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  2. pengbuzz
    Lol yeah; this prevented me from doing much the past 2 weeks (other than cursing out the oil fryer). Too bad there wasn't an option to make it extendable. That being said: I usually make my own stands out of a block or plate of wood (old wooden cigar boxes work well for this, as do wood pieces from Hobby Lobby) and some heavy aluminum rods (old political signs work well for this, as they have heavy "wire" frames that pull out of them. I simply paint the stand black and this hides the metal post. I think that might give you the height you need to mount your model. On another note: I was considering something like this, but money is an issue for me. I would like perhaps a regular airbrush compressor (I like doing airbrush stuff but the air cans get expensive!), as I miss being able to do custom colors, weathering and whatnot. But it looks like a decent one is going to be outside of what I can afford (40-50 dollars max here; even models are becoming a problem for me to buy, (thanks to inflation!). Suggestions, folks?
  3. guyxxed
    Fully agree, Kawamori's creativity and variety has kept me here for...well, more years than I care to think about. 😉 Your reasoning makes good sense, though I'm not sure the designs actually reflect their intended use so much as whatever cool idea they had at the moment. For all my nit picking, I won't argue that they're all very cool. Tangent: went to the aviation museum today to see an actual Corsair (along with a bunch of other very cool ladies). My color picks weren't too far off, though as PBS might note, no giant red highlights! 😁 (One very cool note, this is a working museum. All of these planes are operational and flown regularly, even the DeHaviland. They just obtained a C-46 and have just started restoring it, very neat to see).
  4. 505thAirborne
    Since it will be a good year until season 5 of THE BEAR, we stretched it out and finally finished season 4 last night. I loved everything about this season; the Wedding episode was top tier, and the acting & script did not disappoint IMO throughout the season. But of the all the scenes that brought a tear to my eye for sure, and I swear I even clapped, was when Carmy was in his old room and you could clearly see a copy of Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain on his nightstand... pure perfection.
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  6. Hikaru Ichijo SL
    Marin in My dress up darling is really smitten. I wish we knew what Gojo thought about Marin.
  7. pengbuzz
    The top of the thigh is diecast (rotational joint at the top), while the remainder is plastic; that said, the rest of the thigh is two pieces that screw together, so it's not the one-piece of the original G1. Here's a pic: And then while putting it back, I found out that I was completely wrong about the overtravel and flexing forward: At first I thought "$#1T, I broke it!!", until I realized it wasn't flopping or wobbling around. With this in mind, there's also the front of the knee, which is indeed a plastic plate that's stationary (inset for engraved "decal) that could well be modified to hinge forward and allow more forward motion on the knee if they chose. It wouldn't be unreasonable, given that they also modified the back of the calf/ lower leg on ML:UM. I would like to see someone do a third party back cover for the figure though, to cover over at least the cab. We'll have to see.
  8. Papa Rat
    😂 wow but seriously it’s looking way better.
  9. Papa Rat
    Thanks so much! There are two options when building and installing the lower radar. One allows for clearance while on the ground while the other is in a lower position “extended” which dips down below the level of the wheels. I prefer the later version with it extended so I need to get it off the ground.
  10. pengbuzz
    Are you telling me Xenomorphs are blue-collar?
  11. pengbuzz
    Well, progress on my latest project: The first is when I first burned my arm; the second is a few minutes ago. I guess I got the "mottling" down... just needs decals and some dullcote.
  12. sh9000
    This is the best reproduction of the dynamic pose. I am also interested in the kit.
  13. Seto Kaiba
    NGL, the more I think about it the more I think Guy Fieri over Gordon Ramsay for that... After all, the Xenomorph isn't usually found dining on fresh high-quality white collar executives in a posh and spotlessly clean establishment. It's frequenting the grungy, grimy, hasn't-seen-a-mop-and-bucket-in-living-memory working spaceships and factories and enthusiastically consuming a diet of cheap, greasy, frozen-and-reheated blue collar working stiffs. Alien movies from the creature's perspective aren't Master Chef or even Kitchen Nightmares... it's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. 😆
  14. Big s
    There’s actually been a couple of bands that came up recently that people supported and bought albums from that turned out to be just ai. It’s getting really sneaky these days and definitely harder to tell the fakes on certain ones versus images and videos that are still rough. But pretty soon, I’d expect to see some videos that will be very convincing
  15. Mog
    Yeah, I saw someone utilizing ChatGPT to create a few songs about some folks/buddies, using just a handful of descriptions and a song genre suggestion. Kinda crazy how quickly it came up with something. And three out of the four “songs” were actually not too shabby. 😳
  16. wm cheng
    That's looking amazing too!!! Nice subtle mottling underneath that super smooth paint job!
  17. wm cheng
    WOW!!! That turned out absolutely amazing. Congrats, looks so good. Why would you need a stand if its on wheels?
  18. Perxion
    Hello everyone, thank you for your interest in my work. I'll reply soon with pricing and procedures. THANKS!
  19. Robin-11
    I am interested too. Both in the missiles and the rifle.
  20. Papa Rat
    I’m finding the easiest way to align pieces “that will never align” on these old kits is to simply just lay down some .3mm on top and move on. Been thinking ahead about color on this. I always see the VF-1S in a bright white and I may stick with that, but what if I do a rich red undercoat and see what happens? A cool blue would make more sense but why play it safe. Hahah We will find out when this puppy gets into the spray booth.
  21. Papa Rat
    Thanks so much! 👍
  22. Papa Rat
    Drool! Love it
  23. wwwmwww
    Please add me to the interested list. Thanks, Carl
  24. Hikuro
    Woohoo! Surprise FedEx drop. Little bummed they broke away from the autobot city back drop with this character, cause he in particular should have that setup. Same time such a waste of packaging, like a bag of chips, they could put him in a box literally half the size and look better. sadly I’m out and about so I can’t say much about him cause he’s still in the box at this time. Now that I'm home and had time to mess around with him, I can certainly say, none of us are gonna be putting him in his alternate form. He's got great articulation, looks pretty close to his actual G1 representation giving very little hint he turns into a tank. Yes there are things that could been improved upon or done differently, but seeing how for the majority of us, he's gonna be in robot mode, it doesn't really matter.
  25. 505thAirborne
    So many amazing builds & customs going on here, well done everyone! @derex3592 The Cats-eye is looking superb so far! @MechTech From one of the masters of scratch building, I appreciate the compliment on those Nam Helmets. I remember the M3 Flak helmet you posted years ago, I 'm still taken back how you did those flaps, very impressive to this day. @Papa Rat Your VE-1 is a masterpiece, I love the detailing!
  26. derex3592
    Any progress is good progress they say..... 🤔
  27. MKT
    Been listening to certain playlists over past few weeks as casual background music, before gradually realising they are AI music. At first, I thought only the vocals are AI, but it seems everything - composition, arrangement, instrumentals are AI generated. It really mimics high production value, and unlike most of current AI images or videos which I suspect most of us are able to tell apart from the real thing, if I were to just listen to the track without any context I wouldn't be able to tell that it's something generated in just minutes.
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