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See there's another one! 1/32nd is normally for big aircraft and some older American armor models. 1/35th is for armor with some aircraft too. You're both right! Our hobby has more scales than the fish in the ocean! -MT

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Generally, "Imperial" scales are aircraft. "Metric" are ships and tanks.

Cars are both, with the ever-confusing 1/24 and 1/25 being among the most popular.

Note: A good number of older Japanese kits are "metric" versions of "imperial" scales. 1/72 F8 Crusader seems a bit off? Because it's really 1/70. You'll also find 1/100 for 1/96, and 1/150 for 1/144.

IIRC, a lot of Japanese N-scale trains are 1/150 instead of the proper 1/160.

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IIRC, a lot of Japanese N-scale trains are 1/150 instead of the proper 1/160.

That's for a legitimate reason though. Japanese trains run on a narrower gauge than U.S. prototypes, so in order to operate on the same N scale track, the Japanese model trains have to be slightly larger so they're the correct scale relative to the track gauge.

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While I like to stick to a few scales across genres, I'm pretty forgiving of slight variations. For me, 1/4222 is close enough to 1/4150 & 1/4000. So I'm ok putting my Star Destroyer, a Galactica & th Macross next to each other & calling it a day.

1/150 & 1/144? Ok, 1/82 & HO? A bit of a stretch, but workable in some cases. Between animation errors, mid-scaled shots & the fictional nature of the subjects I'm interested in, I'm not too picky. As long as it's close...

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HO/OO 1/72,1/76, 1/87 and 20mm wargaming scale, roughly considered around 1/72 scale... yeah right!

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Crap...did I just miss it?

No. 8:00 PM Japanese time tonight (in a little over 2 hours).

Tonight's topic is TomyTec.

And I'll be missing this one, too. Come on guys, stop holding these on the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. I gotta Zumba at that time!!

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tochiro did! Or i would say there are screen caps from his twitter feed! B))

https://twitter.com/GwynCampbell/status/710802921068232704

https://twitter.com/GwynCampbell/status/710803323629142016

https://twitter.com/GwynCampbell/status/710803826807181313

Those that got me excited....Grunt turning out to be my fav! looks sick!

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Dat underside!

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And finally this...

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tochiro did! Or i would say there are screen caps from his twitter feed! B))

https://twitter.com/GwynCampbell/status/710802921068232704

https://twitter.com/GwynCampbell/status/710803323629142016

https://twitter.com/GwynCampbell/status/710803826807181313

Those that got me excited....Grunt turning out to be my fav! looks sick!

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Dat underside!

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And finally this...

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LOL, already asked him ^_^

Actually I should clarify.... I'm looking for the videos.

This must go into my macross video stash.

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how the hell can they get this so right yet Paladium Games are right royally screwing up Robo"We dont speak that name around here" Tactics and their horrible figures!?!

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Courtesy of Tochiro in exile.

"Over 500 fans tuned in tonight's for episode 3 of Macross Modellers. This episode focused on Tomytec and their upcoming 1:144 line. VF-1S & VF-1J due in June. Come with sticker set that can be used in dioramas. Optional LED and sound parts. VF-31 in development."

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If I smoked pot I would have thought I was having flashbacks watching that video!

OK, back on target... Those Tomy Tec vaks look awesome! They must be well tampo-painted like the 1/200th diecast planes I have. You can actually read some of the "do not step" markings! Opening canopy-COOL! I don't really do 1/144th, but I'm tempted to get one for my son and I. Of course the lights and sounds are cool too!

I've gotta get me one of those Macross aprons for the shop! :lol: - MT

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Did the 31s just turned black? :huh: Wow looks quite nicely painted ......and finally an actual pic of 31 battroid with those pod/charger...not too sure i like it tho, it looks cramped just behind his head....

It's a Bandai transformable Macross kit, so I know I'm not going to like it. I'm going to hold out for a few years for the hopeful Hasegawa release.

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I don't think th gunpod sound as ring tone would be a good idea, unless you don't like people getting too close they will think you had the most epic of epic burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrritos for lunch.

I've had it about 4 months. One version for texts and an different version for calls

Works fine

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Dude... it's coming out in 3 months... I totally want to buy a few because the models always are fun to build, even the crappy VF-25's.

But...but.. I Have a HUUUUUGE backlog of hasegawas I need to build...my last trip to japan didn't help... at all, as evidenced in the below pic -_-

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