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  1. VF-19
    FYI, I have finished my 1:350 Yamato about a month ago, but the problem is how to properly photograph it as I have no proper sized background to put up behind it to hide unwanted things in the background... I'll be figuring something out soon.
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    No pictures (yet), but the Yamato is progressing slowly but surely. All those little guns to place on the decks are taxing my patience, so I only do a few each night...
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    For me, it was because it was cheap and I had a coupon for newegg, and said "why the heck not?". But yah, it's nice to have the RAM if I need it.
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    That just screams all kinds of awesome.
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    Progress report on the Yamato: Hull is painted, and decks are mated to the ship. The propellers have also been painted and installed. Despite how it looks in the photo, the bridge, smoke stack, rear bridge, guns and crane have just been temporarily placed. The wood deck (visible to the left) still needs to be cut out and then attached over the plastic deck. It has an adhesive backing, so installation will be a snap. Plus, it will cover up that 1mm gap between the fore and aft deck halves. Yah, it's a big ship. After this... Dunno. The Bismarck, and Warspite (which looks tiny compared to either the Yamato or the Bismarck) are waiting...
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    Got my wood deck for my Yamato, and the little Typhoon, which went together quickly. Painted the lower half of the Yamato's hull. Things are happening rather quickly. Just need to assemble the decks to the hull, put the wood deck on, and then start adding all the little fiddly bits (and paint them too). This model is consuming paint at an alarming rate... Somewhat modeling related: Going here: http://www.udisco.com/hobbies/ It's an online shop with a shoppable warehouse. I've been there once before, but on a time constraint, and it's... huge. Gonna try and get a couple of more 1:350 warships. Hopefully, they'll have Academy's Warspite, Tamiya's Bismarck (although if they have Tirpitz, that'll do too), and maybe a King George V class battleship. Edit: A picture of the Typhoon. I didn't do the white waterline marking, nor did I put any of the decals on it. Honestly, I think it looks preety good for a naked two colour paint job (and a two day build time too). I didn't bother too much with the lost panel lines. Nice stress relief from building the Yamato. Also, got back from Udisco, and I did manage to get Tamiya's Bismarck, and Academy's Warspite (both in 1:350 scale). I also snagged the new Cylon Raider kit (which also looks pretty cool). If you're ever in Montreal, go to this place. It's amazing. Be prepared to spend at least an hour, just looking around.
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    I was browsing Sprue-Bros and I found a similar deck, and subsequently picked it up, along with a 1:700 Typhoon submarine. Honestly, I was dreading the masking job, and the wooden deck just makes my life so much easier.
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    Also, having 2001 in the background was an excellent choice while I was putting together all those turrets... You know, now that I know the history of Yamato's final mission, and her general history, I think the navy was a little too conservitive with her. She's a friggin battleship! They're supposed to take a pounding and return it in overkill!
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    Is that the book by Janusz Skulsi? If so, I bought it as soon as I found out it existed. Excellent book for the value.
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    Here's pretty much where I'm at on the Yamato. Main Bridge is about 95% done (I just need to put the guns on it), Rear Bridge is in a similar state of completion. The smokestack probably will be repainted, however. Also a cupful of anti-aircraft guns. Very tedious... Not pictured are the main cannons (which have had the metal barrels mounted), nor the secondary 15.5 cm cannons. The bulk of the model will be painted in Tamiya's Neutral grey, with some sections in dark grey. I found that neutral grey was a close match for the colour specified in the manual (one of Tamiya's rattle cans). I am, however, tempted to splurge on an actual wood deck, as it would make painting much, much simpler.
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    I was referring to the picture on this webpage: http://www.steelnavy.com/Yamat200.htm as it has the one I'm currently building. But seeing the bigger ones, I'm hardly surprised. Small update on the Yamato: Adapting Tamiya's metal gun barrels (that fit into the new 1:350 Yamato) to fit to the main guns. Really easy: saw off the original plastic parts, drill out a hole in the fabric base, cut down the long rod at the base of the metal barrel and superglue everything together. Much better looking than the kit parts.
