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  1. David Hingtgen
    Most stealth planes have very large, simply-shaped gear doors. It's because: A. Doors are hard to stealthify (that's a word!) and the fewer you have, and the simpler the shape, the less work it is. B. Every time you open a door/panel, it screws up the seal, so you try to combine weapon/gear/access panels as much as possible. So most stealth planes have very large gear doors, to provide access to other systems without having to have more access panels. The F-22 and J-20 main gear doors are roughly similar, just hinged at the opposite ends.
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    F-22 has worse actuator fairings IMHO, has always spoiled to the design to me. Hard to imagine they're stealthy...
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    Irony: A US or German company copies the original Chinese kit...
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    J-20 flew. I'm sure (hoping) there'll be better video soon, but here it is: http://www.56.com/flashApp/56.10.12....=57752850&ref= (not the most interesting, it won't actually takeoff until about 4 mins in, then they cut right to it landing)
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    Nephtis (or Neith) would rock, and to a lesser degree, ArdJet. But really, the original Idolo I think is the coolest-looking one. (never liked the "ears and tail" of Anubis) Idolo could take out Jehuty in a second, and would "last for a while" against Anubis. Hathor I think would be an even combat match for Anubis if not actually superior, but the "foot wings" and head-crest remind me of an inverted Crescens.
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    I wonder if it's one of BoB's pics...
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    Retracting the ventral fins in space seems pointless---it should fold in the tailfins and canards too then. Note: folding ventral fins aren't that uncommon in the real world. But same as the Sv-51, they're only moved to provide ground clearance when landing.
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    Yeah, Gamlin gets big points by not being "genetically/plot-blessed to be vastly superior"---he works really hard at it. Hikaru and Alto etc seem to just "hop into their first fighter jet and are automatically the best in the world at it".
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    I see the 1/100 kit as an "idealized/sleekened for fighter mode" version, much like the Hasegawa YF-19. There wasn't much time between announcements, the DX could actually have been designed first. Making a non-transforming small vehicle kit sample is practically a weekend project for a company like Bandai.
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    Yup, my fave line, I just wasn't going to spoil it for anyone.
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    Boy, I'm almost wondering if Bandai took the DX VF-25, "filled in all the gaps and mistakes", then asked Kawamori if he'd approve it as a new design...
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    It wouldn't be that different from the Reno races, where the P-51 and F4U are still popular.
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    While I sure liked it (I still like saber battles more than anything) I'm sure Graham will not like the lack of actual clones.
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    Luckily for Isamu and Alto, enemy valks DO always seem to position themselves behind and above, to be shot at by the rear-facing head-laser.
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    There's big F-35B news/cancellations/Super Hornets ordered to cover the gap, but every story I read is a different version. Anyone have an actual raw press release or something, and not some reporter's interpretation? The F-35B doesn't affect the Navy...
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    Yup, that's all you need to know right there.
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    Oooh, sneaky sneaky--those who've spent a lot more time analyzing the pics than me, say there's two J-20's, both numbered 2001 to confuse us. If you go panel-by-panel near the engines you can apparently tell them apart, and the two prototypes have different engines.
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    Liara's the only character guaranteed to have survived ME1. Also why the odds are good she'll be around in ME3, too. She's the only romanceable character that can't be plot-killed. (so far)
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    And some people like me, just seem to have a defective back plate that screws everything up. It won't fit together right WITH THE LEGS ENTIRELY REMOVED. Removing the belly plate too---still won't lay flat/flush. Obviously it's the back plate's problem, not the legs or belly. I can sometimes get the belly plates to close but never securely, and the back plate never has, and never will, lay flush with the rest of the upper fuselage.
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    new model

    David Hingtgen replied to maxi's topic in Model kits

    I don't recall ever seeing anyone here actually build the Beta version. Several built Brera's though. People started getting and building theirs here: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=29566&st=1300 Easy to miss link in that thread, step-by-step build guide: http://auf-ewig.com/h-log/0911/091120.html (and just keep clicking the link at the end of the text to get to the next section)
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    I think we just saw the creation of MW's official holiday. A shame we have to wait nearly a full 12 months to celebrate it... Note to self: time to change avatar.
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    I thought that too---that it's mounted quite high up. But everything else just screams eye-sensor-visor---color, shape, etc. (yeesh, now you and I are posting back and forth on two different threads!)
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    Only good shot we have of the rear so far, looks like a visor to me, I mean it's even "valk-visor-green":
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    ::edit:: OK, duh on me, you can see the green visor in the color pics of the 1/100 model... Guess we don't need to speculate on "if" it does have a visible visor nor which way the head faces. Unless of course, it has a false visor on the back of its head to confuse people, like a false canopy or an anti-tiger mask...
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