Robotech Tactics: Prelude Part 3 - The Weekend Job

Another quick update on some of the works done over the weekend.

Zentradi Heavy Artillery Pod

Same as Light Artillery Pod except heavier missiles.

Tomahawk/Excalibur

Spartan/Gladiator

Phalanx/Spartan

Defender/Radiar X

Phalanx with Experimental Missiles

Size Comparison between RDF and Zentradi Mecha. Did not expect the destroids to be shorter than the pods

Destroids

Overall, the destroids are not that fiddly as compared to the Veritechs. They are quite straight forward to build except for the leg assembly, which can be vastly improved by possibly removing the stubs in the torso. The stubs are there to guide the leg fitting, but the sizing itself makes it near impossible to get your leg to stay in properly. It took alot of patience to wait for the cement to set the legs in position.
Recommended order: chasis->legs->arms->bits

Primary fleet completed over the weekend. VFs from the left are 1Js, 1Rs and 2 rows of 1As

Finally decided on my Veritech roster after some calculation. With my 11 (9 + 2 from my earlier order) I am working on the following:
2 VF-1J - Max and Miriya's colour
6 VF-1A - Max, Miriya, Rick and Ben's colour is a must. I have 1 which will have the mass production brown and possibly the last one in Dark Angel colours
2 VF-1R - Still undecided on the colour to use
1 VF-1S - Undecided to either attempt Rick Hunter's colour or Deathwing. I might go with Deathwing since Rick's VF-1S is in fact Skull 1 after Roy died.

Oh yeah, it is going to be a while before I can post up the sprue list for the destroids. Forgot to take shots of them before starting the assembly since each sprue can build 2 destroids of the same kind each.

Robotech Tactics: Prelude Part 2

More egg walkers.

Zentradi Light Artillery Pod

Very straight forward assembly like the Recon Pod. In fact, I would say much easier as there are no small bits to attach.

Zentradi Particle Beam Pod

Since I only have 4 sprues for artillery pods, (2 for light and 2 for heavy), I decided to try installing the particle beam on the tactical pods. And as you can see above, they are actually interchangeable since the chassis for both the artillery pots and tactical pods are the same.

Zentradi Tactical Battlepod

This pod was a little messed up since I choose not to refer to the new guide, which resulted in the model assembled in a very odd unbalanced posed. The legs that I used here was intended to be assembled with the stand as shown above. It took some effort before I could repose it. The right leg was fully fuses and I could not modify it, hence touching the stand.

Recommended order: chassis->legs->other bits

Robotech Tactics: Prelude

Finally! Wave 1 sets have arrived!

Got my hands unboxing them yesterday and assemble some test units, just to get the feel assembling them.

Zentradi Quel-Gulnau Recovery Pod

The Recovery Pod is quite straight forward to build and assemble. 1 kit in the sprue itself with no extra parts.
Recommended order: chassis->rear antenna->stand-> arms->antennas

Zentradi Reconnaissance Battlepod

The antenna on the radar sensor was a pain to assemble. Made a mistake of assembling the sensor first on the model before the antenna. The other pain to assemble was the twin antennas in the front. For some reason, it just does not go in the groove well even during test fitting. This unit comes together with the Officer Battlepod.
Recommended order: chasis->legs->complete antenna assembly->mini bits

Zentradi Glaug Officer Battlepod

Everything was a simple fit until you reach the arms. Poorly designed fits in which you will need to put some support under the arm cannons for it to stay in place while the cement dries.
Recommended order: chassis->legs->cannon and bits->arms

I should be working on my first artillery battlepods and regular battlepods soon. The sprue list should also be added by the next post.

Also to add, Palladium Books finally release a detailed guide on assembling these units at DriveThruRpg