F-toys 1/144 - Macross VF-1J Valkyrie - "Dark Bird" -

1/144 scale Macross VF-1J Valkyrie "Dark Bird" a low-viz space fighter which only had 5 seconds airtime in episode 5 of SDF Macross, when i started this Valkyrie it was called the "Dark Bird" but now yamato have released a 1/60 perfect transformation version the squadron has been given the rather nifty name "The Cavaliers"

Another of the F-toys 1/144 Macross Valkyries that really should have been finished quite some time ago but have never got round to finishing but alas done.

As far as i could tell the "Dark Bird is all royal blue with the front, back and circle on the leg a lighter greyer blue with the red stripe on on wing and a yellow panel at the top of the tail.



Thin k the VF-1 looks best when the wings are in this position in fighter mode, of course the best way a valk look is gerwalk.



Painted the gunpod same colour as the front/back of the legs.



Take off!



Did have a Alaska base VF-1A in the works but ruined the white doing the panel wash with a gloss coat, oops.
Ian

Macross 1/144 - VF-1S Strike Valkyrie - "Goldstars" -

My latest remodelled F-toy 1/144 VF-1 Valkyrie based on Royal Air Force No. 31 Squadron "Goldstar".

Used the same sort of pale grey with a touch of blue as the squadrons Tornados, this is the commander S type head with the strike super parts this guy is the squadron leader.











Ian

F-toys 1/144 - VF-1J Valkyrie - Maximilian + Milia Jenius

1/144 VF-1J painted in Maximilian Jenius blue and Milia Jenius red, both piloting genius. Really look like a great pair when next to each other and like how each had has its partners colour on the leg band.

Finished these two way before i had the airbrush and brush painted when i started model making again. Really very happy with how they look with painted marking, panel lines applied with a pencil.









Been some time since Macross got a look in from me, been on quite the gundam fix this last year.
Ian

Macross 1/144 - VF-1S Valkyrie - "Dark Bird + Alaska Base" -WiP

Here's 2 Valkyries which i started again over a year ago but have only recently started to model again. These 2 are what you you call 5 seconds Valkyries due to there screen time, which was probably even less than that.



"Dark Bird" is maybe a VF-1A/S from episode 5 of SDFM, must be some sort of low-viz space Valkyrie in midnight blue.



"Alaska Base" are the white and green Valkyries which guard UN SPACY headquarter and the Grand Cannon in Alaska from episode 15.



Ian

Macross 1/144 - VF-1S Valkyrie - VFA-143 "Pukin Dogs"

Been quite some time since ive finished one of the f-toys 1/144 scale VF-1 Valkyrie's. This one had been painted grey and gloss for over a year waiting for some to be done to it and while shifting through the spare decals ive amassed found the VFA-143 "Pukin Dogs" decals and though they would be perfect on the Valkyrie.

Copied the scheme that the F-14 use to have and the large pukin dogs griffin surprisingly fitted perfectly onto the tail wing.










Ian

Macross 1/144 - VF-1S Valkyrie - VFA-143 "Pukin Dogs" - WiP

Going through my blog i noticed a massive amount of gunpla lately compared to say a year ago when i only modelled aircraft.

Time to start modelling some VF-1 Valkyries, this is one of a batch of VF-1's which have been needing some attention for months, painted grey so long ago and can't remember using left over paint in the airbrush from something else.

Found some decals to use US Navy, VFA-143 "Pukin dogs" which have a cool dark blue on the tail tips and around the cockpit which i thought would be perfect on the VF-1. Used a VF-1S head because i think when a US. Navy jet has coloured marking instead of usual low-viz it means that its the leader and S head is always a leader.

Once glossed will be a nice easy model to decal which i reckon took about a year to complete.
Ian

Variable Fighter Master File - VF-1 VALKYRIE -

Brilliant new mook i got sent from Japan published in 2020 by the Macross Broadcast Agency. Filled with lots of cool almost photo realistic pictures, drawing and so much information (but of course in Japanese, only know 200 Kanji i can only really read the Kana).

As soon as i finished geeking out over the great photos in here, i dug out some of my 1/144 F-Toys VF-1's to get cracking copying some of the cool new marking from this. This is only stratosphere Valkyries with no Super parts present except for an drawing, hope another for space valks comes out in the future.

First photo in the book is a great sunset flypast the SDF-1.


Nice shot over the mountains at the top and classy shot from the ground of a landing brownie.



VF-1D two seaters goodness.



Cool photos on the bottom of a Valkyrie dispensing flares and i wonder if the LM on the right with the Valkyries in front of the SDF-1 means Lynn Minmay? Nice fly past the SDF-1 by brownies from the TV Series.



Angel Birds from episode 1 with nice little Fanracer action.



Thats a quality pic of a DYRL? VF-1S



Nice sunset shots, especially the one of the SDF-1 street view from Macross City and theres the quality Ark Royal Valkyrie.



VF-1 and VF-0 in the same photo, along with the two seater electronic VF-1G and the unknown to me VF-1N. Battriod Max VF-1A and Hikaru VF-1J TV.



 

Transformation of a VF-1A from Battriod  - Gerwalk -  Fighter. Got some cool marking design.



Plenty of info like this showing where whats what and where it should go, pages on every detail.



Few pages on the CVS-101 Prometheus are cool, this thing can sink to the control tower just showing above the surface so its harder to track, nice.



Like the fly over the Prometheus by Roy Focker and Brownie,must be just before the series starts.




Before and after the VF-1, F-14 and the awesome VF-4!



Eight single pages of these Squadron Marking's of the Valkyrie all in 1/144 scale, lots of cool schemes i would like to do.




Got to do the Ark Royal Valkyrie being a brit, oh a pink one, lovely and it zentradi or would that be meltradi.



Will review the VF-19 master file once received, no word yet on another one, would expect VF-25 next.
Such a quality book, hope i don't wear it out thumbing through it too often.
Ian