David Hingtgen
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I especially like that the Arcadia and Yamato are docked to the Macross, instead of Daedalus and Prometheus. Now where I have heard of that combo (Yamato/Arcadia/Macross) before...?
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YOU'RE YELLOW! VF-25F turning all sorts of colors
David Hingtgen replied to armentage's topic in Toys
Yeah, blue plastic yellows (greens!) quite a bit, it's among the worst colors after white. I don't think I've ever seen red turn orange, though. -
Missiles aren't as cool as the Angel Birds' beamsaber: THAT is the add-on we need from Bandai for a 1/48 VF-1A...
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I thought Luca only had the little probe-thingy on one of the boosters, not both?
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DX Chogokin YF-29 (Alto) Durandal Valkyrie - Reissue
David Hingtgen replied to joppewo's topic in Toys
Yeah, it seems odd that they went to the effort to even make them adjustable with click-hinges, but only let them move like 3 degrees in either direction... -
Just make the show "Alice's Adventures in Gothamland". Might actually be more interesting...
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I've never tried to polish a model's clear-coat actually, I usually just polish the raw gloss color-coat, for model cars etc.
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Is this a factory gloss coat, like a HiRM Gundam? Or like from a spray-can? (the factory coatings are SUPER high glossy, whereas spray cans rarely are). Tamiya polishing is not a 'quick and easy' thing in my experience. It'll take a while. "If it doesn't strain your hand/arm muscles, then it's not really doing anything". You gotta press and rub, not just "wipe", even more so than "polishing a real car" IMHO. For "reviving raw plastic", I would much more recommend Novus #2. It is plastic polish, not paint polish, and is designed (and is quite good at) removing scratches from plastic bits. I've even used it on old Legos.
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Tamiya polishing compound, even the "coarse" is intended mainly for model cars as a final/near-final step----it'll make the spot way too shiny. I'd go with "fine grit sandpaper" etc, to try to match the factory sheen.
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DX Chogokin YF-29 (Alto) Durandal Valkyrie - Reissue
David Hingtgen replied to joppewo's topic in Toys
I had to put tons of nail polish in the joints, but my -29 now has stiff wing-rotation even with super parts attached. -
Watch Bandai make a whole new DX mold for it, then only ever release it in one scheme...
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CDJ is doing 20%? HLJ is only offering 10%...
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Nah, ignoring obvious repaints for existing molds seems like a very Bandai-thing to do lately. Still no white Sv-262, or standard super packs for Arad or -31A, among others.
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It always struck me how the chest/shoulder armor bits of Alto and Ozma have "markings you can't really see"----the yellow bits on Ozma and the red bits on Alto. They should have switched the marking colors, or used white, etc. (they ARE printed "red on red" on Alto's). Kind of like the "white on white" YF-30 markings...
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DX Chogokin YF-29 (Alto) Durandal Valkyrie - Reissue
David Hingtgen replied to joppewo's topic in Toys
Wasn't expecting a new review, but we just got one today: (ironically, I just took OFF the super parts from my Ozma recently---I often like to do a "half" version, with the shield and boosters, but not the wing parts---still looks cool, but battroid poses a lot better without the weight of the wing parts) -
Physically, the arm armor: A lot of the KO VF-1's lately seem to be putting DYRL-style arm armor on TV-only valks (Max and Milia, etc), they apparently don't know (or don't care) about the difference.
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Sorry for not getting back to Shornet weapon discussion sooner: Basically---the Hasegawa kit is all sorts of wrong for what goes where. It provides you with lots of useful/correct parts, just don't believe the instructions in how to use them. In addition to "AMRAAMs on HARM rails", I think it has the outboard pylon rails vs wingtip rails switched. (also, early vs late wingtip rails are a plane-by-plane thing, check references). I believe only one type is ever used on the pylons, but can't remember which it is compared to wingtip ones. "A wingtip rail, mounted underneath the outboard pylon" is perfectly fine/accurate. The Super Hornet's wingtip rail IS an AMRAAM launcher, it just never ever carries AMRAAMs on the tips. AMRAAM rails mount to pylon via a "standard" sized adapter, there should be some divots etc that line up with the pylon/adapter bomb shackles. (a single AMRAAM on an AMRAAM rail, can mount pretty much directly to a pylon---it's when using dual AMRAAMs, or a single Sparrow, that you also need the jettision adapter) In short---look at the parts you have, then look at photos of the real thing. Compare the front and rear ends of the types of "skinny" missile rails you've got, put them on the model as matches photos, ignoring what the instructions say. HARM rails are very rectangular, Sparrow rails are much deeper (and Hase doesn't make them). Anything that "looks about right for an AMRAAM or Sidewinder on a Hornet", *is* a dual-purpose AMRAAM/Sidewinder rail. There's just a few variations of them. I want to say, for VFA-103---short ones on the wingtips, long ones under the pylons. (long and short being like 2 or 3mm diff in 1/72) Don't forget all the pylons are yawed leading-edge-outwards, and the outboard pylons are also canted bottom-side-outwards. Nothing's "straight and square to the wing", when it comes to Super Hornet weapon pylons. You WANT it to "look wrong". Also, if you do find some HARMs (very common in many Hase F-16 kits, even cheap $7 ones--I may even have some I can spare, will check this wknd), they're definitely correct for an all-missile Jolly Rogers load: (of course, the HARM is a ground-attack missile, or occasionally ship-attacks, so it's not a "fighter jet" missile) Jolly Rogers pure air-to-air:
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I also just recently watched for the first time. Meh. Could have completely skipped the first half and not missed a thing. How is it still called "Delta" when the love triangle is gone? Mirage is basically a non-character now, zero growth/story, and certainly not anyone's love interest. She's now about as "deep" as Makina is---speaks one paragraph about her past, then is relegated to Freyja/Hataye back-up forevermore.
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Protip: check the boosters for oil. Mine had leaked some onto the valk itself. Appears Bandai put a little bit into the sliding section to loosen things up? (not the little tab, the big part)
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I think it's more "they were too lazy/uncreative to come up with their own scheme, so they just copied "the next plane over's"
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I don't quite see the point in putting the F-15's unique and distinct camo pattern, on the F-14. (I mean, it is pretty darn near exactly the Compass Ghost pattern, even has the "inner tailfins have the dark/light pattern swapped compared to the outer tailfins" thing)
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In that time, they'd have plenty of time to do an "anime-accurate" YF-19 re-issue to go with the -21 and build hype for it... (put the Advanced feet back on, and remove the lettering from the wings and tailfins...) (I just looked at Kawamori's YF-19 drawings recently, and I still don't get WTF Bandai was referencing for the "cube-heels" they put on Isamu's)
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My re-issue Alto Renewal, is identical to the pic--2111861. However, see the two dots under the H in China? Mine has 3 dots. Could be random, could mean something.
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Ironically, for the first time in like 2 years (since they came out I think), I just took the super parts off my Mirage this week... Except the missiles, gotta keep the missiles on.
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Erm, yes. I just checked everywhere like 2 days ago, and it was typically going for double that price. I'll have to wait until I can actually get the thing shipped to the US though...