David Hingtgen

Well, generally twin tails are used when you can't fit a single large tail. I think part of the reason is simply that most delta canards are pretty small, with a narrow rear fuselage (usually single engine, or two small ones) and there's not really room to have side-by-side fins.

Hmmn wha?

What'd you originally vote for? I have to remove the original vote, or things will be off.

Eurocanards all look the same. (Not my term, but so perfect I use it all the time).

Oh, BTW--I sorta fixed the gunpod. I mainly just shaved down the pegs holding it to the forearms. Now it's just kinda "looser" and you can move it into the correct position, and it'll hold. It's no longer rock-solid, but it's not floppy, either. About the best that can be done without actually gluing pieces on to the gunpod. And doesn't affect battroid mode in the slightest.

Got my second Classics today, Ramjet. Very nice mold-wise, but while the "updated" paint scheme is pretty cool (they seem to be doing well with the seekers, especially Skywarp) I'm disappointed by the lack of red in robot mode. There's NONE. Basically--why'd they mold the wings in grey? They should have been red like the G1. Then they could just paint a few black accents (engines and tailfins). But as it is (molded grey with red paint only on one side) he's totally colorless in bot mode--just white and grey, with a smattering of gold. (I don't recall gold on the G1--he had silver and teal striping). If his wings were molded in red, he'd have some nice accents on his legs, and the tailfins and engines wouldn't be lost in a "sea of grey". Now to wait for Thundercracker...

I plan to do it, but not for a while. Need to build up Dremel experience. (It'd take forever and a day with a drill and X-acto). And I don't plan to take the shoulders apart--had enough bad experience with glued seams on the legs.

Hey, I never saw Robotech until Cartoon Network aired it. My first Macross was Macross Plus. My Macross history is this: Remembered Jetfire from Transformers. Found out via the net that Jetfire was really a Macross VF-1S. Soon thereafter heard about new Macross valks from Toycom---sought out Macross Plus, watched it, and everything went from there.

Well, IMHO it's too "grey" to be any pure metallic. When I have to "critically" evaluate a color, I go along hue/shade/intensity lines. And it has a golden-copper hue, a medium to medium-dark shade, but medium-low intensity. Low intensity=grey, regardless of hue.

Part of the problem is that 99% of the time you see CF SV-51's, they're in weird lighting. I think they are "dark golden bronze-grey", but depending on the lighting, either the grey or the gold comes out more. So you rarely see the 'true' color.

If you really want to, I can use Mod Powerâ„¢ and make it so.

This is the official CG of the cannon fodder one:

For the same reason MP Starscream is green, while F-15E's are grey. They just can't allow a grey toy it seems, even when claiming "realism"--so they've gotta add some color. Interesting fact: Real F-15E's, and MH-53J's are painted the exact same shade of dark, hue-less grey: FS36118 Gunship Grey. There is no green, nor blue, in that paint. (36320 and 36375 have subtle blue hues, while 36440 is notably brown--but 36118 is a pure mix of black and white) It's the same color used on all USAF bombers, including stealths. And stealth bombers aren't blueish. Or greenish. At all.

I know FF6 Advance is supposed to have 4 new Espers. I've purposely avoided reading which ones, but I believe they're all from other FF's, and not "made up just for this game".

He's all.....blue.

I think a good comparison would be A-7 vs F-8. You can't turn one into the other, but they're very similar designs.

Just a heads-up: The F-8 episode of Dogfights is on again Friday night. It usually repeats 2 or 3 hours after the initial showing, too. Lone Sundowner F-8 vs 4 MiGs=awesomeness.

I'm going to wait. No silencer=not Meg's gun mode.

Mass Effect. Could easily be game of the year for me. Current release guesses are anywhere from May to August.

chewie----my point about the fenders was why the MOVIE had THAT particular style which seemed to "hide" the inner wheels exceptionally well. Most rear fenders aren't nearly that "conformal", and you usually just see quarter or half fenders. 3/4 aren't all that common, and full are pretty rare from what I've seen. And super singles are rapidly growing in popularity---they weigh less, and have less rolling resistance. The sheer fact that they are now offered as factory options shows they're more desirable for the fuel savings. Yes they're ugly and an expensive initial investment, and have more severe consequences for a blow out. But when you're paying $4000 a month in fuel, anything to reduce that starts to look attractive.

Hey, I like ships too, and love the naval episodes. Now if we can only get "half the US Navy's planes vs the Musashi" and "how many bombs does it take to sink the Tirpitz?" I'll be happy. PS---hey, there's only so much they can do with their budget/knowledge, I'm surprised we get semi-accurate weapon loads at all. Area 88 did no better with disappearing missiles! And if you're going to complain about that, might as well complain that the control surfaces don't move. (And then we could list 50 errors per minute)

The slat itself wouldn't weight much, but the guide rails and rotary driveshaft for it would be I think---quite pointless for such a small section. (and there's the issue of room) It'd be like adding swing winglets to a fixed-wing plane---the external part itself wouldn't weight much, but the associated mechanism would---you'd have to add and support an entire system, but only a small part benefits.

Yeah, do just like it was written: Login: Bennet Password: Claire You can only open up the first file though, others want different logins or passwords. ::edit:: Ack, too many quote layers, misidentified original source.

Is the "wheels splitting and sliding" a sure thing, or just a guess by someone? Because if they want to hide wheels in bot mode, just having fewer wheels is a lot easier, and why else have such customized, tight-fitting, full-style rear fenders if for no other reason than to hide the 'strange' look of super-single rears from the audience etc? The way they optioned out the truck, you couldn't tell what style (or number) of rear wheels Prime has. (and it's so weird I didn't even recognize it at first, then kicked myself because it's the type I'm most familiar with--it's that "off" from typical specs/options that many of the clues as to what model it is are "wrong") So why not just go the easy way and simply have fewer wheels? You can't see them in truck mode, and you can't see them in bot mode. So why have 4 extra?

Cool, if you fail logins by guessing, you get: "You have attempted to access a page that you are not authorized to view. Your IP address has been noted. Future attempts to access may result in legal action"