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    I did some looking around on the web, and I came across a picture that just shows how big that model is... I'm surprised that somebody had the insane thought to MAKE a 1:200 Yamato for consumers.
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    Only if some idiot at the paint shop thought that metal flakes in the paint would be a good idea, but even then, I don't think it would affect stealth too much. Still, dispite the pointyness of the design (and the fact that I've stabbed myself several times with this thing), I love it!
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    Also, seeing all the AAA emplacements on the Yamato really makes me feel bad for the pilots who had to do attack runs on the Yamato. Thank goodness the accuracy sucked on that day, or it would have been a massacre for the US pilots/
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    Started work on Tamiya's 1:350 IJN Yamato. It's the older kit, but still good. One note... It's big. Really, really big.
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    Apparently, they're older kits. The Andromeda in particular is setup to do lights (Wave motion guns and main engine). The base conceals the on-off switch and batteries. I didn't install the lights, to save time, that and the kit didn't come with the lights. Just the wires. The Andromeda is pretty straight forward. Don't put any of the bulges on until after you've elimiated the main seam. The main body is split in two, an upper half and a lower half, with raised panel outlines to mark where all the protrusions go. Besides, I want to get the 1:700 Yamato. It still looks pretty good (and pretty cheap too), and it will be in scale with the Andromeda, making relative sizes apparent.
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    Just did a look-see at my YF-19, and there's cracking in one of the upper arms present, underneath the slider. I've barely touched this thing over the years...
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    One other option: One of the local computer shops has a machine that will fire a pair of pistons into the drive. Puts a couple of neat (well, not so neat) holes in the drive, totaling the interior. Of course, it's probably more fun with a hammer and some safety goggles.
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    Or, you could take the drive apart, and bash the platters with your favorite data-erase tool. A hammer works pretty well for this. Seriously, though, do you want to be able to use the drive afterwards, or do you want to completely destroy it?
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    Hot (or off-gassing?) off the workbench. Bandai's 1:700 Space Battleship Andromeda. Not a bad kit, and had a lot of fun building it. Next year, the Yamato (when HLJ ships it to me)!
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    Saw this posted on the Aircraft Resource Center Forums. Good to see F-14 still flying... Sort of.
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    Well, the stabbing issue can't be worse than Zalman's heatsinks for PCs. If you're not careful in holding them, you'll wind up with multiple slashes in your fingers (I've done it several times). However, I do find that a blood sacrifice does do wonders at making the PC work. Perhaps it may apply to Yamato in some way? In any case, my VF-17 has shipped, and I should get it in the new year... sometime.
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    Well, I did the first step today, and actually got a cable that's longer than 3 feet. Then I moved the sub. I'm gonna try a few different positions over the course of a few days. I did notice a significant difference in the sound of the sub in it's new position, however. What I'm trying to track down are the frequency responses for my Technics SB-A15 speakers (as I have no documentation on them). They have some crossover frequency listed on the speakers themselves, but I suspect they refer to where the sub, mid-range, and tweeters are set to respond. The reason why I'm looking for this is that my particular sub, in addition to having a gain switch (from low to liquify internals), it has a crossover setting (from 40 to 120 Hertz). Both Google, and Panasonic has failed me (rather surprisingly) in locating this vital bit of info (although, google was very helpful in finding other people who want to sell theirs)...
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    So... I picked up a nice subwoofer (a Klipsch RPW-10) for my 2.0 system attached to my TV. Any suggestions as to how I should locate the sub for proper enjoyment? The manual suggests that I put it in the corner behind one of the speakers, but I'm not so sure that it's an ideal solution. My friend was suggesting plopping the sub where I sit, play a test tone, and then standing around the room in locations I would like to put the sub and then putting the sub there (regardless of wires). Honestly, I'm a little confused as to what to do.
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    Apparently, unlike the stupidity involved with the F-14, they're carefully preserving the tooling to make more F-22's. Although, there was one remark about the potential for delays if various sub-contractors go out of business.
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