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    Hi Micky, I'm shooting for about $4500 CAD/$3500 USD. Right now I'm just tweaking the minute details here and there to make sure that it's the best that it can be. It would normally be closer to 10K, but since I cut-out the middle-men and offer them directly I can be more competitive.
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    300m water-resistance is pretty run-of-the-mill for luxury (dive) watches. My Omega is rated to 600m and there are watches by Rolex, Breitling and others that will exceed 2000m (yes, 2 kilometers!) It's all rather pointless beyond 300 though, but I guess it does bring some people comfort knowing that as their lungs are being crushed and they quite literally implode, their watch will keep on ticking. Don't underestimate the work you did, I certainly don't. Many of the everyday things we take for granted were made possible by the cooperation of different skill-sets, different industries, and different ways of thinking that are generally misunderstood by their peers. Many times, the only thing differentiating a genius from a crackpot is success! My goal is to have three basic dial colors for that watch model: black, navy and gray. The strap doesn't need to match the color of the case, but rather be color-coordinated with the dial and inner bezel. The sample straps don't have to be perfect, just reasonably close. Problem is that the rubber I use (Smooth-On Vytaflex) is a grayish translucent amber, so it already has a slight effect on the coloring. Also, the pigment additives are challenging to mix properly because they're so concentrated, and a single drop too much or too little can create a marked color difference. You'll see what I mean when I do the full reveal next week... Barring any mishaps.
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    Thanks! I don't think it would survive a nuclear anything, but it's water-resistant to about a thousand feet... Assuming someone were to actually dive with it. It will look even better, thanks to your instrumental help with the strap. Now I just need to get the color right: first test is a bit too "cool" for my taste.
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    This. After all, who ever clamors for a "line-art accurate RX-78"? Many of the best designs were drawn in a time when technical realism wasn't a strong suit. Just look at the original art for Izubuchi's Nu-Gundam and Sazabi. Just in the 21 years since the very first Master Grade kit, there have been massive leaps forward in complexity, fit, poseability, and more importantly, sturdiness. The EX-S Gundam was a bit of a floppy mess because of its weight and high CG, definitely room for improvement.
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    "Now, rebellion is all that remains to push back the Empire." Welp, I'm sold.
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    It's like comparing an apple and a watermelon. I did the Legioss myself from A to Z because all the steps were manageable for one person to handle. The watch requires an infinitely greater learning curve, precision and engineering expertise which I don't possess. When you're a one-man band, you acquire and refine certain skills. When you have to conduct an orchestra, you have to develop all new skills (and patience!) I didn't actually make the watch pictured, the engineering team did that. I did the designing, styling, some technical drawing and the refinishing of certain surfaces. Just an FYI, grade 5 titanium is an absolute b*$%# to polish and while they won't admit it, the engineers probably hate my guts: turns out this is THE most complicated watch design they ever worked on.
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    Turning it over slowly...
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    Now that's a lot of green! Looking very nice
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    Oh yeah!!!
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    Never say never: it's Char's ultimate MS, it's a classic inspired Samurai armor and it has that nifty devil face in the shield. What's not to love?
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    <--is disappointed because he doesn't have a Perfect Grade Sazabi.
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    To be fair, it would have to be an all new airframe designed with new systems in mind, utilizing the F-14's outer shape and overall aerodynamics only. I could be wrong, but I think that avionics are a little bit like operating systems in that you start off with an initial system and then as new threats/missions emerge, patches have to be implemented, and with fighters, that means more boxes and widgets which take up weight and space inside the airframe, and sometimes updates are limited because they have to be backwards-compatible with the original system. The older a system is, the more "patches" it requires. That said, if you're starting from a clean slate with all new systems, that can be a huge advantage. I think that the Russians have/had a useful approach when designing the SU-27 in that they felt that the aerodynamic design had to be excellent to start with, and that whatever gimmicks are added (thrust-vectoring, stealth, etc) should only enhance/complement the existing design. That's my mindset, and something I think US designers have strayed away from. It doesn't mean that my ideas are necessarily better, maybe it would be a total flop. I do think the ideas are worth exploring though.
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    Duuude! If I had time to build models I'd scratchbuild that sucker in 1/32. It should theoretically be feasible to increase the missile load from 8 to 10 or 11 as well, given the shorter fins of the AMRAAM and weight savings over the AIM-54.
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    Maybe, maybe not. The general airframe design was already extremely good to begin with. An all new manufacture with greater use of composites, modern flight control system, radar, F135 engines w/MATV nozzles and updated wing glove could very well produce a scary-agile fighter, not to mention a significant improvement in combat range and supercruise capability. So many of the later designs had to make compromises to house weapons internally (weight penalty) and maintain low-observability. I remember back in the early days of the F-22, someone affiliated with the program said that the F-22 as actually LESS agile than the F-15 if not for its thrust-vectoring nozzles. The F-35 is probably in a similar situation. I can't help wondering if this current line of thinking isn't a déjà-vu of the massive blunder that was the gun-less F-4 back in the Vietnam era.
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    I haven't followed aircraft development much in the last 20 years, but I did stumble onto something rather interesting recently with regards to the venerable F-14. I remember even back before it was retired that naysayers would talk-down the capabilities of the AIM-54, saying that it was really only useful for hitting large, slow bombers and that fighters could easily evade the missile. Well it seems that veteran Iranian pilots and researchers have brought some interesting information to that old debate. It certainly surprised me! Also, I found this: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/top-gun-day-special-the-super-tomcat-that-was-never-bu-1575814142 This part made me tingle in my special place: "Even without thrust vectoring, the aerodynamic enhancements found on the ASF-14 would allow the jet to reach over 77 degrees of sustained AoA, but thrust vectoring was also to be part of the new design which would have made it the most maneuverable fighter of all time."
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    I gotta say, I think Takara is losing ground to third-party manufacturers. I commend them for their efforts, but I think that Mightron and Despotron are actually nicer: they're both beefier than Takara's Megs, and while it could be argued that Mightron's shallow thighs are a bit of a bug, or that Despotron leans more toward the comic's interpretation, they both at least have a menacing presence that Taka's almost scrawny Megs lacks. See for yourselves.
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    I wonder if they'll ever get around do doing an animated version of Gundam Sentinel. Quite sure it would be very polular!
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    A beautiful lady leaves a mark on the soul even if you only see her for a fleeting moment.
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    Thanks, I do more more supervising and approval now due to the complexity of that project. Cessation orders: they couldn't before either! With research, I had figured-out that there are perfectly legal loopholes to licensing. In short, just avoid using any trademarked names or logos. Robot designs themselves are not patented, it just wouldn't be cost-feasible to do so. Just look at how third-party Transformers toy manufacturers proceed, they understand the game too.
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    My dream is becoming reality!
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    Anyone notice how those horizontal slits near the top of Cherno's head look like eyes, the spotlights like a nose, and that lower horizontal/trapezoid shape like a mouth? I'm going to Kaiju hell and I don't care!
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    Chernobyl Alpha up for pre-order!! http://hlj.com/product/max01032/In_Soviet_Russia_robot_pilots_you
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    Very nice work so far, congratulations! I'm liking the mods a lot... Just hope that with the new extended tail that it'll still fit in the hangar!!
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    That timeless adage springs to mind: when a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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