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  1. David Hingtgen
    Because F-14A+ (Plus) is the real-world designation. It's fairly nonstandard, but F-14B was already taken at the time. And it wasn't the F-14C. But due to the US Navy's ancient computers not liking "+" in a plane's designation, they eventually retconned it to be the 'new' F-14B, and as the original F-14B never went into production/service, it was basically forgotten/ignored. What we know today as the F-14B, was originally designated the F-14A+. What was originally designated the F-14B---is sitting on the USS Intrepid right now(the only F-14 IIRC to ever have the F101 engine).
  2. David Hingtgen
    Are you bringing a bottle of superglue? You could help put one together.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Exactly this from what I got from the trailer.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Zaku I would have been an awesome pick, though.
  5. David Hingtgen
    Just by eyeballing, it looks like those two drawings have slightly different angles of leading edge sweep. And since the VF-11 does have variable-geometry wings (often forgotten, as is its high-speed-mode), that could affect things. The lower drawing has the wings swept back a bit more than the upper. If they were un-swept another couple of degrees, that would increase its span. (I assume they were trying to show both of them "fully un-swept", but look at the VF-25 for an extreme example of the "normal" forward position being more swept than the MAXIMUM FORWARD position)
  6. David Hingtgen
    Yes, only the very earliest test F-14's had the larger glove stiffeners.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Makes me wonder how many intact ones are left, to reference from...
  8. David Hingtgen
    Here ya go, early F-14: (yes, the shadows are exaggerating their size, but it makes them easy to see)
  9. David Hingtgen
    Really, they are homages to the F-14's glove stiffeners above all else. Very early F-14's had larger ones than you usually see. It's why the VF-1 (and VF-0) have them.
  10. David Hingtgen
    It mirrors the VF-4 in a way. All of its fins and wings have the same angles as each other, too. (this is actually quite stealthy in practice, though I'm pretty sure that wasn't in mind when Kawamori made the VF-4)
  11. David Hingtgen
    I'm gonna agree with that---3 was good, 3rd strike was better, 4 didn't appeal to me much. But 2---I doubt any game I'll ever play, will suck away as many hours of my life as that did. (when you add up arcade, 2, championship, turbo, etc).
  12. David Hingtgen
    I was wondering about the circle too. (and hoping the final colors are not quite as saturated as the box---it seems just a touch more blue than the previous stuff they showed us)
  13. David Hingtgen
    I figure Yuuma has enough skill to repair "normal" damage to Build Burning. Maybe not recreate its uber-particle-abilities from scratch, but surely repair an arm etc. That, or as Schizo said---level B just LOOKS like "real" damage in the playing field, but is just more of a "disassembly" thing in real life.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Did I somehow miss a new Build Fighters WING ZERO?!?! 1/144 HGBF "Wing Zero Honoo":
  15. David Hingtgen
    I do believe that Concorde story is true. The Blackbird works because it EMITS heat by being black, vs the XB-70 and Concorde reflecting it away with white.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Not enough to be concerned about much. Concorde is supposed to be kept glossy/smooth, but that's about all I've ever heard. XB-70 had horrible paint problems, but never directly affected it AFAIK. Sure looked bad, but that's about it I think. Some airliners that switched from metal skin to composite skin for some areas for weight savings----the airlines requested that the composite areas be puttied over, for a smoother appearance! (as the "weave" in the composite was visible through the paint). So surface imperfections that small didn't seem to matter aerodynamically, as otherwise the manufacturers wouldn't have made the change. I presume mainly due to boundary-layer effects.
  17. David Hingtgen
    Yup, when I saw your previous post about 24hrs drying, that's the first thing that came to mind. Future doesn't dry in a day. It takes DAYS to truly cure.
  18. David Hingtgen
    I do, the first version came with "nameless pilot-guys". (I am of course, REALLY hoping for an actual Grace pilot figure this time----the 1/72 kit had one of her!)
  19. David Hingtgen
    I really want to see B-wings. They should be commonplace, or upgraded like the X-wing, by that point. They really got shafted, screen-time-wise, in ROTJ.
  20. David Hingtgen
    Nope, it's a soccer-ball droid, and it's just carrying the head of a rival around up top, like a trophy.
  21. David Hingtgen
    Nah, those are just midichlorians leaking out. (Jedi on board, obviously).
  22. David Hingtgen
    Actually see her piloting? No. But at the end of ep 22 she puts on a VF-27-specific flight suit, walks over to #102(Brera's is #101), looks at it, and at the beginning of ep 23 she's now on board the Galaxy, so it's HIGHLY implied that she flew it there. (Only cyborgs can fly the -27). And both the kit and DX specifically call it the "Grace-type", when you combine CF colors with commander-type head-unit. (Like #102 was clearly shown to be)
  23. David Hingtgen
    Gregory Paul seems to be on a life-long quest to eliminate/consolidate as many species and genera as possible, until we're down to like 5 total species of dino. EVERYTHING is his books is listed as "synonymous with X" or "likely just a large specimen/female of Y". According to him, there is no Triceratops nor Corythosaurus for example.
  24. David Hingtgen
    Dorothy was my fave cameo by far. Mainly because the situation/expression was just so perfect for her.
  25. David Hingtgen
    All the more reason to have just picked the -23 in the first place...
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