David Hingtgen

Oh, I have a question...

Looks a lot more like a B-2 to me.

Eh, I seem to recall some VF-84 planes that combined low-vis insignia with full-color markings. VF-111, too. May not be typical, but not without precedent.

It looks "lessened" compared to the sketch. Every curve is more subtle, every arch flattened, every projection pulled in. Just a little, but everywhere, and it adds up to blandness. It's like if you took something very carefully and sharply ground with crisp edges, then sand blasted it for a while. The overall shape would be identical, but it'd be all smoothed over.

IMHO the UAL 744 is the neatest thing there. Certainly the rarest to see do a fly-by. (actually, this weekend I was indulging in another of my interests)

How old/powerful is your PC? MKVs often boil down to raw processor power

I thought the lack of 88mph speedo was due to "American laws from the early 80's". They weren't allowed to have one that showed beyond 85.

Lego's making the TIE Defender. If we're really lucky, it'll be out for Xmas.

12 golds and nearly 200 bronzes, and that only counts for level 6? Sony must really ramp up the requirements as you go up. I'm at level 4, with only like 1/4 as many trophies.

Nov 1, officially. But with no sightings/reports yet, I'm curious. "1 month early" is the defacto standard lately, and they were actually produced many weeks ago. I wonder if they're actually being held at the distribution centers for Black Friday.

While we're (or at least I am) on the topic of MP seekers, more proof that I do actually make progress sometimes: PS---while there's been many MP-03 repaints into Thundercracker, I have yet to see an MP-07 made to look more G1-ish, except mine. Strange. Also, I can't imagine doing a full repaint, as the amount of sanding and scraping to get the parts back together with even a single thin layer of paint in small areas is insane. "Black over dark blue" covers pretty well, but even a super-quick "zap" of spray there prevented the shins from going back in. Sand sand sand, scrape scrape scrape. This mold has TIGHT clearances between parts. (plus, it relies HEAVILY on the flexibility of plastic---very evident if you watch the knees spread apart when you open the gear doors---any SLIGHT change screws things up) Now I just have to get the nerve to hack it all apart to do the sliding-hip-kibble mod. (I was planning on hacking, then painting the fins, but the weather caused a change in plans)

Oh yeah, forgot about that one.

At least a WS6 is "uncommon" plus desirable. I don't know of any Saturn that there's not a zillion of, and is there a following for any of them?

Just had a thought---will a VF-11D's heat shield still work as a toy? It's quite different than the B/C---bigger, bulkier, and "double-humped".

So where's US MP Skywarp? Haven't heard anything lately, and we're close to the release date.

Darn it, I was gonna start the thread---seems I'm an hour late. I can post a new pic though: Decal sheet in corner seems to be gold, not yellow though.

The line-art for the new pack looks 10x better than the models. They look "organic" and bulky, the drawing is mechanical and sleek.

Thicker sheets of steel is how locomotives are ballasted. (that, and pouring concrete into voids) Plus, keeping the fuel tank full----5000 gallons weighs quite a bit.

That's been the established VF-1 wing design for quite some time now. I believe even as of SDF:M the detail drawings showed such.

Chevy's new police car is not a G8, though close---it's a Holden Statesman. They are calling it the Caprice though. http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f70/bre...62/#post1861556

I have no idea what tugs use for ballast. (locomotives, yes)

Lead?

Aw ****, I edited your post instead of my own. (it happens with mod power---blah blah great responsibility) Sorry! Anyways: While that's true (I wouldn't expect JAL to be wrong) that's only because those are single-slotted flaps. Once you get to double (or more) slots, it's all fowler, all slotted. There's no other way to do it AFAIK, and they're not independently labeled. Yes, the upper part is slotted, and the lower part is fowler. But the lower part is also slotted and the upper part is also fowler. It'd be like labeling some lions as "feline" and noting others as "cats"---they're all both, and shouldn't be labeled differently.

I think that should be a "droop" aileron, not drop. Actually, it should be a slotted flaperon IMHO. (you know, do we ever see them move as ailerons at all? DYRL game maybe?) For the flaps---is that exactly how the original is written? Technically you don't have fowler flaps attached to "normal" flaps----the whole area is "fowler flaps", consisting of a primary and secondary (since these are double-slotted) flap segment.

I'm trying to think what the oldest import game I played from NCSX was. X-Men vs Street Fighter? Dark Stalkers?