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  1. Thom
    Cant' watch the trailer at work, but the images look real good. As long as it holds to the original, I'm in!
  2. Thom
    TS4 was the perfect ending. I loved it. And doesn't Allen not want to do these anymore..?
  3. Thom
    Good deal with the Reliant. Glad it is still coming along!
  4. Thom
    You know, between AI created 'art' and actual art made by real people, I'll choose the art made by real people., I think a lot of people would to.
  5. Thom
    Back to this, and I used some scotch tape to trace out the curved opening in the hull. And transferred that to another couple pieces of blank styrene. Which were then glued up to the new part. After that, I started skinning, You can see that the pieces I had just glued onto it were already damaged. What happens when you realize you have to change something - and you used CA to strengthen the now superfluous part.😪 No problem though, as that will be covered up. And some test fits to see how it is going. I think I can fit some shuttle bay doors into the back there. And using Gundam paints to check the shaped/sanded edges. With that done, I can start adding and shaping the shrouds to either end. Thom
  6. Thom
    @pengbuzz that is some real nice work!
  7. Thom
    Isn't the only difference the lower silver color? If so, a little repaint of KITT gets you KARR.
  8. Thom
    Good to hear you are doing better @pengbuzz.
  9. Thom
    Don't forget, this comes out in a month.😉
  10. Thom
    You still have malls!? I kid, but our malls are just as hard-up as theaters. The major ones in my area are half vacant. Though, I will say that I still love the movie experience enough to keep going, esp since I go at matinee hours. A little more than $20 for a movie incl small soda and popcorn.
  11. Thom
    @nonner242 That is a vast improvement! As an alternative to selling off the other ones, could you bash one into the ASS-1 gunship version?
  12. Thom
    Okay, back to construction, and we're redoing some things, such as the lower hull housing. To me, it is too shallow and rounded, and I want to do what I did to the Nike, basically enlarging it all around. So, to that, I took the front housing, which is a lot larger and blockier and traced its front profile onto thin cardboard. Then I used that to get the final shape I wanted, matching it against the hull and the kit part to try and keep the mating surfaces as similar as possible. Even this one is not final, as I cut and compared side to side, even folding it so I could sand the sides to the same shape. (Doing so snapped it of course, but it's a simple job to glue it back together again.) Once I had the shape I liked for the front, I needed the side profile and so I traced out a shape and cut out a plastic 'spine.' It is mocked up with the face piece. With that looking good-ish, I moved to the rear of the new housing, again matching with the kit part for spacing and the new height, cut it out of styrene and glued all three together for a 'skeletal' frame. And set in place, it actually matches up real well with the hull. Sometimes, I surprise myself! And just to show the new size and shape compared to the kit part... The size might still get refined a little bit, but that's dang close to what I want. Next up, I need to start skinning it! Thom
  13. Thom
    Good question! Or, have they renamed it Centralia..?
  14. Thom
    If this is the Living Witness version, then he was not reactivated until five years after the Burn happened in 3069, so he would have missed out on all the fun of the artificial life form ban. And compared to the Doctor, B4 was a far substandard version of AI, though possibly more capable than the ones that were hacked on Mars(?), and the Doctor does have a long and distinguished history, so I would assume that exception could be made. This is in reference to the Doctor seen on Profigy, as he was around during the Attack on Mars, and the ban would be lifted 14 years later, in 2399 anyway. And who knows how long the back-up Doctor spent traveling back to Federation space before then, or what kind of tech he acquired to sustain himself? But if this is the original Doctor, then they could say that he was just shut down for all that time, and forgotten. Someone finds and reactivates him with 32nd Century tech and voila! Though that is basically identical to the Living Witness episode...
  15. Thom
    Just as long as it is not Screech....
  16. Thom
    Great looking collection! That armored Valk looks very nice!
  17. Thom
    Could it be? The Orville Beyond the New Horizon!? Man, I really hope so.
  18. Thom
    I hope it is the Living Witness version, and I hope they do him right. At this point, the back-up Doctor would have been active for only 114 years. Voyager was about 70 years away from the Federation at high warp, so that would be plenty of time for him to bop around the galaxy for a little bit, reach the Federation, post Burn, and settle at the Academy when it reopened. I could imagine the character doing a lot of work during the post-Burn era. As for appearance, that's easy enough to just say he's trying to 'look his age.'
  19. Thom
    @Bolt Thank you! Some comparisons with the previous 1/700 model. And with the Dreadnought. I do wish they had kept the same size as the original kit, as the Dreadnought looks diminutive by comparison!
  20. Thom
    On with the build, and I decided to drill out these details on the side. I don't know what they are for, either sensors or broadside launchers? Anyway, drilled out. And then filled with cut rod with their ends countersunk for a little extra detail. And then the top deck was put down, which exposed a self-made snafu on my part. There are a lot of lugs and pins to hold all the parts together, and I had glued some too early, and then had not fully seated them, so the sides would not squeeze in. Ended up clipping out most of them, so I am now going down the seams with glue and pressure/ Thom
  21. Thom
    If this has the same showrunners/writers as Disco, then that would be a bad sign. But having Picardo and 'Dadmiral' are good signs. Fehr was the only character I really liked on that show.
  22. Thom
    So, hitting a bit of a sow down on my F-8 build, I decided to do a 'quick' sci-fi to see if I can break the pattern I've got. Quick being relative, as we rarely see eye to eye. So, I am starting with Bandai's 1/1000 AAA-class Andromeda kit, I'll be using the superstructure from the Ginga kit, In order to make an Aquarius variant. Some changes will be made, the dome shape from the front will be replaced, either by more squared details and maybe lowering it some, or even a third turret. We'll see how it goes. And I'll also be bulking up the lower hull scoop, like I did with the Nike. For now, we're starting with the some interior structure used to support the hull sides. But pretty quick I needed to do some extra work. There's a lower door in the stern, similar to that on the Yamato where the fighter's launch from. It is meant to open, but with nothing to see inside, I've decided to glue it shut. The fit is not perfect though, so I added a shim to one side to close it up. After that, I cleaned up some mold lines on the aux engine nacelles. And then started putting the hull sides on. Gotta hand it to Bandai, this fits together real nice! More updates to come, hopefully at the double-quick! Thom https://imgur.com/a/0gzprLs
  23. Thom
    Okay, good to know! As to decals, don't have any spares, unfortunately. Is the only problem the shape of the letters/numbers? If so, they look alright to me. They do look a little different, but not too much, IMO. Just as reference, here's a pic of the filming model.
  24. Thom
    Take it easy on yourself, Pengbuzz, there is only one you! Listen to your Doc! Also, noting there are a lot of errors in your messaging. Don't know if you were just in a hurry/tired or what, but take note of it. Be safe, my friend.
  25. Thom
    Hey @pengbuzz sorry things are getting too stressed. Models can wait where stress cannot, so take it easy. You know what is best for you. @nonner242 has a good idea, basically change tack and do something else you like for a while. You do some pretty good photo compositing, putting models in space, so maybe hit that for a while? As for @nonner242 those are some pretty cool drawings!
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