but then you end up with dotted lines all over the place.