I couldn't decide which forum this should go into, so i settled on this one, but i guess it could also go in toy discussion too, anyways.

 

So I picked up Titanium Jetfire the other day, and was pretty impressed by the figure. I was lucky enough to grab one with pretty decent QC, but felt that alot of the molded details in the plastic parts need to be brought out to match the diecast parts... the details i added were very small, but effective IMHO.

 

just the standard shot, notice the panel lining, i liked the way it turned out

 

I painted the nozzles in his feet silver to make it more interesteing, I also added yellow detailing to the "lights" parts of his legs. I also made the tail fins on the left arm rotate 180 degrees to make it more dinamic, i did this by pulling off the tailfin part, and by removing some of the plastics on the arm, it is able to rotate freely. I did however left some parts of the plastic cylinder behind so that the arm guards click into place.

 

One of the things that bothered me about his alt mode is the gaping hole between his wings and his legs. I found that by transforming him like this, you can close the gap.

 

Here are some comparison pics of before and after:

 

 

 

And just for comparison, I have a 1/100 macross figure that's approximately the same scale, so it's interesting to see them side by side.

too bad jetfire is not as flexible/posable as his counterpart:

 

alt modes:

 

Kudos to the designers for picking up on some of the details of the macross version. The feet is dead on, and so are the legs (to macross w/armour). The bad thing about titanium transformers is that it's not very easy to hack them up, oh well.

Awesome job. After seeing this, I might actually get one if/when I see him.

You mean that's not how you were supposed to have his legs in the first place? Because that's how I transformed him...

You mean that's not how you were supposed to have his legs in the first place? Because that's how I transformed him...

 

suprising eh? these people don't even know the potential of their own designs.

does that macross figure have posable fingers or just interchangable hands?

I've got a picture request: I'd like to see a side view of the airplane mode in your alternate transformation mode but with the front wheel folded in.

 

I love the backside of the alternate transformation, but the from pitches up too high for my taste. I'd like to see how much that is mitigated with the front wheel folded in.

does that macross figure have posable fingers or just interchangable hands?

just interchangable hands, and so are the landind gears. still worth the $20, a little fragile though.

 

I've got a picture request: I'd like to see a side view of the airplane mode in your alternate transformation mode but with the front wheel folded in.

 

I love the backside of the alternate transformation, but the from pitches up too high for my taste. I'd like to see how much that is mitigated with the front wheel folded in.

i don't have time to take new pics, but tried it out, and it still rolls with the wheels folded in. In the pics I have the wheels folded all the way out, so between all the way out and all the way in, the nose drops only by 4 mm, or 1/8th of an inch, so not that much of a difference.

/\ thanks for the info. I'm going to get the blue one because the yellow one is sold out :grr

/\ thanks for the info. I'm going to get the blue one because the yellow one is sold out :grr

 

I had the choice between all three colours, and decided on the red one cuz i like the colours and the head better for some reason. didn't know the yellow one was so sought after (my knowledge of macross=zero)

I wish the guns on mine weren't bent...a week of rubber band pressure could not straighten them.