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  1. David Hingtgen
    New good Baroness pics: https://mobile.twitter.com/TheFullForce/status/1290264977748574209
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    I like it. I think a lot of ISD models "over-do it". The Empire seems to have kept them pretty clean. There's a difference between "accentuating detail" and "making it look dirty"----far too many ISD's end up the latter, IMHO.
  3. David Hingtgen
    The coloring is REALLY good for a "weathered, mass-produced F-14". If only Hasbro's "Maverick" toy looked 1/10 as good...
  4. David Hingtgen
    I think this is Classified Storm Shadow:
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    My first Flanker:
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    Considering how budget-constrained (ironically?) flight-hours and upgrades etc are, an enhanced engine on an old, flight-display-only Super Hornet seems kind of a waste. They're already stripped down, and fly with small fuel loads. They should have "enough" performance as-is.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Or the short version: The wings split top/bottom, so that you can stuff all the tailfins inside them, for a fin-less bot-mode.
  8. David Hingtgen
    Cargo transporters operate at a lower "resolution", than stuff intended for life-forms. I believe it is "quantum" vs "molecular" resolution. Since you need "quantum" level, to preserve all the "fine details" of the mind, you need to have Heisenberg compensators etc. But "low-res" cargo can omit much of that, and operate at far lower power requirements, since if it's only 99.99999% accurate, that's fine for most matter. (at which point, a cargo transporter, and a replicator, are pretty similar tech....)
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    Super.
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    The single-piece legs are the most annoying part of the dinos. Seems at odds with the rest of the line.
  11. David Hingtgen
    I'd much rather see a re-done Trypticon. (really, they kinda doubled down on the goofier aspects IMHO, it could have been done so much cooler/better I think)
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    VF-1_103

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    F-14Bside

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  17. David Hingtgen
    Lego promo pics never show grey accurately, and is likely intentional. While "Lego dark grey" is a bit on the cool side, promo pics tend to exaggerate it to look less bland/more blue-colorful. Promo pics of light grey, will have tons of lens flare and brightness, to make it look "silvery".
  18. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, the half-dozen Sovereigns may have given them an initial pause, but when the Runabouts showed up a few seconds later, THAT's the when Romulans knew they had no chance...
  19. David Hingtgen
    Yeah, this trailer looks MUCH better than the first. I expect it could be overall better than Bogus Journey. (because it has death, but seemingly nothing else from that one)
  20. David Hingtgen
    Anyone heard anything about a PAK-FA in the movie? Walmart had several toys, but these two caught my eye:
  21. David Hingtgen
    It's just that a stego's plates are THE defining feature. It'd be like having a short-necked brachio... You can mess with/stylize a lot of things----just not THAT thing.
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    I'm a huge Stego fan, but I'm just not feeling theirs. I think the plates are simply too small, all the same size, and not staggered/alternating. (we've found enough skeletons by now to know they alternated/zig-zagged, not "paired" along the spine) I am quite tempted by the Brachio though, it's EXTREMELY Zoid Ultrasaurus-esque. I want the shark, and the lobster---but both first releases are red? (red lobster=obvious, but I want my Seacon-colored versions, or at least "aquatic" blue/green/purple etc)
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    This is not a thing that is easily modeled. It's the prototype B, when it had a D's chinpod. It's had at least 3, maybe 4 different types of engines (F401's!) and for most of its existence, a unique rear fuselage. (the 'nibs' on the sides of the engine shrouds are very square, I think it was done for the F101 tests) (not typo, F101, not F110). It's a Frankenstein of an F-14. Many different configurations, never quite an A, or B, or D. Cool scheme, but dang hard to do totally accurate. I think the glove pylons are unique, too. Depends how much work Calibre is putting into the mold for a one-of-a-kind variant.
  24. David Hingtgen
    The fiber-optic D? Yeah. To this day I'm annoyed they molded the saucer impulse engines in blue. I don't recall ever seeing replacements for them. (There's a lot of resin bits out there for the D, but those 2 pieces are an exception IIRC) Also, I know I've seen replacement brass "pylon skins". Find them, buy them. They didn't exist when I did mine, but I know they'd answer a lot of prayers. ::edit:: These: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dons-light-and-magic-dlm-42-galaxy-class-photoetch-trench-covers--1259076 I see Green Strawberry makes them too, but only as part of a larger set.
  25. David Hingtgen
    The yellow plastic is insanely inconsistent with spraying it gold. The first few pieces (toes etc) turned out great, and I thought I could get all the painting done in a single afternoon. That was days ago. Neck, less great, but ok. Chest pieces? TERRIBLE. I have stripped and repainted the chest so many times, I'm suspecting the plastic is contaminated or something. Same issues in the same pattern in the same spots. Weird, since they're all from the same sprue. But the plastic had visible "flecks" of filler plastic in it, and I suspect it may be "randomly distributed around the sprue". I gave a few pieces my "last attempt at gold" tonight, will see how they look in the morning. If not ok---probably strip ALL the parts, and paint pearl deep yellow instead of gold. (Since pearls are far less "flaw-showing" than metallics). It was supposed to be a minimal-effort fun little kit. 5 mins spraying silver, 10 mins spraying gold. But turned out to be 5 mins silver, 5 days gold...
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