Super Dimension Cinderella is now available as a kirakitto plastic kit! In-depth review of the "Macross F VF-25F Messiah Ranka Lee! Part 2 [Taiyuki's Weekend Plastic Model Weekend #58

When you are a working adult, you tend to have a lot of plastic models piled up in your busy life. ...... In this series, Yasuyuki Tai, a voice actor who loves robots and plastic models, takes on the challenge of building plastic models on your behalf!

The concept is "even busy working people can make it this far on their weekends off. There are only two rules: bare bones assembly and a production period of one to two days! If you read this series, you will surely find the plastic model you want to build.

So, "Weekend Plastic Model Making by Voice Actor Taiyuki! Let's get started with the 58th issue!

Part 58: Macross F VF-25F Messiah Ranka Lee Part 2

In the last issue, we reviewed the bare Lanka, Variable Fighter in fighter form, and in the second part, we would like to try to review the gawk form and the battroid form!

⇒The Super Dimension Cinderella is now available as a kirakitto plastic kit! In-depth review of the "Macross F VF-25F Messiah Ranka Lee"! Part 1 [Taiyuki's Weekend Plastic Model Weekend #57

Let's start with the transformation from fighter form to gowalk form.

First, lift up the main wings by their bases.

Deploy the engine block that serves as the legs.

Deploy the ankles and deploy the armoring on the sides of the legs to expose the engine parts.

Remove some parts from the top of the fuselage and assemble the handle parts.

Attach the handle parts to the top of the fuselage.

Connect joint parts to both sides of the fuselage.

Turn the wings on the side of the legs to the rear.

Attach both arms.

Expand the calf armor and attach the scaffolding parts.

Put Lanka on it, the gawk form is completed. It rides like a water bike.

She is holding the handlebars with her gripping wrists.

It's also cute that she is posed in a riding posture, with her hips slightly thrust backward.

The soles of the shoes are firmly connected with joints.

In addition, the carrot-shaped speaker pod can be transformed to ......

We tried holding it on Messiah's wrist.

Two speaker pods of different colors are attached, so you can have her hold it in both hands.

Listen to my song!"

The kit is enjoyable enough at this point, but the real work begins here.

Finally, let's equip Lanka with the Messiah and transform it into a battroid form!

The ghawk form is disassembled into this part.

Then, reassemble the intake parts, etc. ......

Connect the parts to the side of Lanka's thigh. Put the leg parts of Messiah on Lanka like boots.

Attach joint parts to the back.

Remove the parts near the root of the nose of Messiah. ......

Fold the nose.

Connect the transformed Messiah body to the back.

Attach both arm parts used for GAWALK, and attach the nose root part removed earlier to the front of the shoulder to complete the main body. In the photo, a camera-like part, which is originally the head of Messiah, is attached to the side of the right arm, and a speaker pod is attached to the right arm.

The back of the figure has a tremendous amount of information, but the coloring gives it a sleek impression.

The visor of the helmet can be left down.

The mechanical legs cover the shabby legs, greatly increasing the volume of the figure. The balance between the two is irresistible.

The body is reminiscent of Messiah's batroid form.

Looking at it from the side, you can see that Lanka's legs are properly seated.

The arms attached to the arms extending from the back are almost the Messiah itself.

The head part of the Messiah can also be held in the hand. It also has lens parts, so it looks like a camera.

The monitor part looks like this.

A carrot-shaped speaker pod can be attached to the waist.

Posing Lanka while holding the gun pod.

The form has a lot of information, so you can enjoy it from various angles even in a single pose.

In addition, the bulge part of the carrot-shaped speaker pod can be interchangeable with the salamander parts.

While holding the gun pod and speaker pod on the sub arm, Ranka salutes.

As shown in the package illustration, Lanka and the sub arm together "Kirakk☆".

Both left and right wrists are included, allowing for a double "Kirakk☆" pose.

Plus, a little extra work!

Now, I have introduced practically two plastic models so far, but equal time has passed.

In this Plus One-Time, we will prove that it is recommended to apply decals to the parts where stickers and water-transfer decals are available.

First, the phone screen. Some of the contents of the email cannot be read with the naked eye. They are printed in a resolution that can be read properly when enlarged.

Markings such as "SMS007" are included with the decal, though,

As you can see, it is better to use decals to make the margins less conspicuous and the model more complete. The decal is attached to the main wing and the sticker is attached to the plastic plate below the decal. As you can see, the stickers are not very easy to use, but this is their weak point.

In addition, decals were applied to the areas shown below. The decals are easily peeled off if the decals are left in place, so this time they are coated with glossy clear to protect them.

The winking face, which is not included in the pre-printed face parts, can be prepared by using water-transfer decals and unpainted face. The "sparkle" plus wink is nice.

The color-coded parts rely on stickers, and the parts that look better with decals are the Messiah with decals attached. For markings such as "SMS" and "SMS007," we recommend using decals that do not have noticeable margins, so even if you have no experience with decals, please take this opportunity to try them.

Winking face and sub-arm "Kirakk☆"!

In order to reproduce this, we encourage you to try decals!

Finally, posing Ai-kun while holding him in the palm of his hand. There are many variations of the wrist, so you can enjoy many other poses.

We hope you will find your favorite pose with those hands.

This series has been based on the motif of the Variable Fighter, but at the recent Hobby Show, it was announced that the "VFG VB-6 Koenig Monster" is scheduled for release.

The V.F.G. series is becoming more and more popular. If this happens, it is possible to have Misa Hayase and SDF-1 (or Minmei and the movie version of SDF-1)! (This is just a fantasy.)

Let's definitely look forward to more in the future.