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  1. David Hingtgen
    Suggestions for a new SSD as my OS drive? Currently have a 960 EVO , 250GB. Definitely want 500, maybe 1TB if not too much more money. I see that Best Buy has 870's cheap, but "SSD specs" are hard to parse--is it an upgrade or a downgrade? 70 vs 60, vs 800/900, evo vs regular/pro... Vs a flagship 990 Pro or something ::edit:: Gah, mobo only has 1 M.2 slot and it's being used by the storage drive---I don't think there's a SATA version of the 990. So the question really is---for those of us stuck using SATA, best bang for the buck SSD?
  2. David Hingtgen
    Speaking of SDCC, anyone interested in my SDCC Zartan? I actually prefer the Walmart retro version, and I don't need two. (he's only been in the fridge like twice!---but that means I can confirm the color-change works)
  3. David Hingtgen
    And if they had fixed the backwards chest stripes.
  4. David Hingtgen
    It's a lot of money for the chest stripes to STILL be reversed.
  5. David Hingtgen
    I ended up buying a 3060 12GB, and have spent the past couple days trying/tweaking settings in programs to try to dial in "perfection". (I am pretty obsessive with getting my PC to run as best it possibly can). If anyone's interested a used but mint 1080 FTW2, let me know.
  6. David Hingtgen
    Decided it's definitely time to upgrade my GPU---anyone have one for sale? I currently have a pre-COVID 1080, so most anything would be an upgrade. Or I may just buy say a 3060 12gb new, locally, so I could enjoy it over the 3-day weekend...
  7. David Hingtgen
    Build Fighters actually was fun though. (early on when it was basically a ton of homages, the later iterations got worse)
  8. David Hingtgen
    Props for painting the chin grey. (and the white ankle-discs)
  9. David Hingtgen
    Even better than a -3000, a -3000B. Let's see an old relic still in use. If the USAF is going to use B-52's through 2040+ (When M+ happens!) then there should be at least a few big old bomber valks still around in the Frontier/Delta era.
  10. David Hingtgen
    No easy way to open the shoulder any meaningful amount, my suggestion is just to put lots of thickener/joint stiffener in during multiple sessions and try letting it sit in different positions while drying to wick/flow its way around inside. *don't use nail polish, the plastic tip on the ball reacts.
  11. David Hingtgen
    The stripes (and parts themselves) don't line up across the various panels as well as previous releases, (and one spot they actually made a change that is simply wrong) so I've been doing my best to try to improve the paint:
  12. David Hingtgen
    It's almost impossible to search the old threads, so I'm hoping someone remembers----when the intakes refuse to peg in flush, what's the fix? The gap's not huge, but it is causing issues with getting all the panels lined up and flush in fighter mode.
  13. David Hingtgen
    While Bandai manages to get nearly every detail/marking there is on the -25 (especially on the Armor pack) they always miss a significant(IMHO) one on Alto's----the grey part of the "jaw". They leave it white, which makes the whole bottom half of the head look off as there's like 3x as much white as there should be. So I painted mine.
  14. David Hingtgen
    They're BOTH #09? Is that correct, for them both being originally assigned (presumably) to plane #09? Or they are a "matched set designed to be deployed in pairs", and so share the same number? Or is just Bandai being cheap/lazy?
  15. David Hingtgen
    Got my Retro Zartan, so gonna sell my SDCC one. (I'm painting my retro one to look just a BIT more like the SDCC one----a few silver accents here and there, to make the coloring not so "each part is just one solid color")
  16. David Hingtgen
    Shoulders don't match the rest of the fuselage very well, they're quite a bit lighter/brighter shade of red. But that's partly what samples are for checking...
  17. David Hingtgen
    "The hinge that often breaks" at the waist, because Bandai uses split pins there that slowly expand over time. The entire valk's 2 main halves are held together by that hinge, and it's plastic. Mine cracked apart while sitting in fighter mode with no packs/boosters attached, under zero stress/weight. This is a -29, but it's the same piece/issue:
  18. David Hingtgen
    Let me know what you find---I'm currently working on getting the nosecone flush. (it's not nearly as bad as the WMM one, but it could be better---my first thought was the hinge-bar is preventing the nosecone from tabbing in fully, but shaving it down a smidge didn't do anything---now I'm just trying nail polish on the tab--which is clearly NOT the issue/cause, but may "overcome" whatever the source of the pressure is)
  19. David Hingtgen
    My original -25F renewal definitely had the wing roots pivot/angle and sit flush a lot better and easier than the latest issue, and the intakes/thighs pegged together better in fighter mode. Plus the nosecone issue. But my original broke, so a new one is better than a broken one, despite some minor issues.
  20. David Hingtgen
    I'm wondering how long I should wait to see if there's going to be a reissue, before spraying my Alto Armor Pack with matte coat, so it'll match...
  21. David Hingtgen
    That's insanely fast, my AmiAmi hasn't even shipped... May I ask how much FedEx cost?
  22. David Hingtgen
    I'm trying to remember what I did on mine (first release)----the GERWALK joint IS scary-stiff and I'm honestly not THAT surprised to see one break right by it, but I don't think I sanded it, but I know I did SOMETHING to make it less scary (though if it makes it through the first transformation or two, the odds of lasting a while greatly increase).
  23. David Hingtgen
    It's lighter but still too saturated.
  24. David Hingtgen
    5100 yen for DHL from AmiAmi to US, much better than 7600 EMS. Also---Paypal's own exchange rate is notably even more terrible than usual, it made almost a $15 difference, for Paypal vs a no-foreign-fee credit card. Look carefully at rates before you commit.
  25. David Hingtgen
    I had to go much deeper, right up to the actual "confirm payment step" but it IS there, thank you!
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