Model number:Â ZM-S08GC
Code name:Â Zolo Custom
Unit type:Â sensor improved transformable mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â BESPA (Zanscare Empire)
Operator:Â BESPA (Zanscare Empire)
First deployment:Â UC 0153
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard/canopy-style cockpit in torso/Top Terminal
Dimensions:Â mobile suit mode: head height 14.8 meters
Weight:Â empty 8.9 metric tons; max gross 21.2 metric tons
Armor materials:Â titanium alloy neo ceramic composite
Powerplant:Â Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 5,120 kW
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: 39,040 kg total (2 x 11,890 kg, 2 x 7,630 kg); beam rotor/shield, provides helicopter-style atmospheric flight and hovering ability, operable in mobile suit and helicopter modes (see also description under “Fixed Armaments”); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 30
Equipment and design features:Â improved sensors, range unknown; 3 x hardpoint, used to mount beam rotor, 1 located on each forearm, 1 located on backpack; transformation/docking system, mobile suit can separate into separate Top Terminal and Bottom Terminal aircraft; unmanned Bottom Terminal operated by onboard computer auto-pilot system or by pilot in Top Terminal via wireless remote control
Fixed armaments:Â beam rotor/shield, mounted on either forearm hardpoint in mobile suit mode and on backpack hardpoint in helicopter mode; 2 x beam saber, recharge rack/storage location unknown, hand-carried in use; vulcan gun, mounted in nose of Top Terminal, operable only on separated Top Terminal
Optional hand armaments:Â beam rifle, powered by replaceable e-pac; beam bazooka; multi-bazooka; vulcan cannon
The ZM-S08GC Zolo Custom was a minor variation on BESPA’s standard ZM-S08G Zolo. It was identical to the standard Zolo in every respect, with the exception of a sensor scope mounted over the left eye. This sensor scope extended the Zolo Custom’s range and allowed it to zoom in better on targets to snipe them from a distance. One unit was operated in Kasarelia by Mathis Walker, but it was destroyed in combat by Uso Ewin’s LM314V21 Victory 2 Gundam.
Pilot: Mathis Walker
First appearance: Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Original mechanical designer:Â Junya Ishigaki
Director:
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Writer(s):
Sukehiro Tomita
Ken Oketani
Kazuhiro Kanbe
Hideki Sonoda
Minoru Onoya
Mechanical Designer(s):
Hajime Katoki
Kunio Okawara
Junya Ishigaki
Character Designer:
Hiroshi Osaka
Musical Composer:
Akira Senju
Format:
51 episodes
Airdates:
Japan 04.02.1993 – 03.25.1994
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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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