David Hingtgen

Spending New Year's day working on my MP TC. Have closed up 2 gaps, working on the third (right behind the canopy--biggest of them all). Have done my first color alteration (very minor, more of a test)---colored the two molded triangles on the underside of the intakes red with a Sharpie. Almost perfectly matches the factory red knee paint. (which is good, as I plan to use that color for all the bot mode red accents) Debating if I should try to match the pelvis gunmetal color and fully paint the hinged bits---Takara only sprayed the very front edge, and you can see blue from all angles still. (I'd really like to repaint all the gunmetal into silver, but can't since the chest/shoulders can't be disassembled--and the paint would chip off instantly anyways there) Also thinking about painting the vent at the bottom of the shin piece silver. Non-canon, but seems appropriate and adds a highlight there. (if anything, it'd make the shins have the G1 foot colors---since G1 seeker foot colors and patterns just DON'T work on the MP mold)

Not mine, but every modeler should get a kick out of this: http://www.arcair.com/Gal9/8301-8400/gal83...g-Large/00.shtm It's a Lightning (F6, not P-38) built *exactly* how the instructions show---done so well, Airfix bought the kit back from the guy who made it!

Wait, you're the guy who did THIS: http://cwmodels.deviantart.com/art/Decepti...p-Shot-86279011 ?!?! I only just now made the connection. That's probably my all-time fave fan-art.

Also, Boeing's new radar doesn't work...

Re: Night Raven. Meh. Sounds means it'll cost a lot more but not be bigger. And probably big and bulky to accomodate said sound. See Ultimate Bumblebee for current Hasbro thinking of "high-end" toys.

More Animated season 3 spoiler character art: http://www.52toys.com/?p=376 Spoiler comments:

Found this on the LS1 forums and don't think it's photoshopped: (and just a few days ago I saw a '97 or so Camaro---which is VERY unusual for our weather, I see only 1 or 2 F-bodies a year in those conditions--strangely, the plate was something like "DOUGSRS", but it wasn't an RS---that, or he'd had all the fairings removed which I've never heard of)

Nice, but I'm waiting for repaints etc. I intend to buy several versions of that figure purely for parts. (black is boring)

I missed #1, or I would have deleted it when I came across it. (honestly, there's just too much in that pic to notice everything--especially when scrolling rapidly through a dozen screens to try to find the Macross-y part claimed to be within)

I hope the "exclusive DLC" is simply exclusive to being LE, not exclusive to each system like the figures are. It'd really suck if "your favorite character has new colors---only for the system you don't own". PS---I only just now found out that Rose is going to be in it. Rose rocks.

Such a totally random choice of car...

Cartoon colors MP TC would suck. Hard. I also doubt Hasbro would do "wonderfully G1 toy accurate"---that seems to be a Japanese thing. And I'd rather repaint the intakes and tailfins, then spend hours rubbing off "black soot from the coal-fueled airbrake fire". (I plan on/hope for Reprolabels to provide G1-style stickers and markings--I've already emailed Deltastar, but he says he needs a MP TC before he can make them--I can wait) Plus Hasbro seems slightly color-blind lately. White Starscreams and pink Primes... (and a SILVER-PAINTED nosecone on MP SS, when it was already molded in toy and toon-accurate blue? WTF? What would they do to MP TC's nose, green?)

Hmmmn. My first attempt at removing pins didn't go well---couldn't budge a single one on any toy I attempted. I've gotta be doing something wrong. (maybe I need a harder block of wood). (I'm practicing on old, cheap TFs that I can sacrifice)

These will serve as both my "before" pics and what I'm aiming for:

Ok, even I have to admit Koala Britai is just plain cute...

Hey, that seems to be a weird thing---from other threads at TFW, I am not the only person that "every other TF painted was fine, but Prime was eaten alive". There's something weird about Movie Prime's plastic. Also, not using that paticular paint--it just doesn't seem to like recent TFs. My Titanium Magnus *still* hasn't dried--gave up and wiped it off recently. And I'll be testing first anyways. Finally, MP TC has a "barrier coat" anyways, it won't be over raw plastic. (MP TC is basically covered in Future from the factory)

MP Thundercracker has awesome red chrome accents--on the BACKSIDE of his missile covers. I tried my darndest to remove them and flip them around, but it's impossible. They're super-super-glued in. The chest will snap in half before they let go. Darn. Plain black chest fans are boring, while chrome red is awesome and one of TC's accent colors. Still experimenting with what can and can't be taken apart/masked for painting. Have already done the "clearance for the screw in the armpit" mod. Debating repainting his missile chest covers--I could probably mask off the blue striping already painted to preserve it. (one of the chest covers has pretty poor paint, the only real QC issue on mine---and I don't like the gunmetal anyways, I want SILVER paint on my TC) (when I'm all done, my MP TC will be very G1, though not quite as much as the ones that are 100% custom repaints from a Starscream)

Fine. A more correct expression may be "expect to be belittled and/or mocked if you complain to Roy about frankly minor name-calling". Also it's Xmas and most mods are kinda absent and/or not really caring what happens today.

Never expect sympathy from Roy.

Still rearranging stuff in my room to accomodate PS3. I had my PStwo on top of my DVD player, but PS3 is replacing DVD player and I can't stack PStwo on top any more. Pretty sure I have to put my Dreamcast into storage, and only have PS3/PStwo/360/GC hooked up.

Well, Bandai often does like to use their purple-white instead of "white-white". The Alto kit is purple-white, wouldn't be surprised if the DX one is the exact same shade.

Thanks. PS--I posted this in the MP-07 thread at TFW as well, but looking at the molding of the area just behind the intakes, it seems that the "swapped chest parts" actually are the intended way--for TC at least. The area they fold up into in jet mode is clearly molded to accomodate them that way. I'm wondering if they were swapped around intentionally and that area was re-molded to accept them that way, or if that area was always like that, and it wasn't until now that the chest parts were assembled right. (still, it's counter to the G1 toy and toon appearance how MP TC is)

Yeah, we had it once or twice, and only ever had one or two people at a time.

Bumping again. (I was kinda hoping Polidread might have an Xmas present for us)

Thundercats would have been cheaper and better than Speedracer though...