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  1. David Hingtgen
    Hmmn, sounds like the USMC is buying up the entire RAF Harrier fleet---spares, engines, airframes. We'll see if it actually goes through. (and it raises a lot of questions for the F-35...)
  2. David Hingtgen
    I'm curious as to exactly what was said/translated. Did they mean "armors" as in "super packs and heavy armor sets" or armors as in "the upcoming Ozma and Alto booster sets". (due to how many terms are tossed around both officially and unofficially for the various VF-25 add-ons, a lot of precision/meaning can be lost)
  3. David Hingtgen
    Thing is, Ozma's armor was ONLY available bundled, for v1. Bad news for those of us with standalone v2 Ozma's ordered...
  4. David Hingtgen
    Camo *gunpod*? That's a new one. (I don't think I've ever seen a digi-camo weapon)
  5. David Hingtgen
    I'd like a DX Battle Galaxy to go with my -27.
  6. David Hingtgen
    So far I really only have 2 complaints about Skyrim: 1. The "quick favorites" (left and right on d-pad) seem to be backwards/unintuitive. They don't swap between 2 sets like many RPG's. It simply replaces whatever you have with the pre-selected item. So when you're done with that item and want to go back to what you had---have to do it the long, slow way. (hitting the button again will often leave you totally unequipped, which is worse than having the wrong weapon) 2. You'll get "rock joint" every other fight with wolves. And you WILL want to have it cured immediately, unless you're a pure mage or something.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Bumping, just in case there's an update. (since Poli did come here and post, I figure he's got something new he's working on)
  8. David Hingtgen
    I specifically said cockpit, not canopy, on purpose. The canopy is longer so as to create head-room for the back-seater without having a very weird curvature at the back. But the basic dimensions of the cockpit area are the same, bulkhead/frame-wise. AFAIK much of the avionics in the rear cockpit area of an F-15 are in fact fairly optional (as in, it can still fly and fight without them)--that is why the F-15B and F-15D have inferior defensive systems than the A and C model---because that's what was removed--mostly ECM-related stuff. (there's not really that much there from what I've seen---raise the turtle decking and it's mostly an empty space---the black boxes are all along the walls, but the middle's empty). Removing this equipment was unacceptable for the F-15E due to its mission, so instead they put the ECM avionics in the gun's ammo bay area, and the F-15E has a much smaller ammo capacity than the C as a result. (and even that required bulging the ammo bay outwards just to have that much room---the bulged/moved ammo bay is an oft-missed physical feature of the E-model)
  9. David Hingtgen
    Also, I've never seen Char spelled with two R's.
  10. David Hingtgen
    I was about to comment that "it needs some metallic sheen" then I saw your last sentence. Should look perfect once you get that bit done.
  11. David Hingtgen
    I cooked salmon in a kettle over a fire in Skyrim. Some parts of the game have a Shenmue-like level of "you can do anything".
  12. David Hingtgen
    Just a little FYI, but I think people may be interested to know: The "can be either a rear seat, or a spot filled with stuff" that the VF-25 toy has (as does the v2 YF-19) is actually quite similar to the real-life F-15 and F-18. While those planes cannot change what they have there, the 2-seat versions of them do not have a longer cockpit or forward fuselage--they basically just remove the avionics that go in there, and put the second seat in. The actual cockpit walls, bulkheads, etc are almost exactly the same. If you rip out the "avionics vent" panel of an F-18C and remove the rear seat of an F-18D---you've got very very similar looking "empty rear cockpit areas". Same concept, just "can only be decided/changed what goes there when built".
  13. David Hingtgen
    Seconded. Kind of like how they changed the Super Hornet's engine mounting points by 90 degrees solely so that you couldn't put Super Hornet engines into an older Hornet for a cheap upgrade. (they were originally designed to be perfectly compatible-then they realized that'd cut into Super Hornet sales if people bought JUST the engines, so there was a last-minute change to the design)
  14. David Hingtgen
    That's because the F-117 has non-afterburning engines exhausting through an array of small stealthy slits at the rear. Conversely the VF-17 has engines with afterburners and huge nozzles that turn into huge feet.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Ozma's has the extra skull marking on a grey section, so it wouldn't be EXACTLY correct if they did it that way. (or, they could include it as a sticker, but printed-on is so much better). Plus, they are numbered on the leg armor, even though they're both grey there---Ozma's says SMS 001, Alto's says SMS 007. Again--could be done with stickers, but better to be printed on.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Yet no one ever makes fan-art of that!
  17. David Hingtgen
    April seems a long way away, considering they probably were done about the same time as the basic VF-25 v2 sculpt was.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Manual PS3 updating/backup disc making: http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps3/pc_update/index.htm
  19. David Hingtgen
    Skyrim simultaneous launch for all versions, so yes.
  20. David Hingtgen
    Basara's just the most-famous/least-liked of the main 3.
  21. David Hingtgen
    I still like the image of Grace in the first title sequence of the series. She has such a "poor suffering secretary of a diva" look.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Skyrim comes out in 6 hours or so...
  23. David Hingtgen
    Well, it's time to upgrade my PS3's HDD. I want quality over quantity*. Don't need a half-terabyte or anything---mine's a 40, so even 80 gigs would be a massive improvement. So I'm thinking 100-250 or so. There's nothing in town, so I'll have to order from Newegg/Tiger/Amazon. *That means I'd rather have a good, fast-seeking 100GB model than a slow 500GB model, if the price was the same.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Still waiting for the VF-19F. (I'd like a short-winged -19, but still have never really liked the Emerald Force's colors---any other canon short-winged -19's out there? Besides the -19P? )
  25. David Hingtgen
    My post got "lost" in the forum's downtime: Does the stand work with the VF-27? Also--can the hands be used with the VF-27? The fixed-pose ones look exactly like the ones that come with the VF-27, and I'm getting thoughts of repainting some articulated ones green... (how I'd get spare VF-25 v2 articulated hands, I don't know yet--but first I need to know if they'll fit/work)
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