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  2. shazam
    Star Wars Ahsoka - 1:6 Shin Hati Blogger Photos
  3. Scyla
    The preorders for the Soul of Chogokin Shinkalion E5 Hayabusa are up for HLJ and Anime Export: HLJ (pay later: ¥36100): https://www.hlj.com/soul-of-chogokin-gx-115-shinkansen-transforming-robot-shinkalion-e5-hayabusa-banc675095 Anime Export (pay later: ¥38000, pay now: ¥34200): https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=92936 Amiami (pay later: ¥33440 preorder will go live on 06/03/25 11 AM JST): https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail?gcode=FIGURE-187211 Here is a preview by Wotafa: I wonder if they will do a red E6 Shinkansen based on this mold.
  4. pengbuzz
    Ah, I see. In that case: try rubbing the outside of the polycaps with #0000 grade steel wool. I used to have to do that for some of my Gundam models back in the day. That should dull them down and lighten them a little.
  5. GMK
    We’ve had cel/anime versions, now we have box art painted versions.
  6. David Hingtgen
    And I went ahead and ordered that combo---even though my board's 2nd pcie x16 slot is only PCIE 2.0 (vs the 1st slot being 3.0), and the adapter only uses x4 bandwidth---that should still be much faster than SATA. And when it someday gets moved to a new board with multiple M2 slots, then it'll be faster still. One of my credit cards is doing 5% back this quarter with Amazon, and Amazon is offering 1 month free trial of Prime again, so free next-day shipping plus 5% off. So went with them instead of BestBuy or Newegg etc. (yes, Newegg is a shell of its former self, but still better than Amazon much of the time IMHO for PC parts). Decided on another 990 Evo Plus, same as my (almost)new OS drive. Everywhere still seems to say it's just about best thing ever. ::edit:: Seriously, Best Buy dropped the price $10 within minutes of me ordering from Amazon? :[
  7. mikeszekely
    I'd say that's definitely the way to go. Not only could you mount it directly to a new mobo with more NVME slots, you could fill all the mobo's NVME slots and still stick the adapter into a free PCIe slot (which a future mobo will almost definitely have) and have even more NVME storage.
  8. mikeszekely
    No official word yet. I've heard June 10th (which would be like a Transformers Tuesday, maybe with a livestream?), but I've also seen June 11th and June 16th as potential dates from Entertainment Earth's cryptic clues on the drop zone calendar. Soon as I know something more definite I'll let you guys know.
  9. Negotiator
    When does Megatron go for PO everywhere else?
  10. Black Valkyrie
  11. shazam
  12. sh9000
    Silverbolt.
  13. sh9000
    Agreed.
  14. sh9000
    James Bond.
  15. Big s
    Maybe not too far, but it’s one of those things where the practice isn’t there. That may change though, but normally if we need the firepower of a manned aircraft, then we’d send a manned aircraft. With certain conflicts in other areas, it may be more practical to send an aircraft with other aircraft as escort, but the more things change, then it may end up with more complex dogfighting that might benefit from a launched drone to help out. But I still think that’s not something we’d see with the types of conflicts we’re seeing at the moment
  16. David Hingtgen
    Been looking at SSD's, and am currently thinking: The 2.5in SATA market is already almost dead, with few real options. The 870 Evo was the last new model Samsung made and that was years ago. I don't want to buy another again. The Crucial MX is sold out everywhere. WD is just rebranded Sandisk. So thinking----M2 nvme on a pcie adapter card. Then I can hopefully move it to my next new mobo (and mount it directly) whenever my big upgrade happens. Price-wise, M2+adapter is the same or cheaper than a 2.5in.
  17. Radioguy
    Wow. Wish HMR had that set.
  18. Thom
    Rest in Peace.
