David Hingtgen

It looked so much better before I re-read it thoroughly... (though the WWII section seemed wrong even the first time through) (I freely admit I sometimes link to things without having read them fully--sorry)

Cannon Fodder. The generic, tan-colored VF-25 that is flown by anonymous, nameless pilots.

I think the CF VF-25 is more tan. The VF-27 is distinctly greenish, without being GREEN. But the CF VF-25's are pretty much tan.

The problem is that they're linked---or more accurate, YOUR stats are based on their link. At the end, pretty much everyone is going to have every stat linked to the best spells. Except of course that by doing so, every time you cast ultima your max HP or mag atk power goes down... So thus you can't USE all those spells you've drawn without sacrificing your stats. I mean, in a prolonged battle (and FF8 had some LONG battles) spells may be doing noticeably less damage than earlier--depending on what you're casting and how they're junctioned.

I did mean .2M, not .02M. Anyways, everyone here should read this (yes, it's yet another case for the F-22, but it's just plain a good history/summary of why/how the high/low mix of fighters works and is necessary) http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/van...ir_superio.html (it does veer a bit political, but it's still flat-out good IMHO) ::edit:: Isn't this a news-worthy day. Here's the final* proposal from Boeing for the new tanker---it's a wingletted 762 with a 787 cockpit: http://unitedstatestanker.com/splash/Launch *snicker

Annoyingly, I just now found a fully-translated color guide for Grace's: http://www.mech9.com/blog/2010/02/172-vf-2...pe-color-guide/ (at least I can take a small amount of pride in that they mis-translated gull grey as dull grey)

Has anyone considered making a "beam gun effect" for the VF-27, like there is in the 1/72 kit? Just a clear-pink "electrical" effect piece of plastic? Kind of surprised Bandai hasn't---I mean, if anything, you'd include something like that with the toy, not the model.

I'd say "story". While I love FFIX, it's so full of homages and was pretty much designed to be "nostalgic" that I think playing it without having played most of the others would be kinda pointless. I'd suggest FFVI if you want to try an older one, the story/twists of that one still hold their own against modern day stuff. Or VII. VIII and XII were just "OK" IMHO. (I actually think I like VIII better than XII, even though I hate VIII's whole drawing/GF system)

Exactly. 1/60 really is Gundam-only. I'm not sure if valkyries went with that scale to match the "mecha-scale" of 1/60, or if it was a fighter-mode compromise between 1/48 and 1/72 scale (the two main fighter jet scales).

GE estimated a 0.2M advantage for the -23 over the -22, in supercruise. The 2nd (faster) of the YF-23 prototypes still has nearly every speed specification classified. A lot of the YF-22 vs YF-23 speed comparisons are done using the faster of the -22's vs the slower of the -23's, which is kind of unfair... As for aerodynamic analysis----how many "experts" say the SR-71 could go Mach 5 or some other equally ludicrous number? (plus, what were they working from---a 3-view line drawing? NOBODY has access to the full 3D shape of a YF-23, certainly not an accurate one) PS---GE and WAPJ both estimated 1.8 in MIL POWER for an F120-powered YF-23---I sure hope it could do better in full burner. PPS---much like the argument that the F-22 and F-35, while not having very high top speeds compared to the F-14/15, are actually "faster" in actual combat due to being able to reach top speed while fully loaded----the YF-23 has absolutely unsurpassed acceleration---I'd take that in a dogfight over top speed. (the F-15 never won a fight by being the fastest plane AFAIK---but it often does by having the best vertical acceleration and climb)

Now you know why I didn't.

Hey, I like Moby Dick!

Heatshield and canopy look like separate parts at least.

Though they like to pop out a lot.

Wouldn't it have been quicker and easier just to design a new bomber than reverse-engineer a B-29 down to the tiniest detail? This is the Russian aviation industry we're talking about...

Isopropyl/rubbing alcohol doesn't harm plastic. It's my preferred paint remover on toys. Is it not fast-acting, but it DOES work with NO harm to plastic.

IMHO the argument isn't that the painted pic is a photoshop of the first----it's that it's a photoshop of another, similar pic of which the un-shopped version hasn't ever been seen. Or, they over-enhanced/tweaked certain aspects of a legitimate pic to the point that it looks very 'shopped. (I still don't like the intake warning stripe about all else--that's the first thing that caught my eye, more so than the bort number)

I'm closing this thread as "a very expensive hardcopy of the wikipedia article" really doesn't merit any more discussion.

That's just the original description when it first came out--they're just comparing it to the 1/72 version, SHE, etc.

Said company has over 14,000 books available now. Ironically, the first hit at the US version of Amazon is their "book" on 4chan... http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url...deric+P.+Miller

Because they're Robotech toys. Packaging says "Robotech Veritech Guardian". That's about as non-Macross as it gets. http://cybertronphils.proboards.com/index....0195&page=1 http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...75&start=75

Or specifically, because they forgot to hollow out part of the thigh like they did on the model kit. Kind of like how the VF100 version has that unnecessary cut-out in the nose.

Yup, a VFX-2 VF-11 paintscheme looks more like an F-14 than even Roy's VF-1.

Oh, they definitely move, it's quite clear in some of the pics. Though I suspect they act more like either the F-15's intakes or an F-14's glove vanes, rather than a primary means of pitch control---more of an "unloading of the tail planes" effect than anything. (or like the F-15 again, for both high-speed pitch authority and engine airflow) (it's not well known that the F-15's intake ramps are not solely for engine airflow--at high speeds they start acting like canards a bit, and will move with pitch commands--but they are just a small supplement)

I'm still waiting for a VFX-2 scheme, by far the best-looking of the VF-11's IMHO. That, or a Jamming Birds D-model. (VF-11D's look awesome)