{"id":1531,"date":"2008-05-19T10:41:54","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T18:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2009-02-11T17:39:51","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T01:39:51","slug":"completed-%c2%bb-vf-0as-%c2%bb-battroids-reactive-armor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/completed-%c2%bb-vf-0as-%c2%bb-battroids-reactive-armor\/","title":{"rendered":"Completed \u00c2\u00bb VF-0A\/S \u00c2\u00bb Battroids + Reactive Armor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" title=\"vf-0-backdrop\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/vf-0-backdrop-460x287.jpg\" alt=\"vf-0-backdrop\" width=\"460\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">About The Build \u00c2\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been wanting to do a pair of VF-0 battorids for a while now. The reactive armored version is quite cool looking and far sleeker than it&#8217;s later VF-1 incarnation. Not much to write about here. OOB-builds except for replacing the thrusters with MechaSkunk T-Small aluminum bells which were a perfect fit. Metals are Alclad II lacquers, other paint is Tamiya. The only other notable item is that I weathered these kits for once. All I did was the fading\/discoloration technique, but it mottled the surface and brought out the<br \/>\npanel lines quite necely. It&#8217;s a nice light weathering which is perfect for an aircraft\/mecha.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1531 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/vf-0-01.jpg'><img width=\"100\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/vf-0-01-100x95.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" 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The reactive armored version is quite cool looking and far sleeker than it&#8217;s later VF-1 incarnation. Not much to write about here. OOB-builds except for replacing the thrusters with MechaSkunk T-Small aluminum&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/completed-%c2%bb-vf-0as-%c2%bb-battroids-reactive-armor\/\"><span>Continue Reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[61,2],"tags":[201,167,215,71,709,213,211,212,216,217,214],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1531"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1705,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}