Started building already the 1/100 Rick Dias from Bandai that arrived for me recently. I was able to jump right in the contruction phase because the translation of the Rick Dias manual to English took a lot quicker than I had expected since there weren’t a lot of stuff to translate with regards to building instructions.
I had already finished with the 1/72 VF-25G Messiah from Bandai that I was initially building, all that was left to do was decal it. I have to confess though that I was overwhelmed by the amount of decals that had to be put on, so I decided to forego it in the meantime and do instead something less stressful, which was to build the Rick Dias. I will decal it though, when I have the proper mindset already for that more difficult task.
According to the Official MacrossF blog, issue no. 34 of the Macross Chronicle will be available by October 29, 2009 while issue no. 35 will be available by November 12. A glimpse of what’s inside shows:
Mechanic Sheet will have some information on the VF-17 Nightmare of Diamond Force. The default color is dark blue, but there is a red variant because Miria Falynna-Jenius commandeered Lt. Kinryuu’s Nightmare for herself and adorned it with her colors when City 7 got separated from Battle 7 in the Macross 7 series. Lt Kinyruu got injured in the ensuing rescue operation.
I can’t help but remember this video of Gwen Verdon and two other companions dancing on a show in the 60’s whenever I see Ribbon’s Almark and his Innovator crew… its that sixties style wardrobe of theirs that’s causing it… hehehe. The Innovators were the main antagonist in the Gundam 00 Season 2 series.
Update: Translated Color Guides and Manuals can be found here.
A modelling kit will usually have symbols in their instruction manual right next to the illustration. Their purpose is to make it easier for modellers to understand what has to be done in this step as well as to save on space on the part of the manufacturer in having to type the instruction in the manual.
Most of the symbols in Bandai Model model kit manuals are generic to each other. Which is convenient because if you’ve seen one then you’ve seen them all and you can be assured that they practically mean the same thing. The symbols meanings are usually found at the bottom of the page for the newer model kits, while on the older kits its found in the first few pages.
The downside is that they are written in Japanese. But fear not because this post will give an English translation of what those symbols mean.
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