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On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:50:13 +0200, Nekar wrote:
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> "POVMAN" <s### [at] a com> wrote in message news:449675b3$1@news.povray.org...
>>> I still want to do a Maccross-Valkyrie type mech aome time. But
>>> unfortunately it will be quite some time before I get around to it.
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>> Is the Valkyrie one of the "VJ" models? I ask because I have a mostly
>> done ( and a bit stumpy looking ) VJ model around somewhere...
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> I think the term Valkyrie is actually from Robotech. It's an aircraft that
> transforms into a mech. Are you interested? It's not stumpie, it'll be
> curved, much like an F15.
The Valkyrie is actually a touch stumpy. It's based on the F-14 Tomcat,
redesigned to allow it to reconfigure. The term 'Valkyrie' is from
Macross; in Robotech, the same mecha is referred to as a 'Veritech
Fighter', though there is one time that the translators slipped and called
it a Valkyrie.
http://www.kent.net/robotech/mecha/rdf/vf-1j-battloid.gif
http://homepage.mac.com/bgillis/macross_web/images/banner.jpg
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/sdfmacross/vf-1a-gerwalk.jpg
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