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  2. Old_Nash_II
    Wind Breaker Teaser and promocional poster
  3. mikeszekely
    I was compiling a list of cars I wanted to check out with her when the lease was originally up next summer, and the Lyriq was on my shortlist. I haven't looked at the Optiq yet. What's attracting me to the iX though are the number of people who are saying how reliable it's been. Seriously, the only complaints I'm hearing (aside from the exterior aesthetics) is that the public charging speeds are a little slower than the competitors (something I think they addressed for the 2025 model?), but we charge at home so it's kind of irrelevant to us. One thing to note, I'm mostly shopping used. Over the last few years a TON of EVs were leased out on a mix of manufacturers running some crazy lease deals and dealerships pushing them for tax credits, so the used market is full of 1-3 year old cars with relatively low mileage going for like half the price of a new one. There's a dealership nearby with a CPO '22 iX xdrive50 with around 25k miles for $48k. Closest CPO Lyriq is 170 miles away (though, if I don't care so much about CPO, Carvana's got some of both). So here's a story... I was driving with my wife, my kid, and my parents in the EV9. The road curves toward a light, and I was stopped in the left lane because I was planning to drive straight through but turn left at the following light. The light turned green, and I start going forward... as does the traffic in the right lane. Because of the curve, I guess, the Kia thought the car behind us to the right, despite not leaving its lane, was coming at us. And whatever smart features Kia baked in decided to drive to avoid the accident by steering itself into the turning lane. It was thankfully empty, otherwise the car would have jerked control from me and caused an accident to avoid an accident that wasn't going to happen in the first place. So, yeah, our Know It All could have left us K.I.A. (I leave those "safety" features alone in my wife's car, but I turned off everything but the parking sensors in the Porsche.)
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  5. MechTech
    @SteveTheFish That's sad. Marking down for "not weathered enough" is not cool. That choice is up to the modeller. That can also be fixed by noting what you did on the judging sheet and why. A lot of people don't know that they SHOULD make special notes. The last contest I judged, someone did some Gundams with a wood finish to them. We didn't mark them down because that's not what a Gundam looks like, but the wood effect was very bad. Like @woodsider said, things are changing A LOT! VERY rarely are models made out of wood anymore. They are now plastic. That's a paradigm shift. Sci-fi becoming VERY popular is the latest shift. Allowing 3D printed models in Gundam competitions is the next one. 😉 @pengbuzz Judges Pengbuzz's model and notes, "Left masking tape on model." 🤣 - MT
  6. JNordgren42 started following 1/48 Hasegawa VF-1S "What If?" US Navy VF-84 Jolly Rogers Low Viz and Build 1 VF-1, You've Built 5000 - A 1/48 Hasegawa VF-1A Valkyrie [5Grand Anniversary] Build!
  7. JNordgren42
    Looking amazing! I'm a strong proponent of painting as much of the markings on an aircraft as possible.
  8. JNordgren42
    Hi All! I'm new to the forum, I've been into Macross and Robotech since I was a kid in the 80's. I started building models again during the pandemic and I started my first Macross project at the beginning of the year. I'm building a custom 1/48 Hasegawa VF-1S in a "What If?" US Navy Jolly Rogers low viz paint scheme. I added elements from both the Hasegawa and Jasmodel PE sets, as well as some custom details from my parts box, most notably the chin sensor from a 1/72 Academy F-14A to replace the stock gun pod sensor. I also added custom hydraulic line details to the landing gear and gear bays with wire strands, as well as sanding down the edges of the landing gear doors to get a better scale appearance. I used a combination of 1/72 F-14 decals for the squadron markings since they fit the small size of the Valkyrie better, 1/48 F-14 data stencils for most of the other markings, and a few select stock kit decals. I tried a multi-layer acrylic ink patina technique for the primary painting and weathering, which is supplemented by a grimy enamel wash, and oil paint weathering. I'm almost to the finish line, I just have a bunch of small details, and the oil weathering to complete before final assembly. Current state of the build. Legs, wings, head, and landing gear are not glued in yet. Custom sensor mechanics for the head built out of spare PE parts. It will be complete impossible to see once assembled. 😅 Cockpit. I haven't decided if I will use the kit pilot, an aftermarket pilot (I'm leaning towards using a resin F-35 pilot since the helmet looks pretty futuristic but still grounded in reality), or leaving it empty. I'll add PE belts if I leave it empty. I went my own way with the exhaust nozzles, I used the F-22 nozzles as inspiration and added both Hasegawa and Jasmodel PE to the interior along with some custom scribing on the exterior for more detail and to break up the shapes. The wheels got some sanding and scribing to add tread ridges. Sanding and cleanup on the landing gear door edges to make them look more in scale. The left one has been done and the right one is still stock. More cleanup on the main gear doors. Left one is stock and the right one has been modified. The curves were a pain to do, but worth it. Finished gun pod. This was my first go at oil weathering and I think it came out great. I also had an extra set of the Jolly Rogers Vagabond stripes on the decal sheet so I added them to the gun for some interest. I've seen one Tomcat where they did the stripes on the fuel tanks and like the look. You can also see the sensor from the F-14 instead of the stock sensor bump. I sanded off the hydraulic lines on the landing gear struts and added them back in with wire. I also hollowed out the pivot braces for a more realistic look. I added some hydraulic lines to the wheel wells. I didn't go too crazy since it's extremely fiddly and time consuming, but another little detail that's worth it IMO. Painted nose and main gear struts: Painted main gear doors with red caution edging: Close up of the nose gear with the wheels on. It's really starting to look great at this point. Leg light/sensor packs filled with clear UV resin. I still need to paint them with transparent red and blue. Aux head sensor filled with resin and tinted red. Resin lens for the gun pod. I'm using the DYRL canopy so I had to scrape, sand, and polish the seam down. I also used the Jasmodel interior PE canopy frames.
