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  1. MacrossJunkie
    So I decided to give Flickr another try and spent two and a half hours on it trying to migrate my photos over before giving up due to a god awful laggy nightmare of an interface. The main draw for me to Flickr is that the tags actually work. Google FUBAR'd the picasa tag system with their merge with Google+ so searching or clicking on any of my tags results in either no results when there should be a bunch, or brings up completely unrelated results in Google+. It used to work great before they tried to jam that piece of crap abomination of a social network down everyone's throats. Unfortunately, whoever designed Flickr's UI interface must have been lobotomized before making it. I can see it would be manageable for someone who isn't batch adding a ton of photos at a time and just uploading maybe 20-30 photos in one go. But trying to manage and re-organize hundreds of photos, which is not unheard of for me after coming back from traveling, would be an exercise in tedium and frustration as the UI is completely impractical. The reason being that you can only select one, yes only ONE, image to move around at a time. So imagine having to scroll up and down a page, looking for an image among 700+ images, clicking and dragging it with laggy response times to scroll way back up the page through the jumble of said 700+ photos to where you want it and then having to repeat that hundreds of times one by one instead of doing 10, 20, 50 or 100 images at a time. If there is a way to actually move around more than one image at a time when re-arranging an album, it would be greatly appreciated if it could be explained. Alternatively, I guess one could add photos to the album in the order they want, but that method isn't much better because the photos to select from are presented in a single row of images that you have to scroll through horizontally, likely scrolling past and missing images, but taking forever if scrolling carefully through. So the way I see it right now, I guess my choices are to deal with Picasa's borked tag system and have a much more efficient, less convoluted UI, or have a better tag system with Flickr but want to tear my hair out when uploading and managing photos Sorry, just had to vent after getting so frustrated.
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    Predicting when a Bandai toy will go floppy/loose would require some chicken bones, a ritual sacrifice. LSD, a crystal ball and some buttered popcorn to be able to answer that.
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    When I was doing my photo shoot for it, transforming it around, and putting it in different poses, there honestly wasn't any point where the braces would have provided me any real benefit. It's just like the wing pegs for 171EX. Some people had theirs pop out just looking at them funny. Mine never came out on their own and, in fact, I had to struggle to pull mine out so that I could change the wings.
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    Could be. More likely in most cases it's just simply that the tolerances are such that some are made tighter than others. Aren't the braces just to keep things from sagging or flopping around? On my copy, I didn't need anything to keep the wings from sagging down in GERWALK mode. They stayed up pretty securely. In battroid, the nose cone stayed butted up against the underside of the fuselage and didn't flop around with movement. In my case, the braces really were not needed and wasn't just a case of, "well, there's a tiny bit of sag, but within acceptable range so I'm not gonna bother with the brace." I probably lucked out on mine, so the standard YMMV warning applies.
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    Mine didn't need a support piece either in any mode.
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    I meant no offense by it and understood that the compression was being done by the software. The fact that it is there is highly appreciated and much kudos and thanks to Shawn for his sacrifice in time and money to keep the site maintained (we really ought to have some sort of donation thing going to help him pay for this). I think many of us have used the file attachments to upload some quick photos and such. My main point was that for an archive of photos, there were better alternatives to use that would be a win for all parties.
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    Yeah, the built in gallery on the site is kind of terrible. The compression is so high that it degrades the image quality significantly, in addition to limiting the image size. I personally put all my stuff on Picasaweb which is tied to one of my google accounts. It's free and I have plenty of space so I can just upload the full size now and just link images in the size I choose. Falcon18 suggested Flickr as well and mentioned it was free with 1 TB of space. I guess they must have stepped up their game. Back when I tried to use it a couple years ago, they limited how many images I could have uploaded on a free account and tried to push me toward getting a paid account to get around the imposed limitations. I saw that Saburo uses Flickr to host his images also so he would likely be able to give a more informed opinion of it based on how it is now.
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    If you are thinking of the Sennheiser PC350's, the special edition is currently on woot.com for $99.99 for the next 7 days or until all are sold. That's $30 cheaper than on Amazon.
