David Hingtgen

Plastruct makes glue specifically for ABS. However I find it to still be weaker than say, a styrene-to-styrene bond that styrene glues produce. But it's better than using standard model glues, as they usually have little to no effect on ABS. You can find Plastructs glues at most hobby shops--they make several, just look for the one that's mainly for ABS (orange label I think). Other option would be super glues etc.

I wasn't doubting the info, I just found it surprising.

You said "first time on a plane" so I had assumed it was several years ago. But if you had TV's on the seat, it must have been recent. And a "hmmn" statement for the fact that they have -600's. -600's are decidedly uncommon, very poor seller compared to the others. (It's just mis-proportioned, too much wing and tail for such a small fuselage---the -500 was iffy for the same reason, but sold decently since it was almost tailor-made for UAL and SWA---but the -600's even worse and I didn't know anybody but SAS had picked some up)

If you thought one of Westjet's 737's could move (probably a -200) you should try to book your next trip on a 757. Those are by far the "hotrod" airliner. Many people comment the first time they get a 757 takeoff.

Way too long since cool pics were posted. Gah, MW is the only forum I know that doesn't support A.net's own linking system---this took like 20 mins to write with thumbnails! Not going to do it again unless the board supports Java... This is messy but it works--click the link, then click on the pic the link leads to. Then you'll have to request the large version if you want to make a wallpaper out of it. http://www.airliners.net/photoLink.inc?id=1256124 http://www.airliners.net/photoLink.inc?id=1266017 http://www.airliners.net/photoLink.inc?id=1268975 http://www.airliners.net/photoLink.inc?id=0716079 http://www.airliners.net/photoLink.inc?id=1225052 http://www.airliners.net/photoLink.inc?id=1260574 http://www.airliners.net/photoLink.inc?id=1255527 <a href="http://www.airliners.net/photoLink.inc?id=1250440" target="_blank">http://www.airliners.net/photoLink.inc?id=1250440</a>

I never realized that anyone ever transformed it wrong until I saw those pics.

AFAIK the main reason for the elimination of gold canopies on the F-16 and 18 is the increasing use of night-vision goggles. It interferes with them. You'll note F-16 Block 40's were the first to abandon it, and often just the front half of the canopy. But the F-22 isn't going to be night-bombing much.

Every pic at A.net is photoshopped to some degree.

First, this is a REALLY cool picture---darn watermark ruins it for wallpaper though. (And the shape's hard to fit) http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1265696/L/ But--look at the F-22's. Do they actually have different canopies, or is the slightly different angle enough to totally change how they look? They're almost exactly the same position in relation to the camera.

From inside. If you really want to make it "look right" (assuming it's meant to be the same as modern gold-tinted canopies) try to make it a bit towards the golden/orange hues, maybe a TINY touch of pink.

Are you going to put all the stripes on? I still haven't seen a pic of one all stickered up.

It's the big new trend in movies, TV, and games---you need to buy/read everything else to really get the whole story. Star Wars ROTS is a good example---buy the prequel and sequel novels, and watch season 2 of Clone Wars---that's the WHOLE story, the movie was just "a good chunk of the middle". It can stand alone, but there's a lot more out there.

::checks around:: Yeesh, why didn't anybody tell me the graphic novels continued every week even while the show was on hiatus? I'm going to need hours to read all the ones I missed.

Lost Odyssey delayed until February in the US. Not a big problem, as it was going to come out almost simultaneously with Mass Effect originally---two big RPG's at the same time?. No time to play both. This actually works out better, as February through Sept is normally "the dry time" for games.

If you look around that site, you'll find tons of photos of the actual machines and process on most every page---they make the machines there.

This was actually made some time ago, when this was actually proposed:

Oft-discussed here, but the actual process isn't well-known. It is rather like using a rubber stamp pad and ink, but of much higher quality. Instead of ink pads, the ink is held in engraved plates, much like a printing press. http://www.itwtranstech.com/Pages/how.html

That'd be what, 2, maybe 3 Raptors?

Generally, glosses increase the effect that lighting/angle has on a color, and flats decrease it. Very flat paint looks the same from any angle. Of course, metallics are affected more than any other type, so the normal gloss/dull rules may have different effects on them.

They either repainted it, or that's a different one from what we saw a few weeks ago. No magenta on the feet.

WTF? Hasbro sends 09 BB's 200 at a time to France? Packed 6 per case? Why don't we get that? http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=150573

This is the Hasegawa illustration of the kit with the boosters: http://www.1999.co.jp/dbimages/user/hobby/...g/10043422a.jpg Looks like white booster and missile, grey pods. However, the instructions show light grey boosters for both Ivanov and Nora: http://www.1999.co.jp/dbimages/user/hobby/.../10043422t4.jpg So it all depends on how canon you consider Hasegawa. Though with the recent revelation that Shigeo Koike actually designed the schemes, Hase might actually be more canon than the animation since I believe they have his input.

Played the demo and didn't like it at all (and I'm a huge Trek fan, especially the Excelsior class). But anyways---V'Ger and Borg go back to the novel "The Return" which is I think the first of the ones Shatner wrote. May not be canon, but I think it's more accepted than other novels "'cuz Kirk wrote it".

If they go with C-17 engines they can't have too much of an excuse--it'd just be more of what they already have.

109 F-14's. That could probably encompass every major scheme of every squadron that ever flew them. (the frontline squadrons, at least)