David Hingtgen

B-2 crash footage from 2 different cameras: it's the second one to takeoff, skip the first half http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1...nnel=1213897972 again, skip the first half

HH-43.

I still haven't seen Premium BB, but I did find the deluxes and Megs/Prime 2-pack Animated stuff today. Snagged BA. Debating on Prowl and Ratchet--waiting for more reviews. (Namely, Dave Van Domelen's--he seems to have very similar likes/dislikes in a TF as I do, so I take his opinion pretty highly)

Hmmmn. Maybe I should restart it and play "norma". (I'm still in the first level). Of course, I never was very good at the first. (I beat it, but some areas were through sheer luck/repetition)

Played it just a bit before going to bed last night---"just like the first, but more". I'd say it's faster, but also a bit easier. Unless the difficulty selection at the title screen was actually easy/normal, and not normal/hard. I chose "acolyte", which is what it defaulted to.

Nope, no finer. Exactly the same, or maybe like .001 bigger. Maybe a bit "harder" tip though. And poor tips on Sakuras---it happens. You can get 3 in a row that last a while, others that last 5 mins. I've never been able to "use up" the ink though---the tips always wear out long before the ink does.

I snagged NG2 today, hope to be able to play at least a bit tonight. It will be the first game for which "the first time I played it, it was in HD".

A grey Gundam™--brand marker is about 99.9% identical to a 005 Sakura Pigma Micron, just "not black". IMHO, it's more like "transparent black" than "grey", if that makes sense. Useful at times, but I rarely use mine. (I also find the Sakura-brand stuff to be much easier to smudge/erase/blend/fix mistakes with--just how the ink behaves) I might use it all on my 1/48 Milia though, as "black" would be far too stark, and I want a more subtle look on the red.

I expect there will be many "guys who didn't appear in the movie" in the new movie line, that look exactly how their 25th Ann figure would have been.

Probably my fave, and proof that GIMP can do wonders.

I plan to post "chrome-wear" reports as needed. I also plan to paint even more of him with my best silver paint. If possible, I will have no grey plastic---only silver paint and chrome. Debating whether to use Reprolabels or paint the taillights myself. (I was disappointed to see the rear bumper area is still unpainted, even on a JP premium) ::edit:: Ordered from Reprolabels, but might only end up using half of it. Hood flames etc for sure, will have to see for windows/lights. Also, Lost and Found Toys is already sold out of the first shipment, more coming in 2 weeks.

#2's not back in CA AFAIK.

Look what showed up at lunch today: (lighting sucked, best I could do, plus most of the chrome's on his back in bot mode)

"The Target of no restock" is now down to only four Scarlett two-packs. (No single-carded figs, again)

I would use something like "ejected limbs" or something. Since "de-limiter mode" is invisible. (Well, it does make the main display in the cockpit have those bars go all the way to 11...)

Just FYI, most passenger jets and turboprops can back up under their own power. It's just that fuel's so expensive, it's cheaper to use a tug to push them back. (Plus, severe FOD hazard if you run the engines up at the gate) You'll see NW DC-9's and AA MD-80's do it all the time though at their hubs.

My post was more "an informative FYI to all members of MW egarding YF-21's" than directly responding to you. Delimiter vs limbless has come up a lot the past few months (and usually in the wrong way).

Seconding that, to prevent mis-information. De-limiter is purely "software"---the safeties built-in to the flight computer's programming (that are there to prevent damage to the pilot or plane from excessive manuevers) are turned off to allow "extreme" moves---at the risk of damage or even destruction of the aircraft. And Guld used it to its fullest. "ripping the limbs off" is nothing more than battle damage---but due to the YF-21 being different from every other valk (engines aren't in the legs) losing the arms and legs leaves enough of the airframe intact to still fly. Guld decided to risk it all (literally) by turning off the limiters BECAUSE the plane had lost its limbs---he was frankly losing, and there wasn't much else to try. De-limiter mode was activated because of and after the loss of limbs----but the two are not related. Many real planes have software limits programmed in just like the YF-21----but not many have an "over-ride" switch. (The Super Hornet and Flanker do, I bet the F-22 does as well). None can over-ride the limiters with a mental command though. Any plane can be commanded to do/attempt manuevers it will not survive---but computer-controlled planes etc can be programmed to stop right before the limit of what they can do. It's a safety feature---kind of like anti-lock brakes, but instead it's "anti-shatter flaps". No airliner can have those limiters disabled, and few fighters can (because even most fighters couldn't physically perform THAT much better than they already do--no point in eeking out a 2% better turn rate if it destroys the plane in a quarter-second)---but some can go so far "beyond the limit" for a few seconds that it may be worth it to get that one last, desperate shot that wins the war or saves the girl. The YF-21 is one of those, so it can turn off those limiters in the software.

Yeah---but we're still waiting on the Sv-51 review!

The Kalitta 747 is much more "interesting"----there's still people talking about it. It didn't "break" so much as "split along the seams it was built". Many are wondering if there was a structural failure. Many pics here: http://portfolio.lesoir.be/main.php?g2_itemId=192634 Just plain freaky.

Scratch one A320 (and just a week after the Kalitta 747 under similar circumstances):

Well duh, it's the coolest-looking plane ever. (Well, the XB-70 might surpass it---The 23 is definitely the best-looking fighter though)

Question: My only CC is the "pale blue" one from the TRU 3-pack with the basic trooper and officer. (It's the best-looking helmeted CC IMHO). However, the helmet is notably miss-shapen----very asymmetrical--the left side "poofs out". Any way to fix it? Will heating it up and re-shaping work? ("normal" bending has no effect). I doubt there's any way to get just a replacement helmet, and all other CC's have a darker blue. (the stripe's painted off-kilter too, but EVERY striped CC helmet I've ever seen has that problem)

This is supposed to be the most recent pic of it, being rolled out, though the EXIF data says 1998. (I'm guessing the camera's date is wrong)

Grey Ryder, did you paint the silver on the goggles, or is it just mine that has ALL black goggles? PS---found a Mass Device crystal CC today. SLIGHTLY darker blue than "normal" masked CC. Same paint scheme otherwise, besides helmet stripe. Also found V1 Snakeyes, with a Wave 7 "build date" stamp.