David Hingtgen

787 letter from Aviation Week:

Re: LEGO. Umm, that's not really news---they've been known about for months. And released for weeks. Home One review: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30415 Endor review: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=29347 That said---the big/surprise set for the end of the year hasn't been announced yet. And it's supposed to be "not a scene/playset" like Endor or Echo Base or Home One. Here's to hoping for UCS B-Wing or UCS Nebulon-B. Maybe the Executor? (though scale is an issue--how could ANY size "look right" for that, compared to either of the ISD kits already made?) PS----there's a TIE Defender coming out later this year, or early 2010. Let's hope they go with grey/black like they finally did for the latest version of Vader's TIE, instead of black/blue like all the others... Lego 8083 – Star Wars Rebel Trooper Battle Pack Lego 8084 – Star Wars Snowtrooper Battle Pack Lego 8085 – Star Wars Freeco Speeder Lego 8086 – Star Wars Droid Tri-Fighter Lego 8087 - Star Wars Tie Defender Lego 8088 - Star Wars ARC-170 Starfighter Lego 8092 - Star Wars Luke's Landspeeder

Quick question/poll: What color should I paint the chest missiles on my MP TC? Or should I even bother since I never plan to open the covers. I'm thinking purple (canon for SS at least) or red (since the backside of the fans when the covers are opened is red). Factory did black. They're silver at the moment, since the whole piece was sprayed silver.

Yeah, I was looking through some pics today (yay for the weekend) and just noticed the yellow rings.

Yeah---there's not nearly enough M7 Milia out there, it's all SDF or DYRL.

Think I found what I needed--scans of the instruction and decal sheets for Fine Mold's kits. In case anyone's curious: Red 3 and 5 each have 2 "striped" cannons, and Red 3 is the one with the funky engine (upper stbd--shorter exhaust). Red 3 and 5 have much more "patchy" markings, Leader and 2 are quite "complete".

Oooooh, Milia VF-22 girl...

Slightly OT, but I think this'd be about the best thread to ask: I need somewhere that lists the differences among individual fighters---like Red 3 vs Red 5, Gold Leader vs Gold 2, etc. I'm mainly talking Ep 4 and 6. I know one of the X-Wings has an obviously different engine, one has a very differently-painted laser, etc. These things often come up in reviews of the toys (and especially the new Fine Molds models) but I can't find what I need right now. I need X-Wing differences more than Y-Wing at the moment.

Sorry folks, just bumping the thread.

Yeah, you'd be wrong. But hey, for many years I'd have sworn in court that I saw a G1 Arcee for sale at Kay-Bee once. (I do however, clearly remember my Bluestreak as being silver, not blue, so my childhood memory-accuracy averages out).

Yes, but potential for catapults, and having catapults, are quite different.

UK/RR stops development of JSF engine, likely to cancel orders for VTOL version of JSF. So what do they plan to do with the new VTOL carriers they're building? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...ter-engine.html

Well, it looks more G1-esque than it did this morning:

Few movies AREN'T open for a sequel. You can always have for any movie: A. "He was only mostly dead". B. "Here's his evil brother" C. "They got back together" D. "They were brought out of retirement" E. "He got over it"

I've never really found an explanation of how/why the transonic drop occurs--merely that it does. I know/understand how a wing drops in a stall. I honestly don't know if they're related. (based on how the Super Hornet's issue was cured, I'd suspect it only occurs in high-alpha turns, and is related to a stall-induced drop)

WAY off topic.

Logically, there should be a Brera VF-27 with Grace art...

Been photoshopping pics of MP TCs to figure out exactly how to paint mine---pretty sure I want the feet all-black. Adding any spots of silver to glossy black feet really makes it look like he's wearing wingtip shoes or something--blue(SS) or purple(SW) feet don't have that problem. I'd like to do the "waist" in blue to separate the chest and pelvis (and most depictions of the G1 seekers do it like that), but matching the factory color may be impossible. (I'd also like to touch up a few factory chips around the canopy and tailbooms if I ever get a match) Photoshopped a black waist band and a red one, but neither really looked right. (I saw an SW with a purple waist and it looked good--but SW is overall black so ANY accent color would really look decent there). Also considered black thighs (G1 boxart, and the toy if you really think about it) but didn't like the look with the all-silver pelvis and waist---too little color then. Maybe with a blue waist? These are really rough, but should get the point across. 1st is factory, 2nd is how mine is currently painted (assuming I get the intakes done tomorrow), 3rd is with a blue waist, black thighs, and silver foot accents. Any suggestions/opinions welcome, especially on waist/thighs/feet/lower legs. (also note that I have the stickers from Reprolabels and thus will have G1 wing stripes)

Anyone else find that the most useful application of the beam weapon (F8!) by far was not to use it, but that it increased the total amount of energy available? Just divert all its energy to your lasers and shields---then you can keep them at "slow recharge" while maintaining full speed. (or on the basic TIE or INT, full recharge!) Honestly though, it did kind of "break" the game that way----just like the missile gunboat did. "Yeah, let's give them 4x the missiles, and a second load of missiles/rockets, and then allow them to outrun a TIE Defender!"

MP TC update---got my new can of silver, have everything but the intakes painted. Also painted the "bare metal" parts of the plane and have removed all the navy blue from the legs and re-glossed the plastic to match the rest. Plan to do all my cutting/mods to the tailbooms before painting the tailfins.

The same thing happened to Mass Effect----the cracked version runs better than retail for many people. Or, it's the only way to get it to run at all.

Wing dropping in transonic turns? That sounds familiar: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/...35c-flight.html ::edit:: LOL, right after I posted this, I found the Super Hornet comment in the article.

Wing dropping in transonic turns? That sounds familiar: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/...35c-flight.html

Yeah---it doesn't specifically need to be *gloss black*, but it does need to be smooth and shiny----and gloss black is generally the easiest way to achieve that. Flat black would be about the worst choice. I personally prefer bare plastic for most metallic paint, assuming it's the smooth and shiny plastic like Hasegawa, and not the "orange peel" plastic that Italeri and Revell often have.

I swear Fury's tracks are all 'simple' compared to the originals---all seem similar, mostly built for speed. (I was just playing a bit)