David Hingtgen

MP TC update---got my new can of silver, have everything but the intakes painted. Also painted the "bare metal" parts of the plane and have removed all the navy blue from the legs and re-glossed the plastic to match the rest. Plan to do all my cutting/mods to the tailbooms before painting the tailfins.

The same thing happened to Mass Effect----the cracked version runs better than retail for many people. Or, it's the only way to get it to run at all.

Wing dropping in transonic turns? That sounds familiar: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/...35c-flight.html ::edit:: LOL, right after I posted this, I found the Super Hornet comment in the article.

Wing dropping in transonic turns? That sounds familiar: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/...35c-flight.html

Yeah---it doesn't specifically need to be *gloss black*, but it does need to be smooth and shiny----and gloss black is generally the easiest way to achieve that. Flat black would be about the worst choice. I personally prefer bare plastic for most metallic paint, assuming it's the smooth and shiny plastic like Hasegawa, and not the "orange peel" plastic that Italeri and Revell often have.

I swear Fury's tracks are all 'simple' compared to the originals---all seem similar, mostly built for speed. (I was just playing a bit)

TIE Fighter could be updated, but not improved IMHO.

How many people here own Wipeout HD? We could do an MW 8-man race some time... (now that the ad problem's fixed) (and I gotta stop playing Valkyria and learn the new Fury tracks)

It's exactly that. Short for "military power".

Did you apply it over gloss black? Alclad is not a 1-step process, it's VERY sensitive to what it is applied on top of.

Amazingly enough, "Xenogears Id" (and all its variations) was taken, so after 20 more attempts including some M:Frontier references, I managed to snag "Alpha_Weltall". (those are all L's BTW, not i's) (some fonts have the capital i vs small L issue)

Hmmn. I don't think I saw any ads when I played online the first night Fury was out. Was it a VERY recent update (like last 48 hours?). I won't go online again with it until something happens if that's the case. PS--do we have a list of "MW on PSN" names here, like in the 360 thread? My friends list is empty on my PS3.

The only Twitter I check: http://twitter.com/cobracommander

Shouldn't have said anything---it was fine right until that post! Haven't been able to get in again until now. IPS driver error on the last refresh, but "just hangs" most of the other times.

Yeah, I need a copy of that NOW. (I'm an F-20 and YF-23 fan---Northrop makes the sleekest planes, period)

I think it's beyond my ability to do red and white complicated striping over dark blue, but I was thinking something like the wings of the first pic (love the "fade" effect towards the rear, and the "overlap" design). H.stabs would be simple---just color the leading edge and use the "natural dogtooth" for the zig-zag. V.stabs would probably be totally G1, or a slight tweak to introduce a zig-zag. While I didn't like Classics SS design, I did like Classics SW a lot (especially the wings). I really wish Hasbro or Takara had tried to do a "modern" Classics TC design, instead they both went for G1--which we've seen many times before.

For me, it's been noticeably better the last 2 days.

Saw my first Jetfire at a store today. I'm half-heartedly considering doing a "revised" scheme for Thundercracker on the wings/stabs---slightly lighting-bolt-themed of course. Inspired a bit by these:

Another edited clip of "Downfall"---this time for airliner-buffs! Hilarious if you know your pax planes. "Hitler's 787 order delayed again"

People have thought I was a sentient database for years--you people aren't the first to comment on that---that's been going on since original 9600 baud BBS days...

Anyone have an update on shoulder hinges? What's the current recommendation for getting replacement parts for a first-release V2 Roy? Ask for VF-1S Max shoulders? Anyone get any lately?

Thanks much, that's perfect.

Someone on another board I go to would like to get a "new Jetfire toy" but he's very open to getting a 1/55 reissue or even another VF-1 mold, but he's very unfamiliar with the past 20 years of VF-1 toys. Most v2 reviews only compare that to the 1/48 and original 1/60, and won't help him much as he doesn't know them. Is there any review out there that kind of covers "1/48 and 1/60 v2 for newbies, compared to the original chunky monkey?" In short--what's the quickest way to bring him up to speed, toy-wise?

It's far less "artistic" than the first. Certainly less "epic"---first one clearly had a "the entire universe" sense, while this one could easily be GoW with different characters.

Yeah, I've considered that. I'd like a bigger area, but I may have to go with that. Will have to wait a while though---the feet ended up the glossiest of all somehow, and it'll be a while before they're "rock hard" dry and can be masked. (there's dry, then REALLY dry when it comes to gloss paint)