Chas
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To be honest. I think this is the best solution. Given the pics posted earlier of the bottom/back of the VF-1 a hook placed here is in pretty much the perfect place. There could always be a secondary hook that gets deployed from one of the arms in case the gunpod goes missing. Also remember when Roy is detaching the cockpit from Hikaru's VF-1D? In the sloped part at the front of the arms there are those 3 little robotic manipulators that come out. Maybe something could be done using one of those? I mean they are right there in fighter mode. EDIT: found an image from Perfect Memory
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No worries mate those pics are quite helpful indeed. Thanks a bunch!
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That clip makes me want to wretch! There is really nothing of the MacGyver character we know. As presented in the clip this new MacGyver is a cock-sure, smarmy, smug little know it all wunderkind. They got it all wrong. When Mac was doing his thing RDA always played it with a certain amount of trepidation, hesitation, and not being quite sure if it was all gonna work out (sure we all KNEW it would, but it was important for the character to be a little unsure of himself) . In that clip it all seems way too easy, and they all seem way to sure of themselves. There is no sense of risk, of danger. Just a bunch of hot shots showing off. Nothing I'd want to watch.
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What the hell?!?!? That's HUGE! Where on Earth did you get that! I was really looking forward to this though
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I was thinking that building a new bar for the hip would not be all that difficult using the kit parts and maybe a piece of the runners. Wouldn't need to resort to 3 d printing for what looks to be a pretty straight forward scratch job.
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That is some top notch work! Great colour choices and nice subtle panel work.
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From what I recall Fight! Iczer One is a 3 part OAV from 1985(?) As far as I know there have been 2 sequel OAV's 1990(ish?) Adventue! Iczer 3 1995(ish?) Iczer Girl Iczelion Haven't seen the sequels, but I thoroughly enjoyed the original When I finally saw it. Back in the mid eighties I bought an art book (this one: http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/YVYAAOxyOMdS8KSw/s-l225.jpg) which is all I knew of the Anime for years- And I don't read Japanese. So all I had was 'film comic' images to piece together the story. Over the many years that I had the book before I managed to actually see the film I had pretty much managed to put together a very basic idea of what happens, but seeing it finally answered SOOO many questions for me. Pretty good story and a nice mix of Horror, Yuri, and Mecha Anime genres to boot!
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First 4 pics in this composite image: http://hobbycom.jp/system/photo_sub_images/images/000/000/017/287/M_image.jpg?1376114670 Looks like he did some casting. And those are really great builds, but I still prefer the sculpt of the Hasegawa static mode kits.
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That's some awesome work right there! I'd love to see more on this build Where is your build thread? Very interested in where how you spliced the legs and what you used/how you went about re-sculpting the skirt. more pics please!
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For good gloss coats you may need to switch to an airbrush with a larger tip size. (likely a small spray-gun). Check these great videos out for more info.
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I think that should read " The GIRLwalk mode is so cute.
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spray booth? howd I make this cheeper & Better PART 2
Chas replied to ARK 3's topic in The Workshop!
Using a downdraft set-up could pull more dust and such from the air in the room over your painting surface. One thing I've often thought about doing is building a spray-booth with a lid on the front section that completely encloses the spray area. The key is that front lid would be made out of plexi and have two holes cut into with gloves attached on the inside of the booth to manipulate objects. Basically a modified sand-blasting booth. http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/2000x2000/155/155655_2000x2000.jpg Downdraft wouldn't be such a problem in that design. -
Apparently the Autodesk designed app if free to download and use and is available now. And the files work on any platform.
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This is very interesting: http://toyland.gizmodo.com/mattel-is-making-a-300-3d-printing-toy-studio-for-kids-1759078152?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=Toyland_twitter
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Thanks for the coverage! Always enjoyable to watch your stuff.
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The images with the 'foggy' canopies are 3D prints not polystyrene kits built up. That is why they have 'foggy' canopies.
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Yep! Especially for us Canadians. Before shipping those are going to be $41 - $45 (Can) a piece. All of Hasegawa's kits except the 1:48 VF-1S Strike are less expensive.
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In some of those images there are prices marked at 3500 Yen and 3800 Yen. Not sure what that means for final retail though (or pre-orders when they kick in)
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To my mind all the evidence in The Force Awakens points to Rey being Luke's daughter. As has been said by Dio (and I think wisely so) anything else (of the hypotheses we have seen) would involve a such a major plot twist that the results would be completely out of character for those involved. And I don't understand where all of "I can't believe Luke would just leave her on Jakku" is coming from. Is it that hard to consider that when Ben went off the rails he slaughtered not only Luke's students, but also his wife. He and Snoke both knew of Rey's existence and in order to keep her safe (and do the thing he had to do - Mcguffin) Luke had to not only leave her with someone else, he also had to completely erase any memory of her heritage and family, or risk Snoke/Kylo discovering her. This is why we get this film - REY'S AWAKENING. She didn't just get left behind on Jakku someone (Hello It Had to be LUKE) used the Force to obliterate her identity. Remember she doesn't know about the Jedi being real. In this film it seems like she is the only one - that didn't strike anyone as odd? I'd even wager that 'Church of the Force Guy' from the beginning of the film was even put there by Luke to keep her from getting curious about the Force and ensuring that she would think it was all just superstition or stories. Leaving her on Jakku may seem like a Jerk move, until the plot reveals that it was the best option for keeping her alive and safe.
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The first Jedi temple business only matters if it has a bearing on the story to come, it may simply be where he chose to pass the time, Like Yoda chose Degoba, and the writers are going to do nothing else with it.And really you think introductions are needed? Which one of the 3 characters in that final scene do you think needs to be introduced to the others?
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That would be a shame, but I suspect you are correct. Although, we may get the important/relevant bits piecemeal in the next installment.
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Why would it have to be picked up immediately in the next film? You didn't get that in that scene Rey has acknowledged her destiny and is asking Luke (who is clearly reticent) to train her? You really need the words to be said? The scene felt complete to me. The story of her awakening ends with that plea. What comes next should be the explanation of how we got to the events in the opening of The Force Awakens.
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As I've already said I liked this movie more than I thought I would. That being said I just read this synopsis over on starshipmodeler and laughed my A$$ off! This is the most accurate synopsis I've yet to read and I don't think anyone could sum up the movie better. And I still like it! "Not-Luke meeting not-R2 on not-Tatooine and trying to get the secret message past not-Vader and not-Tarkin while they threaten the not-Rebellion with the not-Death Star which gets destroyed by the not-Rebels shooting at the not-thermal exhaust port . . . "
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Yeah, that's why in the end I'm ok with it. As I said I really liked the movie. WAYY more than I was expecting to.
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I don't mean to belabor the point, because as I said it is really only a minor quibble and I understand the reasoning behind it. Fin is the moral center of the story to a large degree and he serves as a moral navigator for Rey ( much as the Fin of a fish or a plane is used to steer). He helps her make the right choices when it is difficult for her. My problem with that could very easily be of my own making. As it is presented in the film Fin is essentially a child soldier and as such the First Order would have been a surrogate family. Breaking away from them would be akin to turning on your family and while that does happen I don't think it is ever quite so definitive and clean with no emotional kickback or remorse. The psychology of what happens to child soldiers after they are 'rescued' is never quite so simple and while Fin wasn't rescued I think it is still very relevant to his situation. Perhaps even more-so because he made the break himself with no outside influence. I just have a hard time with that.
