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1 hour ago, captain america said:

They could always make TGIII into a prequel. Cruise can play Pete Mitchell's dad and explore his Phantom exploits with Viper over Vietnam and his final, heroic mission. The final scene of the movie could show the brand-spanking new F-14s being delivered to the navy. Epic win.

And they can always de-age for younger Mav.

@derex3592 I'd say keep the wheels as they are, using the disparity for the overall look, and trust in weathering to lessen the difference.

Those are some good looking covers!

6 hours ago, Big s said:

They could have an awkward scene at the end where he looks more like Les Grossman giving maverick a talking to 

Ha Ha, I love Les Grossman! Just imagine that scene! Bring it.

1 hour ago, Big s said:

So a prequel about Maverick’s grandpa 

Played by...da-da-dum! Tom Cruise!😁

I'm waiting for Top Gun 4, Weather Balloons! To be fair, that was air-to air.😜

As for movies with air to air, I think we're only going to see more like that if one side or the other has been massively Worfed. The current shoot over the horizon is as much about killing the enemy first as it is about saving your own pilots from needless gunfights, and it's not all that theatrical - unless they are aliens. I think we're more likely to see period pieces, set in either World War or Korea/Vietnam, especially for more realistic scenarios.

I love it, the cat immediately claimed the box! 'Get your sh*t out of there, minion!'

Great job on the paint, yes, very shiny! I liked the beginning when it was rotating from the red lighting towards the blue, and you can suddenly 'see' what a shiny blue Max machine would look like.

3 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

He looks great and he is in a real cool setting. Just fantastic!

He may need some cosmetic work to knock down the shine though.😉

1 hour ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Hrm... I don't know about that.  Andor has, thus far, been refreshingly free of any members of the glowstick society and season two is likely to be the same.  Rogue One IMO left it at least debatable whether that one monk was actually a force user or just working with blindness-heightened senses, and Darth Vader only shows up very briefly.

IIRC, Solo: a Star Wars Story was generally free of them as well except for that brief cameo at the end.

IMO, the sequel trilogy and The Mandalorian are fantastic examples of how treating the presence of force users as a narrative obligation can backfire horribly.

Yeah, it's just my own personal preference. To me, Star Wars and the Force go hand in hand.

Where else can they take it though? Unless they turn it into 'Maverick: Mission Impossible!'

I think there is always going to a Force-wielder in there somewhere. For me anyway, that is intrinsically part of Star Wars.

Part of the problem with The Mandalorian was the side-quests that were deemed needed for filler. Personally, I enjoyed them even if they added little to the plot, as it was just fun to watch Mando doing his 'thing.' A movie though, they can concentrate on main plot and main plot only, and a good trailer will bring people in. And being a good movie will bring more in.

I was alright with season 1, but this trailer is looking good for season 2. The few battle scene clips look great.

@Rock Awesome looking Black Cat. You could use that for Black Bunny!

Noice!

@Kurt = selling oneself short. Waaaay short!!

@neptunesurvey That Prometheus is gorgeously massive! One of my favorite looking ships from the series. Awesome job!

@pengbuzz That dio is looking outstanding! Murphy looks great, and as said above, the foiling looks top-notch. An idea for another poster would be the TV guy from the movies with the 'I'd buy that for a dollar!'

That crew coming into fine shape @MechTech.

@wm cheng I looked around for a good 1/72 Tomcat that wasn't going to break the wallet and Academy really fit the bill. Great detail (IMO) for the price, though everything is buttoned up without an option to open panels. I'm far from finished yet, but it is going together pretty cleanly. That circle depression in the bay is as molded and I really didn't think anything about it. I may see about cutting a little disc to set it flush.

^^ Agreed! Tank, stowage and crew, they all look excellent.

@Rock That cockpit and pilots look so good!

19 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

UPDATE: alternate head self-destructed on me this morning after I just got done painting it....

That sounds like that could have been one of the scenes of the prototype robocops from the first movie.

Shame it didn't work out, but you still have a cool Robocop there. Keep your eyes open though, you could come across broken version of this, or there are 1/6 heads that you could find for cheap.*

* cheep being relative, as looking at the prices for just a 1/6 head is pretty up there! WOW. 

On 1/5/2024 at 10:51 AM, SpacePirateNeko said:

 

 

Ooh, that looks awesome!

@pengbuzz He be shiney! 

@derex3592 Nice work on the gear doors. And really, if a company does not supply closed gear doors, then the ones they do have should fit. Sometimes, it's like they have one person designing the aperture and another doing the doors and they purposefully give one the wrong dimensions.

3 hours ago, Chas said:

😉🤣

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1 hour ago, derex3592 said:

@electric indigo - How is an intruder supposed to intrude with BRIGHT colors painted on it??? Just kidding, looking great! 

Flamboyantly!

@electric indigo It brings a nice flash of color to it!

12 hours ago, tekering said:

3199? 🤔

Kodai and Yuki look surprisingly good in that trailer, seeing as they're both over a thousand years old. 🙄

Time shenanigan's.