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  1. David Hingtgen
    It just "cuts off" in fighter mode at the rear edge. If it was angled or something to parallel the stripes it'd look OK. But as it is, just "stopping" at the edge of the piece---it REALLY looks like a mistake, even if they intended it. It really looks bad in fighter mode for only a slight improvement in battroid mode. I've mentally sketched out a few ideas to try to preserve it--but nothing I came up with really works. It's just gotta go. (one idea is to actually add more light grey to help "blend" the area into the surroundings, which I intend to do in other areas in fighter mode---but adding more light grey "behind" the lerx then would add light grey to the battroid upper chest, which would be very obvious------simply removing the light grey there I think really is the best and easiest option)
  2. David Hingtgen
    Rumor is they're trying to get the money and approval for Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell. Which would just be insane in every possible and good way.
  3. David Hingtgen
    "Everything is Batman!"
  4. David Hingtgen
    Are there any pics from the game(s) of fighter mode, WITHOUT the super parts attached? I'm trying to figure out how the wing leading edge is painted. The game pretty clearly had the lighter grey color applied to the inboard leading edge, but I don't know if it went all the way along the whole wing like the 30th ann and Alto's do. (probably, as every other -29 has a consistent wing leading-edge color, regardless of it it matches or contrasts with the main wing color) But I'd love to know for sure. (and it'd be a lot easier to paint if it didn't, as the inboard portion doesn't involve the sliding hinges or anything that may ever scrape)
  5. David Hingtgen
    True---the shield is very bland on Ozma's anyways, moving the skull there would fix several issues.
  6. David Hingtgen
    Looking really closely, it seems they actually introduced a few "errors" into the paint scheme compared to the samples we saw earlier--namely, stripes etc not lining up. Most noticeably around the intakes/LERXs. It should (as in, was clearly intended to do so) match the striping pattern of Alto's. But a few paint apps are like "angled to the next panel line over" and so the striping doesn't line up from part-to-part, but skips around a bit. I almost think they only "partially re-set" the paint apps from Isamu's at the factory---which doesn't work---you either need to be pure Isamu or pure Alto, to have a set of "complete" stripes that line up right and look good. It'd be fairly easy to fix, except for the little red warning arrow just outside the upper aux intake---it's on both halves of an area that should be split black/grey, and was so in the sample but is black/black on the final---it'd be almost impossible to remove the black from what should be grey while preserving the arrow. Probably just strip it all and paint black as needed. (yes, having the stripes line up is a big thing with me and Frontier valks---going back to the first -27 release, Bandai has always seemed to get the samples right but screw up the final release by changing things) Is it that hard to follow the molded in panel lines? Apparently.
  7. David Hingtgen
    How does anyone think this is not awesome? Piratical>awesome.
  8. David Hingtgen
    That's be an awesome patriotic color scheme if they used something like that.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Based on the hinge, looks molded.
  10. David Hingtgen
    That light grey area on the LERX really looks like a mistake. I'd totally remove it if it's light grey paint over dark grey plastic. Hopefully it's not molded light grey and is missing dark grey paint----that's be hard to match and subject to wear during transformation. As for the overall color----if it was any darker, you couldn't see the black markings at all. It's supposed to be Ozma grey/black/yellow, not stealth pure utter black.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Oooh, I love the final colors. Reminds me more of the Su-47 now.
  12. David Hingtgen
    I want to see old worn-out B-wings in Ep VII, just like the Y-wings were in Ep IV.
  13. David Hingtgen
    I've got my shipping notice from HLJ.
  14. David Hingtgen
    I think a big part of it for for me are the super pack colors. They match the valk perfectly---too perfectly. I like them to stand out, to make it obvious that "something more" has been added on. On this valk---you really can't see what's changed----where basic structure stops and super parts begin. Really, the super parts could have had a lot more yellow, or maybe be light grey like his -25's belly, or something. Lastly, the shield is just a solid grey chunk. Boring/lazy. Alto and 30th had way better-looking shields with their super packs.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Now the real question is---super parts or no? I'm leaning towards no. I really only like the smaller boosters, and not the "all-new wings w/flowers" bits.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Lots of clear color pics of Warbotron Not-Brawl: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.769129436454287.1073741825.753749834658914&type=1 IMHO, it looks good except for having someone else's head.
  17. David Hingtgen
    I think the head's the best thing of this valk, and is why I want one---I just don't want one bad enough to go through the hassle of trying to get it.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Why would RGB even be a thing in this day and age? Yeah, it used to be the end-all-be-all for the Genesis, back when the Genesis reigned supreme. But nowadays---really, if you've got HDMI, that's all you could ask for. Might as well ask for S-Video, too, and charge an extra $150 for it...
  19. David Hingtgen
    Recent photo of the currently-Lithuania-deployed Lakenheath-based F-15C's on patrol. Note the live AMRAAM's and Sidewinder-X's.
  20. David Hingtgen
    In short, I'm just guessing: the new ATC program was programmed to only accept/deal with "logical" speeds/altitudes, to help filter out errors/spikes etc. So when a super-high plane reports its altitude/intended flightplan---it can't handle it. It also probably couldn't handle a ground-speed report from an SR-71. Almost akin to a Y2K-type issue.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Yup, the 2015 revision ensured that I won't be buying a new Charger any time soon. May pick up a nice used 2014 if I find the perfect one though. 2012 redesign was awesome, but this---we wanted the Dart's nifty interior/color options brought over, but NOT its front end. They gave us its fugly front end and "softened" tail lights, but not the nifty interior stuff... Still hoping for a new Avenger(or even Intrepid) that's sorta like a bigger edgier Chrysler 200. 2015 Challenger looks nice, but will have to see it in person to decide if I like it more/same/less than the current one.
  22. David Hingtgen
    I saw Rhinox and Whirl at my Target last night. Didn't know it was news-worthy until now.
  23. David Hingtgen
    My main question is how it says it has 154 parts. That seems really low. Like is the wing-rib assembly just one piece Z-folded a zillion times?
  24. David Hingtgen
    Heck, I might buy the VF-9 just to see how it transforms---the wings were complicated enough, but I never did totally figure out the 90-degree arm-bar-swing thing and how it cleared the hips etc.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Gyah, sorry, exact opposite IMHO. They ruined one of the sleekest planes around.
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