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    Your pics are fantastic too! They are always so sharp and vibrant with good posing as well.
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    Here are the rest of the shots.
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    Just crossed off another item on my to-do list. Got the Isamu 29 Super parts finished up. Had some issues with certain paints clogging up my airbrush no matter how much thinner I put in. For some reason even at a ratio of 10 drops of thinner per drop of paint, I could only spray black or gunmetal for a few seconds before nothing would come out at anything less than full throttle on two entirely different airbrushes. Ended up having to revert to using the tamiya weathering kits just to finish because I was starting to get really pissed. Anyway, took some fighter pics for now. GERWALK and battroid to follow later.
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    Nice subtle shading on it. The flatter finish on the booster really does contrast well with the finish on the fighter. I really wish I had gotten a second one. I want one to display with the super parts on in fighter mode. Also, I think I could do a much better job on it now than on my first one, having gained more experience and knowledge on what works or doesn't. Might I suggest that you upload your pics to a gallery/album? Makes it easier for people or even for yourself to go back and find if it's all in one place and you could just link the images from there.
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    It's tempting to get a second one, but I think I will hold out for a possible repaint.
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    It definitely is a whole lot more ergonomic. Everything is easily adjustable; Monitor height and spacing, desktop height. frame length, how far back or forward and how high the side mounts are, the angle of the pedal base. The seat is an actual car bucket seat, complete with the lever underneath the seat to pull and slide the seat back and forth along the rails and a reclining lever on the side. There's also a center stick mount included for people who prefer it old school and have the stick positioned between their legs. Overall I feel it was money very well spent. With my old setup, my wrists would hurt while typing, arms would be stiff using a HOTAS or steering wheel in less than ideal positions, or even just playing games on a mouse and keyboard was not very comfortable. Now everything is where I want it to be.
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    Yeah, the 2nd and 3rd pics are exactly what I need. Thank you so much! Now I know where to paint. It is definitely a lighter gray on the leading edge, just like the YF-30 had. I believe it should match the light gray on the upcoming super parts where they are reversed and put on the trailing edge. Like so:
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    Okay, I'm begging again for anyone with the Macross 30 game to take a screen capture or camera photo of their screen of Ozma's 29 without the Super pack on or maybe someone could point me to an existing pic somewhere. I really need to see how the wings are supposed to be painted. I've only been able to find a couple shots with the super parts on and one bad photo of the 29 without the supers but turned around at a bad angle so I couldn't really see.
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    It doubles as my normal desk as well as my driving sim cockpit as well using my Logitech G25. So it does triple duty I guess. When I got it, I was looking to replace my old chair and desk anyway for something that was more ergonomic as my old desk was a bit high for the keyboard and mouse and set the monitors too high as well which was causing me headaches and neck pain. The chair sucked too as it made my butt hurt after less than an hour of sitting in it. I figured if I was going to spend money on a new desk, chair and a triple monitor stand, I might as well find a solution that gave me everything I wanted, including a place to mount my driving and flight sim stuff. I ended up finding these simpit type setups and narrowed it down to the VolairSim and the Obutto R3volution. My first choice was the R3volution because it had a larger keyboard and mouse tray plus it supported these additional desktop panels mounted on swing arms that you could swing around for use, but the base model already cost more than the VolairSim and didn't even include stuff like the triple monitor support or the desktop arms. If I added everything I needed, it would have ended up costing almost double the VolairSim. On top of all that, VolairSim was running a 10% discount for the pre-orders at the time, so my choice became obvious in the end. I really liked the Diaspora mod from Hard Light. The idea of zipping around in a Colonial Viper and blasting Cylons was enough to get me to re-install FreeSpace 2.
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    That is amazing work as usual on your RVF and 171! You especially did a good job with the subtle streaks on the 171's wings. That's something I need to try to get better at. It rarely comes out looking right for me. As for the DX lenses, they would still work with the a full frame sensor, it's just that the images would be cropped some. If I got a full frame camera, I'd still use my DX lenses until I was able to buy some lenses that took advantage of the larger sensor.
