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I did that 2 seconds of 'too much' sanding. But its easily fixed by applying paint on the plastic to thicken it up again. Its a hidden part anyway. That mod is MANDATORY for all my 1/48s. Ugly bloody gap! Pah! I would like to modify the rear landing gears to have twin wheels or at least bigger wheels though. Those small little tyres don't look tuff enough to handle the weight.

Yes, the Deathpion is very sleek by Zoids standards. Most Zoids are rather blocky (Battletech Like) but the Deathpion is more Anime smooth. I have the Salamander. I don't like the looks of the thing (ugly looking head for one) but I bought it because the movement mechanics are IMHO one of the best (Gojulas Giga is cool too, the way they can make a relatively low cost toy dinosaur which replicates and can switch between both the Godzilla man-in-suit walk and the tail balancing Jurassic Park walk). My collection centrepiece is the King Gojulas. Got it 2nd hand but its got great shelf presence. Towers over other zoids. If Mecha Godzilla was built like that, Godzilla would get its butt kicked bad.

Kinda overgunned and I don't like the topside thruster poles with the 60/70s era style go-faster red pods on top. I think in fighter mode, the pilot can only see straight ahead! I would take a Strike Valk over this.

Its here in Singapore! Debating whether I shoud get it or not. Anyone got one yet? I am just worried about the kibble on the underfuselage.

Yeah, I am hoping that the Kotobukiya Shield Liger would lead to more articulated kits. Hopefully an Iron Kong (the gorilla form just begs for articulation!) and a Death Saurer. I am very attracted to the mechanical precision of the moving joints. Never liked the Ligers (all the cats) that much. Nice to look at but they made too many and the movement sucks compared to stuff like Gojulas Giga and Iron Kong. As for the anime, I got kinda cheesed off by how the hero melee attacks owns everything else. Stupid kid in the Liger just yells, shoves the throttle forward and BLAM, the Death Star 3 blows up! I would have like more emphasis on the guns and missiles and charged particle beams. I love the way the zoid weapons are so easily interchangeable across the models for customisation.

Hi, anyone here collect or otherwise interested in Tomy Zoids? I don't hear much about them around here. Granted, they are pretty far removed from Macross as Anime/Mecha goes.

The guy flying VF-20 deployed his flaps in space!

I figure even if they were a zillion times bigger then the SDF, they would correspondingly have a Con Tower/bridge a zillion times as big even if the crew were still human sized. Mainly because in Storm Attacker mode, you'd look stupid on screen with a pin sized head!

I am pretty sure of that myself.

Just gimme a damn Glaug in either 1/60 or 1/48 and the Zentran Battleships in 1/x000 scale.

Fugly is nothing compared to some of the Transformers out there....

Same reason why they have 'hairstyles' rather then the more clinical bald/crew cut.

The scupltor of the figure was probably using _this_ Miria as a reference. Hence it is a correct scuplt.

I prefer the SDF version Miria suit. The DYRL one looks too 80s tron disco rollerskater for me.

Nope, the IJN Satsuma was designed with all homogeneous main armament before the Dreadnought but the Japanese could not get their hands on enough barrels so it ended up with a mixed armament. Still, its fair that Dreadnought claims the title over Satsuma and Michegan (both designed before Dreadnought). Dreadnought's advance wasn't just homogeneous main armament. She had the steam turbines too.

AFAIK, the first Torpedo Boat Destroyers appeared in the late 1880s to 1890s. Thats before submarines became a serious threat to the capital ships so I would think Torpedo Boat Destroyer was how the shortened 'Destroyer' eventually came about.

Isn't it Torpedo Boat Destroyer? I mean, when it started, not now.

Think we have to go back to 1944 with the P-47.

Lets see if Kevin fixes some of the glaring (to us Macross nerbs at least) errors in the new edition. Stuff like the Super VF being bigger then the VF-1. Yeah right, more MDC in the 'main body'..... *SNORT*

I read Cooper's book on that bit too. What I meant was that with the thrust/weight advantage and given that the Eagle's design and technology isn't exactly 2nd rate when compared to the Tomcat, it would be hard to believe that an F-15A got whipped badly in a knife fight by an F-14A in an 'unstacked' test with equal willing pilots.

Hard to believe though. back then it would have been F-14A vs F-15A and the Tomcat would have a significant thrust/weight ratio disadvantage.

Which is why I think an F-23 would kick the F-22's butt!

Or obnoxious teenagers fighting in wars.

I like the fast pack colours you used.

Heidi of the Alps! AHHHHHHHHHH!! I remember watching that like in the early eighties or late seventies or something! hahaha! Haven't recalled it for like 20 years! Thats like in the era of Candy Candy. Damn I'm getting old!