mechaninac
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Thank you, Obrigado, Arigatō, Gracias, Grazie, Danke, Spasibo ; snagged one at playasia for just under $96.00 shipped... BBTS is asking far too much, and with Bill-Me-Later I can delay payment until I get the figure, which almost makes up for the fact that they require payment upfront if paying with Paypal.
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Where?
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Doesn't seem like it. Does it look like the image below when you install it? Edit: If you'd like, send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you the install exe.
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There is also a little program, from the defunct X Dimension Software, called 3D Exploration 1.11 BETA that can import and convert from-to many different mesh file formats, including MD3, and it exports to STL directly. This little gem from 1999 works great and will save the frustration of going through Blender; it must be noted that depending on the source file, some triangles may end up being omitted or get their normals flipped, but nothing that can't be easily healed in the prep software. Edit: For anyone who may be interested, the installation file is called 3DEXPLOR.EXE, and it's only 1196 KB... the whole installed application is only 2.03 KB and runs flawlessly in Win7 64 bit. If the mods permit it, and only if the mods permit it, I can upload it here.
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Now that I can skip without even an iota of regret.
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A cylinder has two measurements: diameter or radius (D = 2*R) and height/length. If you're not referring to how tall or long the cylinder is, then you're talking about the diameter/radius. In drafting, when you dimension a cylinder's top/plan view (all you see is a circle) you represent it with a standard diameter dimension: single arrow pointing to the center of the circle and a leader line with the measurement number having a Ø before it for diameter or a R for radius, double arrows pointing outwards from the center with the number (with a preceding Ø) between the arrows or outside the circle with a leader line; when dimensioning from a front/side (elevation) view, you show dimension lines on what looks like a rectangle measuring from parallel lines to denote height and diameter (see images bellow). Therefore, if I understood your question, the diameter and the width are the same thing. As for Sketchup... no idea.
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When using true CAD software, if you create a model of a 10" cube, it will export as a 10" cube STL file; this is not always true with non-CAD modeling software... you could end up with a STL file that translates into a 10 cm cube, of a 10 km cube, but it will be 10 dimensional units in width, length and depth, so that scaling is a simple decimal multiplier. I work with 3DLightyear for SLA and CatalystEX for Stratasys' Dimension 1200es FDM 3D printer, and both apps import STL files in their exported scales, but will either convert automatically (Catalyst), or allow for easy unit conversion (Lightyear) of in-to-mm and vice versa, and both allow for custom scaling at the preparation software stage, before supports are added (Ex.: You model a figure at 1/18 scale and after exporting to STL you decide you'd like a 1/35 version of it; all you need to do is scale the model either by a decimal multiplier or a percentage, depending on the prep software you're using... all it takes is a little math to get from the overall height you have to the overall height you want.
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I only got one at N-Y's original 17K yen price and I feel the same way... could've save $50+ if I'd waited. Live and learn.
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The Kobus are from Sakura Wars (Sakura Taisen): info. The TV show and OVAs are kind of forgettable, but the Steam Punk battle suits (somewhere in size between Maschinen Krieger, DORVACK and VOTOMS are great designs.
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CA glue will not melt plastic, but it will make it brittle to the point of disintegration if you use an accelerator (effects vary depending on the particular styrene blend being bonded), or rather too much accelerator... found that the hard way. On the plus side, super glue is excellent for adding strength to bonded joints; so long as the surfaces where the super glue, and just a little accelerator, is used are not visible.
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Well, the G was released not that long ago, so you'll have to wait a while for the release of the F reissue and an announcement and release of the S reissue, before the G gets its turn for a second go-around.
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Those Kobus are pretty neat; although I could care less for the pink one, the others are worth my consideration. The 1/8 Yamamoto figure from 2199 keeps looking better and better... still kicking myself for not preordering Yuki when I had the chance, but the next two shown look like easy passes for me. And that HAW206 tank from GITS... must... have! Is it a kit or a pre-finished figure/toy? Thanks for posting the video.
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Just an ensemble shot, or your second option... it is Bandai, after all.
