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  1. Thom
    It's still good, IMO, just not as much as 2199 or 2205.
  2. Thom
    Executive decision time! This is before. It looks good enough, but I think it is still sitting too high, even after I sectioned out a piece from the bottom of the main tower. Plus, that third turret location is sitting too high in relation to the first two, so... I blew it up! Pulled the pieces of the upper structure apart again, and now I'm going to slip them further down the sides. But they weren't sitting as flush as I wanted, as their backsides are not flat, so, duh-me, I decided to cut out parts from the hull to make room. Only I cut too much room... That cut is way too low. You can see the gap under the lowered side piece. Crab-nab-it!! That presaged a whole rabbit hole of new siding, ill-fits and finally ripping it all off again after calling myself a dummy! Keep it simple, stupid! I'll get the parts to fit where I want them to, then tidy up the mess. But, the step-pattern between the turrets now looks spot on to what I've been wanting, so good there! Now, after that, I'll need to fix the upper deck. With it being lower, and thus spread wider, there are some gappages happening near the front. I'm thinking it might be easier to make a new forward upper deck...🤔 Thom
  3. Thom
    There are some many choices in that that I do not understand... However, it does look like an ideal candidate for an Ataria Island crash diorama!
  4. Thom
    1/72, Bandai. 1/72!!
  5. Thom
    So, back asswords.
  6. Thom
    Never heard that trick before. Is it like using CA?
  7. Thom
    Looks like someone's form of 'free-style' modelling. Like they were just having fun with it. Or, daddy had the airbrush and kiddo was directing his/her 'vision.' Are any of the kits redouble? A little soak in break cleaner or a night in the freezer to loosen up the joins? If so, listen to @pengbuzz he is a master reclaimer!
  8. Thom
    I totally forgot that one! Sorry, Grant and Elli... Also, Yes!!
  9. Thom
    The last movie ended with the cloned girl saving the dinos by setting them free. As in, let loose on civilization. Sounds like some did not survive where they were, whereas others migrated to more temperate climes.
  10. Thom
    So, calling the new under hull housing just about done. I added the base for the ventral aerial/fin from the kit and smoothed it in with PPP. I also got some greeblies for under the shroud, some vents from a Gundam kit and some necklace clasps. Some antennae will go in there also. Now onto the main conversion! Taking the Ginga's superstructure and grafting it onto the Andie. For that, I'll be needing the rear half of the Ginga's main deck, and the two side pieces that are integral to the Ginga's main hull. Now, if I was putting the laboratory dome on, this would be a lot cleaner. Instead, the third turret, from behind the superstructure will be moved forward. It's tipped back a little, but once I add the sides that were cut from the Ginga's hull, it'll level up. More to come! Thom
  11. Thom
    Awesome work there, Pengbuzz! That Reliant turned out great. Same with the bases. The Ladies look good together. "Pengbuzz in our quadrant, this section, and slowing...'
  12. Thom
    I forgot to take a pic of the smoothed rear of the housing, but it'll be in the following pics. The next being of the base of the ventral fin being sawed off with a PE saw. Next was roughing out the shapes of the vanes that go inside the front shroud. Started with thin card stock, getting them sized to fit the opening and then getting the rake that I liked on them. And the those in styrene. There is a slight gap between the vanes and the hull, but I'll take some 0.05 styrene sheet and fill that in. Just need to block the light going between them. And I was going back and forth about leaving the new housing off or one before or after paint, but I've decided to finish it and the inside of the shroud before painting and mate it up to the hull after. I still need to do a little work to clean up the mating area. Inside there, you can see a long rectangle of plastic that has been glued in on both sides. Since I can't mount the pods that go underneath the ship as intended, they'll be pinned and hang off the sides, so those will help by giving more material for the pins to mount into. And the last pic is a bit of a shim to close up a gap where the back of the housing mates to the hull. And that is all for now. More progress to follow! Thom
  13. Thom
    Hope you don't stay gone too long. Take care.
  14. Thom
    Bearing in mind, there was apparently a lot of interference from the 'higher ups' during development of the Hobbit trilogy. I don't know how much overall control he has in this one, but if it is similar to LoTR then there's less cause to worry. As to the Hobbit movies, I liked them. I don't watch near as often as LoTR, but they were enjoyable.
  15. Thom
    They had six episodes, which was more then enough time to do a good story, without the needless side-quests that added nothing to the overall plot. I did like it up until about episode 4. As usual, their character interactions were great as they are truly at their dysfunctional best. But then... A lot of potential, but this is like the runner just about to win the marathon, and tripping over his own feet.
  16. Thom
    Liking that shiny finish! Looks smooooth.
  17. Thom
    Except for Jekki...
  18. Thom
    Which just goes to show that when you try to make the good guys just like normal folk, rather than living up to their ideals, you make them the enemy. I am sick of 'gritty' heroes.
  19. Thom
    Her fight was the best part of the show! As for forgettable versus memorable, the bar was set pretty low.
  20. Thom
    No surprise. A rather uncompelling tale, with the only real standout being killed off, Jecki (along with most of the rest of the cast.) I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you are going to do the High Republic era, do it in the beginning, not the end.
  21. Thom
    Expositions done right are more than acceptable, especially if they further the story in a way that works into the mystery, in a good way. Obi-wan talking up Luke's dad as a hero while still telling his family history, from a certain point of view, was good exposition. It told one side of his father, hid the other Dark side, and worked to further the story by telling both a truth and a lie at the same time.
  22. Thom
    If they do a Macross-themed crustacean, I wonder if it would be close enough to mistake for a Vajra?
  23. Thom
    And for the rough stuff! It looks bad now, but it can only get better. I have since taken the housing off of the hull and, after dousing it with super glue to fill gap and help solidify things, I'll start sanding the roughness out and the smoothness in! Thom
  24. Thom
    Starting the rear shroud. I need to leave a gap in the middle for the bay doors, so I cut two walls to frame that and to give a basic shape to the rear. Those were glued on. And after some error and trial, I got some curved sections to help shape out the sides. Despite how much I curled them, they were still pulling up from the hull, so they were superglued down the scotch tape that had been laid down just for that purpose. Now they won't flex when I starts skinning them. More updates to follow. Thom
  25. Thom
    @derex3592 Sweet looking Hornet!
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