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1996 Audi A4 Owners Manual – Not only a replacement for the old Audi 80 and 90, the 1996 Audi A4 represents a redesign of its family that is classic sedan. It is a shorter that is small wider, with a sturdier suspension and body. A far more roof that is angled and reduced hood enhance ...
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1906 manual Simplex Typewriter, in original box with instructions. Disc has letters and numbers that can be inked and impressed onto paper. Detents provide horizontal spacing, roll moves the paper up manually.
Box is 8 3/4" X 5" X 2 3/4". Device is 8 3/8" X 4" X 2 1/2"
ACC# 87.1 a & b
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Dashi is my selected piece for the bienale of youth european artist.
It is the corporative manual of a japan restaurant.
Kg Nelayan, Pendas
Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex | Kodak Ektacolor 160
Outing with mr loonglai, norah zain, coffeeground, bak and pokjeng.
Last trip before Raya. Come come come.
The 220a was succeeded in March 1956 by the 220S, which was externally almost identical, but had an upgraded version of the 2.2L inline-six (100 PS (74 kW; 99 hp), later 106 PS (78 kW; 105 hp)), due to the use of twin-carburettors.
Visually, the 220S featured a new one piece front bumper, instead of the 3-piece bumper used on the 220a. Also, the twin chrome and rubber strips running under the doors of the 220a were replaced with solid chrome strips. The most obvious difference is the addition of a chrome strip running along the front fenders and doors of the 220S.
The 220S was available with a 4-speed column shift manual transmission, with an optional Hydrak automatic clutch. This made use of small microswitches on the gear selector that automatically disengaged the clutch when the driver changed gears. Many cars have subsequently been converted to use a standard clutch, due to the high maintenece costs of continuing to use the Hydrak clutch.
Also introduced with the 220S was the W105 219, which from the a-pillar forward was essentially a single-carburettor 220a, but rearward from the a-pillar it used the shorter body of the W120/W121 180/190 models.
In July 1956 a Cabriolet (two doors, four seats) joined the line-up, and in October 1956 a Coupé version followed suit. Some Cabriolets were finished with folding rear seats to accommodate additional luggage.
Until October 1959, 55,279 220S saloons and 3,429 Cabriolets and Coupés were built.
The fuel-injected 220SE versions that officially bore the model code W128 were introduced in October 1958 and carried on until November 1960
(Wikipedia)
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Das 220 S Cabriolet wurde ab Juli 1956 angeboten. Das 220 S Coupé kam drei Monate später im Oktober 1956 auf den Markt. Es entsprach bis auf das feste Dach der offenen Version. Für beide Fahrzeuge, die auf der 220 S Limousine (W 180 II) basierten, wurden derselbe Preis von 21.500 DM berechnet.
Insbesondere die Fertigung des Ponton-Cabriolets darf als gelungene Entwicklungsarbeit gelten, war doch mit diesem Typ erstmals bei Daimler-Benz eine selbsttragende Karosserie ohne Dachstreben in Verwendung, die zur Vermeidung von Karosserie-Verwindungen eine extrem steife und damit schwerere Bodengruppe erfordert. Das Cabriolet war daher trotz kürzeren Radstands und den zwei Türen 100 kg schwerer als die Viertürer-Limousinen.
Der Motor mit 74 kW (100 PS) wurde unverändert übernommen. Mit diesem Aggregat waren die Wagen ansprechend motorisiert. Das Innere ist mit Edelholz-Armaturenbrett und Fenstereinfassungen, Lederpolsterung, Heizung und Lüftung mit Standgebläse sowie übersichtlich angeordneten Rundarmaturen ausgestattet.
Im August 1957 wurden von fast allen Typen des Personenwagen-Programms verbesserte Varianten präsentiert. Auch das 220 S Coupé und Cabriolet hatte man einer Modellpflege unterzogen, aus der beide Typen mit dezenten Modifikationen und einer auf 78 kW (106 PS) erhöhten Motorleistung hervorgingen. Äußerlich sichtbar war lediglich die Änderung der vorderen Stoßstange mit der Kennzeichenblende sowie die modifizierte Beleuchtung des hinteren Kennzeichens, die – wie bei den Limousinen – in die Stoßstangenhörner verlegt worden war.
Ab September 1958 wurden Coupé und Cabriolet wie auch die Limousine als 220 SE mit Benzineinspritzung angeboten.
(Wikipedia)
The manual, contact page and page 1. Parts and hardware, larger and fixed pieces.
