Since my time away from Tumblr, I found myself getting into and loving the Macross franchise. Here are the alternative colors and alternative concept works for the YF-19 and VF-5000G by Shoji Kawamori. I swear, Kawamori-Sensei has nothing but absolute bangers for his mecha designs most of the time.
I def want to use these color schemes for future painted builds. I hope I can get some of his art books really soon.
Arii 1:100 Macross Regult Heavy Missile type Battlepod photoset
September 16th, 2023
I posted a scan of this model's box and shared it on Tumblr earlier. Hasegawa just this month released a 1:72 scale model kit of this subject. I began building this kit last fall and recently I wanted to focus on finishing it before the Hasegawa kit came. I finished this kit in late August.
Proportions on the missile pods is a bit top-heavy. I used Wave's H-Eyes parts for lenses and Kotobukiya's MSG for the thrusters in the knees and on the engine pods. I used Mr. Color 323 Light blue and 311 Gray for the white parts. The gray was a mixture of 32 Dark Gray and 72 Intermediate Blue. the decals were still usable after all these years. They were a bit yellowed, but I taped them to my window for several days to bleach them.
The proportions on the Regult itself seem fine, but Arii made the missile pods a bit too tall. It makes the model look a bit awkward. A bit top heavy. Also, there is no ball socket articulation with the cannons. They must be glued into place.