Hiriyu

Good thread idea, A7. I am a confirmed and professional car whore . I really dug the Porshe exhibit this year - not only did I get to check out the GT, but they had a very nice '69ish 911T, a 550 Spyder and a 959 on display. Did you happen to see the silver Volvo S40 T5 Evolve during your stay at the show? I helped with a fair amount of its design and construction, mainly relating to suspension, brake, chassis and turbo integration.

Just a little bit of info... Prior to his death, in an interview DNA stated that the movie would cover the story in the first book only, and scolded the internet public for making up rumours that it would be a condensed account of the five book 'trilogy'. Also, he said that like all other incarnations of the Hitchhiker's Guide, the movie would be in direct contradiction to the earlier works. What the upshot of all of this is, is that we'll just have to wait and see the movie before making any judgement... Though in my experience, rarely does a film adaptation come close to the original work - I think King & Kubrick's original "The Shining" is a lonely example of good fidelity to the original.

Yeah, I've been eyeing that car in the showroom - I live around the corner and down Orange Grove from Rusnak. Pretty car, but I'd rather have an Elise

Another instance of photo theft from the Valkyrie Factory, this time on one of the small Gakken Mospeadas. Guy's item description states an outright lie about origin of the pics. Price is cheap, but beware, item for sale is not item pictured. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5947381747&rd=1

Wotta deal. I remember buying mine back in the 80's for about $6-7 each (that's about all they were worth too). Wish I still had them now though.

Hehehehehe.... Masterpiece indeed. Good one Anubis.

Well, lets see.... Sounds enticing... Nah, It's a chick ride. I only commute 30 miles, so folding to work is kind of overkill. Plus, I only have street parking outside my apartment building. Parallel parking's gotta be a bitch. This does appeal to me, and a GBP battroid would be great fun to have at work... but the damn thing won't fit into a drive-through and thus doesn't satisfy the "Lunch Run" requirement. Now if there's one thing that really bugs me, it's those guys who cruise around bumpin' their sound systems at obscenely loud levels. Natch. Won't work. I don't start thinking until at least 9:00 am and my second cup of coffee, so I'd never get to work. I probably wouldn't get home either, even if I did make it in. So, nope. I'll take my VF-1D (second seat comes in handy) in standard low-viz gray, Thank You. *edit: fixed beer-induced text

Even though I'm not a huge fan of Yamato's 1/48 line, I'd still buy at least one CF if they built it. Unfortunately, it seems the Low-Viz is as CF as it's gonna get.

One more tip for a great semi-modern jet fighting sim would be EF2000 v2.0 by DID (R.I.P. ). Great sim, but doesn't work well with current computer systems. Last time I tried to fire it up on my P4 Win2K rig, I experienced a total lack of aerodynamic modelling - planes couldn't take off from the ground, and fell like a brick if started in flight. Still, if you have an old Win98 machine sitting around, it is well worth the purchase or download (EF2000 is now abandonware, and can be dl'd from Home of the Underdogs free).

Ditto that, in it's entirety. The IL2 series is great.

Now thats just fruity This just made me cry. Sounds like a Sirius Cybernetics Corp tagline.... Marvin would be proud.

The Toynami stickers are nowhere near as abysmal as those supplied with Yamato product - they are much thinner in comparison and will apply a bit flatter, and have less untrimmed excess. However, they do still have a little too much extra trim for my tastes. I usually use an exacto to reduce the border trim, and then use a plastic squeegee to help flatten them out and press them into the panel lines. Still nowhere as good as decals, but hey, these are Toynamis we're talking about .

Si, Senor Lucky. Tequila? What's that? Is it like beer?

I just received my Rook today (#00971) and have not noted any issues with it yet, with the possible exception of tailfins that don't seem to want to stay 'canted out' in fighter mode as easily as they do on my Bernard model. Anyone else notice this?

Hehe, cool. Be careful using the helmet if it had a previous impact - the shell/liners are only designed to take one blow, and that helmet might not help you when you need it.

Chowser, Thanks for the picture. About the rear landing gear, you need to push them all the way forward, 'til the white triangular strut makes contact with the leg/fuselage. The landing gear are still marginal, but it'll help.

That one is not in Perfect Memory or TIAS 3 or 11. Almost looks fan-made to me, but a neat variant nonetheless. Any guesses as to what the pod under the front fuselage is? FLIR?

Yup, Steam bites the big one. Took an hour and a half for installation/authentication/unlock for the standard retail version. I can appreciate being concerned about piracy, but this is just the dog's biscuits. As for the game itself, so far... Meh. I was much more impressed on the whole by Far Cry when it came out.

No, Max is wondering why there are 2 different PCs, not pics. Killed that joke

Yup. Remove the hex screw covers on the legs, and tighten the screws. Done.

Wow. I'm not into Gundam, but very nice work. Most impressive.

I know that the subject of this thread is totally wishful thinking/fanaticism, but people would honestly be concerned about diecast paint chipping... On a DESTROID? LOLOL.

Almost looks like a Megazone 23 mech...

Hey Major, I appreciate your posting of updates here - glad to hear that development is coming along well. I can't wait for the new mod, but I guess I'll just have to content myself with the first mod for a little while longer. Keep the info coming!

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