I don't really have room for this huge Frozen Snowflake Mansion dollhouse, by Kidkraft. But I bought it anyway, and am now in the process of assembling it. It was $169.90, from Costco (now sold out online and in stores). I decided to photograph each assembly step, following the detailed instructions in the 20+ page manual.
It comes in a very large box, which is 50'' L x 18'' W x 7'' D, and weighs 60 pounds! Fully assembled, it is 57'' H x 49'' W x 16'' D. It consists of 9 rooms in three stories, and accommodates 12'' dolls, such as the Classic Elsa and Anna dolls. It also includes 20 pieces of furniture, three of which light up (batteries included) and three of which contain foam padding to make them more realistic. As I expected from a Kidkraft product, the items are well made and very sturdy. One disappointing feature is that the bed for Elsa is about an inch too small for her, so she has to bend her knees to fit into it. But it has a real foam mattress and pillow, and is decorated very nicely with snowflakes, so Elsa forgives the shortness of the bed.
Classic Elsa is very happy with her new home, and so is Anna! It took a total of 12 hours to assemble (with various breaks). I was slowed down because I took photos as I went along. Also because I was assembling them in a cramped area, I couldn't lay out all the pieces before I started, so I pretty much left everything in the box (except the screws), and searched for individual pieces as I needed them. I also had to undo and redo several steps, because I assembled some things the wrong way. Finally some of the items were hard to assemble, especially the balcony railing.
I am very impressed with the construction of the house, and it is very beautiful. It is about 4 feet wide and high, a foot deep. Because the base is totally flat, it is also easy to slide along the floor (mine is carpeted) to move it if needed. I loved the fact that several of the furniture pieces had actual foam padding - the bed, the sofa and the throne. In general, the furniture is actually a bit too small for 1/6 scale dolls, as I already mentioned with the bed. That is the same problem with my other 1/6 scale doll house (the Disney Store's Disney Princess Enchanted Palace Play Set). The lamp's battery was dead, so it had to be replaced (fortunately I already had the required LR44 batteries), the vanity lights worked perfectly. I like that all three light-up items have auto shut-off mechanisms.
I have begun adding other dolls and accessories to fill the dollhouse some more, and will post more photos as I do so.
As I live on very limited solar and hydro electric power, I try to reduce my need for electricity wherever comfortably possible. I don't like to do without my denatal irrigator, so I tried to come up with a manual version. The case has a tyre valve, and is air tight. When it is full of water and I pump air into it, the water comes out under pressure when I open the valve. Problem is, the pressure then goes down very quickly, needing frequent pumping to keep it up. On balance, I found it too much hard work, especially whilst having to do the cleaning at the same time. One for the tinkering 101 room, though a lovely looking gaget that would not look out of place in a Victorian home. My "Kitty Waterjet" actually uses so little power, for only a brief time, that I continued using the electrical version, though to save on the power the inverter uses, I converted it to run on 12 Volt.
The one on the left has a 49mm filter thread and made by Komine, and the one on the right has a 55mm filter size and made by Kiron.
my veteran camera, I used it for 14 years
Manufactured by Nikon Corporation, Japan
Model: c.1990, (produced between 1988-1991)
35mm film SLR camera, Integral-motor autofocus, and fully electronic / manual use
BODY
Lens release: button on the left side of the lens mount
Focus modes: Autofocus and Manual with electronic rangefinder by the ring and scale window on the lens
Autofocus modes: Single servo AF with focus priority and continous servo AF with release priority, selector on the left of the lens mount
AF detection system: TTL phase detection system - Nikon Advanced AM200 module
AF detection range: EV minus 1 to EV 19 at ISO 100.
