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Thom

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  1. Yeah, me neither. No interest in the bear and no interest in any other. For me, it's just like another Sharknado movie.
  2. Same here, if only because the Wave is just so dang pricey!
  3. Looks like it's time to remake TLoTR trilogy!!😆 But they need to re-use the original cast but in new roles, so I need to see Viggo Mortensen as Gimli!😁
  4. The main canon aren't even primed yet, and I'm already blown away! Sweet!
  5. Cue Vizzini from the Princess Bride!😀
  6. Looks incredible. But you guys know that is Mt Doom right..?
  7. I'll take that miss-cast off your hands, no problem!
  8. It's Audrey Plaza!! And if it has two hours of this, I;m in!!
  9. @derex3592 With those pics, it wouldn't be too hard to scribe or draw the lines for the doors in the closed position. If you wanted to.
  10. Sad news indeed. You helped define the childhoods of a generation and more of kids and adults as well. Thank you for creating a universe that I really wanted to play in. Safe journey into the thereafter.
  11. Aargh, a typhoon is 'comin! Did that model come with the Caterpillar drive?
  12. That is one beautiful VF-4, @Bolt! If I ever do mine, I hope it comes out half as good. @Urashiman I try to steer clear of panel scribing! Or if I have to, use the raised lines (if they are) already there as a guide. On the Akagi, I finished the first little modification. Actually, the first was even getting a lower hull for this waterline kit! It came without, so I had also bought a Hasegawa full deck Akagi just to steel the lower hull from it. (It has since been sold off as a waterline kit.) And since I also have another Fujimi's 1/700 Akagi, I compared the bottoms after thinking that Hasegawa's was a little too flat and featureless. And there is a notable difference. Fujimi's has a longer, more gentle curve, whereas the Hasegawa is flatter and with a far sharper 'drop.' The keel ridge also doesn't go as far. I could leave it, but since I would eventually plan to have them side by side, I figured a closer resemblance is better. It's also a little long compared to the upper hull, but I'll just sand that excess off. But first, I added a strip of styrene that will be blended in, and then hit both sides with sanding sticks. (The bottom hull in the pic is the Hasegawa part.) At the end, the slope is far longer and looks a lot better, and less toy-like. And with that done, I can now get to the first step in the instructions!😁 Thom
  13. @505thAirborne Going to be neat seeing those refurbs. @arbit That is a nice pose for Max.
  14. Those are some fly boys you want on your wing! And yeah, even though I haven't finished my Battlestar Pegasus, I'm cracking out another kit! In 1922, the Washington Naval Treaty was signed to put a cap on the number of dreadnought-type warships being fielded by the most powerful governments. Battleships and battlecruisers from the major powers were scrapped, while a few were altered during construction, turning them into carriers. For the US it was the Lexington class, Lexington and Saratoga, and for the Japanese it was the Amagi class, Amagi and Akagi. Amagi never made it to completion, having been damaged during and earthquake, so only one of the four that started out as the Amagi class was finished, the aircraft carrier Akagi. I've had it in mind to build the Akagi in all three phases of her 'life,' the intended battlecruiser version, and both carrier phases, the double deck version and the final, full deck carrier that served as the flagship during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Thankfully, Fujimi actually made a model of the IJN Amagi, the 'what-if' battlecruiser, and so that is where I am starting, building this as the Akagi as she was originally intended. Thom
  15. That is a real beaut you have there! Wonder what that gunpod would look on the spine, firing straight between the canards..?
  16. Welcome, with a nice comeback to modelling! I like it! Real nice on the weathering, and there is just something about a big 'ol locomotive.
  17. It may be time for the yearly Yamato Marathon...
  18. Dom's car drops from a plane onto another car racing down a highway, crushing it and, I'm sure, still manages to outrace everything on the street. Nuff said,
  19. Supergirl is a big draw for me, but I would really hope that Keaton (if he wanted to) could spin this out into a further movie or two, if they are not smart to already have trapped him for Bold/Brave.
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