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Couldn't resist this little witch...
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
mechaninac replied to areaseven's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
As much of a "snooze fest" the last one was, I actually found On Stranger Tides far more enjoyable than the train wreck that was At World's End. The first is still the best, the second was mediocre at best, the third is nigh unwatchable, and the fourth is passable -- not great, but not horrible either. Here's hoping the fifth installment will come close to capturing the quality of the first one... and they better have Barbosa in this new romp; excluding Sparrow, he's the most entertaining character of the franchise. -
They were sold, I'm sure; but whether to some other toy company (opening the possibility for a future re-pop under a new brand, at least in Japan) or for scrap, I have no idea.
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Now, here's something that I completely missed: Mega House is reissuing the 1/8 Yamato Girls Collection PVC Yuki Mori yellow jumpsuit version figure for an August release; preorders went up and sold out everywhere already... Getting this figure at retail or less is like trying to get a Bandai Macross Frontier DX at MSRP... crazy!
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Much like Germany's DKM Bismarck and DKM Tirpitz were for the British Navy during WWII, IJN Yamato and IJN Musashi were "must sink" targets for the American Navy, no effort was spared and in the end, much like the aforementioned Kriegsmarine ships, both were sunk. Regardless of the name's interchangeability with "Japan", when Space Battleship Yamato was dubbed into English and other Western languages, the name of the ship was changed to Argo, although Cpt. Avatar (Okita) does mention that the ship was originally the Yamato Dreadnaught before the rechristening, and the show's name changed to Star Blazers (Star Patrol -- Patrulha Estrelar -- in Portuguese... which sounds far dumber than the English moniker) in order to be more palatable to an American audience from the late 1970s, because, even ~ 30 years removed from the war, there was still a significant amount of negative connotation to anything "Japanese". Today, however, I don't see any "real" reason why 2199 couldn't be sold to US audiences with its original show and character names: most, if not all, of the war baggage is gone; heck, most 20 something and younger people don't even know who the opposing forces were, what roles they played, how they were allied, etc... a very sad statement to be sure, but it makes the rebranding unnecessary. The only reason to rename the new show to Star Blazers 2199, and by extension reusing all the old English names, is to give it a sense of brand continuity with the old show... more a property rights issue than anything else. Personally, I don't care either way. It's a foregone conclusion that the DVDs and BDs will include both original and dubbed tracks; so other than some possible changes in media case graphics and the show's name, the video content should be the same as the Japanese original, and at a much better price point. However, if any editing for content is performed, as was done with the old show, then we have a problem.
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Has Bean Bandit's (Riding Bean) super GT ever been released in kit or diecast form in any scale?... that one is rather Iconic. And from the same Manga/Anime there is the 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500 (also in Gunsmith Cats). BTW, love the Renault Alpine... lovely lines.
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+1
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This is sooo too late, or too early, for an April Fool's prank...
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I don't regret any of my Yamato related " Macross Panic 2013 ™ " purchases seeing as everything I got were bought at as much as 50%+ off MSRP: VF-19S and VF-17S off HKC, and a VF-1A CF TV edition from Ebay. The one I regret buying at the time I did is Bandai's VF-171 CF at N-Y's 17000 Yen preorder rate since they're now selling the darned thing for 15K, and with a better Dollar-Yen exchange rate to add insult to injury... could've saved myself around $40 if I had just waited, but I already have it, so bellyaching about it is moot.
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Yamato released the VF-11B from M+ twice, first with and then without the rainbow tinted canopy, then there is the VF-11C from M7.
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Aircraft Super Thread Mk.VII
mechaninac replied to David Hingtgen's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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True enough. I'd like to get one, but not enough to pay scalper rates, specially after getting shot dowh at Hobbysearch and HLJ on the night the preorders went up; got all the way to adding to cart and going through checkout, only to have the rug pulled from under my feet both times. I'm still PO'd enough at that fiasco that I will not reward that kind of crap with my money. Also, there is always the possibility that Grace's unit will be released later...