AF lock: Possible in single servo AF mode once a stationary subject is in focus as long as the shutter button is depressed; in continuous servo AF, button on the right lower side of the lens mount
Electronic rangefinder: Available in manual focus mode with an AF Nikkor and other
AI-type Nikkor lenses with a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster
Depth of Field preview button: on the right side of the lens mount
Shutter: Electromagnetically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane metal shutter,
speeds: 30 - 1/8000 +B, speed setting: automatic or manual by the dial on the top plate
Shutter release: By motor trigger, automatic motor drive winding and cocking, knob on the hand-grip (battery chamber) of the camera
Frame counter: Additive type, counts back while film is rewinding, auto-resets
LCD panel information: Shutter speed, aperture, exposure mode, metering system, film speed, DX mark, electronic analogue display, exposure compensation mark, frame counter/self timer/multiple exposure, exposure compensation value, film advance mode, film loading, film rewind, self timer, panel on the right of the top plate
Command input control dial: a thumb wheel, on the right of the top plate
Viewfinder/LCD panel illumination: by pressing button on the back side of the top plate
Viewfinder: Fixed eyelevel SLR pentaprism, high-eyepoint type, w/ Eyepiece hood
Focusing Screen: Fixed Nikon advanced B-type Bright-View screen,
interchangeable with E-type screen
Viewfinder information: Focus indications, exposure mode, shutter speed/ISO, aperture/exposure compensation, electronic analogue display, exposure compensation mark and flash-ready are all shown in LCD readout,
also shows flash recommended/ready light LEDs
Exposure meter: Matrix metering, centre-weighted metering (75/25) and spot metering, selection button on the left of the top plate,
Activates by lightly pressing the shutter release button, stays on for approx. 8 sec. after finger leaves button
Film speed range: 6-6400 ASA, setting: DX code or by manual override, setting by the LCD display and the mode knob on the multi-settings dial on the left of the top plate
Metering range: EV 0 to 21
Exposure modes: Fully Programmed auto-multi, shutter priority auto, aperture priority auto and manual, setting by the LCD display and the mode knob on the multi-settings dial on the left of the top plate
Programmed auto exposure control: Both shutter speed and aperture are set
automatically, 1 EV increments of aperture is possible
Activated by lightly pressing the shutter release button, stays on for approx. 8 sec after finger leaves button
Exposure compensation: within +/- 5 EV range in 1/3 EV steps, button on the front of the LCD display
Auto exposure lock: By sliding the AE-L lever on the back side of the top plate, while the meter is on
Multiple exposure button: the knob on the multi-settings dial on the left of the top plate coupled with rewind release button, up to 9 exposures can be set
Film loading: Film automatically advances to first frame when shutter release button is depressed once
Film advance: In single-frame shooting mode, film automatically advances one frame when shutter is released; in continuous high or continuous low shooting modes, shots are taken as long as shutter release button is depressed; high speed 3.3 fps; low 2.0 fps., setting by the LCD display and the mode knob on the multi-settings dial on the left of the top plate
Film rewind: By simultaneously pressing buttons with red rewind markings in front of the LCD display and the knob on the multi-settings dial on the left of the top plate,
rewind stops auotomatically when film is rewound
Hot-shoe, Flash synch. X, 1/60 to 1/250
Self-timer: Electronically controlled; timer duration selectable from 2 to 30 seconds in one second increments, blinking red LED on the front of the hand grip, indicates self-timer operation, cancellable, button on the left of the top plate
Remote control terminal: on the left-front side of the camera, w/ a lid
Back cover: Hinged, interchangeable with Nikon Multi-Control Back MF-21 or World Time Data Back MF-20, w/ film cartridge confirmation window
Tripod socket: 1/4''
Strap lugs
Body: Weight: 695g, wo/ lens
Battery: 4 AA alkaline batteries, battery chamber opens by a screw on the right bottom side of the camera and the battery holder slides out
On/off switch: on the right of the top plate
Engraving on the bottom plate: Made in Japan and serial no. 2092349
LENS
AF Nikkor 24-50mm f/3.3 - f/4.5, filter thread 62mm, serial no…
Mount: Nikon F bayonet
Zooming: manual, the ring and scale on the lens
Aperture: f/3.3-f/22, setting: auto or manual by the ring and scale on the lens,
w/ a lock button on it, locks at f/22
Focus range: 0.6-10m + inf, with macro
Produced between 1987-95
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Image made in Fort Wayne's Foster Park. Olympus mount Vivitar 24mm f2.8 MC lens purchased with an Olympus OM10 35mm camera with case, for $25. Here are a few samples of the lens mounted on my Canon EOS 60D. Call me cheap, but I really do love the old manual focus glass!
This is a test picture I took with my new 15$ all manual Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 I got on eBay. It's probably 20 years old or so, but is it decent condition. It acts as 100mm since the sensor on my camera is twice as small as the film negatives this lens was made for. It's a prime lens, the opposite of a zoom lens, meaning its focal lenght is fixed. To zoom in you take two steps forward!
At the widest aperture the depth of field is so small that it's actually too short, as this picture shows. It's best used stopped down to f/2.8 or f/4. The wide aperture could come handy for low light situations however. I primarily bought the lens for portraits, where a blured background is desirable.