  9. Papa Rat
    Hahahaha
  10. pengbuzz
    Understood; I feel the same way about my work, I just don't like it being judged by folks whose criteria is so esoteric that it was formed back when you had to make your own models out of stones and sticks!
  11. pengbuzz
    Fair enough. I have yet to see Rebuild (and am not interested really); I just know that from what I saw of this one, it was just plain disappointing.
  12. Papa Rat
    I’d still like to have the experience of the model show at least once since I’m so curious about it. At the end of the day building is for me since it’s fun, personal and challenging. It’s not to be better than someone else. I like the idea of sharing the work I do/have done with others who are interested. 😊
  13. F-ZeroOne
    I mean, considering who hes named after... 😅
  14. pengbuzz
    This is one reason why I don't enter contests or shows: too many "judges" I feel are so stodgy or set in their ways that their criteria for decisions is way off, They'd utterly hate how much masking tape I use on my stuff.
  15. TangledThorns
    So in other words... exactly what we expected!!
  16. VF25-F
    Macross F Final - some theathers in Hong Kong, Korea amd Taiwan can catch the concert. Maybe there's internet viewing soon, https://liveviewing.jp/overseas/macrossf-final2025-eng/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLA-2VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE3YXN4ak1DOEhaT1pZcFlVAR64JJ_C5UNL_c_ax0ILhuQi3lb2QvD-bphschYrUxxJdu-nt4pLJ0o1Y9uyOQ_aem_ICbYPGCXpF7YTUjPrjh_Tg
  17. Thom
    According to the press release, the film has been described by those who have not yet read the script as "A Non-Prequel Non-Reboot Sequel Part Two but with Reboot Elements Franchise Expansion Film".
  18. Big s
    Yeah, I’m worried that it might act like it knows everything and all the great shortcuts, but we end up lost and it gets dark and we don’t see that cliff and then we get listed as K.I.A., and then the worst part is that everyone blames me when we all know it was Kia’s fault
  19. Test_Pilot_2
    This experience and many others like it are why I'm debating parting with my EV6 GT and moving to either a Cadillac Lyriq or Optiq... Lyriq already has a V and the Optiq V is around the corner. If you haven't checked those out they're worth a look. Edit* which reminds me, the local Cadillac dealer reached out to me about a special going through end of June, I think. Timing doesn't work for me, but it's there.
  20. TangledThorns
    KIA = Know It All? lol
  21. Big s
    Not saying Kia makes a bad car or anything, just that I’ve stayed away from them due to the KIA acronym due to unfounded superstition
  22. TangledThorns
    Sucks about your wife's Kia. I was looking at a Kia Seltos but holding off as my current dadmobile (2013 Nissan Juke) with 103K miles is still working fine. BMW and Audi EVs are popular in my area but nowhere near as popular as Tesla still. Rivian R1S perhaps? Agree that BMW's EVs are ugly too, lol. Check out Reddit for more personal reviews on cars.
  23. shazam
    Getting back to the Barbie Doll reference, the Barbie She-Ra figure that was priced at $55 US sold out in 10 minutes and now scalpers are selling the figure for more than double the price. Crazy.🤑
  24. Black Valkyrie
    I am glad you liked it, regarding to this subject I don`t thing I`ll be getting the up coming VF-19 Prime cuz how it looks under the fighter alt mode.
  25. Big s
    If you’re talking about I do think it would be hilarious if we were all thinking this was connecting the G quuuuuux universe to the og one, but instead it was just a gateway to the build divers or something equally as silly.
  26. Seto Kaiba
    In fairness, I'd still call Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX substantially more watchable than any of the Rebuild of Evangelion movies. GQuuuuuuX's main problem is that it has a potentially interesting premise that it just fails to deliver on. The series never takes the time to explore and do proper worldbuilding in its Alternate UC setting, several potentially interesting plot threads are teased and never explored or touched on in only the most cursory way, and the main characters aren't engaged in the main story in a meaningful capacity. These problems are all eminently fixable with a capable writer. The Big Reveal at the end of the most recent episode should be a Big Deal if properly foreshadowed... but it wasn't, so it just feels like an Arse Pull. At times, it's hard to believe the series was in development for over five years when the result is this messy and unpolished. Rebuild's main problem, by contrast, is its own pretentiousness. It's tries so hard to pretend that the original was doing something deep and complex and artsy not just parodying the many cliches of 90's mecha anime. They spent the better part of the last episode dumping dustbins worth of exposition on us. There's not much more they can usefully exposit on at this point without distracting from resolving the main plot.
  27. sh9000
    No I posted the preorder dates earlier and Shuma-Gorath (Gargantos) was today. Juggernaut goes up on 6/26 and most likely will be the same price.
  28. sh9000
    Spider-Man '94.
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