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  1. David Hingtgen
    Someone already did a Sundowners VF-4, so despite being my fave squadron, I won't be doing them. I'm leaning towards a red-marked squadron, to make use of the existing accents.
  2. David Hingtgen
    The nose scratching has me thinking about more of a low-vis F-14 scheme, to leave it grey. But we know all the really good schemes are high-vis with tan noses!
  3. David Hingtgen
    I'm tempted to buy one and partially repaint, as it looks like 2012 markings will never happen---it's this or nothing for a VF-4. I won't do *full* FB2012 markings, but maybe close. Or could do a unique scheme, based off an F-14. Biggest questions: Is the nosecone molded grey or painted? Will rubbing alcohol readily remove the blue striping on the fins/canards, and if it's painted, the grey nosecone? The arrow markings on the upper intake sides---source for those? They're red in the VFX scheme but yellow for 2012. Is the nosecone scratch-prone when transforming? Don't want to paint it tan and then have it ruined after 2 transformations.
  4. David Hingtgen
    So is that using a Genesis instead of an SNES?
  5. David Hingtgen
    You don't have to increase the *diameter*----Rolls is fond of adding stages to increase power.
  6. David Hingtgen
    I believe the size of the eventual -115B was taken into account very early in the 777 design process.
  7. David Hingtgen
    My previous MOBO was Giga, will likely go back to them.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Yes it is. Z97-AR
  9. David Hingtgen
    SSD (the whole PC actually) is practically brand new. Samsung 850 EVO.
  10. David Hingtgen
    Dang it, PC couldn't find boot drive (SSD) again. Unplugged and replugged its data cable again, and it started right up. But it's damned annoying to have random failures that require removing the mobo-side case panel. (As in, not the side that's usually opened). I'm going to have to see about mounting SSD somewhere else and with a different brand etc of cable.
  11. David Hingtgen
    I'm a bit late, but I 100% agree. Best and worst are pretty easy picks IMHO. And it's those two.
  12. David Hingtgen
    That's why my first guess at the name was "Schwalbe III". (As I didn't have my katakana chart out at the time---I just saw that it was a relatively short name and ended in III, which always means Kawamori used the name of an older existing plane). Plus it's model 262, which I refuse to believe (unless countered by HFH himself) is just a random number, and NOT to homage the Me262. It'd be like having a Macross civil transport named VP-747 or something...
  13. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, that's definitely the most eye-catching "design alteration" to the -27 there.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Wha---what? Scan of that anywhere?
  15. David Hingtgen
    What Mr Cheng said----this is Bandai, the landing gear could SUCK. I'm personally hoping for a really nice fighter mode, with formation lights and everything. Maybe even a taxiing light for the nose gear. We all know a lit-up fighter mode could look even cooler than a lit-up battroid. But only if done right, with good landing gear. Edit-----ooh, light up cockpit maybe?
  16. David Hingtgen
    Any hint if FAST packs were already thought of? (Like mounting holes visible etc).
  17. David Hingtgen
    Agreed, just saw a better pic and I thought dragon as well.
  18. David Hingtgen
    The symbol on the teal/red -31 I think is more of a flaming-winged angel or Phoenix.
  19. David Hingtgen
    The "black" VF-31 has a winged, horned, grim reaper head on the backplate.
  20. David Hingtgen
    Switching from delta to FSW wings and completely reworking the nose/chest transformation to be like a -25's, and adding in YF-29 cannons, is more than a "tweak". It's practically a new valk. I was thinking like----slide up the tailfins in battroid so they line up with/fill in the gaps in the wings, and a new type or two of swappable mission pod. Not a total re-design. I liked the 30 because it had delta wings and an interesting torso configuration----I'm very surprised those distinctive elements were removed in favor of "the stuff we already saw many times in Frontier".
  21. David Hingtgen
    I really hope we see a VF-30. The -31 is both too different from the 30 and too much like the 25/29. I really just wanted a slightly tweaked YF-30. Just a few little things could have made it amazing.
  22. David Hingtgen
    That was my guess.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Schwalbe III? (Just guessing, because there's no way aviation-buff Kawamori picked 262 as a random number)
  24. David Hingtgen
    Ack, I just realized that's not a shield on the left arm---it's the whole wing and tail assembly hanging off the back, same as the -29.
  25. David Hingtgen
    But dang if the -31 doesn't look like the -25 in battroid.
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