One of the downside with this lens, aside from being manual focus only, is that the EXIF lacks focal lenght and aperture information. This happens because the lens doesn't communicate electronically with the camera body. The solution would be to buy a higher end Zuiko Digital lens, but that would cost me about 500$US. Not for now! Otherwise I like this lens a lot, it gives great results, and the manual focus makes it pretty fun to use.
This is also my first Flickr picture with an ID above 200000000. Flickr crossed 100000000 last winter, so it took about 6 months to double in size, after taking two years to reach the initial 100000000. Wow.
A1 - I did the Where's Waldo concept with the manual. Can you find the manual? How many pennies are in the picture? How many pens can you find?......
CClockwise from top left: Takumar 135mm f2.5, Vivitar 135mm f2.8, Pentax M 100mm f4 macro, SMC Takumar 55mm f1.8, Takumar A 28mm f2.8, Pentax A 50mm f1.7, Pentax A 35mm f2.8
The future of browsing type?
These are pages from the Photolettering’s One Line Manual of Styles from 1971. The fine grade typeface classification results in groupings that enable designers to easily compare typefaces with similar characteristics. Designers often have a feeling of about which characteristics a certain typographic element in their design should have. Italic, light, bold, narrow, wide … but that is just the start. What can a type browser do for a designer who is looking for an elegant italic with thin hairlines for a fashion magazine? a sturdy roman for an e-Book? a condensed sans for the ingredients section on a packaging design? a typeface that might fit the historical or artistic context of the subject? a fresh sans serif with large apertures for a signage project? a typeface with an x-height that is big enough to be read by people with low vision? a trendy humanist slab serif for the headings of a brochure? an italic for a series of medium level food products which cannot be ‘served’ with a fancy script? a typeface with angular serifs that fits the low-polygon craze?
Most current online type browsers do not enable designers to compare typefaces this way though. When comparing romans, italics or other styles, other family members usually are ‘in the way’. In many browsers it is impossible to directly compare condensed or italic styles, let alone a more precisely defined style. The typeface styles that might fulfill the criteria designers and their customers are looking for are usually hidden in alphabetical lists, family groupings and ‘special interest’ lists made up by users or meticulously edited staff-picks. Or even worse: classification names of which most designers forgot what they actually mean (let alone what they might be good for) after they left the art academy. Or from which they never heard when they were trained as an online-designer. Sure, these are all wonderful things that help designers to find what they need, but they are time-consuming and when it comes to the typical day-to-day designer jobs as sketched out above, one has to ‘know’ where the styles one is looking for might be hiding. I think that most designers do not prefer to think in names and the systems behind typeface classification, they are visual people who like to think that they take their decisions by intuition. As a result, designers either stay with families they know, or pick something that currently is ‘in the picture’. Thousands of excellent but lesser known typefaces are not being used, because designers are not aware of them or simply overlook them. The big question of type browsing today is how to help designers in picking the best in a way that suits their thinking.
Today, type browsing could (easily) be made much more advanced than the analogue Photolettering catalogue from 1971 shown here. The fine grain classification descriptions could be hidden behind sample characters. One would not have to go through the alphabetical index to find out the number of the page on which hard-to-classify-on-the-spot typeface may be shown. It could also be faster and more up to date. It could be combined with text, type size, line length and line feed defined by the user. It could allow the user to change the bandwidth of the grouping. Maybe with sliders or buttons that show sample characters that illustrate what ‘slant’ or ‘old style’ actually may look like etc. We have seen several attempts like the Type Navigator that went in this direction. A similar system has been implemented by Google fonts. And of course the FontBook is a huge step forward. Still, the possibilities of this catalogue have not yet made it into the current state of type browsing.
Who is going to take this challenge today?
Vintage analogue (and scanned) photograph of the model
Some background:
The VF-1 was developed by Stonewell/Bellcom/Shinnakasu for the U.N. Spacy by using alien Overtechnology obtained from the SDF-1 Macross alien spaceship. Its production was preceded by an aerodynamic proving version of its airframe, the VF-X. Unlike all later VF vehicles, the VF-X was strictly a jet aircraft, built to demonstrate that a jet fighter with the features necessary to convert to Battroid mode was aerodynamically feasible. After the VF-X's testing was finished, an advanced concept atmospheric-only prototype, the VF-0 Phoenix, was flight-tested from 2005 to 2007 and briefly served as an active-duty fighter from 2007 to the VF-1's rollout in late 2008, while the bugs were being worked out of the full-up VF-1 prototype (VF-X-1).
