VF-25G - Assembly Complete

It certainly took some time to make this but it wasn't so bad all around. This is my first time making a transforming Macross fighter and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the process. Lot's of little parts but the metal bars that come with it really add to the stability of the machine.

There are lots of little armour parts to give the plane a smooth look in vehicle mode and I was pleasantly surprised with how similar the transforming process is to the original Valkyries. More complicated for sure but just similar enough to make it seem like an upgraded version of an older machine. Which it is.

No embedded landing gear. Those require extra parts and they're so big that's there's no way they couldn't realistically be housed inside of the legs. The parts that spread on the sniper rifle get loose easily. The way the shield attaches to the back of the plane could use a bit more effort. It can be quite loose.

But this is without question a beautiful model. The lines, the transformations, the sheer engineering of it... I'm very impressed. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it right now but that will be a project for a later date. As is my way, I build first and then paint much later down the road.

When I do paint it, I don't think that I'll be deviating from this colour scheme much. Metallic blue and I'll use SOME of the decals that the kit came with. A bit of silver here and there. Nothing crazy... I just want it to look more like itself if that makes any sense.

It'd be easier to see all the details on any of the other VF-25's because of their lighter colour schemes but I choose the blue because I thought it looked best. That and I liked the shape of the head more than any of the other Messiahs.

For now I'm just going to admire this simple form of the model while I work on other projects. I'm keeping my eyes open for the optional Super Pack in the meantime. Too bad they never made an optional Armour pack. Someday maybe.

VF-25 Messiah (Super and Armored)

Struggling to use the American spelling of 'armor' but I'm going to try for this post.

While I'm not the biggest fan of Macross Frontier I do love the mecha designs. I think the VF-25 is a great plane. I don't particularly like the battroid mode but I love the Gerwalk and Fighter modes.

I was looking at the box for the Armored Messiah the other day and I was quite surprised at how big it is. I think if I ever bought one of these kits I'd just keep it in fighter mode most of the time. I have a Yamato VF-1S and it's in fighter mode almost all the time. I doubt I'll even buy one of these but they certainly are nice to look at.

Here are some pics.












1/72 scale.

I know a lot of you are Gundam fans but do you like Macross as well? If so which series do you like?

Dengeki Hobby vs. Hobby Japan

I'm starting to get agitated by this. Why is Dengeki Hobby so much cooler than Hobby Japan? FA MG Unicorn vs. Armoured Messiah? I know which one I'd rather see. Seriously... that FA Unicorn has got to be one of the coolest models I've seen in a long time.

Don't get me wrong I love the Armoured Messiah as well but... I just feel that Dengeki Hobby is a better magazine. Higher caliber of models and execution, better photos...

Did I get a subscrition to the wrong magazine? It certainly is looking that way. I do like the Gunpura LOVE sections in Hobby Japan though. And the FIX lineart posters... Oh well. Maybe I should have just gotten a subscription to both of them!

Winner of the Pink Nakajima Megumi Custom Messiah trade Contest and Michael's VF-25G

I thought that I posted this but I guess I didn't.

You may remember a while ago I was talking about an all pink Messiah made for Nakajima Megumi and how it was going to be part of a 'trade' contest.

Well here is a pic of the winner. So Miss Nakajima gets this one and the modeller gets her one-of-a-kind pink one made by the Hobby Japan Pro-Shop.

Personally I like this one better and I can see why they chose it. It really is a great paint job!

On another note I'm starting to think that all this Macross Frontier stuff is starting to get a bit out of control. All the custom decals, the new kits (that are basically all the same), the upgrades, the custom stands... I mean... yeah the mecha design is great but that doesn't change the fact that the anime itself was... OK I'm not going to say it because I don't want to offend anyone but there were some parts where I thought, "...ugh... could I have that part of my life back? So I could waste it on something that wouldn't make me want to throw up?"

That said... there were some really cool mecha designs that did make those stomach churning parts bearable and to me the scenes featuring this blue Messiah were quite eye catching. Of all the VF-25's I like this one the best and I was seriously thinking about buying it but... yeah... I don't like it that much and these VF-25 kits are quite demanding to say the least. Still though... it sure is nice... and it would go well with the VF-1S that I have here already... and I've never made a Macross model before (not completed at least) ugh...

So much beautiful plamo but so little time. And space :(

VF-25 Messiah - Weathered with battle damage

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Originally uploaded by Busterbeam

I don’t blog much about Macross. Hardly ever actually but I think this is one piece that is definitely worth sharing. The weathering job on this was just supremely done.

One thing I noticed is that he changed the colours of the head to match the plane’s body so it kind of blends in more. It looks more like a regular jet than a transforming machine. I’d go one step further and say unless you knew what Macross was about it’d be hard to tell that this plane even changes shape, outside of the wings folding back.

This is in effect, “controlled chaos”. Making it look like your machine has gone through hell actually takes an extremely deft hand.

This is my favourite VF-25 model that I’ve seen so far with the one below not far behind.


The mecha design in Macross F is amazing but the story… well you can decide for yourselves.

More of both at my Flickr.

And thank you for looking at my blog. Here is some candy.


Yes. This is a promo for an adult video.

VF-25 Messiah - Nakajima Megumi custom

Continuing with the theme of real life Japanese female entertainers and pink mechs...

Ranka Lee's voice actor, Megumi Nakajima recently had a contest sponsored by Hobby Japan. Apparently she designed a custom scheme for the VF-25 from Macross Frontier and the folks at Hobby Japan built it for her. The contest is a trade!

Scan courtesy of Tokyo Hunter. I read all of this a while ago in my own Hobby Japan but he's already gone through the trouble of scanning the image already, saving me the trouble. I find this way to be more efficient than scanning it myself. There's always someone on the internet that's beaten me to the punch. Most of the time at least.

Participants can win her custom designed VF-25 by sending in one of their own! Participants are to send pictures of their own VF-25's to Hobby Japan which will then be judged by Megumi and some of the Hobby Japan staff. The winner then gets to trade for this one.

What do you folks think? Does this sound like a fun contest to you? I'm not sure if I want a pink Messiah but maybe if I were a fan of Megumi's I would? And giving away a model that I spent so much time to build? Well trading... but even still... I'm not sure how I feel about it. I'm not sure if I could do it. It would be a nice souvenir. Maybe if she made it herself...

And another thing... I know these women are very pretty and feminine and want to express that when asked about what they want their mechs to look like but... really... does it ALWAYS have to be ALL PINK?! Surely there are some other feminine colours.... Hell even a little bit of white tossed in there... Anyone remember Lacus Clyne's Zaku? Or even Strike Rouge for that matter.

Oh well. Here are some more pics of the young woman in question. And I do mean young. Only 19 years old!

*grumbles* I was young once! *shuffles away with cane and corn cob pipe* *sits in his rocking chair and carves a small Gundam statue out of wood*

She seems very... pleasant.