YF-0C "Phoenix" U.N. Marines

My friend Deisuki has this time, the NEED of a Delta-winged VF-0.

A conversion kit was available on Shapeways (3D printed), so he asked me to make a custom version without the double seat.

He was right, Arcadia announced the VF-0D soon after that.

By the way, the conversion kit fits quite good the VF-0A v1 used for this sacrifice.

But with a lot of hassle...

The material was extremely thick, so sanding without removing detail was all an history

I prefered let some parts too lightly sanded, than sanding too much.

the other big issue was the entire system of mobile parts.

i had prefered metal rods to put in plastic holes...

Here, the plastic rods, badly printed, didn't move well, and had to be sanded and cut to be functional...

Just upper, this was the result when kit was adapted and the whole part had been primed in gray.

As seen, the kit doesn't make a perfect VF-0C, so I decided to tell that's its prototype, the YF-0C.

I painted it in a U.N. MARINES scheme, inspired by the real-life VMFA-122 squadron and its typical night blue decorations on a two-gray camo.