Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.

The cockpit area. Unlike the Rave, this one has a two-seater cockpit.

Cockpit detail

Propulsion section

Underside

The landing gear is also a detachable swap-out type.

The underside with the landing gear stowed

Landing gear covers.

Wing-folding feature for hangar storage

EX Model Mave 雪風 - One of the Mave's unique features — the cockpit sliding function — is reproduced here using swappable part

One of the Mave's unique features — the cockpit sliding function — is reproduced here using swappable parts.
You swap out the connecting piece on the body to shift the cockpit's position.

Cockpit pushed back position.

Stowed configuration

Slap on the included decals and it'll look even more... awesome, right? ^_^;

Comparison with the Super Sylph v1.5.
The Mave is a bit smaller and more compact than the Super Sylph.

Following the Super Sylph 1.0 and 1.5, the Mave Yukikaze has been released as the third kit in the EX Yukikaze series. Compared to the Super Sylph's more conventional fighter jet look, the Mave sports a black body with forward-swept wings — a futuristic fighter design that's reminiscent of the YF-19 from Macross.

Overall, the quality is clean and polished as you'd expect from an EX kit, with a nice amount of panel lines — not too many, not too few. The Mave's signature cockpit fore-and-aft sliding feature is reproduced using swappable parts, and the cockpit detail is about on par with your typical sci-fi kit level. Expecting the precision of a proper aero kit might be a stretch, though.

There's nothing particularly tricky about the assembly, and it snaps together nicely as you'd expect from a snap-tight aero kit. Rather than going into any special feature breakdown, I'd say just take a look at the photos, soak in the design, and decide whether it's your thing or not. :-)

EX Model Mave Yukikaze | 2003.3 | ¥3,500 | 1/100

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.