The space-capable VF-1's combat debut was on February 7, 2009, during the Battle of South Ataria Island - the first battle of Space War I - and remained the mainstay fighter of the U.N. Spacy for the entire conflict. Introduced in 2008, the VF-1 would be out of frontline service just five years later, though.
The VF-1 proved to be an extremely capable craft, successfully combating a variety of Zentraedi mecha even in most sorties which saw UN Spacy forces significantly outnumbered. The versatility of the Valkyrie design enabled the variable fighter to act as both large-scale infantry and as air/space superiority fighter. The signature skills of U.N. Spacy ace pilot Maximilian Jenius exemplified the effectiveness of the variable systems as he near-constantly transformed the Valkyrie in battle to seize advantages of each mode as combat conditions changed from moment to moment.
The basic VF-1 was deployed in four minor variants (designated A, D, J, and S) and its success was increased by continued development of various enhancements including the GBP-1S "Armored" Valkyrie, FAST Pack "Super" Valkyrie and the additional RÖ-X2 heavy cannon pack weapon system for the VF-1S for additional firepower.
The FAST Pack system was designed to enhance the VF-1 Valkyrie variable fighter, and the initial V1.0 came in the form of conformal pallets that could be attached to the fighter’s leg flanks for additional fuel – primarily for Long Range Interdiction tasks in atmospheric environment. Later FAST Packs were designed for space operations.
The following FAST Pack 2.0 system featured two 120.000 kg class P&W+EF-2001 booster thrusters (mounted on the dorsal section of the VF-1) and two CTB-04 conformal propellant/coolant tanks (mounted on the leg/engines), since the VF-1's internal tanks could not carry enough propellant to achieve a stable orbit from Earth bases and needed the help of a booster pack to reach Low Earth Orbit. Anyway, the FAST Pack 2.0 wasn't adapted for atmospheric use, due to its impact on a Valkyrie's aerodynamics and its weight; as such, it needed to be discarded before atmospheric entry.
Included in the FAST Pack boosters and conformal tanks were six high-maneuverability vernier thrusters and two low-thrust vernier thrusters beneath multipurpose hook/handles in two dorsal-mounted NP-BP-01, as well as ten more high-maneuverability vernier thrusters and two low-thrust vernier thrusters beneath multipurpose hook/handles in the two leg/engine-mounted NP-FB-01 systems.
Granting the VF-1 a significantly increased weapons payload as well as greater fuel and thrust, Shinnakasu Heavy Industry's FAST Pack system 2.0 was in every way a major success in space combat. The first VF-1 equipped with FAST Packs was deployed in January 2010 for an interception mission.
Following first operational deployment and its effectiveness, the FAST Pack system was embraced enthusiastically by the U.N. Spacy and found wide use. By February 2010, there were already over 300+ so-called "Super Valkyries" stationed onboard the SDF-1 Macross alone.
After the end of Space War I, the VF-1 continued to be manufactured both in the Sol system and throughout the UNG space colonies. Although the VF-1 would eventually be replaced as the primary Variable Fighter of the U.N. Spacy by the more capable, but also much bigger, VF-4 Lightning III in 2020, a long service record and continued production after the war proved the lasting worth of the design.
The VF-1 was without doubt the most recognizable variable fighter of Space War I and was seen as a vibrant symbol of the U.N. Spacy even into the first year of the New Era 0001 in 2013. At the end of 2015 the final rollout of the VF-1 was celebrated at a special ceremony, commemorating this most famous of variable fighters. The VF-1 Valkryie was built from 2006 to 2013 with a total production of 5,459 VF-1 variable fighters with several variants (VF-1A = 5,093, VF-1D = 85, VF-1J = 49, VF-1S = 30, VF-1G = 12, VE-1 = 122, VT-1 = 68)
However, the fighter remained active in many second line units and continued to show its worthiness years later, e. g. through Milia Jenius who would use her old VF-1 fighter in defense of the colonization fleet - 35 years after the type's service introduction.
