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You know they framed that just to tease us! Those Andies look awesome and I dearly hope we'll be getting a Borodino!
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Small size or no, you did some great work on that. As for the kit, I think it's pretty good. The fiddly bits with the engine access panel would make it a little flimsy, but glue it all together and it's right good.
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Intriguing. I would like to see this done!
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A lot of these newer kits just fall together, especially the Earth ships, and they are colored already so you can skip paint if you want. I'd say buy a kit and just throw one together to see how it goes.
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That's looking so freaking cool! I can't understand what they're saying, but I love it and I want to see it and I want it now! I froze on the image of the combined fleet, and it looks awesome! I just hope they modernized those Earth ships with better guns and armor, otherwise they're just kindling! And I guess we won't be seeing any Borodino class battleships, which is a bummer. But we get four Andromedas which de-bumming!
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Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, in theaters May 5, 2017
Thom replied to azrael's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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Wow, that's a lovely, deep blue!
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Some lovely looking Yamatos! The petals on that /500 are awesome and the paint on Squadron Leaders looks fantastically worn!
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That Yamato looks great. I love all the lights and sounds you stuffed into it. And nice idea for a thread too. Allow me to contribute! First up is my 1/1000 Yamato, built just about a year ago. She's slightly modified, with the crown of the bow lowered and the roll-up doors on the aux bays replaced so the corrugation goes all the way up to the top of the bulge. The next is my first Yamato series build, the older Yuunagi class cruiser, EDF Interceptor. It was modified with a new 'scoop,' scratchbuilt guns and the exhaust nozzle from a 1/48 SR-71. It's a perfect fit! An exhaust from a Batmobile and a pen tip are added to that. I also made aux engines for the underside and a new command tower made from misc Gundam parts. I believe the scale is 1/700, but it looks close enough to /1000 that I'm considering rebuilding her with that scale in mind. And last but not least, my fleet flagship, the Nike. An older 1/700 Andromeda model, she was heavily modified with a lengthened hull, scratchbuilt 'scoops' for a deeper profile, a new engine section and new side pieces to replace the ovals that are normally there. The bridge was also modified with a new command deck with a panoramic roof and trenches were built for AA guns running along the sides. The turrets were lengthened and given brass barrels and the aux engine bells were replaced with video cable connectors. I was happy to find out that the new Andromeda model will probably be similar in size to the older Bandai kit, so she won't be getting a rebuild! Hope you like 'em!
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Such great work on that Yamato. Awesome with all the lights and sounds!
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I wouldn't think so. But then again, most of Enterprise was pretty good. The Xindi arc was pretty stupid, but before and after... worth a look if you want a little more 'history.' One of the best was probably 'A Mirror, Darkly.' A sequal to 'The Tholian Web' and a prequel to 'Mirror, Mirror.'
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This is looking so good! I'm going to try and watch it the first week.
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Awesome work on the Yamatoa and that RC boat looks fantastic. Slow progress on my table, but moving along regardless.
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It was in the Rebirth movie. I sure hope those things aren't fighter launch tubes. That'd be weird. This is the type of carrier I hope to see!
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Holy Frak, I totally missed that! Love the way they are sitting in the ways, just ready to slide down into the water. Awesome! And yes, some interesting superstructures going on there. Seeing that makes me hope there are extra parts in the boxes for different ships. And that they are not blown up in their slips...
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It looks like she's mid-refit.
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Oh man, I can't wait to see this!
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Thanks for the link. Great work on that. And for just a second, I thought this was a screen-grab!
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Wow, nice work! That paint looks great.
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Yes, it's the Moebius kit. It's about 16 inches long and I chopped down the top of the head to change its profile. I also used parts from a donor kit to swap out the smaller underslung flight decks for the larger ones that normally go on top. Misc details fill out the rest. I also used the Paragraphix PE set for the name badges, the ensign on the spine and the open flight decks. It's a great model, except that the flight decks are closed and detailed with decals rather than being open and it takes a little bit of work to change that. I'm going to preshade it, then prepaint some panels dark and light before going for a lighter gray and she'll have the normal red trim. Then I'll probably hand paint the individual plates with varying shades of gray.
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Great looking VF-31! Here's my current project, just short of paint.
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Watson has a nice singing voice.
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Whatever happened to Sally Carrera..?
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No, 'cause that would be smart... I remember being real excited when the first movie came out, and even though it didn't follow the animated series in any way I still liked it. It's just a shame that Bay decided to push everything that was simple and stupid about the first one, and spin it out into three sequels. And I doubt Bumblebee would ever come back as a Beetle. From the first movie, Bumblebee has always been about speed and looking cool, which a VW Bug rarely is. Unless they completely reboot him after his smackdown from Optimus. And now why would Optimus be attacking the other Autobots in the first place..? Seems way out of character, unless they are in a way following the Quintizon angle from the animated shows. Optimus died in the best Transformer movie ever, that being The Movie from 1985. He was then brought back by the Quintizons who were the original creators of the Autobots and Decepticons, for the express purpose of using him to attack the others. So he was under some kind of 'remote control' until the Autobots were able to defeat him and bring him back on their side. Damn it's such a shame Bay was left in charge...
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in theaters Dec. 16, 2016
Thom replied to Dobber's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
It was great seeing Tarkin back on scene. He was so pivotal in ANH that I think having a 'stand-in' would have been more jarring. I would have been, 'who is this guy..?' Just my personal opinion. It's more important to me that they did this was approval. If they hadn't, then that would have been a big problem.
