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  1. Thom
    It was called Blue Thunder.😜 Seriously though, that would (could) be pretty cool.
  2. Thom
    This does look like it will be a lot of fun.
  3. Thom
    Have you thought about getting a 1/12 scale generic female figure and using that as a base for the kit parts? You'd definitely have to cut up the kit to separate the mech portions, but it could give it some more realistic proportions and make it posable.
  4. Thom
    There were other beings in the room too who saw Han being carbfroze. All they have to do is tell a few tales to the right people and then everyone would be using it. Heck, even Vader could have taken ownership of the idea and profited off of it.
  5. Thom
    Some great improvements on that cockpit, @Urashiman. @wm cheng Those figs do look good, and can't wait to see the VT-1 taking shape. As for superglue (CA) as filler, I've used it successfully to erase panel lines and even redo the entire wing join on a Do335. I messed up when adding it and had a really bad seam. This is after CA, sanding smooth and then scribing a new seam line. For my SM.79, I encountered a problem. The back half of the hump on the back, can be opened to allow the gunner to move about and return fire. However, this kit only has it modelled open, and the parts suit that. The two pieces still on the sprue are for the very rear of the hump, and can be added closed up or folded out BUT, there is no piece for the middle section that folds forward and inside. Or I should say it does have that piece, but not another piece to model that areas closed, which leaves a big gap. And since (before realizing that) I had decided to make the plane all closed up, I left out a lot of the interior detail inn the middle fuselage. So leaving it open is not an option. There is only one other kit of the Sparviero in 1/72 and that's the old Airfix kit. It's a lot more simple on detail compared to the Italeri kit, but it actually has open/closed options for the upper hump. However, I do not have that kit and I don't feel like spending $20 minimum for a kit that I'd only use one part from. I do though, have a lot of stryene strip! I cut that part off of the model to work on it and started laying down the styrene. I'll let that dry, 'painting' CA onto the inside for strength, and then again on the outside before I sand it all smooth and then add the panel lines and such. Thom
  6. Thom
    Could you contact Max Factory and see about procuring a sheet direct? Or there are aftermarket decals available for the Hasegawa model.
  7. Thom
    @wm cheng No, that's the decals from the kit.I had to cut them up some in order to use them on the D-version control panel, seeing as the decals are for the A-version Puking Dogs scheme. But no PE or 3D set was used. They bedded down wonderfully. As for the seats, I was going forward with the kit ones before decided to change them and, at the time, I was doing this in a GB so there was a time constraint and I didn't want to wait for resin seat so show up. So I took a set from a Revell FA-18F and started to combine them with the kit seats. And then I ran out of time and ended up putting the kit aside anyway. As to the quality of the kit, I have no experience with the other manufacturers, but found the Academy kit to go together very well. I'd rather buy another one of these (and have) because it has a good amount of detail without being overly gimmicky and it is a little cheaper. Or was, at least when I bought it last.😁
  8. Thom
    @derex3592 Academy does a really nice F-14. I haven't finished mine, but its a good kit so far. I 'splurged' and got some resin intakes though, rather than deal with the seams in there. And the seat, on the Puking Dogs boxing, needed some work. Before I get back to it, I may get some resin seats to replace those. Current build though, and the internals are painted and loaded up. There may be some seam work to take care of... But that'll be after the upper panels are added and the glue has set. Thom
  9. Thom
    Even Top Dogs can be hounded by fools and wannabes. When someone has a 'reputation' there will be others gunning to take it for themselves. And even if a Mandalorian is on their own, others may take that as being alone and vulnerable and thinking there's an opportunity.
  10. Thom
    I'm not talking about karma though. If there was any karma, he would be the Star Wars version of Jacob Marley for a thousand years. (And who was once played by Alec Guinness.) Obviously though, it would not mean that one was stuck on that path.
  11. Thom
    @pengbuzz He's looking great! Far far better than I'd be able to do!
  12. Thom
    Actually, that kind of fits into the aspect of the Force. There are Force-sensitive that, FWIK, are not subject to those absolutes. It appears that only when one can actually wield the Force and not just sense it that it really begins to effect the user right back. Do Good, and it amplifies the good within you. Do Bad, and it amplifies the bad, and that all depends on the user.
  13. Thom
    Part of it that it was Luke Skywalker! I wont argue that point as it is quite valid. And, agreeing with @Bolt, Luke clearly came across as not just powerful but in control and precise. He had that Jedi Calm about him. For the EU, there were a lot of good stories in there, some good and some bad. What you have to do is pick the 'good ones,' though what that is is subjective to different people. TFA was a good start, IMO, but it was then fumbled going the wrong way down the field and it was spiked into its own goal. I would be in favor of ignoring the whole thing and starting fresh in the post RoTJ era where Mando and Ashoka reside.
  14. Thom
    I think it showed how much he had grown since RoTJ. And it was certainly better to be battle droids rather than people. Also, just an awesome scene! And one can only hope they are going more EU rather than TFA! That's a trilogy that needs to be rewritten! And they can do EU stories, just get Sebastian Stan for Luke, Chris Pratt for Han and Billie Lourd for Leia! We don't speak of Jar Jar...
  15. Thom
    I can see that as a scene right out of the series. Nice job!
  16. Thom
    Yes, if it had been (mostly) anyone else, the question would have been, 'Whose this? and why?' But with it being Luke, and de-aged at that, it made it workable and notable. and very entertaining. Esp when you compare this scene to his father's in Rogue One. Plus, who else of the Jedi was going to answer Grogu's call? and I recall that book with the Dark Saber super weapon. Not much else of it though, just that it was just the central laser from the Death Star, sheathed in a hull that made it look like a saber hilt.
  17. Thom
    This. That whole sequence was just plain awesomeness.
  18. Thom
    I think you are right.
  19. Thom
    He's looking real good @pengbuzz!
  20. Thom
    Starting a new project, Italeri's 1/72 SM79 Sparviero. I won't be opening it up and just going to detail the cockpit a bit, just in case I can see anything through the glazing. To that end, I'm using some Eduard PE, such as for the IP. The instructions call for light green on the interior, but I think it should be light gray, but that'll be easy to fix as it is the only painted at the moment. Thom
  21. Thom
    I don't know, in my case I also had no knowledge of the Mandalorians and I thought the show, esp the second season, helped flesh it out for me. The stories can meander a bit though which takes the eye off the main plot. Still well worth the ride though.
  22. Thom
    LOL!! That's what I ger for typing too fast and not spell-checking! Corrected!
  23. Thom
    Was Ewen McGregor too young to BE (TO BE) Obi-wan, or was Alec Guinness too old?
  24. Thom
    Very nice and clean build, @electric indigo! Definitely more of a 'real' look than model look.
  25. Thom
    Vader learned his lesson after the lava bath.
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