Phyrox

Given my experiance with Japanese, this seems by far the most likely

I'd read that in a few places as well, but it just doesn't hold up to any real scrutiny. Germany had way too many factors running against it even by that time to have been able to turn it around with a great fighter jet. It maybe...maybe could have shut down U.S. daylight bombing. That isn't gonna win Germany the war. It isn't gonna stop the russian army advance...you couldn't produce enough to counter the soviet edge in numbers, and no local air superiority is going to stave off defeat on that kind of scale. It is a Romantic idea though...interesting to ponder I suppose.

You are wrong on a few points here: -The Jagdtiger itself was not a Main Battle Tank either (the term didn't exist then anyway). It was a tank destroyer. It did not fulfill the role that medium or heavy tanks would fill (or that the future MBTs would fill). It was closer to an assult gun in design philosophy than it was to a tank, so the IS-152 is certainly a valid comparisson. -Assult guns, while sometimes used as self-propelled artillery, are not quite in that category. They are designed to be used in assults as immediate support for the advancing infantry. Not distant fire support like SPA would be normally. -The Jagdtiger's gun was not "taken from the MAUS," as the gun (PAK 44) was developed prior to both vehicles as a stand alone AT gun, and was later adapted for the Jagdtiger and Maus (as the PAK 80). Again, this was not a development of the naval 5." Don't know where you are getting this from. -The Yamato class wasn't "last ditch," it was designed long before the war even broke out. Same for the Bismark class. And neither of those ships was "uber" powerful. The Yamato looks fantasic on paper, but with the lack of radar for search and FC knocks it down a few pegs. The Bismark doesn't even belong in this discussion (time, or capability wise). -The 262 counts, certainly. -The He-219, while beautiful, and a good plane. Is in no way an "uber" super weapon. It was a good, purpose-built nightfighter. Nothing more. I hate to say it (because the He-219 is one of my favorite planes), the the Mossie is better. -I assume you are joking about the Ohka as a "UBER" powerful superweapon. A rocket glide-bomb with very limited capability, and equally limited success. (similar verdict for the Mistel aircraft) The bottom line is, none of your cited examples are really incredibly powerful. The 262 being an exception. I could list weapon systems that came out late in wartime until I was blue in the face, but there are really very few that are, as you said, UBER powerful. And the few that are owe that not to the fact they were "last ditch, deperate efforts," but because of the timely emergence of new technology (electroboot, the turbojet, atomic power). But it's no skin off my back, just trying to impart some of the fruits of my studies.

neeeevermind. Not a fan of this desert/brown camo. The VF-4 would look hot in that jagged-edged two-tone grey scheme that some F-14s and F-4s were painted up in. In wavy brown camo though...I'm not diggin' it.

Last ditch weapons are rarely "UBER" powerful, however one quantifies "UBER." There are a few I can think of (V2, type XXI) but most are just bigger, or upgraded versions of earlier weapons, and don't represent anything incredibly more powerful than the earlier versions. The Jagdtiger had a great gun, and great armor...as a weapon system, it wasn't that great (see others' comments). Of all the "too little too late" weapons I can think of, I don't think any are as mind-blowingly over-the-top as this mech seems to be however. Also, I don't have my books with me, so I can't look up strange one-offs, but the 128 on the Jagdtiger is not the largest caliber gun carried by an armored vehicle (it wasn't a tank). The Soviets had the IS-152 and ISU-152, which were of course larger (not sure about weight of the gun though). This doesn't even count the 380mm rocket gun for the Sturmtiger. Additionally, the Jagdtiger's 128 was not a naval gun. Not in any way. It was specifically designed from the start as an anti-tank weapon (there were pre-existing naval guns of this caliber, but the PAK 80 wasn't based on them). This gun could probably lob a shell 20 kilometers or so, but that would be in an artillery role. The Jagdtiger wouldn't have had the gun traverse/elevation to get anywhere near that range. It wouldn't have been able to hit a tank at that range anyhow, or penetrate heavy armor. I don't think it is the scheme/color choice that is wrong with the image, it is the technique used to color it.

I thought I read an interview where they said the only "cheating" was in having things that normally can't fold, be folded away and stuff. Like having glass or sheetmetal fold in half to be tucked away behind something. I haven't heard or seen anything to indicate real mass shifting or "cheating" has occured...but admittedly I haven't been paying much attention.

I don't read fan mecha stats... but the coloring job on that picture could use major work

I think your memory is playing tricks on you.

I think the bedsheets are gonna be the least of someone's problems trying to use this to pick up chicks.

Anyone got any? The VF-3000 is a pretty cool mecha, but I've never seen anything but the line art (and the protos of the toy). Screenshots of it from M3 would be pretty cool, if anyones got some. Thanks.

Damn, beat me to it.

Amen to that. And now for something completely different: One photo that is beautiful for its composition, and one for its subject matter. I could look at that Ho IX photo all day.

It's engine nacelles are just too far apart. It always looks mistransformed. I'd take it over an SV-51, which only looks good in fighter, and then only from the side, but that isn't saying much. The VF-2SS has a mean battroid, but it doesn't get put together right in fighter. But that's not what this thread is for, so enough of that. And please, people; comments and questions. If you want to make a wish list, at least phrase it in the form of a question. Yamato will think that we are a bunch of 12 year olds. Either that, or Graham will just ignore us.

With TWO current threads about the SV-51 you needed to start a new thread...for this?

I second the question about the VF-4. I'd like to know why we won't get one. Is the engineering too hard (too much anime magic)? I like variety, and variety in paint color doesn't do it for me.

The only 1/100 monster (in either kit or toy) is the Konig Monster I believe. I have a recast of the 1/144 Monster, and it will require a good deal of cleanup. To be expected with a recast of a garage kit, but if you track one down, know what you're getting into (it's no Hasegawa). Monster kits/toys that I know about that are attainable: 1/240 diecast 1/200 imai 1/160 arii 1/144 resin

I know I got more enjoyment out of the material you created and posted all that time ago than I did watching that movie. It is a real shame this project is dead.

It isn't really much of a plot element at all. The shield's origin hardly played into the story at all. They may have had to change 2 lines of dialog...I imagine far more significant plot alterations will be found in these new movies.

I could be out of the loop, but I don't think either of those statements are true. Given the large numbers of prototypes for weapon systems that eventually become operational, extremely few have ever been in combat at the prototype stage. WWI aircraft and tanks hardly count, as they didn't really have "prototypes," at least not as we know them today. The Germans sent a few pre-production aircraft and tanks into real combat during the second world war, but that's about all I can think of.

Everyone is talking about the valk...but THIS is the real story. Do yourself a favor and pony up for some new specs, seriously.

Graham, who has Yamato contacts, has said that Yamato won't make a VF-4. I don't know why, but there it is. Also, Yamato are sticking with 1/60. The 1/48 VF-1 was a one-off, scale-wise. Why 1/60? I have no idea. If they did make a VF-4, it would be the first Yamato product I will buy new.

Who wore a mask in Zeta, or in 0080, or in Char's Counter Attack?

This bodes very poorly for the future of your comic I fear. Very poorly indeed.

What the hell does this have to do with a new Macross series? It's in English, so it can't be storyboards or pre-visualizations, and the "our hero wakes up in a strange hospital thinking of the girlfriend who died in the disaster that placed him there" smacks of fan-fiction.

This I seriously doubt