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    At 3 months, it should still be under warranty, right? I would have them replace it just out of principle. If it dies again after that then I would consider a different set or another brand entirely. I've read that the X04's were uncomfortable to wear though (like a vice on your head). If that's true, you may want to just get a different pair and keep the replacement X04's as a backup. I have had a pair of TB EarForce Spectres myself since May. I initially felt they were tight on my head, but I don't know if I'm just breaking them in or if I'm getting used to it, but it doesn't seem to feel so bad now. So far no problems and the sound is pretty good (though somewhat strong in the bass department). I would avoid Logitech. Everything I've seen about their gaming headsets is that they are cheap quality and break easily as well. Possibly consider Audio Technica or Sennheiser for your next headset. Also, while not a brand I associate with audio, Kingston seems to have a HyperX Cloud headset that has pretty high average reviews on Amazon for $80, that could be worth considering too.
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    I've tried some, but I'm waiting until the keybinding is built into the game itself instead of having to mess with xml configs to really get into it more (which should be in the upcoming 1.0 version of the Arena Commander). It's still going through a lot of play and input balancing iterations as well. There is still much for them to put in and refine. I think they should have at least most of their promised features at launch, which at the current rate, I'm guessing is still about 2 years out. A lot of the past dev time spent has been on getting the ground work and backend stuff built. If you follow their "Around the Verse" show and posts, they mention a lot about how they were making the tools to that make generating content or automating certain tasks much faster so progress should accelerate as more of their tools are built out. They've already got a lot more they were/will be able to show this year than they were able to last year. As for investment into the game at this point in time, you really don't need to put much more than $45 into it if you want a ship, beta access, and an arena commander pass which is comparable to spending money on other computer games these days anyway. You could even do $35 ($30 base package + $5 arena commander pass) if you don't care about the beta access. The only thing anyone is missing out on if only just doing a pledge now is the alpha access. You can still do the arena commander with the pass as much as you'd like and includes several dogfighting modes as well as racing which was just added in the 0.9 release. I've been a big space sim fan since the days of WC1 and X-Wing, so I am highly anticipating when most of the core features including the persistent universe are in for people to test with. My cockpit is almost complete. I just need to get some rudder pedals and am awaiting the eventual consumer release of the oculus rift. I may get Elite: Dangerous as well when it is released to hold me over as it will be released a lot sooner than SC. I know, right? Stupid cliff hanger at the end of Freespace 2...
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    Based on the pictures, there doesn't seem to be any need for any parts-forming here, aside from maybe the head/bridge and the definition of parts-forming. I just don't see a way for it to get past the cannons without taking it off and then putting it back on. There's just one thing about the sample pics that I'm wondering. Is cruiser mode mis-transformed or are the main cannons simply not capable of sliding back to cover the blocks that the arms are connected to due to the SD proportions? It kind of looks like they could. Edit: Is it too late to tell them that the "01" and "02" on the ARMDs should be flipped? The ARMDs themselves are correct, but the numbering on them aren't.
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    That works too! The purple on the 30th Anniversary edition would be a perfect swap. Does anyone have Macross 30 and can make some screenshots of Ozma's 29 without super packs? I'm either not searching with the right words or there just doesn't seem to be any good clear shots out there for me to use as reference. The couple I've seen looks like there is a lighter gray on the leading edge of the wings (I'm starting to see a pattern with Bandai and them forgetting to paint leading edges), but with the super parts on, I can't see just how far out it extends, if at all. So they paint the LERX unnecessarily, but don't paint the leading edge of the wings with that same gray paint. Someone at Bandai is on too much drugs... or has been off their medication for too long. I'm not sure which.
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    On the 30th anniversary edition? Yeah, I would too if I had one. That and the clear purple wing light inserts would all be green. The green looked sooo much better on that. The gold stripes were also better than the bright yellow. I would repaint those as well. On a side note, I've modified my post a few posts up with more pics illustrating how to get at the fold crystals.
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    So a monster and the other two are likely Max and Milia 1J's.
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    Regrets? I regret not buying the 1/60 Regult when it was available. I also regret buying the v.1 VF-25G, Armoured S, and RVF-25.
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