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  1. David Hingtgen
    I can't imagine actually wanting whatever it is that Bandai may eventually plan to use the removable aspect for. If they want to recreate the morphing wing scene---needs a whole new wing, not just flaps and ailerons.
  2. David Hingtgen
    Has anyone else actually glued the flaps to the wing? They are SO slippery I dropped parts like 4 times this morning and said "that's enough". Pro-tip: do not glue them in one at a time---there's like 0.2mm too little space side-to-side, so if you glue one in "perfectly flush and tight" to the wing and let it dry---the one next to it will be noticeably pushed out of position. Glue them simultaneously, and adjust to get "the best possible gap/look" between the two. (the tiny little inner third piece doesn't matter, just the two larger ones)
  3. David Hingtgen
    From AmiAmi to the US, DHL was the most expensive, but by only slightly more than the other "good" options, and was by far the fastest of the other options. So I paid like $6 more to save a week. (and then the driver literally DROPPED it off with a big thump, amazed the antenna was ok)
  4. David Hingtgen
    Hmmn. The -21 is basically a Quedluun-Rau as a valk, so backpack comparison:
  5. David Hingtgen
    Got mine from AmiAmi, antenna is good:
  6. David Hingtgen
    I'll take a set in white, when they're ready...
  7. David Hingtgen
    The Perceval YF-29B is the only one I recall being more susceptible to cracking. It was the last/newest one for a while, but cracked first. (which sucks because it has awesome coloring, but it's hard to match its periwinkle-powder-blue if you did manage to get a 3D printed replacement piece etc)
  8. David Hingtgen
    That photo makes me wonder why they couldn't adjust the gun pod mounting angle to cant inwards by 1 degree, or just make it 1mm shallower. It's THAT close to being just fine...
  9. David Hingtgen
    Well, AmiAmi wanted 8200 yen for 2-4 week air parcel, so I asked to change to DHL for 600 yen more... (EMS was even more than DHL this time)
  10. David Hingtgen
    IGN had a very short-lived sale a few days ago, plus an extra 10% off coupon, and I jumped on it when I saw it. Not sure if I'll just pencil it a bit, or try to get some decals too.
  11. David Hingtgen
    Assuming that's final/production, or very close to it: The "main" YF-21 yellow and the "fine added warning stripes/markings" yellow don't match, and that bugs me. Should be the richer "main" yellow all around.
  12. David Hingtgen
    This was at the Duluth show. It was parked just so, that you could see individual skin panels "turn silver" as the sun slowly moved. Doubly rare that it was a front-line squadron's plane on display, not an OT/Test-Eval etc one.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Never been this close to a -22, never seen one on static display.
  14. David Hingtgen
    Or just re-release the base -31A. Especially the one with Arad's marking on the spine.
  15. David Hingtgen
    158 yen-per-dollar now. Good for those of us importing direct...
  16. David Hingtgen
    Zero, all you need to know is pretty much in Ep 1. It's the post-apocalyptic nuclear genre, there you go. Just, the bombs basically dropped in like 1950, instead of 2050 like "usual". (which thus has a great effect on where tech/culture "stopped" for a while)
  17. David Hingtgen
    I think it was one of these: https://www.carscoops.com/2015/08/the-kaiser-darrin-is-thoroughly-unique/
  18. David Hingtgen
    Did they? Would love for there to be a chance to finally get a "correct" Grace's. (grey striping of the later version, but dull olive green of the original). The later one is way too intense emerald green. (but a revival would probably just be an exact copy of the last one again)
  19. David Hingtgen
    If they'd just painted the whole thing gunmetal, it'd look much nicer and be a better homage. (and all-gunmetal jets do exist, the F-20 is the first one that comes to mind)
  20. David Hingtgen
    How does Retributor Armor "brush"? Many gold paints lately (looking at you, Vallejo) are very "sticky" and horrible to use, even if the color is nice.
  21. David Hingtgen
    My vote is gonna be a basic fighter-mode-only VF-1 kit. They make some really nice F-14s.
  22. David Hingtgen
    Sandstorm's alt-mode was so exaggerated-bland it never "gave me a vibe" as to what it is. I'll take a look later and give more thoughts. Blitzwing is far from a scale model of a MiG-25 but it's still blatantly obvious what he's supposed to be. That said---the wiki is so terrible with aircraft alt-modes. I gave up trying to correct Octane, it's gone from bad to worse over the years. (he's a 747 people, engine-count be damned) ::edit:: If you assume the instructions are wrong (wouldn't be the first time), G1 Sandstorm is supposed to have a horizontal stabilizer, not an odd vertical tail tip. That does make it more SH-3 ish. However, one of the few distinct details the toy does have for sure, is three large front windows----like an H-53
  23. David Hingtgen
    I don't remember the gun pod being so orange, but it's also been a while since I last watched Dynamite.
  24. David Hingtgen
    That nose gear looks awfully far forward, but I couldn't quickly/easily find any references for it.
  25. David Hingtgen
    It looks terrible to me, I'm thinking about picking up Thunder Manus now. The arms on the trailer stick up much further than the G1 toy or toon did, just looks ridiculous. And a hundred other smaller things bug me too.
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