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  1. David Hingtgen
    "Not an original G1 TV character" will turn off a huge chunk of the fandom, even if a "new" character in the comics has 100x more lines, presence, and dialogue than someone "who once got their name said by Optimus in season 3" Also, frankly, Vos and Kaon don't have a whole lot of characterization, compared to Tarn. Tarn's the only one who's really fleshed out as a character. Vos I think sold more as "awesome gun for Feral Rex" rather than "the other DJD guy that wears a mask, too".
  2. David Hingtgen
    Update: OK, the wing roots didn't seem to glue at all. Re-doing them now, so no progress today. But I am so not going to use CA on a pre-painted kit.
  3. David Hingtgen
    The first rule of jet modeling is that Tomcat/Flanker-type intakes won't fit well. Never do, never will. And with putty/sanding not really an option, did the best I could. They painted the interiors/edges of all the gear doors red. Even the "closed" doors, so there's an occasional tinge of red visible around the edges. All of the above shouldn't be present on a VF-31, so it should be an easier/quicker build. (You could probably knock one of these out in a day or two, depending on intake/fuselage fit---I gave each intake a day to dry, and 2 days for the main fuselage halves) They are "almost" snap-fit, in a way. They fit quite well, but most parts are not tight enough to avoid using glue. Nor is it designed that way---they intend you to use glue. But it's more like a "making it tight/permanent" thing, vs a "needs it to hold together at all" thing. Cockpit and belly-plate installed: Intakes on: Top and bottom fuselage halves glued, and tail sting installed: PS---I repainted the pilot in a medium-dark grey. He was "evergreen" out of the box, not "G-suit olive drab". And if anything I think Erusea would use greyish suits, like earlier USSR pilots.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Inferno's ladder is either absent there, or folds up rather ingeniously (but almost certainly in a way that makes it very floppy/misaligned in truck mode). I mean, it's basically a "U" in cross-section, just fold down the sides onto the bottom to make it flat, then fold it up the other direction 2 or 3 times, and you've got a little pad/cube of plastic. It's just that all those hinges, on something that's open/lattice/rectangular, would cause issues when unfolded.
  5. David Hingtgen
    He's smarter and more articulate than Menasor, Superion, or Abominus.
  6. David Hingtgen
    Tarn? Tarn.
  7. David Hingtgen
    What episode was Takara watching, where BlastOff was ORANGE?!?! He's a pretty consistent dark olive-brown, both toy and toon. Yet almost every figure afterwards (FoC, Warbotron) seems to ret-con his colors into some sort of bright rust color---which then makes him the "bright" member of the team, with very much clashes with the overall dull military coloring of the team. I am really sick of BlastOff being the totally wrong color. ::edit:: You know, he's actually really close to toy Swindle's color: BlastOff is not Swindle, Takara! (Swindle's color does depend on reference, but is consistent---mustard-yellow in the toon, a rusty-orange toy---but BlastOff was never either one!)
  8. David Hingtgen
    Aerodynamics are over-rated, you just need thrust:
  9. David Hingtgen
    I believe in earlier eps he has "subtly" pointed ears like DYRL/Plus Zentradi do, but after a while, and certainly in the movie, his ears are perfectly round up top. They either forgot, or ret-conned him part-way through.
  10. David Hingtgen
    That's evident in his YF-19 drawings. Fighter mode changes little once the basic design is set, but he was figuring out fairly different battroid looks from it right to the end.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Are you intentionally watching without subs, or just having trouble finding them?
  12. David Hingtgen
    Decals will be very few. If any. Modex numbers are the main thing----but since every VF-31 is unique*, they should just have the proper number printed on. *the VF-31A, THAT will likely come with some decals for the modes numbers. But that'll likely be it.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Didn't we see a bird with like "large canards" or something flying around? Or was that on Ragna?
  14. David Hingtgen
    Well yeah, it's where they make F-16's.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Pretty much. Even a deep-stalled valk can still nose-down to recover, either by vectoring or verniers.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Who's gonna be the first to want a Walkure logo? The Aerial Knights crest will look awesome with a -262....
  17. David Hingtgen
    That'll look good for an hour before the stickers peel off. I expected the larger markings to be separate parts.
  18. David Hingtgen
    Unless that ship has a huge role in future eps, and the model's already ready.
  19. David Hingtgen
    Chronocidal pointed out the pre-262 has a T-tail like an F-104. Combined with its intake cones and wingtip pods, it's very F-104-ish.
  20. David Hingtgen
    Now I'm waiting/hoping for a silver repaint. Presumed mid-season upgrade? PS----OMG, it IS an F-104! (In valk form).
  21. David Hingtgen
    Then Milia will come out of retirement, get a red VF-31, and seek revenge.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Cheap F-18 in stock: http://hlj.com/product/HSGD10/Air (but the gear is molded in dark blue--harder to paint a light color). Just as cheap and molded in grey: http://hlj.com/product/HSGD8/Air Out of stock, but I bet they can get it in MUCH quicker than they say---that is a perennial kit that is constantly re-issued. Or just check a local hobby shop---every 1/72 Hasegawa F-18 will have the same landing gear, the only reason some cost $10 and some cost $40, are the decals. Buy whatever one's on clearance/sale. For people in the US---check Hobby Lobby and Michael's---with their perpetual 40-50% off a single item coupons, you may be able to snag a Revell F-18 REALLY cheap. And the gear will be just as good. If you're lucky, you may find an Academy F-18.
  23. David Hingtgen
    Hmmmmn. Proto-Flanker: Note main gear doors/airbrakes.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Minor update---I don't plan to paint very much (would defeat the point!) but I greatly disagreed with their cockpit colors (it was fine for an F-15...) So, bits before painting: (quarter for scale) and after: (some parts were painted "on the other side"---but I'm not going to reposition all the parts that fell over while photographing) This is 1/144, with a closed canopy (that's not especially clear). So I'm not too concerned about painting nicely. I just don't want "black and grey" where it should be blueish. (modern Flankers are not "Soviet cockpit blue-green" inside, they are blue-grey---I read that RLM 76 is close, and it looked about right, so that's what I used)
  25. David Hingtgen
    The toon model seems more YUH-61 than anything. But the toy and toon are very different.
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