  19. Big s
    I think I just used a little pin vice hand drill and the smallest bit. Then just used some thin wire from bread wrap twit ties. The colors are actually fine, usually just the grey that’s already required, but the polycaps can be a bit shiny and any weathering can easily rub off along with top coats. I’ve seen some people having a bit of luck with vinyl paints and plastidip, but others that tried the same stuff without much luck
  20. Seto Kaiba
    Rudimentary flight control using dry electroencephalographic sensors is technically quite possible. There were a number of gimmicky children's toys based on the idea of using an EEG headset to control a simple motorized toy back in the 2000s.. Star Wars even got in on it in 2009 with a toy called the force trainer, which used an EEG headset to control the PWM of a fan that would levitate a plastic ball. The fad didn't last very long, in part due to those very basic sensors not being capable of complex control, but it's proof of concept at the very least. As in Macross, it would be an absolutely terrible way to try to control an aircraft. The YF-21 brain direct interface had realistically unforgiving design tolerances when it came to keeping the sensors aligned with the pilot's head. Even a few millimeters of slip in that sensor hood was enough to greatly reduce the system's accuracy. As such, the YF-21 ended up needing a pilot seat that almost totally immobilized the pilot to prevent that sensor hood from shifting. (This is why, in real EEG testing, they stick the sensors directly to your scalp with gel and even that encourage you not to move.) Supplemental technical publications also suggest that, in a realistic turn, the BDI system would also need hundreds of hours of training and data collection in order to build up a translation database to allow it to convert the pilot's brainwave data into usable machine instructions. Even then, a sharp shock or strong emotion may result in a loss of control over the system due to creating noise in the recorded brainwave, much like we see happen in the OVA. The system was ultimately much too finicky and unreliable to be practical in combat and was scrapped. Attitude control via wing warping is technology that goes all the way back to the earliest powered aircraft. The modern version of the concept is called the adaptive compliant wing. It's something the US was testing back in the mid '80s. Testing using a modified F-111 revealed that the concept has durability issues, and it is rather more expensive than conventional wing surfaces. Flaws that are echoed in the Macross universe's YF-21. There is an EU funded research group called flexop which is currently looking at ways to apply the technology to jet airliners as a way to save fuel through drag reduction.
  21. Big s
    There are already a lot of experiments with controlling aircraft without using arm and leg movements. Mostly eyes and temple attachments, but brainwave control might not be too far off either since they’re also doing experiments with brain chips, oddly a lot in paralysis treatment. Controlling simple functions like flaps and such might actually be easier than the stuff trying to get the upper spine to control lower leg nerves. as far as variable shape materials, they do exist, but I think it’s a long way from doing something as complex as the wings on the YF-21. But I will say that things are further along than I thought they’d be a couple decades ago. I just really haven’t seen many practical uses for these materials due to issues with durability and trying to get the materials to do more complex movements. Most at the moment are memory type materials that usually just flex from one shape back to the original form.
  22. pengbuzz
    A friend of mine used Rit DyeMore dye for synthetics to dye his polycaps a darker color. Maybe that would work?
  23. shazam
  24. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    Pic for attention... Did quite a bit since last post: Separate/exploded the heat shield windows for both the VF22S and Concept Canopies and adjusted the detailing. I was able to successfully emboss "NO STEP" and adjusted the sizing for "CANOPY KEEP CLEAN" (so it's more visible). No idea how the usual method eluded me the other week, lol... Worked on the bay doors (with a few cool/nice features), not sure if you can spot them from the pics... For the hell of it, I worked on open/grasping/grabby hands, fixed and jointed (at the wrist)... from scratch. Ah yea, I haven't mentioned this before everything has been modeled from reference pics, measuring and a bit of creative liberty, no 3D scans or AI involved. Printed all of the above in clear, clear black, blue (for the frames) and still going through the process of sanding/fitting things. I know the parts look very rough... they got a little mishandled during transport and the post cleaning process (I dropped stuff 😕). More pics:
  25. sh9000
    Iron Factory Stunticons.
  26. sh9000
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