VF-11D Thunder Focus
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Shinsei Industries VF-11D Thunder Focus
Contents
Program
- Manufacturer: Shinsei Industries
- Equipment Type: Variable vehicles
- Affiliation: Freelance/Thunder Focus
Airframe was modified for journalism based on the double-seat training variant of the VF-11 Thunderbolt, the VF-11D. The large-sized camera pod serves as both a powerful directional-communications system and is equipped with a camera which has super-long distances photography capabilities equal to a military force-reconnaissance airplane.
It is equipped with an A.I. model, which specializes in instant news editing, has the specifications matching a broadcasting station of a small immigration ship. Hence, "The moving studio". Because it does not have the thrust to follow AVF or similar, it uses a custom Super pack depending on the mission, like races.
Powerplant
- Two Shinsei Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2025G thermonuclear turbine engines (maximum instantaneous thrust in space of 280KN) with thrust reverser and three-dimensional vectoring nozzles.
- P&W HMM-5B high-maneuverability vernier thrusters.
Avionics
SWGA Energy Converting Armor. Chaff-Flare-Smoke discharger system. GCU-03 Custom camera pod for photography. Large camera pod serves as directional-communications system.
Armaments
- Standard bulletproof (anti-projectile) shield mounted on center rear dorsal fuselage in Fighter mode or on lower arm section in GERWALK and Battroid modes.
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Background
- Designer: Kazutaka Miyatake (cockpit)
Model Details
- Manufacturer:Hasegawa
- Scale: 1/72
- Price: 4,000 yen
- Release Date: December 2011