To get a bad kit or not, that is the question...input?

...or a Monster or maybe even the Koenig Monster!!  I just saw the Ma.K. kits you mentioned today.  The main one I would get is the M61A5 tank with twin cannons but the 9000 yen price tag is a bit of a deterrent for me right now.

OK, here's what I've done so far with the $5 "2-fer" in 1:144.  Consider it a "sketch" of what I have in mind for the 1:100 transformable.

As a bonus, here's the Israeli camo VF-11C fighter so far.

There's still some detail work including the wash and decals to go on all of them, along with painting the -11's cockpit.

I went ahead and bid on the auction and the kits should arrive next week.  I'll see what the kit is like and plan further detailing from there.  At the least, I'm thinking of making a custom gunpod for the "Berkut" styled after an AK-47.

Kugai wrote:

If Hasegawa produced more battloids or ( can you imagine the quality if they did this? ) transformable kits, I'd absolutely agree.  Maybe we should start a "Hasegawa Macross wish list" and see if we can petition them into making more than variants of existing kits.

Ohhh, now your talking.

They're supposed to start kitting vehicles from the Ma.K. universe (starting w/ a Falke in 1/20 scale), we should be able to talk them into a Regult or a Glaug, or a Defender, or a Spartan...

If Hasegawa produced more battloids or ( can you imagine the quality if they did this? ) transformable kits, I'd absolutely agree.  Maybe we should start a "Hasegawa Macross wish list" and see if we can petition them into making more than variants of existing kits.

The 2-fer kit in 1:144 is WIP and was the $5 one.  I'll be posting pics here soon.  What I'm debating is whether to get the 1:100 transformable VF-19 Fire Valkyrie for a chance to do a better job on the "Berkut Valkyrie" ( we'll just call the 1:144 "practice" or "proof of concept"? )along with a spare 1:144 VF-17, VF-11 MAXL ( which I'm not to keen on, but it's in the set on auction ), and VF-11C 2-fers that are all in the auction lot for a little under $40 at this point.  Thanks to someone posting a link to the "New UN Spacy" site, I could use the -17 and -11C ( some fun alternate paint schemes for Valkyries there ).  The Berkut-style 2-fer I started for fun turned out looking better than I thought and I'm trying to figure if a second pass at the idea in a larger scale is worth dealing with that transformable kit with the bad reviews.

BTW, I'll also be posting pics of the Israeli camo VF-11C soon.

I have to ask myself the same thing all the time. It's a sci-fi modeler's constant dilemma.

If it's gonna be a weekend build, w/out too much investment in time or money, I'd say go for it.

If on the other hand, it's gonna take you 40+ hours to get it to look right, I'd skip it for a better kit.