General characteristics:
All-environment variable fighter and tactical combat Battroid,
used by U.N. Spacy, U.N. Navy, U.N. Space Air Force
Accommodation:
Pilot only in Marty & Beck Mk-7 zero/zero ejection seat
Dimensions:
Fighter Mode:
Length 14.23 meters
Wingspan 14.78 meters (at 20° minimum sweep)
Height 3.84 meters
Battroid Mode:
Height 12.68 meters
Width 7.3 meters
Length 4.0 meters
Empty weight: 13.25 metric tons;
Standard T-O mass: 18.5 metric tons;
MTOW: 37.0 metric tons
Power Plant:
2x Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2001 thermonuclear reaction turbine engines, output 650 MW each, rated at 11,500 kg in standard or in overboost (225.63 kN x 2)
4 x Shinnakasu Heavy Industry NBS-1 high-thrust vernier thrusters (1 x counter reverse vernier thruster nozzle mounted on the side of each leg nacelle/air intake, 1 x wing thruster roll control system on each wingtip);
18 x P&W LHP04 low-thrust vernier thrusters beneath multipurpose hook/handles
The S-FAST Pack added 4x P&W+EF-2001 booster thrusters with 120.000 kg each, plus a total of 28x P&W LHP04 low-thrust vernier thrusters
Performance:
Battroid Mode: maximum walking speed 160 km/h
Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 2.71; at 30,000+ m Mach 3.87
g limit: in space +7
Thrust-to-weight ratio: empty 3.47; standard T-O 2.49; maximum T-O 1.24
Design Features:
3-mode variable transformation; variable geometry wing; vertical take-off and landing; control-configurable vehicle; single-axis thrust vectoring; three "magic hand" manipulators for maintenance use; retractable canopy shield for Battroid mode and atmospheric reentry; option of GBP-1S system, atmospheric-escape booster, or FAST Pack system
Transformation:
Standard time from Fighter to Battroid (automated): under 5 sec.
Min. time from Fighter to Battroid (manual): 0.9 sec.
Armament:
1x internal Mauler RÖV-20 anti-aircraft laser cannon, firing 6,000 pulses per minute
1x Howard GU-11 55 mm three-barrel Gatling gun pod with 200 RPG, fired at 1,200 rds/min
4x underwing hard points for a wide variety of ordnance, including
12x AMM-1 hybrid guided multipurpose missiles (3/point), or
12x MK-82 LDGB conventional bombs (3/point), or
6x RMS-1 large anti-ship reaction missiles (2/outboard point, 1/inboard point), or
4x UUM-7 micro-missile pods (1/point) each carrying 15 x Bifors HMM-01 micro-missiles,
or a combination of above load-outs
The optional Shinnakasu Heavy Industry S-FAST Pack 2.1 augmentative space weapon system added:
6x micro-missiles in two NP-AR-01 micro-missile launcher pods (mounted rearward under center ventral section in Fighter mode or on lower arm sections in GERWALK/Battroid mode)
4x12 micro missiles in four HMMP-02 micro-missile launchers, one inside each booster pod
The model and its assembly:
This is a major kit conversion, or better a kitbashing with major scratch work involved. By the time I built this model, there were no convincing 1:100 kits of the so-called "Super / Strike Valkyries" around. These VF-1s carry rocket boosters for non-atmospheric use, so-called FAST packages ("Fuel And Sensor Trays"). However, parts for these space operation packages are included in some ARII Battroid kits – so there’s the option to create one with the help of several donor kits.
This is the second of such conversions I did on the basis of a 1:100 Bandai (ex Arii) Gerwalk Valkyrie model, with additional leftover pieces from Super Valkyrie kits in Battroid mode and even from vintage Imai transformable kits.
The legs in retracted position were completely built through kitbashing, since the FAST packages would hardly fit under the body. The folded arms between the legs were improvised and heavily tailored to fit into the narrow space between the legs as good as possible. Real arm parts would not fit at all!
The "UUM-7" rocket launchers with 5 x 3 HMM-01missiles each were built from scratch. other added details include a pilot figure and better cockpit interior parts, plus some other details like antennae that the simple, original kits lack.
Painting and markings:
The color scheme is based on the standard VF-1A livery, even though I used a lighter tan (RAF "Hemp", B.S. 4800/10B21, e .g. used on Nimrod sea patrol aircrafts or VC-10 tankers - Humbrol 168) instead of brown. The lighter contrast areas were painted in ivory (Humbrol 41) instead of pure white, the FAST packs received a grey finish (FS 36081, Humbrol 32).
What's a bit special about the colored details of this semi-fictional Valkyrie is that the squadron insignia is original Japanese: The panda with the red lightning is the emblem of the 203rd hikotai, a real world JASDF fighter squadron that used to fly F-86 Sabre and F-104 Starfighters – with some fantasy, you can read the "203" in the lightning's outline! The kit's idea was to show what a machine from such a "real" squadron might look like if it was (still) existent in the Macross universe?