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  1. David Hingtgen
    Would the correct shape not fit? Clearance is that tight?
  2. David Hingtgen
    For beginning Gunpla, this is probably the most important thing. Cut twice. Once further away from the part, to remove part from sprue. Then once it's removed, THEN do the "close" cut to get rid of the remaining gate-nub. This will greatly reduce "tears" in the plastic.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Slightly OT, but thought people might be interested---this is Sideswipe. As in, the EXACT invididual unique car that Sideswipe is modeled after. Have a look and listen: (it's been in Japan for many years now) (actually, Red Alert and Breakdown are this car as well, they just didn't copy the paint job). (and yes, if the G1 toy had a bigger deco/paint budget, it'd certainly have had black fender flares---the toy is inaccurate, not the 1:1 version)
  4. David Hingtgen
    Re: Silverbolts. Interesting, TFC's is actually the right color (G1 Silverbolt, and Superion's combiner kibble, is off-white, contrasting with Slingshot's pure white). Zeta's concave, mosquito-nosed Concorde still looks terrible for no reason. It's a convex/ogival shape if anything, the exact opposite of "pinching in". A pure straight cone would have been simpler/better. (not right, but still better than what we got). That "pinched-in nose" just ruins it for me. There's not a Concorde photo in the world where it'll look like that, so I don't know WTF Zeta was referencing for nose-shape. Real ones bulge out, not in, and it's subtle, not extreme:
  5. David Hingtgen
    I realized a couple hours too late, that it was last night. (could have bought tickets)
  6. David Hingtgen
    Pretty good, enjoyed it more than most movies I've seen lately. And yeah---the eyes don't bug you after a bit. (And there is an explanation why hers are "uniquely" big----it's never blatantly stated, but it's very clear from a scene or two).
  7. David Hingtgen
    Paramount was stupid and opened BB up against a ton of other movies. A few weeks either direction, and it would have had all the buzz/word of mouth there was. "Way better than the last one" won't do, when it's not "the only thing to see".
  8. David Hingtgen
    The -25 is the best design since the -19. It's "the whole package"---styling, transformation, super packs, all 3 modes look good----has the best balance "of all things a valk can do" since the VF-1.
  9. David Hingtgen
    Bandai seems to use more and more superglue with every new DX mold. I think by the time we hit the VF-40 or so, it'll be ALL super-glue, no screws.
  10. David Hingtgen
    Thanks Mike----is the landing gear still "vertical" when viewed from the side, when it's like that? Or are they angled back to fit?
  11. David Hingtgen
    I'm a little late, but could I see a level, head-on shot of Slingshot with the gear down, and matching the real thing's dihedral angle? (as in, angle those wings DOWN!)
  12. David Hingtgen
    The search function's kinda sucky---I bookmark/follow pretty much every thread that may 'fall off the first 2 pages', as they'll be hard to find via searching. Also, watch the gunpod---there's multiple hinges inside, and "separating and sliding forward" the barrel-halves are often a sticking point--literally. Open it very slowly and carefully the first time. Make it through the first time, and you should be good forever. Force it open because it seems stuck---has broken many a gunpod on the first attempt. If it doesn't want to open/move---try a different direction/location for a bit. Wiggle and pry it all around.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Factories often don't seem to understand how to do "subtle" changes of color. You get stuff like "sample to final" 0D color....
  14. David Hingtgen
    Exactly. I do not trust Arcadia at all, when it comes to "actual final release color" of a VF-0D. I will wait, until someone has it in-hand, to see what shade of blue it is. (though even if the blue is right, I suspect the belly will still be pure white, and not "DYRL grey" like it should be---that was also changed from the first-release sample, not just the blue upper surfaces, but the lower surface's main color too) (yes, I am still bitter about their 0D's coloring---I love that valk, AND it's scheme---and the sample pics were so perfect, with slate-blue and ghost-grey, then they gave us royal blue and snow-white...)
  15. David Hingtgen
    They could at least have given, like 256MB SD cards in the cases...
  16. David Hingtgen
    I really hope there's a 3P "trans-orange with LED" replacement gun-barrel for Brunt. Still annoyed that the TR Trypticon doesn't have any lights. (and was so bummed when my G1's light burned out, so many years ago)
  17. David Hingtgen
    I've only seen a few life-size papercraft figures before (and they weren't anime, though I figure anime characters are probably the most popular)----but I'll definitely second (third?) a flight-suit Mirage. Oddly, papercraft seems to be a skill I've lost over time---I was better when I was younger! Or maybe I just THINK I was, and I had lower standards or something. But I had done several kits "well enough that I was happy with the results" when I was like 10, but I've never really done anything since then, that I felt was to a high stadnard.
  18. David Hingtgen
    With the red being that deep a shade as a base layer----someone should do a Mirage-colored one.
  19. David Hingtgen
    If you can put together the SHE YF-19, I think that'll be plenty enough experience to handle a weapons pod.
  20. David Hingtgen
    "Preorder now or forever hold your peace". Chuck's is going to be THE hard one to get, long term, IMHO, due to likely having the smallest production run.* *of the main characters. 31A's are their own thing.
  21. David Hingtgen
    One of the earliest "4P" parts, was a replacement face for Protector. I highly recommend it.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Le Hornette will last forever! CF-188A+++ in 2040! Or maybe buy some F-16A MLU's from somebody by then...
  23. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, the side-covers may be the best option. Replacing the main backplate will be difficult.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Just FYI if you're unaware, it may be helpful in the future---but "one click down at mid-thigh, then one click the other way at the knee" is standard for almost every valkyrie ever when any sort of leg-armor is attached, not just the -19. And the YF-29 does it like that even when it's "naked".
  25. David Hingtgen
    Yup, that's mission 8. Still my least fave.
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