David Hingtgen

Ada was cool and sexy back in RE2.

It's not just the angle, the shape itself is off---look more like F-15 fins than F-14. FYI, F-14 tailfin outward cant is 5 degrees.

Quick question: do newer releases still have "white" instrument panels, or did they ever fix it to black?

I *wish* I could paint gold like that...

Hey, I have my idea for NEXT Xmas' Grace avatar already. (or I may switch to it later in the month, if I make it) PS--I figured her stuff would be dosed with "Witchcraft 639". You know, an Xmas episode of Frontier would be awesome...

That's like 3 discussions in as many days about the VF-27's nose gear. Here (brightness and contrast bumped way up for clarity):

Anyone know of a thread that has good disassembly tips for the MP Starscream mold? I've been checking all the sites I know, but have come up with very little.

I freeze-framed the grappling hook being fired several times. PURE anime magic. It simply appears, full-sized and fully formed, from the side of the chest, a bit below the armpit. No hatch, it doesn't fold up to fit anywhere--it's simply missing one frame, then appears in the next.

OMG---*amazing* custom MP Dirge/Thrust/Ramjet: http://www.jafdesign.net/toysites/forum/to...amp;whichpage=2 (pics of painted ones on page 4/5)

myk, you gotta paint it IMHO.

Finally found an Eel. Also, found a Snow Serpent painted much better than I've seen before, so picked one up. Pilot Scarlett seems to be a pegwarmer, which is good for me, as I decided I want one (only for parts for customizing) but they all suffer from the most common of 25th Joe problems---flashing around the jaw. And you can't trim it off, as it'll reveal the base plastic color. Just gotta keep hunting for one with a "smooth jawline". (far more important on female figs than guys). When/if I find a really good one, I'll buy it. (paint around the knees is also very sloppy on many, as is the white on the harness)

You seem to have an amazingly "good" YF-19, compared to mine and all the others I've seen pics of. Count yourself lucky.

I hated that episode. Plus, the Technobots are the lamest of G1 gestalts. Way too much info: When I got G1 Grimlock for Christmas back in 86(?), I was so excited I threw up. Luckily, he was still MISB at that moment, so he was fine.

SF2HD----silver members can play online for free for a month: http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/12/04/...ee-program.aspx I'll download the trial tonight, see if the 360 d-pad is at all acceptable. If so, I'll buy it and go online (after a bit of practicing--I am SO out of practice, I don't think I've really played much since 3rd strike)

That's the biggest version I've ever seen. Might have been better to ask this in the big all-purpose Transformers thread that's pinned at the top of the forum, though.

It doesn't even have a conjectural fan-made nickname AFAIK. I've never heard anything about a name for the -51. I do like Comorant a lot though. (goes with the Su-27 Crane)

Lacquer over acrylic is almost guaranteed problems. Panel lining with enamel over acrylic? Could be ok. Enamel is much "weaker" than lacquer generally, and the enamel and acrylic versions of the same brand/line usually tolerate each other fairly well. You just don't want to actually coat enamel over acrylic. If water is 0, I'd say acrylic is 1, enamel is 3, and lacquer is a 10...

Did you ever try contacting a mod/admin? A year? Ouch, I was locked out for a week and it sucked...

I'd buy figma--if I knew/cared about any character they've done. Yeesh--not only are Revoltech and Figma spending 60% of their releases on partial remolds and repaints, most of that are copying each other! There's a billion characters from a billion games and series I'd buy, yet I only own a few. No Gundam? No Macross? No Tekken? No Soul Calibur? They are WAY too focused on 'stuff from the last year' and not "all-time popular stuff".

Basically, it's how "hot" each type of paint is. And you can go by smell and common sense. Lacquer is the hottest. It will dissolve/eat anything, even plastic. Nothing else will affect it. Enamel is in the middle--lacquer will eat it, it will eat acrylic. Acrylic is the "weakest"--it won't eat anything, and will be eaten by all other paints. Note that lacquer will smell strongly for hours, while you can brush-paint acrylic for hours with almost no smell. Another basic rule---enamels and lacquers will re-liquify when exposed to their own proper thinner/solvent, acrylics will not. (this is important for bottles--if some dry or almost dry enamel paint falls back into the bottle--it'll reliquify in a little while, no problem. But a dry clump of acrylic--will remain a clump floating around forever)

Sheryl doesn't look like Sheryl...

And in ep 3 (I think) there's a notable scene in the elevator where Michael has clearly human ears. (was this fixed?)

May be hard to describe, but I think the issue is more the size of the area the pin ends are stuck into. Here, I'll just sketch a bad pic. "A" is how it is, "B" is how I think it'd be better. Frankly--the hinge isn't "even" at all---90% of the plastic is on one side (and the center of the pin), 10% is on the other side (the pin ends)--and the pin is breaking the ends.

I would pre-order all 3...

::grumble grumble:: Where's the 25cm PVC *Grace* in flightsuit? She has blue hair and a big chest too...