Phyrox

Give this Shaloom guy time...it takes a while to fabricate faux covers of 20 year-old art books and create type-set kanji for semi-official novels, not to mention the trip to kinkos to get them all scanned.

Am I right in remembering that MP starscream was in the 1/70-ish scale range? If so, could someone who has both SS and the RotF Ransack post a few pictures of them side by side? I like stuff to be in scale, and this might be an excuse to pick up a cheap MP seeker to go with the badass little Albatros.

I don't think anyone used Albatros scouts for cropdusting. Also, it has little to do with a P-51, aside from the fact that both use liquid-cooled, inline piston engines.

I don't think Northrup-Grumman were responsible for the A-12, so I don't see why they'd owe the government anything.

Yeah, similar to that one. I don't recognize those exact markings, but I'm no expert on his airplane's markings, especially for any D.V he may have flown.

He achieved most of his kills in an Albaross, which Ransack is a rendition of.

Hmm...if they release this in G1 colors, it'll be a "maybe buy" for me. I don't like all the clashing colors on this version, but I do like the general look (except for the face). I also find the disparity between the quality of the transformations of some of the indivudual bots to be...humerous.

it's nice...but where's the ordnance? It looks really naked without the rocket pods.

I don't really read much sci-fi, so don't think I can help there, but on that advert, you gotta clear up the light pixels around the distant ship and the spiral. The ones that come from copying something from a light background and pasting it onto a dark one. That looks sorta dodgy and although says nothing about the quality of the writing or story, people might take the slapdash nature of that presentation as indicative of the larger work. Some of the same issues on the site. Good luck.

The engine too. Looks like a kitbash with a 1/48 light fighter rear fuselage and a 1/72 air superiority-type forward fuselage.

I interesting, I was about to marvel at how ugly it is. I like the splayed ventral fins and the bulge that passes for an intake spike of sorts...but everything else? ugly.

Actually, you can. I always thought the primary difference between sci-fi and outright fantasy is that in science fiction, you susspend disbelief on just one or two points and let "science/reality" fill in the rest. So in Macross you get giant humanoid aliens and overtechnolgy, and the rest should really be sensible. Which, for the most part it is. And when it isn't, I see no reason not to compain. I mean, I personally don't complain, but I'm not usually hardcore like that. But I certainly understand why others do. Internal consistency + general adherence to reality (with the exception of one or two fantastic elements) = good sci-fi.

That's it. No need to think about it any further. However, I will add that "semi-submersible" usually refers to a vessel which can operate mostly underwater, but with at least some portion remaining awash (just above the waterline). In the Prometheus' case, this might prove useful in drastically reducing the radar and IR signature of the carrier in situations where it might find stealth of more use than the use of its air arm. Also, aircraft carrying submarines date from before the Japanese designs of the second world war (although the IJN did run with the idea further than anyone else had). The USN, coincidentally, tossed around design studies of a submarine amphibious assault transport as well, so the Daedalus is design is, well...still really unrealistic edit: Mr. MArsh, semi-submersible doesn't just mean "it's a boat." It does really mean something unique, in naval terms. Several early submarines were actually only semi-submersibles, as well as the small craft used by the Confederates in the U.S. Civil War. I think most were, it's been some time since I read up on the Davids and Hunley designs. I know the David's were, but possibly there was something which could operate fully submerged for a time? I'd have to look it up, and I don't care to. But yeah, he's half right about semi-submersible meaning something, is all I'm about here.

Air combat isn't anime...any one good pilot can beat any other good pilot, regardless of aircraft. Any number of tactical factors go into deciding an air combat that cannot be manufactured. Of course, the F-22 gives its pilot some huge advantages, but it's obviously not unimaginable that one would get shot down by a "lesser" aircraft.

I meant if you rotated the lower arm at the elbow joint until the guns were pointing straight up, I think the hands on the back ends of the guns would be in a usable position.

I'd assume you just rotate the guns to point straight up, and there you go.

Nah, it's just a few small waves. Things are smoother now than they've been in a while (see Agent One's post above). But when a place runs so smoothly most of the time, even the ripples are annoying.

MW runs just fine. Much better than nearly any other forum I visit/lurk. Which is why I've been here so long. Since I only hear the same half-dozen or so members bitching, I tend to think it's not really the mods who need readjusting. I don't have a problem with those who call for a change, I just disagree with 'em. Once again, keep up the good, largely invisible work, MW mods.

Yah, good photo, just wish it wasn't such a boring looking plane. Oh, I gotta a question for fellow aviation historians and/or model builders: about ten years ago IPMS-France published a book in english and french on the Breguet 693. I've been looking everywhere for it, anyone have any idea where one might search for such a limited production/obscure book?

Hmm, because he was already perma banned? The mods don't just hand those things out, you gotta earn 'em. Banning wouldn't really mean anything if, like you suggest, it didn't mean anything. As to why this thread is still open, I would imagine it's because the mods realize that clamping down on anything controversial is pretty poor form, and giving MWers a place to talk about this sorta stuff is good. I'd wager no mods really care enough about Ryno to let this threat exist merely to allow strangers to "call him out," or whatever. This thread is about openness, not Ryno.

The fact that in the very next sentenceleaves out a necessary article (either "a" or "the") makes me doubt the difinitiveness of "a Char," and what it implies.

There were FFS toys if I remember correctly. I never had any, so I can't say anything about quality, etc., but they did exist. http://www.hlj.com/hljlist2/?MacroType=Act...p;GenreCode=Sci

Well, none of the macross that's come out since...Plus has been good enough to make me a long term fan like the original series and DYRL did. So I guess they can continue to put out mediocre stuff until the end of time. The stuff I am really into with Macross hasn't really been added to in a long while anyway.

From my experiance, the majority of individuals I have talked to who think of China as a possible military threat only seem to do so to justify their own belief that the US should continue to spend so much money on building up its military. I don't think most educated Americans are afraid of China, or see China as representing a military threat to the West. It's going to be a powerful economic and social mover and shaker, that's obvious...maybe it'll eclipse the USA the way we eclipsed the UK, but I think (or rather hope) that this impression of yours is colored by the type of forums you've been reading, rather than general sentiment. Although people (Americans and otherwise) tend to be stupid, and will fear anyone if you give them an excuse. All that said, I will return to the aircraft discussion with this unorthodox statement: coolest interwar attack aircraft: Curtiss A-8/A-12

- USAF PaveHawks have visible equipment that those don't have. Plus the USAF doesn't fly medical blackhawks. So...that's that. - Those UH-1s don't have US Aifrorce roundels. There is no such things. They have "high-vis" markings, but that is what US aircraft of any service wear if otherwise non-camoflaged. It says "Army" and has markings consistant with Army usage, I'd say that unless there is something tricky going on, it is what it appears to be.